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No longer here	[Jul. 18th, 2009\|01:38 pm]
Thought I would let everyone know. Now here.
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Internet Discovery Channel: Plot Coupons

[Sep. 4th, 2007|06:38 pm]

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I just KNOW www.tvtropes.org is going to waste all my time in a big way for a while. Where else can I browse around and stumble upon brilliant little pieces like this article on plot coupons over at Ansible?

Not that I, er, knew what Ansible was about until a couple of days ago, but hey! Ignore that, just follow the shiny.

QUOTEQUOTEQUOTE:

At any rate, there's another variety of ingenious plot device that's closely related to collecting the coupons, and that's Saving the Vouchers. As the name suggests, it's an activity that can amount to the same thing if your plot tokens happen to have an effective power of their own. A Plot Voucher is one of those useful items that is presented to the hero at the start of his adventure with a purpose totally unspecified, that turns out at an arbitrary point later in the story to be exactly what's needed to get him out of a sticky and otherwise unresolvable situation. ("This voucher valid for one [1] awkward scrape. Not transferable." Young Dirk stared at the object in bewilderment. "But what does it do?", he asked, putting it reluctantly away in his pouch. "Ah," said the old sage, "I am not at liberty to tell you that. But when the time comes, you will know its purpose.")

Do not read this if you do not wish to know what sins I and pretty much every other author you've ever read have committed.

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Music meme because if I say anything else, it's likely to be boring and unhappy

[Aug. 30th, 2007|06:24 am]

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LJ IS VERY VERY STUPID. I just wanted to make that clear.

Now for that meme, which was nabbed from

telesilla and makes me feel a bit better. A bit.

1. Have your music library ready.
2. Choose one song from your music library whose title starts with the first letter (or number) of your LJ name.
3. Repeat this process with each successive letter (or number) in your LJ name until you run out of letters (or numbers).
4. Post up your results.
5. BONUS POINTS: Upload your mix (whether it's individual songs or a .zip of all the the songs) and include the mix in your post.

Well, no bonus points here, as for various reasons, I'm not comfy with uploading music illegally and shtuff (also, it would be kinda hard to share a bunch of songs that are all drmed by iTunes and wouldn't actually PLAY on your computers), so instead I'll tell you to a)look them up on deezer.com and will b)tl;dr about why I chose them, as surely I don't have only ONE song that starts with any of the letters below.

E Escondite Ingles, by Shakira --> my first rocky Spanish song, part of the album that sealed my love for Shakira and continues to send me on periodic searches for cool spanish music. Also, I don't know how I got from Shakira to Julieta Venegas, but I just needed to mention the latter singer.
M Misery, by The Cliks --> popped up while I was trying to search out Pink's song of the same name, and now I loooove the band. Have a myspace link to them, their music rocks.
P Punkie, by Sean Paul --> I have a dirty appreciation for most of his work, but this song just makes me go gooey inside. It's just a perfect little soundbite, a smooth listen, and as human and silly as it gets.
I I'm Shipping up to Boston, by Dropkick Murphys --> This song is likely why I enjoyed The Departed so much. It also turned me on to Seven Nations and Espers and a couple other cool folk/irish type bands. It is also awesome.
N Night of the Dancing Flame, by Roisin Murphy --> this song is partly why I continued watching Fox's So You Think You Can Dance. IT IS JUST AWESOME TOTALLY
K Kaliyon Ka Chaman, by Bappi Lahiri --> this song was my gateway drug into Bollywood music in general. An Asha Bhosle song was my next sip, and after flooding myself with songs from Monsoon Wedding and Bride and Prejudice, more soon followed. Now, I now have about 40 or 50 songs, most of which I know by heart.

*wibbles* I KNOW there was some service that let you embed iTunes playlists in websites without breaking (many) rules. I really wish I could find it now, because that there's a lot of words and not much music :P

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Fic Post: A Fractured Year, Chapter 1

[Aug. 22nd, 2007|11:45 pm]

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For the impatient, go straight here to read the chapter.
For the slightly less impatient, go here to the fic index of the entire story for the summary and assorted goodness.

