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Gathered Round the Fire

Dec 15, 2010 22:22

Title: Gathered Round the Fire
Author: Kisa9
Rating: PG
Warnings: A liberal use of science terms.
( Summary: Prompt 79. Jim is homeless this holiday season and gets hurt. Len is the doctor who fixes him up and somehow is convinced to bring Jim home for the holidays. )

kirk/mccoy christmas

Comments 16

secretsolitaire December 16 2010, 12:46:25 UTC

Enjoyed this. :-)

kisa9 December 23 2010, 22:19:52 UTC

Secretsolitaire,

Despite my amazement that one person managed to finish the garbled mess posted on livejournal, I thank you for your reply.

abigail89 December 16 2010, 14:37:54 UTC

This was very sweet!

And you weren't kidding about the science-babble. Excellent work there! Worthy of a ST screen-writer.

Thanks so much for participating!

kisa9 December 23 2010, 22:24:59 UTC

abigail89,

After so graciously allowing my story posting privileges, I apologize for delivering a story without the humanity and Christmas spirit that so many other stories accomplished. Your words are too kind.

I am glad I restrained myself from posting the science paper I originally wrote. Next time I post anything for the public, I will bother someone to beta.

writer_klmeri December 16 2010, 16:56:02 UTC

That was nice, intelligent and hopeful. :) Thanks!

kisa9 December 23 2010, 22:27:55 UTC

Half of the ending was cut off to save any poor reader from (more) bad writing. I do thank you for reading this story in its entirety.

pomme_noir December 16 2010, 18:38:14 UTC

I loved the geek talk. The topic was relevant to my interests actually. I was sad that Jim didn't stay, but understood that reasoning behind his leaving. I hope you participate next year and do a continuation of this story.

kisa9 December 23 2010, 22:39:34 UTC

During prompt picking, I momentarily went insane and forgot: I'm a scientist, not an English major.

Should I subject any poor sob to more terrible plot organization, marginal character development, blithe conversations, I may just sit down, dust up, and post the second half of this story.

On a fun note, everything in this story (from the Jim's near arrest to regeneration technology) *is* based on real life events/technology! = D

lindmere December 17 2010, 02:47:21 UTC

Here's another vote for more geek talk!

You have an unusual style that I really enjoyed. Writing really does get easier over time so I hope you stick with it, and that like Bones does Jim, we can look forward to you coming back.

kisa9 December 23 2010, 22:56:00 UTC

Lindmere,

Your story, Angular Momentum, is one of my favorite Star Trek stories, because of the perfect mix of science and literature. Captain Kirk carries the command persona his name evokes, the physical theories accent the intelligence of elite star ship explorers, and the conversations are flush with realistic and full dialogue.

My own story is a flimsy set of wings on a backbone of hard science. I appreciate terribly that you read through this, and am glad that you enjoyed the geeky conversations.