Ximeria's Journal

Aye, it's going forward, I swear!

*laughs*

Well, I've got it planned out so that I know what I can get done in the week that's left. Originally I had two parts up at AO3 that were part of the warehouse 13 fusion, but I've disconnected the 2nd part as it won't fit in (so it will just have to be an alternate timeline to my AU *g*).

I should be able to get a prequel done that covers how Erik is dragged into the whole madness of the Warehouse. I think trying to get more than that done might be overdoing it ;) (I've got my last week of JavaScript course this week as well, so yeah).

It does not mean there won't be more *stares at 5 pages worth of brain storming*

I've got at least one part that will be a case in style with the show, probably and making use of the full team, hopefully, with some foreshadowing (this will all be pre-relationship). Then there's a part that will be more relationship focused (though still deal with the weirdness of the warehouse itself) - as well as delve deeper into what the warehouse IS. That part is roughly 2/3 of the brain storm! *sighs deeply* I can't seem to do simple anymore...

Well, as always, September is never boring ;)

Work's been as insane as always. It's September and working at a uni bookstore, well. If you've attended uni, you'll know what I mean. September is where we, jokingly, say the Hellmouth opens.

On top of it, I've been fighting with a headcold for the past week - which has left the cough from hell behind.

However, this isn't a whine-post. Far from it. I figured as I miss the online blogging I used to do, I might as well get into the habit of, well, keeping a journal again *g* (it's not a diary, shut up).

Dear diary

I've still got my ongoing writing project of a ficlet per week. Not all of them turn out equally good, but I'm writing, so I'm not complaining. I was worried when I started the project that I might end up with only those and without enough time/ideas for longer stories.

Yeah, no, that didn't happen LOL. Those of you who have been with me for years, know that I tend to join the insanity of NaNoWriMo every year in November. 50K words in 30 days. Editing happens later, trust me ;). The past few years I've used it to get fanfic done (before that, yes, I did write original for it, but none of that's online - just in the digital drawer).

This year's project? Well, let's just say that I'm re-writing WW2 history, drawing out the terror of war well into the 1950s. I'm sticking with X-men this time around again - and what started as an inspiration from a piece of fanart (and the artist was happy to hear so) has now started to grow into something that will mean 50K words will be a piece of cake to reach ;)

The last one I wrote was heavily centered around the pairing, this one will be more centered around a daring unplanned mission to stop Shaw from taking over the world and if Hitler dies in the process, I don't think anyone will complain. Thankfully I have WW2 enthusiasts in my circle of friends and I know they'll happily supply me with reasons why D-day didn't happen or failed and how the world might be a completely different place if you change a few things. I'm actually looking forward to getting started on writing it, but I've still got a little more than a month for plotting before I start writing it on November 1st.

Aye, been gone from here for a while, haven't I? I guess that'll be my pre-New Year's resolution then. Xmas resolution, maybe? *laughs*

I guess most of the year has just been... preventing me from using LJ and DW as much as I used to. That, and tumblr tends to eat a lot of time. Not posting, just... surfing *laughs*

So, how have you peeps been? Up to any good? Or bad? Change of fandoms?

I have to disappoint some of you, I'm still neck deep in the Xmen First Class fandom, happily working my way through writing this and that. I don't think I've had that many ideas for stories for ages. I mean, Star Trek did me good, but I never got into it the way I've gotten into the XMFC fandom. It's fun, so far *grins*

Much to my surprise, I've found that it's also the fandom to prove me wrong. I used to maybe write an AU once in a blue moon, and apart from that, stick mostly to canon one way or another. Merlin had me doing a few modern day set AUs, but I don't think I've ever been this beset by plot bunnies in a fandom that demand to be written as anything BUT canon. I mean, I love Marvel, I love the story lines and the universe(s) they've created. But maybe that's it? The fact that Marvel has everything from historical AUs to zombit AUs to baby stories that just... allows the imagination less limits.

As it is, I'll be spending my xmas on reading the secret mutant story I'll be getting on the 16th, finishing up my big bang (note to self: write your artist to check they're alive and the story hasn't killed them). Not to mention, I'm editing the one I wrote for the nano, which is a fusion between XMFC and Indiana Jones/romancing the stone type movies - so action/adventure.

Of course, I can't post a 52K story without having it beta read, so I'll be out hunting for one of those as well.

