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Gacked fromvaznetti : WIP buttkick: these are titles/brief descriptions of my active WIPs. Pick one and I'll write you 100 or more new words for it. (I offer no guarantees, but I'll do my best!) And if I do write it, I'll mention word count/page count before and after, too.
If you remember a story of mine that should be on this list and I've completely forgotten it, put it on here and ask anyway. What the hell, if I don't remember, I probably need the kick. (Yes, Devo, you can remind me to write more on the three orig fic ones.)
5 Bouncers Joe Paid & 1 He Didn't, Highlander (HL)/Leverage so far -- Just what it says. Using the fic with Eliot and Aidan bouncing jackasses as part one. Which means I need 5 more (sets? of) bouncers. I have![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
crossover100 prompts to fill, what? I think I'm currently planning on Steve Rogers and Phil Coulson as one set.
An AppleA Day Per Century, Avengers/Thor/Captain America -- In which I finally fill my own prompt and have Sif beg half an apple from Idunn for Peggy Carter. (I cannot get the plot to work with the POV person. Driving me crazy.)
Depth of Field HL, Southern Comfort pt 4, HL -- In which Methos comes through San Francisco and all hell breaks loose.
Furlough, HL/Marvel, *not* part of the Opportunities-verse, I don't think -- Steve Rogers, Matthew McCormick, art museums, talk, and incoming trouble, although I don't yet know what variety.
Joe Dawson, B.A.M.F., HL/Stargate: SG-1. Part of the Rebecca & SG-1 uni -- *Precisely* what the title says.
Ransom of the Red-Headed League, Marvel/HL Opportunities-verse part, um, 5 now? -- Yes. Both of the implied jokes in the title mash-up apply! Also turning into a very long story, hopefully not a novella. But so far I have, um, Pepper, Natasha, Sean and Rebecca *inside* the hostage situation; Coulson, various SHIELD, Marcus Constantine and Amanda *outside* it; and ::flinching:: Darius and Grayson 'interested' in it.
Some Party, HL/White Collar (minor crossover). -- Sequel to Imaginings and Incantations for the![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
hl_chronicles challenges. In which Connor funds, El organizes, and Joe throws a party which can turn into a wedding if the two grooms want to get married.
Trashing the Red Rooms, X-Files, Marvel movies. -- Sequel to Nalyevo. Krycek, the Winter Soldier, and a target.
Untitled, Haven/HL Aidanverse/maybe WH13 -- Started forspook_me , in which Marc's working with the Portland, ME VA, Aidan and Connor are opening a bookstore, and people are vanishing in some cases and turning up maimed or dead in others. What I don't know is if it's a Trouble or an Artifact. This was turning into a novella, which is why I wrote Red Skull poetry for spook_me instead.
Untitled, HL reboot -- Started forhl_chronicles , how I'd do the Highlander movie if I was setting it in 2012. (So, a Connor joins the Game fic.)
Untitled, HL/Miss Marple -- Started for Girl_Saves_Boy (The World) challenge, ought to have a title at 16 pages but doesn't. A dead body was found outside Much Benham in Sept '42. Inspector Slack would be a lot happier if he wasn't a Yank, and hadn't had a solid gold shoulder brooch in a pocket.
The Veneer Job, HL/Leverage/Undercover Blues (yes, really) -- In which 'Let's go steal an FBI agent' is turning out to be the *easy* part.
Ways of Love, HL/Leverage (was HL/X-Files, but Eliot feels like a better fit here than Krycek) -- Pre-Leverage, the time that Matthew is hunting a serial killer on his own time because no one at work thinks he's right, and Eliot's hunting her too - before she catches *him*.
The Wild Hunt, HL/X-Files -- The final part of Doppelganger/Storm Crow, or 'How I'd end the fucking conspiracy/invasion.' Y'all don't want to know how long the list of 'scenes to include' on this is. *Hoo* boy.
Whispered on the Winds (title subj. to change without notice), Marvel/HL Opportunities-verse, story um 4 in this, I think. This is the Methos & Natasha story I've been bitching about. Up past 9K words, and about 70% done, I hope?
I think that's everything? Boy, I hope so. Okay. I'm going to go finish editing Auld Lang Syne to post that tonight, I hope.
ETA: Okay. Auld Lang Syne is up at AO3; Unexpected Allies has been unearthed from DW comments and is also up there. I'll start posting 'added words' comments tomorrow. The stomach bug flattened me again this morning (Saturday 2/16). Stupid thing. This should be interesting!
Gacked from
vaznetti : WIP buttkick: these are titles/brief descriptions of my active WIPs. Pick one and I'll write you 100 or more new words for it. (I offer no guarantees, but I'll do my best!) And if I do write it, I'll mention word count/page count before and after, too. If you remember a story of mine that should be on this list and I've completely forgotten it, put it on here and ask anyway. What the hell, if I don't remember, I probably need the kick. (Yes, Devo, you can remind me to write more on the three orig fic ones.)
5 Bouncers Joe Paid & 1 He Didn't, Highlander (HL)/Leverage so far -- Just what it says. Using the fic with Eliot and Aidan bouncing jackasses as part one. Which means I need 5 more (sets? of) bouncers. I have
crossover100 prompts to fill, what? I think I'm currently planning on Steve Rogers and Phil Coulson as one set.An Apple
Depth of Field HL, Southern Comfort pt 4, HL -- In which Methos comes through San Francisco and all hell breaks loose.