For the people who've no fucking clue what I'm talking about, read on.

A Surreal Tale is the first story in this series, which has morphed from a way of telling the Slytherin!Harry story "realistically" (I'll just let that stand, I think) to the HP story I've always wanted to hear, where the things that can go wrong
do, and Harry isn't popular and Slytherin isn't a black hole inhabited by monsters. The second story in the series, A Mistaken Fate, is where I started to really catch on to the idea that I was writing what I wanted to read.

A Fractured Year (aptly named by

fizzylizard, who I am immensely grateful to for doing so) is the sequel to both of the above stories, and so far looks to be the year where Mad Shit Goes Down, a.k.a If E. M. Pink completely rewrote Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. So far, I've five chapters planned (with possibly more added on if a plotline I recently began considering works out), and am starting the story with my newest POV character, Sirius Black. Likely, I will hate him and everyone else before I am done. But I will be done eventually, I know that now. If you've been following me on twitter, you may have twigged to the fact that I've got one of those newfangled theme things sorted out, which, trust me, makes a huge difference to how easy it will be to keep everything on point. And this story has survived my first boyfriend, several tantrums, two or three major moments of writers' block, and my first full-time job. I think it's a keeper, and one that I won't want to let go for a long time.

But hey, back on point. This chapter is the first one I've published in this universe that can mostly stand on its own. For a rough idea of what an extremely pivotal part of the entire story looks like, check it out.

PS: Surprise, I have a JF fic comm! Er, really. The chapter will go up on FF.net tomorrow if I can scrape together the time.
PPS: I should have called this post DEATH BY LINKAGE XD
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Fic Update: AST Third Year, AKA "A Fragmented Year"

[Aug. 18th, 2007|07:11 am]

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Much, much thanks to

fizzylizard, who helped me come up with a title in the style of the other two of the series.

Much, much unthanks to my brain. You probably won't like this news at first, but this is how things are going to go down for third year:

*clears throat* Five chapters. Maybe just four. I've already written one from Sirius' POV. Planned are chapters from Bella, Severus and Antares' POVs, as well as a longish, informative article from the Daily Prophet. Or a scene from Rita. I know exactly what I'm aiming for-- an intermission with punch that takes care of the backstory while satisfying my urge to go off on tangents AND soothes my lack of a real plot for third year. Fourth year has somehow turned into a potential giant of a story, and I'm accommodating that by speeding things up so I can get to writing it as soon as possible.

Of course, the idea for third year is already mutating. I'm not sure the proposed subject of Bella's chapter can unfold for about 8 or 10,000 words (they'll all be somewhere in that range, see), so I'm going to do Severus' chapter first. I don't want to waste a word on filler because this whole YEAR is filler, if needed and necessary filler. But it all makes sense- I was tearing my hair out over my lack of plot and sudden focus on Sirius for this year. Now I get to write just the bits that I need explained for fourth year to make sense. I was also worrying how to show Antares in his midpoint between Tom-induced insanity and clarity and have that journey not bore you to death over the year. Now, he gets one chapter to have a light shined on his weird issues, and that's it. I also wanted more Rita, maybe as a newspaper article. I'm going to *get* more Rita, somehow.

And I just got hit by a super idea: the last chapter can be a drabble, consisting mostly of headlines from the Daily Prophet. *hugs the idea* That'll tell the story better than I likely can :)

Well, either way I do this, I'm going to have fun. And so will you- I've a feeling that this will be my best year yet.

PS: No, I haven't forgotten the fic archive issue! It'll be sorted by the end of this weekend, hopefully, and by then I think I'll be ready to post the first chapter of AFY.

Tags: security:public, writing, fandom, announcement

Important: Right, that's it

[Aug. 14th, 2007|10:39 am]

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1. Am now CROSSPOSTING btwn journalfen and LJ. Deal. Or, much better, go see.

