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Happy Tuesday! Monday is gone, and we're looking at a bright, (unexpectedly freezing) afternoon here in Texas. Or perhaps it's just unexpectedly freezing here in my office. I haven't had opportunity to step outside as of yet. No matter! It is Tuesday, therefore it is not Monday. (Also, Jacques Cousteau is the feature on my desk calendar, so it does not appear to be a day of crises.)

First off, I've finally managed to catch my breath long enough to upload a birthday present that the wonderful trystings made for me! It's cover art for my story, "By Any Other Name"! Go check it out, t'is awesomesauce!

Secondly, it's Challenge Pimping Time!


Twisting The Twilight Zone 2009 Challenge

This is a multi-fandom challenge where you write stories inspired by/based on episode (or episode titles) of the Twilight Zone. This is actually the first one I signed up for this year, and has served the purpose of kicking my butt back into gear*. It's actually rather fun -- at the very least go read through the episode title list. If you're stuck for an idea, it's remarkably inspiring.

And of course, the Challenge du Jour. I know most of you have already heard about it, but why not another little reminder?



Sign-ups for 2009's SGA Gen Ficathon are now open, until Saturday February 9th. sga_genficathon is a month-long ficathon that's run by the always lovely friendshipper, and is chock full of gen-ficcy goodness. Last year was amazingly fun to write for, and generated some absolutely amazing stories as well. If it sounds like something you're interested in, mosey on over to this post for more information (and sign up!)

And because I'm a giant copy cat, snurched from jadesfire2808's journal:



Hrm, it's... close. But I don't think I'm anti-social to the extremes the test seems to think. Ah, well!


In other news... For the past... I think maybe two months, I've really wanted to talk about writing. Or something of the sort. Like talk about characterization (re: vent about John Sheppard... again), talk about my absolute crazy ideas that I want to try (ie: "write a story completely in the future tense... and possibly in second person"), and things of that nature. But, uh, I honestly have no idea if anyone but myself would find that sort of thing interesting. It would probably involve a lot of navel-gazing, and I'm pretty much convinced that no matter how hard I try, I'll come off sounding pretentious at least once in the course of things. I think I'll probably have to put it on a filter, just in case I wind up talking about any of the original stuff brewing up in my head, and also to provide a safe arena for discussion if it happens to be a more sensitive subject.

And yes, I know I sound like a horrible copy-cat... but would anyone be interested in that sort of thing?

ETA: Oooops, all links should be fixed now.

Comments

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I like your colour, though :) Out of interest, what were your four choices?

It's a rather soothing shade of blue, isn't it?

I think my choices were: Introverted - Intuitive - Thinking - Perceiving... or something like that. It was kind of half and half on a lot of the choices, I'm not exactly agoraphobic, but I do really need my space, mentally and physically, or I get really stressed out.

I will if you will!

...okay! :D (I have a rubber arm, it twists easily.) But I know what you mean. I do have a definite thought process and a way that I approach it, but a lot of it is internalized, so if anyone were watching me type, it would appear like I'm making it up as I go.

Are things calming down for you now? No crises has to be a good thing, right?

Definitely a good thing. We're in between major projects at work, so I'm having to actually stop and occasionally look for something to do, rather than be sitting at my desk, madly pounding at the keyboard going, "Not done! Not done! Not done!" Give me, oh, a week or so and I could be back in that mode ;)