Sick, and famous
Feb. 18th, 2006 09:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hmpfPhysical state of Hmpf: Ill (very). Headache, sore throat, earache, fever, painful cough. Why does this always happen when I have a university deadline to meet?
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However, on a less physical level I'm quite happy at the moment. "Normal" has been recced at the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
crack_van. That's the second time a story of mine has been featured there (last time was "Endure", in June 2005), and I feel all famous now. I also feel confirmed in my suspicion that the stuff I write at my natural, very slow speed is a lot better than the stuff I've written for challenges, or just in a general hurry. Both the recced stories took ages to write - two years and a bit for "Endure", and almost exactly three years for "Normal". (Of course, I worked on other stories during that time, as well. But that's how long it took to finish them, from conception to the last round of revisions.)
I do hope I'll get a bit quicker with practice, though! I suspect I'll never be a 'fast' writer, but it would be nice to be able to finish a story in a couple of months or so.
Anyway. Here's a link to my 15 minutes of fame - or rather, my *second* 15 minutes of fame: http://community.livejournal.com/crack_van/1726224.html
(Strange adaptation: The last time this happened, it felt weird beyond belief. This time, I'm still pleased, but it's not so weird anymore.)
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Writing/housecleaning update - all active projects:
Currently actively working on:
"68 Wives" (working title) - HL; Methos and his wives
On the backburner, but lined up for immediate continuation once the wives are out of the way ("Wives" will be a quick story, I think):
"Found In Translation" (working title) - HL; Methos and Adam Pierson; identity issues
Housecleaning, i.e., old stories in revision right now:
"Sometimes We Believe" - back from beta'ing, needs to be revised now according to new insights - HL, Horsemen story
"Epilogue" - still in pre-beta revision - HL, Quickening story, formal experiment
"Names" - also still in pre-beta revision - HL, another piece about identity issues
Translations:
"Morgenstund" - translation of "Rise And Shine", Farscape - just back from first beta reader
"Nach(t)leben" - translation of "A River In Egypt", Farscape - just sent off to beta
WiPs on backburner, priority 2:
"Terrourists" - Farscape
"These Days" (working title) - Harry Potter epic dystopian AU which scares me to death because it has Plot.
"Personal Space" - Farscape
Backburner, priority 3:
"Sisters" - Farscape, dialogue fic
"The Breakfast of Losers" - Farscape, sequel to "Rise And Shine"
"The Desk" - Deep Space Nine, possibly a HL crossover
"Flaking Paint" - HL, everything-and-the-kitchen-sink fic
Bunnies:
"Atlas" - BSG 2003 ficlet
Unnamed Doctor Who & HL crossover based on a couple of cool lines of dialogue that came to me one day
Unnamed Hellblazer fic about Chas and his relationship with John Constantine (no, not slash)
"Between Countries" - HL, just a couple of sentences so far. No idea where it might go.
Too. Many. Projects. Oh well, I'm doing my best to prioritise.
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However, on a less physical level I'm quite happy at the moment. "Normal" has been recced at the
crack_van. That's the second time a story of mine has been featured there (last time was "Endure", in June 2005), and I feel all famous now. I also feel confirmed in my suspicion that the stuff I write at my natural, very slow speed is a lot better than the stuff I've written for challenges, or just in a general hurry. Both the recced stories took ages to write - two years and a bit for "Endure", and almost exactly three years for "Normal". (Of course, I worked on other stories during that time, as well. But that's how long it took to finish them, from conception to the last round of revisions.) I do hope I'll get a bit quicker with practice, though! I suspect I'll never be a 'fast' writer, but it would be nice to be able to finish a story in a couple of months or so.
Anyway. Here's a link to my 15 minutes of fame - or rather, my *second* 15 minutes of fame: http://community.livejournal.com/crack_van/1726224.html
(Strange adaptation: The last time this happened, it felt weird beyond belief. This time, I'm still pleased, but it's not so weird anymore.)
***
Writing/housecleaning update - all active projects:
Currently actively working on:
"68 Wives" (working title) - HL; Methos and his wives
On the backburner, but lined up for immediate continuation once the wives are out of the way ("Wives" will be a quick story, I think):
"Found In Translation" (working title) - HL; Methos and Adam Pierson; identity issues
Housecleaning, i.e., old stories in revision right now:
"Sometimes We Believe" - back from beta'ing, needs to be revised now according to new insights - HL, Horsemen story
"Epilogue" - still in pre-beta revision - HL, Quickening story, formal experiment
"Names" - also still in pre-beta revision - HL, another piece about identity issues
Translations:
"Morgenstund" - translation of "Rise And Shine", Farscape - just back from first beta reader
"Nach(t)leben" - translation of "A River In Egypt", Farscape - just sent off to beta
WiPs on backburner, priority 2:
"Terrourists" - Farscape
"These Days" (working title) - Harry Potter epic dystopian AU which scares me to death because it has Plot.
"Personal Space" - Farscape
Backburner, priority 3:
"Sisters" - Farscape, dialogue fic
"The Breakfast of Losers" - Farscape, sequel to "Rise And Shine"
"The Desk" - Deep Space Nine, possibly a HL crossover
"Flaking Paint" - HL, everything-and-the-kitchen-sink fic
Bunnies:
"Atlas" - BSG 2003 ficlet
Unnamed Doctor Who & HL crossover based on a couple of cool lines of dialogue that came to me one day
Unnamed Hellblazer fic about Chas and his relationship with John Constantine (no, not slash)
"Between Countries" - HL, just a couple of sentences so far. No idea where it might go.
Too. Many. Projects. Oh well, I'm doing my best to prioritise.
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Date: 2006-02-18 08:35 pm (UTC):( Feel better soon! xxxxxx
Get well soon!
Date: 2006-02-18 09:09 pm (UTC)And well done for being famous. Now I know someone famous! Not just someone who had his hair cut by someone famous's dad!
You're famous yourself!
Date: 2006-02-18 09:15 pm (UTC)http://community.livejournal.com/crack_van/153180.html
In fact, it was among the first 25 or so Farscape stories recced there.
Not to mention that of course you'll be a famous published writer one of these days, and then I can go around bragging that I know two famous writers! ;-)
Re: You're famous yourself!
Date: 2006-02-18 10:24 pm (UTC)I knew she'd recced it on her website but not there. Huh, coolness. Too bad I don't really write fan fiction anymore. This makes me want to captialise on my briefly held pseudo-fame under another pseudonym. Hmm, perhaps there's a reason it's got "crack" in the title.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, but that does depend on my actually finishing a book... ;)
Becka.
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Date: 2006-02-18 09:51 pm (UTC)Also, YAY for potential Hellblazer ficcage!! Especially a fic about John and Chas that ISN'T slash! W00T!! *bounces*
*needs a HB icon again...*
:)
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Date: 2006-02-18 10:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-19 04:34 pm (UTC)However, your to-do list...whew. Best of luck!