2. Have reluctantly decided to abandon FF.net for my posting needs for the following reasons:
a) I think it's time to move on
b) Third year, now tentatively named An Old Prophecy (lame, but I kind of wanted to stick with the A thing), is going to EAT the rating envelope on FF.net. I can't keep posting there and in all honesty expect that someone might not banhammer my fic there.
c) I think my fic needs to be available in a place I (mostly) control, that also won't randomly change or get deleted or whatevs. Two places currently fit the bill in varying degrees. JF is yummy, I like the freewheeling atmosphere, and the fact that I will not be bahleeted for posting fic there. And, of course, there's my personal archive, which, while not ready, is good enough to host my fiction now.

3. Therefore, I will now be posting new fic at JF and in my archive from now on. Old fics will still be available on FF.net as a ~~gateway~~ drug way to not leave fans there twisting in the wind, but all will eventually be available at my JF places.

4. Therefore therefore, I am going to create a simple community at JF for my fic, wherein I will lay down the commenting law and hope for the best and shit. And of course all fic announcements will be streamed to you through twitter, and through this LJ and that JF. Savvy?

5. Seriously, savvy? :P

6. I'm going to go back through my LJ and friendslock possibly problematic entries. Either that, or just flock everything a couple years old and assume that anyone THAT morbidly interested in my stuff will try to friend me. Or something, I've not quite decided yet.

7. I'm going to ~~Ibiza~~ Ikea this morning. Yes, that is an important announcenent, thanks- I've HAD IT with my non-adjustable-height wooden table that is frigging uncomfortable to sit and type at for hours on end. SO THERE.

8. There will be a more coherent post on this with links. It will probably replace the post at the top of this journal. No, I won't bother leaving that tacky rating thing. I might just do it in big red letters and be happy with that.

9. There is no 9.

10. Also, no 10.

TAGS (for JF): fandom, announcement, security:public.

Random Link: Hello, grousy, fic-ruining feminist

[Aug. 14th, 2007|08:59 am]

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Since I basically never check

jordangrant's LJ, I didn't find out that she'd posted the sequel to Cambiare Podentes. Being greedy and vague on story details, I decided to reread that before starting on the sequel, which is probably more awesome than the first one...for Snarry shippers. For me, it keeps running into my newly awakened feminist brain, and making me roll my eyes and feel unsympathetic and angry at the wrong time.

I just read these sentences some minutes ago: ( Duh, spoilers. Sort of. )

And E. M. just went "Oh, ha ha, YEAH RIGHT." Because that's what I used to dream of telling myself, you know? Even if I am still unequal in the conscious and subconscious minds of pretty much the whole planet because of equipment I was randomly assigned at conception, THINGS WILL BE WONDERFUL. Except when they...aren't. Because, real life being real, and real racists/sexists/mysoginists being idiot fucktards, every woman is likely to experience one moment where absolutely nothing can make it all better, where all that you can see is YOU DO NOT MATTER, KTHX. You deal, yeah. But it is a very hard thing to forget, to completely put aside, or even mostly put aside, especially when glaring reminders are always on hand to remind you of your place.

Jordangrant is writing the fantasy stuffs, I know that. And Harry really does get shafted; it sucks being of lower status for a very good reason. And being served Aladdin!BadGenie-type "UNIMITED POWEEEER" as a recompense, and having improbably fabulous sex (hey, jordan? you don't know me, but srsly. STOP DESCRIBING HOW BIG SNAPE'S COCK IS, KTHX, I THINK WE KNOW BY NOW :P :P).

Oh, wait, there went my sympathy again. *sighs*

Maybe I should just go re-read

minisinoo's novel or something. Jordan's stuff is still well-written and well-thought out and interesting to read, but I keep analysing and comparing. And I don't think I particularly want to stop.

EDIT FROM DA FUTUR: Tags, prudently placed before the rampant PS-ing, are: fandom, random:link, security:public, rant.

