Sometime tomorrow I will be turning in my applications for graduate school. My mind is blown. Anyway no drabbles today they have all gotten long and dark and will need to be cut like overgrown plants.

1. The Ocean of Words I Want to Send to You by tongariA really really beautiful doujin for modern day Sengoku Basara. Even if you don't know that much ( Read more... )

So some long drabble sets spanning multiple days. I'm missing readingredhead's request because it is not finished being edited yet!

( Family Resemblence. Kisame running into Sasuke. Vague Kisame/Itachi PG )

A few thoughts. This is not aimed at anyone, I just wanted to add my two cents. I've seen a few observational posts talking about the decline of fandom community on lj (esp in regards to tumblr) and have felt this way myself. pollinia says it best, "I am feeling nostalgic today, for the old days of KHR fic bursting off my screen, and for late-night ( Read more... )

My hands are sore from Rock climbing! Owowow.

In honor of Nanowrimo I'm trying to do a piece of writing a day. So Drabbles for Nov 1-4.

( Timeline Switch, boyhood Hashirama+Madara during present day Konoha, PG )

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More 10 minute drabbles with nthcoincident. I made a few minor edits and there are a bunch of fragments so consider yourself warned.

Before we get there I would just like to stop and give a brief explainer as to WHY YOU SHOULD READ nthcoincident if you haven't already. Two words I'll use to describe her fics are: ( Marvel and detail. )

bellicosus and nthcoincident have had a few discussions with me on the necessity of ingenuity, mystery, negative space, interesting detail, ugliness, and a degree of risk in writing, with their powers combined one would hope to combat boring and predictable fiction. While what we've talked about applies mostly to the technicalities of writing (imagery, scene, form etc) ( Read more... )

bellicosus and I would like to share our thoughts on this chapter:


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Just wanted to pop by and say THANK YOU to everyone who gave me such wise and patient advice, really it kept me going those last few days. Took the test on Friday and it went very well. Stress levels have definitely receded. ( Testing Particulars, should you be interested )

A friend sent me a query on facebook about writing, and how to go about it in a way that was personal/non-personal; it was a bit of a confused request but I spent a while answering and thought it might pertain to some stuff here.

( John Smith's Query. Written rather colloquially. Also metaphors using the movie Inception. )