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Writin' Wankas' LiveJournal:
| Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 | |
| 5:11 am [pyratejenni] |
Sweets for the Sweet I wrote this for WoW's Love Is In The Air Festival, using my blood elf priest as the narrator. ( Read more... ) |
| Monday, April 19th, 2010 | |
| 11:25 am [dhole] |
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| 11:16 am [dhole] |
Nameless, Chapter 2 More of the same, I guess. This one is a pretty short chapter. ( Nameless, Chapter 2 ) |
| 11:12 am [dhole] |
Nameless, Chapter 1 Hey. So, this community doesn't seem to be exactly hopping, but on the other hand, it's not been deleted, so I figured it would be okay to post a bit of the thing that I'm currently working on, and see if anyone is interested. It's an urban fantasy called Nameless. It's supposed to be funny. There are fandom type references, but the goal is something that's at least readable, if occasionally inexplicable, to people who don't get the references. There's another thing that I'm working on currently, which is currently at a few agents. If the agents that have it pass, I'll send it along to another agent who wants an exclusive, and if he doesn't want it, it gets sent out broadly, and Nameless goes out to agents. So, while my time frame is going to be shaped by the publishing industry, I'm hoping to have this out the door by June. I'm thinking I'll post the first few chapters here, and if anyone wants to read the rest, drop me a line, either here or at asreiss at gmail dot com. ( Nameless, Chapter 1 ) |
| Saturday, April 11th, 2009 | |
| 12:34 am [charamei] |
Title: Provisionally, 'Daughter of Time'. Genre: Looks fantasy-like to me. Could be sci-fi, though. Rating: Eh, PG-13 for mention of various societal evils. Word Count: 728 I finally reached the point where I just needed a change from the same old Nano-Whofic-Nano-Whofic cycle, picked up a prompt from here and a character prompt from here, and set out to make something new, self-contained and above all short. This happened. It's still a first draft since I have other things to write/edit first, but I kind of like it and would appreciate concrit. That way, when I do edit it, it'll be even shiner. ( Read more... ) |
| Thursday, February 5th, 2009 | |
| 12:25 pm [harrylovesron] |
Discussion: Smut ( Let's talk about smutfic. NSFW, obviously! ) |
| Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 | |
| 4:19 pm [dhole] |
A Knight on the Road, Chapter 2. This is the second chapter, and the last one I'm going to post here; like I said before, if you want to see more, let me know, and I'll mail a copy to you. ( Chapter 2 ) |
| 3:59 pm [dhole] |
A Knight on the Road, Chapter 1 This is something that I've recently finished, and which needs at least another major edit before I start sending it out to agents. Rather than spamming the whole thing, I figure I'll post a couple of chapters -- if anyone wants to see the rest, let me know, and I'll send you a copy. The current draft is a bit over 80,000 words, and I'm planning on starting a major revision in a month or two. I'm not very good at summaries, but here's the current attempt: Emban is a walker – someone who makes her living by traveling between worlds. When she becomes embroiled in the affairs of a wizard named North Gate, Emban finds herself in a much wider universe than she had ever imagined, and in the middle of a conflict that spans tens of thousands of worlds, and involves forces beyond her comprehension. ( Chapter 1 ) |
| Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | |
| 9:18 am [pishbadlarr] |
Discussion: Method You've just gotten the barest glimmer of an idea. Now what? What's your method? Do you stop whatever you're doing and sit and write it down? Do you let it roll around in your head for a while? Do you obsessively outline? Do you jump right in to the first draft? Does your actual process end up differing from the process you planned to use? |
| Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 | |
| 3:36 pm [breecita] |
New Comm When I started trying to get e-published I was sort of shocked by the fact that there didn't seem to be good communities out there with people who know what's going on in the e-publishing world, since you'd figure us internet nerds would be at the front of that. I'm trying to change that a little bit by getting e-published authors to come to livejournal and talk to other authors and aspiring authors about how they broke into publishing online and what they like about it, etc. And maybe dish the dirt on which publishers are looking for what sort of stuff. It's a little genre niched due to my sphere of bully-able contacts, but hopefully some of you might find the idea useful. :) http://community.livejournal.com/e_roti |
| Saturday, June 28th, 2008 | |
| 12:59 pm [pishbadlarr] |
Discussion: Inspiration Where does your inspiration come from? Do you dream your plots? Are they what-ifs? AU's? Plot generators? Prompts? Wish fulfillment? Are you merely a channel for your muse? Do you meet your characters on the astral plane? |
| Thursday, June 26th, 2008 | |
| 7:00 pm [pishbadlarr] |
Yo, wankas! Long time no see! Things have been pretty quiet around here for a while, no? Our bad. We'll be good if you'll be good. Remember there was a prompt thrown out last week you could take advantage of if you felt so inclined! We'd love to see whatever you come up with. Title: Minnesota Author: Pishbadlarr Rating: PG13 for mild language A/N: From pyratejenni's prompt "It's not head wound, it's a rite of passage." I've already had some great crit about it and have decided I'm definitely trying to cram too much information into too small of a space, while not giving enough detail where needed, so I intend to expand it at a later date. For now, however, I'd appreciate any additional crit that can be given! Maybe the whole idea just blows, I don't know. ;) ( Let me say right off the bat that my expectations for Minnesota were pretty damn low. ) |