PS: Crossposting is...*sighs*...actually not that bad. Yes, this is on my jf account as well, go see, har har.
PPS: Helloooo 6A backtracking yet again. I'm sorry to say I'm also implementing that there two strikes policy, and, well, you've kinda had those :P
PPPS: Re-read, and by gum and golly, that was nice. Finding Himself is TOTALLY next up for rereading *rubs hands greedily*
PPPS: And, apparently, A Year Like No Other.
PPPPS: Hello awesomeness. *hi-fives

aspenlight*
PPPPPS: I should probably just post this now.
PP........S: Did I mention that the first chapter of year 3 is done? Yeah, I KNOW, I really need to name that shit. Remember to follow developments through my twitter, which supposedly conveniently RSSes itself somehow.
P............S: Okay, okay, POSTING, GEEZ.

Oh for crying out loud

[Aug. 11th, 2007|11:56 am]

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I think I'm going to have to post the first chapter of the as-yet-unnamed sequel to AMF in three places now. Here for the commented version, FF.net BECAUSE, and my fic archive. Why? Check out the warning list I just put together: Cliffhanger. Potentially triggering scenes of mostly non-explicit sex and violence. Slash. Non-con.

*flails*. I don't want to make this chapter (an important one, I tell you) inaccessible to people who have problems reading fics with all or any but the first warning included. None of what I've written is seriously graphic (especially the parts to do with sex), but...*sighs*...a good bit of the chapter is stuff you'll want to know going in to third year. And I know that pasting those warnings on the story without making sure those potentially upsetting sections are signposted will make people more likely to skip the chapter.

Okay, here's my plan. Post commented version on FF.net. Post uncommented version at fic archive. Link both ways, link from here/JF.

Or, alternatively, don't comment , post on FF.net (and maybe at archive) and hope for the best. :P. Anyone got ideas?

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Moving: ARGH.

[Aug. 4th, 2007|01:29 pm]

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Hello and welcome to the frustration side of trying to back up *quickly counts* something like 540 posts or so. To WordPress.

ETA: Problem has now been solved, but still, do not underestimate the frustration you can run into. I was starting to wish I'd tried the LJ-SEC option by the time I finally figured out that having a .htaccess and .htpassword file in the same directory could jigger things to hell. I've edited everything so I can actually see my entries now *rolleyes*, and think I'll be able to sort things out when the blog goes live.

*headdesk* Otherwise, though? Peachy keen, I think. My next gargantuan task is to try to get everything into a category that makes sense, and, after that, to go through and make a bunch of posts private. Once THAT's done, I'll put up a post with the link to the journal, and maybe put up an updated friending policy post, wherein you will allow me to register you as speshul users on the site so you can see private entries (if you want to).

Most challenging thing about this all? Setting up an organization scheme that DIDN'T rely on fancypants tagging plugins and basically any plugin that would need me to go to the WordPress panel and manually edit things for posts after posting them. Because, you see, I think I've finally realised that if something isn't easy and quick and painless to do, I'm not going to do it. And making Journler my posting hub is easy...if I don't rely heavily on tags that Journler can't pick up on. So I'm going to pretend that my categories for both my fic site and journal are tags with funky (but useful) hierachy issues, and that's that.

*sighs* I just hope this all turns out right. Here's to the possibility of making my first real crosspost by the end of this weekend, then. *raises glass*

PS: Have you been over at GJ lately? Sheez, it's starting to scare me a little how many people I recognise over there now. This thing is happening now, isn't it? *shakes head*

If you ARE moving...

[Aug. 4th, 2007|09:16 am]

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Please put an entry for yourself in here at fandom411.com, it doesn't take but a minute. AND it's searchable, much more so than any friending meme (not that I'm knocking those or anything, but srsly, this is true). You can enter dozens of you-related links, and update them if and when they change. I know I'm in.

