blather +DO meme +sequel to A Small Mercy finally finished

[arrow00]

hey guys:

I'm back from lovely Toronto, land of the loonie. Discovered my life had sort of fallen apart in my absence, but I'm finally getting a handle on it.

In that spirit, I'm starting a new meme:

DO meme
Pick *one thing* that drives you nuts EVERY SINGLE DAY, and fix it. (tell us what and how)

For me, that one thing is my shoelaces. They are constantly coming untied and getting stuck in my pedals. So, I am swapping them out today for cotton ones that aren't all slippery and always losing their knots.

In other news, at the con, during secretlybronte's writing party, I started working on the long-promised sequel to A Small Mercy (the one where Victoria goes NUTS on Fraser's ass) and it is now COMPLETE and in beta with the lovely and talented nos4a2no9. Warning: it takes a *long time* to fix boys when you break them badly, so be prepared for 39 pages and 15K wds of mostly fucked up smut and angst. Coming your way in the near future.

It's all Nos' fault.

Comments

[spuffyduds.livejournal.com]

YOU! HI! GLOMP!!!!!!!

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

YOU. GLOMP YOU!

Missed you at the con, so so much. So so badly that I have decided NEVER to attend another unless you will be there.

So *there*.

[spuffyduds.livejournal.com]

AW! I can't decide whether to feel terribly flattered or really, really guilty.

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

Go for flattered. I always do.

I'm *serious* by the way. Completely.

[spuffyduds.livejournal.com]

*goes for flattered*

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Sorry the return wasn't trouble free but it was lovely to meet you! ::hugs::

Hmm. I took a load of vids to the basement that I never watch which gave me room to put the ones I do watch into alphabetical order so I know what I have. That's about as close as I can get.

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

It was so perfect spending time with you, ms. J.

and good on your "do"!

[meresy.livejournal.com]

Hi! You're back on the interweb! Yay! \o/

*psst* It's 'loonie.'

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

I tried SO HARD not to offend your national moneys by googling the hell out of it but even the dictionary didn't respect you!

I will change it.

[zabira.livejournal.com]

HI!!! you are BACK! and i HARDLY SAW YOU in canada. *cries*

i am looking forward to your story, arrow. even though i know it will be beautifully OUCHY.

&hearts

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

and whose fault was that little miss go home monday morning? :p

I do hope you will like it. it's very loooong angst so you might get bored.

[zabira.livejournal.com]

oh man! i wish i could've stayed another YEAR. i loved toronto. we could have frolicked...

also? a universe where i could EVER get bored of your writing simply DOES NOT EXIST.

&hearts

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

you don't KNOW that. it's really terribly angsty.

[joandarck.livejournal.com]

Helloooooo! That is a really great meme. In which I am far too sleepy to begin to participate, but I'm pleased about your shoelaces.

[luzula]

I am kind of envious of that writing party thing--it sounds like a lot of fun. And I am definitely looking forward to your long angsty story!

seeeeeequel!

[jesse_the_k]

I'm very excited about your soon-to-be-born story-in-beta. I was amazed to realize I'd missed A Small Mercy the first time around. I've rectified that error, and oh! my!

and Yay! for a DO meme, and especially your kick-off, which reminds me that starting small still is starting. (Don't get me started re: shoelaces. In the good old days of waxed cotton ...)

Re: seeeeeequel!

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, j! Whatever happened to waxed cotton? Why do shoelaces need to be all slick and slippery and sliding apart when their primary function is to TIE TOGETHER?

er.

The problem is: I went to three stores yesterday and couldn't find cotton laces. I'm not sure what my recourse is, here. Make my own shoelaces? Rub the existing ones down with rubber cement?

Little help?

Bueller? Bueller?

In the meantime I must pick another Do.

(I'm glad you are looking forward to the sequel. I hope it lives up!)

Re: seeeeeequel!

[laurie-ky.livejournal.com]

did you google cotton shoe laces?

Laurie

[laurie-ky.livejournal.com]

My pick for the Do meme.

My right leg is not working quite the way it should, last week I had to take off of work (strangely, this occurred when Sci-fi was running Sentinel episodes) and ice it down and elevate it up while I was forced to lay on the couch most of the day. So. I've started doing lots more stretches every day so when I walk it doesn't hurt. And I'm going to go to a chiropracter and make sure everything is where it's supposed to be. I'm usually walking five miles a day and I don't want to get laid up for injuries. Seriously, it hurt enough that I had to keep popping aspirin at night to be able to go to sleep. It's better but not completely right.

Laurie

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

Good idea to pick a physical thing. We let those problems drag on and on.

Hope you do your stretches and it keeps getting better, Laurie.

Meanwhile, I'm gonna google "cotton laces" :)

[nos4a2no9.livejournal.com]

I am betaing RIGHT NOW! And it is amaaaazing! Very hurty, very well paced, and ENTHRALLING. You have me in thrall!

I should have it back to you by tomorrow, sweet-cheeks.

And holy hell, you started this at the writing party? How did you manage to write 32 pages of this quality so quickly? Nevermind. I don't want to know. The answer will make me feel very lazy. I'll probably cry :-)

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

No no! I had the first 13 pages or so already written before the party. Think ice mummy onward. For some reason the ice mummy and the visual connection with the Hand of Franklin hit me when I was listening to people jabber.

Anyway, it's not about overcoming laziness, it's about every so often a story just grabbing you by the throat. I bet Price of Distance hit you that way.

Thank you so much for doing the beta. I rely heavily on your willingness to help me not-suck.