State of the valis union

Chatted last night in the Snupin ship chat. It was a blast, as expected. I really love the Snupin pairing, and the people who are active within the pairing are so lovely.

My eBay listings ended last night as well, and proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that I should not ever list anything on Saturdays again. Score so far: Mon-Weds, Fri, yes; Thurs, Sat, no; Sun, unknown.

I think I'm going to see the Prestige today. It seems like an interesting film. I'm always into magic and magic tricks as a sort of sideline interest, so I'm rather enthused about seeing it. Plus, hot men. What's not to like?

I have a show in Ohio on Fri-Sun, which means I have very little time to put the new merch together. I will be a basket case for the next few days. Honestly, I shouldn't even be seeing this movie, but once in a while I have to do something outside the apartment, I think. Yesterday I never left, for example.

Have to start putting together the next week's listings, too. I'll do them on Monday night.

I have a giant entry to post, nearly finished, just waiting for a last coat of polish. Also, I wrote a note to myself about it, and lost it, so I'm still holding out hope that I can find it before I post it. (Yes, sigune, it's a little white note, hee!) I'm hoping that people are back online on Monday...it seems like we've hit another slowdown on LJ. I was gone for over four days, and the flist was only skip 390, which is less than 100 posts per day...pretty slow. The holiday exchanges that everyone is writing for must be part of the culprit, or maybe it's just a last burst of energy before snow blankets the upper portion of the Northern Hemisphere. Anyway, Mondays (and Sunday nights) are usually fairly busy, so I'll be sending it out into the universe soon, with high hopes that it will be helpful.

A Guide to Writing Fanfiction. Part One of Two: Character.

I've overhauled my original LJ entry about writing fanfiction from March 2005. Here is bright, shiny version 2.0!

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We all write fanfiction for different reasons. Some of us are here for the sheer joy of playing in another's toybox; some are here to improve as writers; some are here to practice for writing their own original works.

For those interested in improving, I offer this guide, in the hopes that it will be useful.

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A Guide to Writing Fanfiction. Part Two of Two: Mechanics.

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We aren't paid for fanfiction. We write it and share it for the joy of it, for the feedback, for the chance to become better writers. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it.

First version: Thanks to mortifyd for reading the rough draft, and ginarsnape for helpful suggestions.

Second version: Thanks to rexluscus for beta reading. Any errors that remain are mine alone.

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