Moving Post: General Status Update

[Aug. 3rd, 2007|10:57 pm]

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Hey, this fucking sucks. But still, I wasn't kidding earlier on about acting on my impulse to just start moving...now.

I've backed up everything on my LJ- comments, posts, etc, and moved them to a shiny new Wordpress installation, where they will be gone over with a fine-toothed comb, categorised within an inch of their lives, etc etc.

I'm not going to even THINK about how long it might take to get that done. But I'm determined to get somewhere by the end of this weekend, so I can back up again, and start crossposting for reals, probably doing so with Journler.

ETA -- Oh Journler, how I have misjudged you! You are, indeed, the one true posting interface. Never shall I need to darken the door of Deepest Sender or the WordPress post page again - well, not really. I'll still have to tag shit manually for my fic site, but that's not too bad, is it, considering I can CROSSPOST LIKE A BEEYOTCH.

*sighs* Now I'm getting there. I've been looking for an all-in-one sort of solution for my general fandom -- okay, I'll just be honest-- my general web presence, for a long, long time. I wanted an archive, a blog, and an easy way to post to both. Now it looks like I have that.

Of course, my brain being what it is, this whole thing has started me thinking of using categories as tags and just bypassing the whole debate there, since I've never really bothered theming the tag display thing on WordPress, and could probably do that with categories if I wanted to. It *would* mean I'd have millions of categories on my fic site...well, maybe not that many, but at least twenty or so if I wanted the job done right. But it would also mean I could dispense with that faintly annoying but functional tagging plugin, and do any heebie jeebie ooh-shiny search modifications to the categories themselves.

AND it would also mean I could still keep out of the date thing and the long-ass link thing, which are the two things I most detest about WordPress. I mean, pinkfic.com/fic/hpfics/ast-2 is so much more elegant than pinkfic.com/2007/10/01/ast-2, and is something you can remember easily, and modify on the fly to get to your category of choice. And, of course, no one said I couldn't have sub-category-like tags, did they?

Okay, I have to stop editing this post, it's likely become incoherent by now. :P

ETA2: Revenge of the Hypocrite -- Bear in mind that this is SIRIUS BIZNESS, folks. Porting my LJ over to Wordpress was nerve-wracking, but still easier than I thought considering I have access to both a Windows computer and a fast internet connection. I will still need to go forth and tag, and try to decide on, implement and describe site and user policy sometime during this weekend, all around sleeping, being lazy, writing, and going on fairly important shopping trips. Why I am doing this is because I've been unsatisfied with the combo of FF.net + Livejournal for a long time, and now just seems a prudent time to try and get a better combo sorted out, while I can back shit up and note down who's on my flist and so on and so forth. None of the above, of course, necessarily applies to anyone but...you guessed it, me.

Moving: My strategy so far

[Aug. 3rd, 2007|10:26 am]

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As most of you have likely heard by now, LJ is at it again, alienating away. My plan? Set up www.thereallyawesome.com as my central fannish hub, and crosspost here, AND keep accounts at GJ and IJ so I can comment at either place. I'll also keep a backup of my lj just in case someone takes a dislike to it, and LJ is on their side.

*sighs* I just wish I didn't have to deal with this right now, but hey. These things happen, eh? Every good thing eventually comes to an end.

*sigh of disgust*

[Aug. 3rd, 2007|05:48 am]

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Just when I was beginning to think I could maybe let the LJ move thing go for a while, two HP artists that posted at

pornish_pixies have been suspended for art that is not chan.

Anyone for a NotLJ friending frenzy over at GJ or IJ? I'm empink at InsaneJournal, e_m_pink at GreatestJournal, and empink at Tabulas.com (the non-working crosspost feature suddenly seems not to matter XD)

Randomish Link

[Aug. 2nd, 2007|05:53 pm]

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The one quote that sums up my usual reaction to when people start talking about harshing of squee with icky real life issues, for some reason, is in

harriet_spy's delish post (part of the seemingly everlasting DD ~~wank~~ controversy), right here in one of her comments.

