Until the Stars Are All Alight

So, like I said previously, I want to get this up on the interwebs before the next episode of Glee airs, because I'm pretty sure I'm going to get Jossed fairly quickly--I wasn't sure I'd get around to writing this at all because of that, in fact.

I won't be able to get started on my website until the first at the very earliest, and by then there will only be five days until new episode, so just to buy myself a wee bit of extra time, I'm posting this here for now. I will possibly/probably be deleting this entry when I can get this up on the site; we'll see if I'll work out how to enable comments on there--at this point I think it may require using actual code (and I may or may not be up to the challenge).

So, that said, here is a bit of fluff for you--the first thing I've written in a few months, the first thing that's not D2D that I've written in probably over a year. Yikes. Be kind.

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Title: Three Things I Need to Tell You
Characters: Kurt, Blaine
Rating: PG, mild language
Word Count: 1414
Disclaimer: Don't own the characters or songs mentioned herein.
Summary: Blaine makes a few small confessions to Kurt.

( It wasn’t like Blaine to not be the epitome of calm, cool, and collected. )

Cody and I have been saving--we want to get him a new MacBook Pro, and then I would get his MacBook. We've been discussing it for a long, long time.

My computer's hard drive has been intermittently making some very scary, slightly grindy noises here lately. I've recently backed up EVERYTHING and have taken to saving new pictures to my external drive and cutting out the middleman. Cody has assured me that if it does just go kaput out of nowhere, he'll have me an internet machine up and running quickly. (Likely a desktop, though, which kind of sucks. But I would still have my iBook--which WOULD be my main computer if it could handle the internet. Alas!)

So now my computing habits are kind of shifting. When we last reformatted my computer he put a very stripped-down version of Windows on here and it's lacking things like a huge assortment of fonts (I forgot to back up my collection before the reformat, but it's okay, there's a kajillion free ones on the internet if I need them) and screensavers, but I haven't really wanted to replace them--I'll need different ones when I switch to Mac. I never reinstalled the Sims since I don't want to start things just to have to scrap them when I reinstall on a Mac.

And of course, OF COURSE, while this is going on is when my drive to write is kicking in and going "REMEMBER ME???"

And a website. I'm seriously considering shutting down my deviantArt/FFN/Freedom of Speech fanfiction accounts and just opening my own gosh-darn website. Toying with that, yet; I'd likely have to work on some sort of subdomain system (ie, mywebsite.bigcompanywebsite.com) because I don't think I care enough to pay for it. And I guess there's a chance I could make pennies a day from ads.

It's all so beautiful and perfectly organized in my head. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Oh, and I want to post makeup tutorials on YouTube. The trick is going to be getting the video to be high-enough quality to see what you need to see without having a huge filesize. Grah. I'll probably need Cody's help; or I could just wait until the MacBook is mine. Then it'd be easy-peasy because the webcam is built in.

It all comes back to this: as well as this computer has served me (and we've had some so-so times), it's time to move on.

It took me a week to set everything up, but FINALLY, I've got Detour to Destiny a home of its own--here on LJ.

detourdestiny

It's full of awesome. ^_^ And now there's going to be no more drama like there was on the fanfiction websites. (FFN deleted us for quoting lyrics, FOS is now offering anything BUT Freedom of Speech.)

So now it seems like all is going to be smooth sailing insofar as getting it FINISHED and posted. I've gotten back into the writing groove, and Shelly's all graduated. The only thing that can interfere there is wedding plans. Hee!

If you want to know what I'm talking about, you can read the FAQ here. :D

I just posted an old bit of Lost fiction at FOS. I Got a Feeling. Please read it! ^_^

Here. Mimi's Decision--Totally readable by a Digimon ousider. I would put up more but FOS seems to be having issues at the moment.

^_^ Click here and watch this guy get signatures to end women's suffrage. If you don't get it, don't ask me to explain it...and please, stop talking to me until you do. Really.

This is my best friend Kat's site. Go there or die. ^_- It's also been added to my links box at left. The best thing on there right now is Faerie Tale, which she has written for me as an ongoing birthday present. And she has pretty art for it too! I mean, look at this...

Click for full version--but if you steal this image, I will hunt you down.

Now, I have to finish writing a paper for Sociology. Grr.

As I think I mentioned in my LJ already (I know I told most of you), I regained the files that had been locked up on my dead laptop, and now have stories to work on that I haven't been able to work on for a long, long time.

The foremost of these (and, in fact, the only one I've actually started working on again) is In Another World.