| Friday, June 20th, 2008 | |
| 7:47 pm [pyratejenni] |
Prompt "It's not a head wound, it's a rite of passage." |
| Saturday, April 5th, 2008 | |
| 12:24 pm [hallidae] |
For anyone who knows the fandom, I've been getting into the Dolls series lately. Being a crime-based manga, it leaves open some room for... the creepier persuasion, we'll say, and I decided to see if I could tread the line between "crush" and "stalker". Any suggestions anyone would have for tweaking would be fabulous. Title: Reminiscing Fandom: Dolls Pairing: Kei/Seiju Rating: PG13 Warnings: Underage (Kei's fifteen here, but referencing events several years previous). Summary: It's been years, and Kei's not so little any more, but a certain member of the Tokkei still occupies his mind the majority of the time. ( Onwards ) |
| Friday, February 22nd, 2008 | |
| 8:48 pm [luckdragonfujur] |
There's nothing more boring than a poet I found a very interesting text about writing and writers in a 1997 magazine called Tema y variaciones de literatura (Themes and Variations in Literature), edited by the Universidad Autónoma de México. I translated the parts I liked the most. ( Writing is hard work. ) So, what do you think about it? In case you're interested in reading the original Spanish, it's here. |
| Friday, February 15th, 2008 | |
| 1:40 am [kyabetsu] |
2007 Nano Follow-Up (2/?) TMNT Fan Fiction Warning I am looking for people outside the TMNT fandom who would be willing to give me feedback/editing/general pointers. More than just writing a cool story, I want to be a better writer. Blue, and now Reijiro, have given me some food for thought. This is the Please, be brutal. I value your opinions. Title: Hanami Re-write. Author: Kyabetsu Pairing/Fandom: No pairings/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rating: PG-13 Flash-back violence Warnings: I could warn you that it needs work, but I don't think that's what you mean. Author Notes: Set 5 years after the end of TMNT Movie 2 in 1995. (Yeah, the one with Vanilla Ice. He won't be appearing in this fanfic. I swear.) Has influences from Movie 4. ************* SCENE 1 (EDITED ( If he had to die... ) ~~~~~~~ I have a note to "Fix setting. The fight setting =/= scene setting. Define them separately." Do you feel that is a point of confusion as this is currently written? Clarification:: The next scene is set in this same brownstone. I believe I can take time to define the apartment in more detail there, using the POV of some one who is not dying. (You know, aware). However, I worry that by waiting, I weaken this scene. Do you feel that is an issue? Current Mood: Determined Current Music: Fish Tank |
| Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 | |
| 11:35 pm [kyabetsu] |
2007 Nano FollowUp (1/?) TMNT Fan Fiction Warning I've been working on my re-write of HANAMI* in some way, shape, or form for over 4 years now. For the past two NANO's now, I've been working on scenes from it. I change my mind about the structure on an almost weekly basis. I have a plan, a glorious editor, and notebooks FULL of scenes. They aren't ready for my editor yet. These scenes don't all mesh, aren't all well-thought out, and could ALL use some serious shaping. I don't know that I like the past-tense, the POV, the characterization or the way they might go together. I've been staring at them for too long. I would appreciate any feedback, thoughts, or commentary. On anything... from grammar and sentence structure to pacing or plotting or name choices or inconsistencies or pizza toppings. I swore I wouldn't publish this out in the fandom until it was complete, so y'all're an excellent group of writers to bounce this off. I've got it on my lj too, under friends-lock until it's been beaten into proper shape. Please, be brutal. I value your opinions. *--Hanami = an embarrassingly bad fanfic posted on FF.net back in 2002. It had a good plot-core. I refuse to let it sit there and rot. I think I can fix it. Title: Hanami Re-write. Author: Kyabetsu Pairing/Fandom: No pairings/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rating: PG-13 Flash-back violence Warnings: I could warn you that it needs work, but I don't think that's what you mean. Author Notes: Set 5 years after the end of TMNT Movie 2 in 1995. (Yeah, the one with Vanilla Ice. He won't be appearing in this fanfic. I swear.) Has influences from Movie 4. ************* SCENE 1 (not that it's chronologically first--though it is--but that for tracking purposes, it's the first out of my first notebook.) ( If he had to die... ) Current Mood: Meek Current Music: Jungle Book -- "The Bear Necessities" |
| Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 | |
| 3:42 pm [also_not_a_pipe] |
I'm trying to edit my NaNo novel from 2006, but it isn't quite working. I think that one of the places I get hung up is that the only part I've been able to write so far is the subplot dealing with two of my main characters and their angsty relationship. I've decided just to go ahead and write their story as something separate to see if maybe that shuts the boys up. The problem with that is that I'm not sure I'm writing them as masculine enough even for the sort of poised, quasi-Victorian (it's complicated to explain, but the story is space opera that borrows liberally from 19th century Australia and a completely cracked-out history-stew-in-space RPG I used to help mod) gentlemen they're supposed to be. So anyway. The piece that I'm currently rewriting is a bit long to just slap up on a comm unannounced--twenty four hundred words and counting. Instead I shall ask, does anyone feel like taking a look at this chapter for me when I get finished revising it? |
| 1:36 am [pyratejenni] |
Utena drabble-type thingy Wrote this up awhile back, thought people might like to see it. ( Showers After the Revolution ) |