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26th June, 2009. 12:01 pm. Notification of Absence

Not that y'all see or hear that much from me anyway, but these coming months, you'll uh hear even less from me.

I've roped a (very good) friend into taking over my responsibilities as co-mod of [info]fic_on_demand and she'll also be keeping an eye on my Inbox for people having written fic-for-charity for the occasion of [info]fandom_of_one's Summertide-event.

With luck, things will be back to normal in four or five months. With lots of luck, three. With incredible, awesome luck, two. I'm fearing it might be six.

Should you wish to reach me for any reason, my e-mail-address is misuranATyahoo.com - I won't be checking that in person, but aforementioned friend will and she can pass things on to me.

Er, whoa, does that sound all very dramatic or what? Erk. When I get back, I'll probably read this and cringe. Look forwards to it, though.

11th November, 2008. 8:46 pm. Brief Notes

Dear Secret Yuletide Santa,

as I've squealed enough in my requests, I have only two words left that I would like to say to you: you rock. For participating, for offering one of these fandoms, and for undertaking to write me a fic.

Love,
me

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Dear self,

ah-ha! Caught you! Because there you were, counting and guessing at what your assignment would be, based on the numbers of requests and offers and (admit it, you shameless person-who-spends-too-much-time-staring-at-the-Requested-Fandoms-page) you were wrong. Completely.

No love,
me

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Dear f-list,

Magical x Miracle. Tell me you've read it, know it or love it, for I am desiring to exchange squealy comments with someone about this series. Alternately, give me squealy books to look for over at BookMooch, because I've got enough points to get a hundred books, but not a single book on my wishlist that someone's offering right now.

Love,
me

Six volumes of cuteness in moderation, fantasy in abundance, and politics in the background - yes, [info]cairnsy, I'm looking at you here, because Yue and Vaith? Completely reminding me of Charon and Pain. (Mind, there are considerable differences in personalities; mostly, it's the whole vibe of their relationship that's causing me to make the connection.)

Current mood: giggly.

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29th October, 2008. 9:41 pm. Fic or Treat With Me?



Note: if you come knocking, please have some fandoms I know in your interests. No, this does not include Supernatural - I don't watch that show, because I'm a scaredy-cat.

'twas a dark and stormy night,
upon which good souls stayed inside,
yet wicked souls did soon take flight,
to knock on doors, with all their might.

While sitting by the fireside,
I cannot help but take some fright,
at strange sounds coming from outside,
and thus pick up a pen to write,

What dreams may come, what fancies bright,
afore the dawn, tomorrow's light?

I know it not yet will abide,
by the rules of this Hallowed Eve's rite.

Knock at your own risk. ~_^

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26th October, 2008. 5:06 pm. N.Y.R., she wrote

Okay, so I didn't keep my resolution to spam inform you all about what new fics I wrote. Still, last year I sort of ended with a list of the fics I posted for the New Year's-challenge at Yuletide, and since I've just come back from uploading the last two I'll write this year ...

( Cut for being about fandoms most of you won't know )

Five random things that made me happy this weekend:

1. [info]nasdack
2. Whistle!
3. [info]nasdack
4. [info]nasdack
5. [info]downingjones (which won't make sense unless you're reading [info]nasdack)

Two things that would make my day even better:

1. Directions to Katsuro/Seiji-fic
2. New stuff at [info]nasdack or [info]downingjones All right, consider day half made already.

(If you like Final Fantasy and/or financial news and/or hot guys, handcuffs and fast cars and/or a combination of all the aforementioned things, you should go take a look.)

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11th October, 2008. 11:58 am. It Ain't Halloween Yet / Things That Scare Me (Dresden Files)

Haven't done the Trick-or-Treat one yet, but spotted this one at [info]mishagirl's lj, and had to try it for myself.

Halloween Meme
[info]acchikocchi puts real eyeballs in your gerbils
[info]alighiera shows up with burning torches, pitchforks and dip
[info]aramis_chan eats [info]sakru909's spicy, spicy brains.
[info]cheeky_duckie tries to pick up Phantom Hitchhikers
[info]gangstavidel puts apples in your razorblades
[info]jenab calls [info]alighiera to let them know the psycho killer's in the Miss Knifey Pageant 2008
[info]karanguni runs around screaming for hours until abruptly silenced by [info]obabscribbler, wielding a sharpened Wings album
[info]mishagirl devours the entire neighbourhood's brains
[info]sakru909 sacrifices [info]karanguni's Bank Manager's lunchbox
[info]skyrat13 puts fake eyeballs in your candy
[info]sparkysparky haunts your pumpkin
[info]toriko_roller swoops on [info]aramis_chan and drains their Wings Greatest Hits
[info]trixie_chick TPs your cutlery
LJ Name


Also: why is it that when I look for coms interested in Jim Butcher, I find a com dedicated to the pairing of Harry Dresden/Johnny 'Gentleman' Marcone and one to Harry Dresden/Bob, but not one dedicated to, say, Harry/Thomas or (although I know this one's a little risqué, it being canon and all) Thomas/Justine? I mean, Harry/Bob? A wizard and his familiar inhabiting a skull? That's kind of breaking my brains. On the other hand, ( cut for minor spoilers for Blood Rites )

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28th September, 2008. 10:33 am. Fun, Fun, Fun in the Sun

Well, one way to look at it would be that there's way too many write-a-fic-for-a-prompt-and-post-it-on-this-and-this-day coms having a round coming up or being in the middle of a round right now, but another way to look at it would be er, that it's fun.

