Weird.

Meant to go to bed, but suddenly felt like writing a tiny little bit yet. So I opened my throwaway Farscape ficlet that's been sort of hanging around since, err, 2008? And is kind of the definition of unnecessary fic, as it's just a completely run-of-the-mill bit of John angst?

So I haven't been working very hard on it, ever, because it's just not that interesting - it's just this thing that was sort of around, and occasionally I'd add a bit or subtract a bit or shift a few sentences around, idly, when I wanted to write but didn't feel like immersing myself in something more challenging/time-consuming. So I did that today again - and it's kind of almost finished now. o.O

Not *quite* finished yet. But maybe in a few days.

Couldn't this kind of "whoops, I accidentally almost finished this" thing happen to one of my main fics, for a change? *grumble*

My fic, graded from dire to awesome

Copied from a discussion in comments further down the page.

Farscape fandom must be very puzzled by my fic output...

2001: A River in Egypt: mediocre
2003: Rise and Shine: decent
2006: Normal: awesome.
2010: The Breakfast of Losers: decent
2012 (I think): Dead Man's Jacket: mediocre

It must look like I'm two different writers. :D

Come to think of it, my output in LoM follows a similar pattern [in terms of quality fluctuations]:

2007: Starving on the Jump Down: decent
2008: How to Love a Madman: decent
2009: The Last Lost Generation: mediocre
2012: The Mad Doctrine: awesome

And as for Highlander...:

2000: This Is Your Time: dire
2001: Sometimes We Believe: decent
2001: Epilogue: mediocre
2002: Names: decent
2003: Endure: flawed awesomeness
2010: 68 Wives: awesome

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For completeness' sake, here's the stuff from my minor fandoms, too:

2003: Together (Harry Potter): mediocre
2004ish?: Family Portrait (It's Walky!): mediocre
2004ish?: A Case For the Christmas Bunny (Zebra Girl): mediocre
2006: Atlas (BSG): decent

As for bunnies, here's how I'd rate them at the moment:

Found in Translation (Highlander): awesome
(untitled) (Farscape): decent
Terro(u)rists (Farscape): awesome
Cut Along the Dotted Line (LoM): decent
(untitled) (LoM/Sandman): awesome
The Man Who Fell to Earth (LoM): potentially awesome, but troubled (and yes, I know the title has been done. It's a working title, anyway.)
Round the Bend in 80 Days (LoM): decent
A Black-and-White Picture (HP): awesome

Next up for finishing - apart from the surprise FS fic I mentioned yesterday - will probably be Cut Along the Dotted Line (Sam/Maya). Wish I could say I'd make it awesome, but I don't think I have it in me to elevate that one beyond what it is. I've been trying for years. Anyway, decent isn't bad. If I felt like it would turn out bad I wouldn't keep working on it at all.

Oh. I never posted a revised version of Epilogue, did I?

May have to do that sometime. It's underwhelming early!fic (my third, I think?) but I'm still fond of the underlying idea.

May have to rename it, too. "Bury the Dead", maybe?

(Yeah, I know, nobody here actually even remembers that fic, it actually predates my LJ life. *g*)

This is hilarious

Since I mentioned Epilogue here in my previous entry, I decided to have a look at it and see if it could be rendered postable.

Of course, I immediately felt compelled to edit it - down to 1300 words from the previous 1800.

Then, a vague memory stirred. I went through my LJ tags, and found this.

So. Apparently this story has been through this before. Although this time the reduction rate is even higher - and I started not with the original version but with the already-reduced version!

I should probably post this thing sometime soon, before I edit it down to zero. :D

Fic: Epilogue (crowdsourcing the betaing process!)

I've decided I need to post this before I edit it to death. Concrit, up to and including full betaing, is very welcome - this is *far* from perfect. It's basically a really early example of my writing, about eleven years old. I edited the shit out of it, and I do mean that literally. (ETA: This doesn't mean that it's good now, though. Just... less shit.)

In case some of the memories in here feel familiar: yes, all my Methos fics, but in particular this one here, Endure, and 68 Wives, are set in the same universe. And there is, theoretically, a story that ties them all together, more or less, if I ever get around to picking that one up again. (That unfinished story was literally my very first fic, and is therefore not even in active development anymore, as my writing has changed so much since 1999 that I'd need to rewrite it completely if I were to pick it up again. So that probably won't happen.)

Title: Epilogue
Author: Hmpf MacSlow
Fandom: Highlander
Characters: Methos, OC
Summary: A Quickening, seen from both sides.
Notes: A Lyric Wheel story from 2001, much revised.
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Hahaha oh god

Just took a look at the original version of this.

So. Bad.

Something about the premise really brought out my inner Bulwer-Lytton.

Not saying that the latest version is good... but at least it doesn't make my eyes bleed.