Day 20 Write Every Day

[dswdiane]

Intro/FAQ

My check in: 468 words today. Story planning with my other beta and helping her plan one of her stories.

I keep forgetting to say: PLEASE If I make a mistake and don't count you on a day, please let me know.

Day 20 china_shop, ofmonstrouswords, dswdiane, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, cornerofmadness, ysilme, sanguinity, carenejeans

Day 19 china_shop, dswdiane, ysilme, cornerofmadness, goddess47, sanguinity, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, carenejeans, ofmonstrouswords

Day 18 ysilme, china_shop, dswdiane, cornerofmadness, the_siobhan, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, carenejeans, sanguinity

Day 17 dswdiane, goddess47, cornerofmadness, sanguinity, carenejeans, badly_knitted, ofmonstrouswords, sylvanwitch, ysilme, china_shop, the_siobhan

Day 16 china_shop, dswdiane, the_siobhan, badly_knitted, badly_knitted, ysilme, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, ofmonstrouswords

Icon is the Witcher riding through a peaceful forest.

Comments

[sanguinity]

By all means, send me your favorite Duncan/Methos vid! In return, I offer you this Duncan/Methos vid by my friend rachelindeed: from Eden. I confess, I watch it mostly at the level of "pretty people with pretty faces", but I do know how damn good her vids are in the fandoms we share, so I am reasonably confident that you might enjoy it?

Luminosity's 300 vid is an absolute classic. <3 <3 <3

(Far better than the movie! I read Herodotus last year and expected to have derisive feelings about the Battle of Thermopylae, mostly because of overexposure to 300-style REAL MEN ARE MANLY handling of the material... And then I unexpectedly caught feelings, Herodotus was so moving! Feelings that I lost again after watching the movie, heh.) (I kind of want to watch the sequel, though, because it's about the Battle of Salamis, which being a sea-battle is right up my alley.) (And not just "a sea battle" but one with a famous woman captain! I hear that she's prominently featured in the film, but also that the film is TERRIBAD. Also my maritime archaeology friend tells me all the ships are wrong. *shakes my head sadly* It's a conundrum.)

Forgive me, but I will pass on the Hannibal vid. Cannibalism is a squick of mine, and I generally avoid all Hannibal stuff.

My Rip in Time story is the only one on AO3, last I checked. Every time a new book is published in the series, I get a little flurry of comments bewailing that the protagonists haven't gotten together yet. A new book was published just this week, but the commenters haven't yet spoiled me for whether Duncan and Mallory get together in this one. (If you know already: shhhhh!)

Kushiel's Dart is a joint work with a friend. She wrote the story and I did the podfic. I read the first book decades ago, but it has sadly faded from my memory.

Shall we go then, you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky... :-DDDDD

I memorized the whole thing once, back when I ran machinery for a living. I can no longer recite it in full, but big chunks are still there. It's a lovely poem.

Zoe Washbourne is indeed hotter than hot. :-D

I hope you find much joy in my archive. I will say that I have been writing for a long time, and my writing has improved by leaps over the interval. Read the early stuff generously, please.

Yes, this icon is the Lydia, Hornblower's ship in the original Hornblower novel. (Which takes place about halfway through the series, if read by internal chronology.) This particular image is taken from the 1951 Gregory Peck film. It's a flat calm and she is being towed by a rowboat. There's a lovely canon line about how she's a lady under sail and a bitch when being towed, and it always makes me think fondly about her. You and me, HMS Lydia, you and me. ;-)

And now I'm the one who has been nattering on... I had best write, so I have something to report tonight.

[dswdiane]

Do NOT reply to this before tomorrow or when you're finished writing--but the Rachel part of those vidders is possibly a person who is becoming a good friend of mine. It slipped my mind that she was a part of media cannibals and used to vid a lot. She lives in Seattle. She and I usually spend about an hour together on Zoom a couple to times a month and occasionally reach out by email if we have something extra to say. I met her at Escapade and we connected over the fact that we read a lot the same books. Is that the person who's your friend? I adore Rache and am delighted she and I are becoming friends. But maybe your Rachel is not my Rache.

I loved, loved, love the vid made for you with Sherlock/Watson. It was one of the slashy things I ever seen. And I've seen Eden bunches of times.

The Beekeeper was gorgeous and moving and full of love and beauty. Thank you. Now I have to go work out complicated plot time lines. Maddening.

I give you Sherwood and John who are certainly friends.