None of us can be all-higher-consciousness, all-the-time. I respect that for some people, fandom is not where they're going to want to direct their reforming energies. That's okay. But to demand a fandom safe from racial consciousness? That's just wrong.

Replace "racial" with your consciousness or issue du jour, and there you have it. It doesn't only apply to fandom, of course- there will always be people around that do not want you to 'harsh their buzz' by raising unpleasant issues in any way for any reason at any time. :rolleyes:

Pretentious writer squee	[Aug. 2nd, 2007\|12:56 am]
In the midst of rewriting the first part of my first chapter for third year, this bit created itself. ( I'll just let it stand. ) hugs the story I write for this. Not perfect, not especially beautiful, but...
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MISCE MISCE MISCE MISCEGENATION

[Aug. 1st, 2007|11:09 pm]

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I wish I could make a humorous post on this like

gunderpants did, especially since I'm not frothing at the mouth from reading

witchqueen's post on

daily_deviant's misce-demeanor.

LOL PUN DID YOU SEE THAT?? Unfortunately, that's about the only funny in this post.

What really got under my skin about this wank was how everyone (as always!) seemed to keep going on about how

witchqueen was 'purposely hurtful' and 'not respectful' and 'calling people racist' when what she actually did in the emails to the DD mods was *gasp* tell them they were using an offensive, racist word. Yes, she used the N word severally, to make a point.

I understand why, to an extent. You may never have heard of the word 'miscegenation'. You might have seen it in passing in some ill-defined context and shrugged (lol see what I did there hey), or it may have passed you by altogether. I'm not going to link to research or definitions of the word; you can damn well find it yourself either by reading around in the discussion (

robin_anne_reid and

liviapenn have extremely resourceful posts on the issue) or calling upon your Google-fu. To most people that read this, "nigger" will stand out as the more offensive word, simply because there's been much, much more of a spotlight on it. More people screaming at each other about it, more people talking about it, using it daily.

I don't think I've actually *heard* miscegenation used by anyone ever. If I have, I've probably forgotten. So, really, for me, pairing it with 'nigger' was a brilliant move on

witchqueen's part- that sat people right the fuck up, you know? Especially since I sure as hell didn't post no misceing tag in that community, or make the headdesky mistake of throwing interracial and interspecial sex under the same blanket and expecting them to make fabulous, unwanky whoopee.

I'm just going to repost a comment I made elsewhere (the first and only one I've made so far in/related to this wank), because I feel I put it about as clearly as I could there: ( Hopefully RESPECTFUL comment, except for the bitterness underneath. )

I will also be here on the other side of my computer screen, flipping the bird at anyone who tells me I need to be respectful when pointing out something that makes me angry, also known as an indirect way of saying 'be quiet, you're hurting my feelings' instead of doing something meaningful about the anger-inducing situation. Doesn't mean I know your motive behind saying it, and certainly doesn't mean people shouldn't try not to swear and rage instead of making their issue clear. What it does mean is that you may be in that place where that issue does not make you want to buy yourself a gun and use it, and that person may be so far away from that place due to personal experience that they are several time zones away from Racism Doesn't Make Me Angry Land.

Rambly Quick BLEH

[Jul. 31st, 2007|08:06 pm]

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I hate my LJ tags *covers eyes so she can't see them*.

Apart from that, I'm trying to get the rest of AST up on my fanfic site. I feel very strange about the sometimes rather long author's notes attached to everything, so I've plucked up my courage and am editing them out where I can stand to.

In other news *shakes fist at Sirius*. That MAN is rampaging through my plotline, tearing things! I like not being entirely sure what I'm writing for a chapter or two, but persistently feeling that way for a whole frigging story??

Stop it, Sirius. I don't want to have to hurt you ~~any more~~. Really.

PS: I know I'm being a tease and probably being unnecessarily mean to Sirius, but dammit, this story has an awesome beginning, and I'm damned if I'll piss it away wandering about in later chapters, looking for an end to it all.