This is something that I think predates D2D (as far as when work began on it, anyway), and I know (from my author notes) predates Lalaith (which is up at FFN, if not yet FOS). It is an LotR fic, and the plot is in some ways similar to D2D, but it is NOT a clone story. The style is totally different. In Another World is something that D2D could have been, I think, but something I would never have wanted D2D to be.

It's darker, to put it simply, and while D2D has its dark and angsty moments, there's always comic relief just around the corner. I want to say that In Another World is more realistic. Shelly has commented on the difference between Shelly/Legolas and Sarah/Frodo--the latter don't ever fight, the only moments that aren't sunshine and roses for them is when they're dealing with being separated, and while I like to think that it happens, the truth is that it's a rarity.

In Another World is the story of Shyda, a modern girl who meets Frodo (like my character in D2D), and has a very different relationship with him than the character based on me does. They have issues, things aren't sunshine and roses for them.

Why all this rant? I think I'm afraid that people who have read D2D will read In Another World and be disappointed, or that people who discover me via In Another World will then read D2D and be disappointed. It could be "OMG, In Another World was so amazing and real and then D2D was this stupid bit of fluff!" or "D2D was so great and then I read In Another World and it was all depressing! WTF?"

What I really hope is that my readers are intelligent enough to appreciate both styles the way I do, and that I'll get positive feedback. I worry that Hobbity and Shelly will be the only ones to appreciate In Another World as the masterwork that I view it as.

That being said, what I really wanted to do was post a bit of a teaser for In Another World. I want to see if I can draw some D2D fans out of the woodwork, maybe whet some appetites...it's going to be a while before anything goes up officially at FOS, but I can tell you that once my three big projects (the veteran's tea, my veteran interview, and the second Honors Sociology paper) for school are done, I'm really going to throw myself into this (at least between D2D chapters, lol). I've already written 22.5 out of 47 planned scenes (and I mean really written, they're postable as-is), so if I really apply myself, I could conceivably have it done long before the end of this summer.

So, anyway...I'd really like to hear from any and all LotR fans on this one--whether you're following D2D or not--even if you're new to fanfiction. If you are following D2D and this journal but have never commented here, this is your chance. (Really. I welcome my fan-lurkers--I know there's at least two of you! ^_^)

( In Another World )

Gacked from gamgeefest...

10 signs you are reading a fic by RenaissanceGrrl...
10. There are quotes, be they in the AN's or by the characters.
9. All the romantic rejections are gentle, all breakups are smooth and mutual.
8. Any serious swearing is in a foreign language.
7. There are comedic moments, even in darkish pieces.
6. Something--an OC, a location, an object like a piece of clothing or CD--is drawn from real life.
5. The plot of the story revolves around one major plot point of the canon being altered.
4. Misunderstandings between couples don't last long.
3. Angst is not the end of the road.
2. Though the ending may not necessarily be perfectly happy, it's got a strong note of hope.

And the number one sign you're reading a fic by RenaissanceGrrl...
1. The sap is so thick that your keyboard gets sticky.

From Shell's (smiley_face86) sister, Kimmy...

THE BASICS
Name: Sarah
age: 19 (My birthday's coming up! in MARCH!)
eyes color: aquamarine
hair color: auburn
FAVES
food: pepperoni pizza
movie: LotR trilogy
class: of all time, spelling, this semester, Theatre Practicum
friend: like I'm gonna go there
tv show: LOST!!!
resturant: Not Taco Bell anymore! These days it's Sonic, lol
HOTTEST
actor: Elijah Wood, hands down
singer: by voice or looks? Shox Hincks by the former, and I'm not sure by the latter unless you'll let me count Dom's efforts on pandemoniumfromamerica...
person at school: MY school? *ponders* Josh King, a guy who was in two classes with me last semester
album: World Without Sundays by World Without Sundays!

 

And this was gacked from gamgeefest...