I've signed up for [info]slashfest and [info]rounds_of_kink, I'll sign up for Yuletide (obviously) and [info]springkink (duh), and I still owe people fic for several other projects/memes/whatnots, but ... I'm enjoying myself. For a pretty long time, I was a one-fandom type of person and then for a while, I felt like I was a no-fandom type of person. Now, I feel a multi-fandom type of person, and I'm enjoying it - even though I still have trouble writing characters with the same name (like Jack, of whom there's one in Eureka, one in Studio 60, one in Lord of War and two in Torchwood, or Danny, of whom there's one in Ocean's Eleven and sequels, and one in Studio 60). It doesn't matter how different they are; they're just ... slippery.

And, to add at least some substance to this post and to give you all an opportunity to find out that I'm nowhere near as multi-fandom as I'd like just yet:

Give me a first line in the fandom of your choice and I'll write the next little bit.

gacked from [info]jenab

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31st August, 2008. 1:51 am. Look, Ma - No Cable!

I HAS A LAPTOP!

And for those of you still reading after that Caps Locked grave grammatical error: er, so, yeah. I finally got a laptop (well ... finally) but more importantly: I finally got Internet at home (because hey, taking a laptop with internet home equals having internet at home, right?)

( I fail at keeping resolutions )

Because I'm nosy like that: if you participated in Yuletide last year, are you by now busy thinking of what you're going to ask for this year and couldn't you care less about the requests you made almost a year ago, or are you still hoping someone'll pick them up?

Personally, I guess I'm in the middle - I already know three of the requests I'm going to make this year, but I'd still be really, really happy if someone picked up either my Eureka or my Dragaera-request from last year. (Is it more obviously a hint if I'd bold it? Naw.)

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23rd January, 2008. 12:32 pm. I Know What I Did Last Christmas

... It's too late for New Year's wishes, isn't it? Well in spirit I wished all of you the best on January 2nd, but in writing (typing?) I'm way behind, as usual. (Still, eleven months and a bit left, aren't there?)

Somewhere, people are watching the second season of Eureka Somewhere else, people are watching the second season of Torchwood And somewhere else again, there's me. Oh well, I've got Dzur (and Steven Brust is still brilliant) and lots of other shiny new books to read, so I'll cut the whining now, and move on to - ( I talk about New Year's resolutions and some fics I wrote )

Also: Santa (you know who you are) gifted me with two gorgeous, gorgeous Kaiba/Jounouchi-doujinshi. <3 Thank you so much! (I guess that means I'll be making 'to take up writing Kaiba/Joey again' my third resolution.)

And Jules Cassidy? I love you, in that giddy-fangirlish, platonic kind of way. Even if you're in a series of romance-novels which I'd feel slightly embarrassed to be caught reading, I still really, really love you.

Current mood: happy.

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14th December, 2007. 6:05 pm. My Own Private Yuletide

Yes, I nicked this idea from [info]alighiera, who nicked it from [info]ariss_tenoh. I did adapt some of the text, though.

Her idea, which is being appropriated here, is a one-sided private Yuletide, i.e. you get a story without having to write one in return. (This is a quote.)

1. If you're on my flist, you get to play. If you're not on my flist but are reading this post, you also get to play.

2. You can request up to four different fandoms (or the same fandom four times, or whatever you want) - but please give me at least a character or pairing to work with and, if you wish, a phrase, setting, theme or whatever you want me to put in the story.

3. If there's something you absolutely want (or don't want) to see in your story, tell me.

4. You don't need to limit your requests to the fandoms I have listed below. Feel free to request any fandom at all, but keep in mind that the odds of me picking up a book are a lot better than the odds of me acquiring six seasons of a TV-show or a complete anime-series.

5. I will earnestly try to write at least one of your requests before the end of 2008.

6. The deadline for me to finish writing at least one of your requests is December 31st next year. (Ahem, yes, well, I know I can be a slowpoke.)

Comments are screened so you can't peek at each other's requests, and so I can work at some discretion.

( fandoms I have written or fancy I'd be able to write, if the right mood were to strike me )

Current mood: excited.

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21st October, 2007. 12:40 pm. Dear Santa ...

(Below you'll find the letter to my anonymous Santa at [info]yuletide. Please do not read unless you are this person.)

( Dear Santa ... )

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