Statement of Websitely Defeat	[Jul. 30th, 2007\|10:22 pm]
Dramatic, oh yes. But I've really had it, all right? What do I do best? Well, write, organize (within reason), plan, create. You'd think that would translate awesomely into knocking together websites, and it does...to a degree. I'm sick of worrying about this, though. I like twiddling with wordpress and databases and so on. But I am frigging tired of doing it. I would really, really like to stop worrying about how to make something look pretty and clean and special. And the truth is, I don't want to make something lovely and end up having people not using it or something. EDIT: Coda is bad for you if you actually want to stick to this :P. I went in there, meaning to do something give-uppy, maybe change my Wordpress theme to something boring, or just gut my folder or something. Instead, I ended up customizing some more facepalm EDITEDIT: Also, SIRIUS IS AWESOME TO WRITE, AMIRITE? He lends himself so well to purposeful angst hugs him to death. Also, the plot has changed AGAIN but I'm loving it anyway and omg this is the coolest starting chapter EVER.
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About Me: Why I write

[Jul. 29th, 2007|05:06 pm]

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Being lazy on the weekends looks to be something I'm just going to have to accept. So here I am, taking advantage. Because although you might have learned most of the stuff I say in here along the way, I just want to state what I feel like I'm about for the record. Feel free to comment.

( So, Why? )

( How do I write? )

( What can you expect of my stories and of me as a writer? )

Tl;dr summary: I love to write, don't you? XD. Maybe I should discard the 'Treasure Trove' and 'Empink's fic blah blah place" stuff and just get straight to the point: Tl;dr - Fic by E. M. Pink.

Quick Post: Reviews + Writing = Awesome

[Jul. 29th, 2007|01:31 pm]

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I'm trying to get as many reviews answered today as I can - I've been crap at getting back for a couple months. So by all means, if you've got a question, ask it. I'm likely to be busy writing and working for the next week or so, and want to take advantage of the next few hours to answer all kinds of random AMF/AST questions.

As for writing...well. Turns out that Sirius is going to be a far bigger player in third year than i thought. The plot's also probably going to be a lot simpler than I thought, with just a handful of really important events setting things in motion, and a lot more screen time given to everything that has an effect. I want some time to get even more comfortable with all the characters- to sort of build my own canon to riff off, in effect. One thing that really bothered me while writing AMF was just how much I'd relied on riffing off canon to create Antares and everyone else. While not a bad thing, when I decided to break away from the canon plot entirely, I really started feeling the effects of tying everyone to canon.

Thing is, especially after reading DH, I find Harry's canon character arc be really boring. He started out with a curiosity that let us see the world around him- something that largely disappeared unless what he was curious about concerned one of the people he liked or hated. Antares isn't like that. And he's never going to be, unless something happens that changes him significantly.

I used to write him to compare and contrast, to show what a different upbringing might have done to change Harry. Now, I find I don't really care. I want to write Antares, not Antares-that-could-be-Harry-with-a-few-years-in-a-cupboard. Or something. Funnily enough, I don't think you want to read the latter Antares, because frankly, Harry's been done.

Basically, I'm just trying to give you fair warning that my story's going to stay thoroughly AU. I'll pull some elements from DH, to be sure, but everyone in the stories is going to be my take on their canon versions. My version, for better or worse.

But again, I think you already figured this out by now. If it's a disappointment, it's no big deal- there's tons of authors out there who'll do things differently from me. I'll even occasionally point you in their direction (

lightningwave!

aspenlight!

silentauror!

sahiya, even, though she doesn't write HP as often. And this is not anywhere near an exhaustive list, of course). You like what you like, is my philosophy, so don't apologise to me about hating anything, and I won't apologise to you for making anything hateful :D. This is what I like, basically.

PS: Humongous post about my thoughts on ~~yaoi~~ writing soon to come!
PPS: Yes, I'm really writing third year. XD Can barely believe it myself...

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