Pretty Poison

I did it!

4,000 words of Sentinel fic in three days. That ain't bad going.

It's a first draft and likely needs revisions, but I'm at least happy with this one.

I spent weeks struggling with the first fic I was going to write for this, and ended up with twice the word count, and barely six words of it worth reading. I scrap it, and a new fic idea damn-near writes itself. Sometimes it just works out that way. The biggest part of my writing process is my "back burner"; sometimes story ideas sit there for years before I put pen to paper. I guess this one was just ready to be written.

I can't say for sure when it will be posted, as a) it's not beta'd yet and b) my SC buyer is entitled to a period of exclusivity if she wants it, but Wild At Heart is J/B slash (but not porn), set in the Cry Wolf 'verse.

Ugh. I was sick most of last week and not really up to posting. I've been reading LJ, but I had to keep stopping myself from commenting: I've been really cranky and none of you guys deserved me taking that out on you. (It was nothing serious: just a 24 hour bug, actually, but it took my stomach a week to recover. If it has. Jury's still out, I think.)

So this is a quick catch-up post of all the things I've been thinking about saying in the past week.

Why is no one on my flist talking about the new Flash Gordon? Okay, it's not exactly the greatest thing on TV but I'm really enjoying it. I see...I see potential. There are a lot of good ideas in there, but the writers (and the actors) aren't fully filling the potential of those ideas. I think Flash is my new Mutant X: something I can watch for fun, and not have to think too hard about it.

Supernatural - rocks. There's so much I want to say about the last few episodes but I can't get my thinky thoughts into any kind of order. I am a little nervous the show is heading in a direction similar to the first fandom that broke my heart; I don't think I could bear that. But so far, so good. I'm loving it.

On the subject of SPN a quick PSA: SciFiNow magazine (issue 8) claims on the cover that it contains a Supernatural article. Or something. It's small print, under the "spoilers" part. Well, maybe I've got a page missing from my issue but I couldn't find anything SPN in there. Certainly not a full article or even a decent review. This isn't the first time they've done that: the ad for issue 6 claimed there would be a Supernatural feature, but all they printed was a review of the S2 DVDs. Not a particularly good review, either: my guess is the reviewer didn't even bother to watch it. So if y'all are tempted to buy it for the SPN content, save your pennies. (That said, there are other great articles in there. It's worth the price - I just wish they'd quit lying about SPN!!!

I spent money I don't have treated myself to the complete Xena box set (UK version, that is) a few weeks back. It's not the "ultimate" collection it claims to be, just a re-packaging of the same discs already issued. Which means no extras, and worst of all (for me) no subtitles. But I never buy DVDs for the extras; half the time I never even watch them, so I'm happy. The packaging is pretty and it takes up much less space than my old VHS collection, which can now go to the charity store.

( I started a new fic... )

Rocky had surgery today to remove a growth on his leg. It's not malignant. He's part staffordshire terrier and apparently the breed is prone to these growths when they get old and they're harmless, but it had been hurting him, so we opted to get rid of it. He came through okay, but (naturally) he's miserable now. The vet recommended we make him wear a t-shirt so he won't worry at it: he looks a right prat.

Tomorrow Amber has her surgery - she's off to get neutered. So tomorrow she'll be the miserable one. Poor thing. She's always been all excited when she's at the vets - that's so gonna change now.

I guess that's enough for one post. If I owe you an email, I'll hopefully get all caught up today.