I get the feeling it's going to need more work than I can see right now and a pair of fresh eyes would definitely be helpful. I'd also like to know how the hell Tony shoehorned himself into the story. He was supposed to have a minor mention in it - not be part of roughly 25-30% of the story.

And of course I'm heading off for the land of the Scots this year as well. I'm actually leaving home earlier than expected. I'm flying out on the 23rd, but a couple of friends and I are going to go watch Shame in one of the smaller cinemas in Copenhagen on the 21st, so that's me off a couple of days early *grins*

I'm sure we'll have a grand time, even if I'm sure Shame is a hard movie to watch.

So, I've got a 17K long story. And I got to thinking. How do you prefer your posting format (for reading) on AO3. Chaptered of non-chaptered?

I mean, I read it in one long chunk of a story even if it's chaptered (show entire work on AO3), but I use Opera to read fic and Opera will remember and load a story at the same point where I stopped reading last time. So I can see why some of you would prefer chaptered. But, I wantz to know! Please, feel free to throwi in your comments as well apart from just going ticky nuts *G*

I just checked the folders of fanfic, I was curious as to when I actually did write the first fanfic and posted it. Well, the oldest one still in existence is at WWOMB - but the site was changed a couple of years back and the dates are no longer the original dates *pouts*

However, I suddenlyr realized, I NEVER delete fic files - I just move the bloody folder when I get a new computer!

*nods*

So, nearly a month delayed... I can say, I posted the first fic, an Andromeda one, on November 10th, 2001

So yeah. Erm. NC17? LOL

Oh, btw, anyone up for betaing a Charles/Erik fic that I did for a santa exchange? No? Boring farts LOL (It's PG...O.o) - I've come a long way, huh? NC17 to PG *laughs hard*

I just realized, I sorta went from Andromeda over a wide range of fandoms, and am now in Star Trek... Gene Roddenberry... the man certainly has a lot to answer for fandom wise LOL

Thank you to those of you who fell for the April's fool joke - and thank you to those of you who abused me verbally afterwards XD

So, peeps. It's Sunday. Whatcha all up to?

I'm Ximeria at the AO3, and fandoms in the immediate queue include Torchwood, Startrek 2009, Merlin (BBC), there's already Firefly, Due South and Doctor Who up *g*

Oh, and btw? Users can now subscribe to get an email notif when a writer updates or posts a new work - and more's on the way!

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Oh, and I've got an invite for the archive if anyone's been considering getting their stuff up there - it's easy to use (unlike the Pit), easy to search and easy to read off. Not to mention you can download the fic into various file formats to read on the go! What's not to like!?

you know how you read a fic and it's... sort of okay? Then you get to the sex scene and it has you in stitches because of sentences such as:

Coating his fingers, his mouth returns to kiss wetly at the edges of the quivering hole;
and
his cock is home, the satiny walls clenching around him,

O.o

All of the sudden, I don't feel so bad about writing crack-fic with Merlin in a dress for nicci_mac...

ETA: please don't see this as anything but one of my odd little quirks. It may be it's just too close to old fashioned bodice rippers/purple prose romance novels and those give me the giggle fits -- it might just be the instant connection my mind makes that destroys my ability to read a story containing such lines.

ETA2: Yes, I used to READ bodice rippers, which is why my brain refuses to NOT make the connection.

...setting myself a wish for word count for an entire year. I'm not going to look at it constantly or aim for it, but it'd be nice to think, when I come to the end of the year, I will have reached that goal.

17,757 / 60,000 (29.6%)

Might not be that far fetched, considering that it's only February and I went past 17K already. I mean, last year I managed, not counting the nano, 40K

And yes, I've got ideas for longer stories in the making *eg*

I used to have fun doing pod-slash. Question is, is anyone actually listening to it and my slightly weirdl accent? *laughs*

Bigger question... what should I tackle next (you know, some time AFTER September and the insanity of term start at Uni)

We're doing a livejournal poll here. Please everyone help me: I'm the queen of DS smut, right? At least to Nicci, I am. Btw. we're both drunk off our asses.

What do I have to write for YOU, to prove, that I AM, above all, kinky (That's nicci's idea, btw.) -- Come on, in my inheb... inebrev... DRUNK OFF MY FUCKING ASS STATE, please tell me what I can write to cover YOUR DS KINK...

Fuck, I'm drunk off my ass... I think Nicci's as drunk as I am *sniggers*

WISHES... plz