Stories I have written in 2005: Okay, okay...this was a really unproductive year for me, other than D2D/SID, for which I can only claim half credit. BUT, since I'm in the process of moving to FOS, and the rereading/reposting process makes you reconsider your work closely, I'm going to fill this out keeping ALL my fanfiction in mind. Digimon:
And So It Was...Before It Began
Constant Changes
The Dance
Deception
Different Tastes
The Girl in the Denim Jacket (and its one-shot songfic sequel, As Long As You Love Me)
Growing Up
Happy Valentine's Day
How I Spent My Summer
I Guess
I Love You More Now
In the Aftermath
Making a Match
Mimi's Decision
Nevertheless
The Right Direction
Stuck
What Do You REALLY Want For Christmas?
You Look So Good In Love

Sonic the Hedgehog:
Everything You Know Is Wrong
Robotic Regeneration

LotR:
Detour to Destiny/Straying Into a Dream (WIP)
Everybody's Free (to Wear Mithril)
Lalaith
O, Caption (parodies of "O, Captain, My Captain", one of which is LotR-themed)

Lost:
What Counts

Shenmue:
Nozomi's Wish

Originals:
Easy Enough For You to Say
Sonnet to Tim

My favorite of my own stories this year: I've long thought that "Constant Changes" was my masterpiece, but I think D2D and its followups are my favorite, really.
My best story this year: To avoid stealing Shelly's credit, "What Counts."
Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: All of them! Lol, j/k...but it IS hard to pick just one. I think that despite the lovely reviews it got, no one can understand the work that went into "Everything You Know Is Wrong," but as far as being under-reviewed... I was expecting a lot more feedback on "What Counts," since for once my fiction was within the "latest big thing" category, lol.
Most fun story: "Everything You Know Is Wrong" or "Everybody's Free (To Wear Mithril)."
Most sexy story: D2D probably pushes the line most often, lots of kissing. And smiley face boxers. And more swimming scenes than I would have thought possible.
Story with single sexiest moment: "I Love You More Now" has a reference to Takeru "wanting to prove his love right then," but I think "Constant Changes" probably takes the cake here--Ken and Miyako are on their honeymoon bed about to do the deed when our archvillain materializes. (Though there are similar moments coming in D2D. Nothing over PG-13, though.)
Hardest story to write: "The Girl in the Denim Jacket," because I was fairly new to the series (I had not seen much Digimon and a lot of my info was from reading about it rather than seeing it myself), to writing (prior to that I had not written anything of substantial length), and to fanfiction (it was my first true fanfic).
"Holy crap, that's wrong even for you" fic: "Everything You Know Is Wrong." Come on. A quintuple songfic to songs I'd never heard, about a pairing I don't really like. XD Written by request, in case you're shaking your head--songs and plot provided, but it was still a doozy to wrap my head around.
Fic that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: "The Dance" made me not hate Mimi. "Deception" made me realize that Hikari was not all sweetness and light. "Happy Valentine's Day part II" made me see past Jun's Nazgurlish behavior to the cool person underneath.
Favorite major canon character of 2005: Frodo. Like, duh.
Favorite minor canon character of 2005: Admittedly, I did not expect for Haldir to take on such a personality. (Granted, it's a haughty, I'm-an-Elf-and-I-tolerate-you-because-I-was-ordered-to personality, but he's so darn lovable by the time we get done...)
Favorite original character of 2005: A character that has yet to appear in the D2D saga. Here's a hint: the name starts with a T, and it's not "the."
Biggest disappointment: SID getting pulled from FFN! >_< XD Seriously, though--I thought "Everybody's Free (To Wear Mithril)" would catch on more--I thought more people were familiar with the source material. Mayhap I need to post it at a parody site rather than a fanfiction archive.
Biggest surprise: "Everything You Know Is Wrong" is still getting the occasional review! I've gotten at least two since FFN (finally!!) put in the review-response feature. (Mayhap people are struggling to get past the bad Sonic X fiction that's gotta be absolutely flooding FFN now?)
Most telling story: "Different Tastes" speaks volumes as to how I get along with Dad--we just plain do not understand each other, and sometimes we have a day like this story, but unfortunately we generally end up back where we started. "Easy Enough for You to Say" is pretty much my current rant, too.
What's next? What I will write FOR SURE (not counting stuff that's just notes or stray thoughts): Loads more about Shelly and Sarah (here's a hint: SID only goes to 50 chapters, but there are currently 138 chapters total for the saga...you do the math), an Elijah songfic to Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved," a Charlie/Claire songfic, and a Charlie vignette.

I don't know why Shelly hasn't got D2D and SID up at fosff.net yet.

However, I've opened up a RenaissanceGrrl account there for myself and have moved all my FictionPress.com stuff over there. http://www.fosff.net/viewuser.php?uid=3414 The link is also in the links list at left. (Visit these places: Me @ Freedom of Speech Fan Fiction.) I am in the process of moving over what I can from FFN (there's no Early Edition category at FOS yet, lol).

Anyway. Farewell, Fan Fiction Nazis!