Furlough, HL/Marvel, *not* part of the Opportunities-verse, I don't think -- Steve Rogers, Matthew McCormick, art museums, talk, and incoming trouble, although I don't yet know what variety.
Joe Dawson, B.A.M.F., HL/Stargate: SG-1. Part of the Rebecca & SG-1 uni -- *Precisely* what the title says.
Ransom of the Red-Headed League, Marvel/HL Opportunities-verse part, um, 5 now? -- Yes. Both of the implied jokes in the title mash-up apply! Also turning into a very long story, hopefully not a novella. But so far I have, um, Pepper, Natasha, Sean and Rebecca *inside* the hostage situation; Coulson, various SHIELD, Marcus Constantine and Amanda *outside* it; and ::flinching:: Darius and Grayson 'interested' in it.
Some Party, HL/White Collar (minor crossover). -- Sequel to Imaginings and Incantations for the
hl_chronicles challenges. In which Connor funds, El organizes, and Joe throws a party which can turn into a wedding if the two grooms want to get married. Trashing the Red Rooms, X-Files, Marvel movies. -- Sequel to Nalyevo. Krycek, the Winter Soldier, and a target.
Untitled, Haven/HL Aidanverse/maybe WH13 -- Started for
spook_me , in which Marc's working with the Portland, ME VA, Aidan and Connor are opening a bookstore, and people are vanishing in some cases and turning up maimed or dead in others. What I don't know is if it's a Trouble or an Artifact. This was turning into a novella, which is why I wrote Red Skull poetry for spook_me instead.Untitled, HL reboot -- Started for
hl_chronicles , how I'd do the Highlander movie if I was setting it in 2012. (So, a Connor joins the Game fic.)Untitled, HL/Miss Marple -- Started for Girl_Saves_Boy (The World) challenge, ought to have a title at 16 pages but doesn't. A dead body was found outside Much Benham in Sept '42. Inspector Slack would be a lot happier if he wasn't a Yank, and hadn't had a solid gold shoulder brooch in a pocket.
The Veneer Job, HL/Leverage/Undercover Blues (yes, really) -- In which 'Let's go steal an FBI agent' is turning out to be the *easy* part.
Ways of Love, HL/Leverage (was HL/X-Files, but Eliot feels like a better fit here than Krycek) -- Pre-Leverage, the time that Matthew is hunting a serial killer on his own time because no one at work thinks he's right, and Eliot's hunting her too - before she catches *him*.
The Wild Hunt, HL/X-Files -- The final part of Doppelganger/Storm Crow, or 'How I'd end the fucking conspiracy/invasion.' Y'all don't want to know how long the list of 'scenes to include' on this is. *Hoo* boy.
Whispered on the Winds (title subj. to change without notice), Marvel/HL Opportunities-verse, story um 4 in this, I think. This is the Methos & Natasha story I've been bitching about. Up past 9K words, and about 70% done, I hope?
I think that's everything? Boy, I hope so. Okay. I'm going to go finish editing Auld Lang Syne to post that tonight, I hope.
ETA: Okay. Auld Lang Syne is up at AO3; Unexpected Allies has been unearthed from DW comments and is also up there. I'll start posting 'added words' comments tomorrow. The stomach bug flattened me again this morning (Saturday 2/16). Stupid thing. This should be interesting!
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Date: 2013-02-15 11:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-02-19 05:14 am (UTC)Stop: 11 pages, 4,574 words
Snippet: The fighter crouched and started piling [debris] neatly out of the way. "Sorry, man. We were supposed to talk but I couldn't let you run, either."
Matthew snorted. "You broke in after nine at night and thought it would go well? And here I thought you were a professional."
"Yeah, well, we weren't gonna try for you after you'd gone to bed. You'd sit up and shoot someone before you were awake."
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Date: 2013-02-19 01:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-20 06:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-15 11:29 pm (UTC)Well, I think I'm most intrigued by Joe Dawson, BAMF, although it's a close race between at least six of these. But maybe JD, BAMF, would lead into or mutate into that Rebecca + George Hammond story I put in your prompts a while back . . .
(Is this your take on Evil Author Day? ;) )
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Date: 2013-02-15 11:38 pm (UTC)That had crossed my mind, but no, this ran across my DW Circle, and I thought, 'Huh, why not?'
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Date: 2013-02-19 06:05 am (UTC)Start: 4 pages, 2,004 words
Stop: 4 pages, 2,487 words (might as well stop, I get to come back to this further down the list...)
Oh Gods, this is getting out of hand. Okay, snippet:
I knew I hadn't killed him immediately. Whether or not I had killed him was still in question, would be until a doc got to him. He'd hit pretty hard and head wounds were tricky. The guy under my arm tried to put an elbow in my gut, but I didn't *have* much gut left, thanks to them, and I had a better angle. I let go of his downed buddy and caught his elbow... and held him there until his legs gave out.
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Date: 2013-02-15 11:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-16 01:43 am (UTC)Torn three ways between Wild Hunt, Depth of Field, and Whispered on the Winds. Pick one?
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Date: 2013-02-20 06:27 am (UTC)Start: 19 pages, 9,442 words
Stop: 20 pages, 9,565 words (Which doesn't count the 2 hour I spent staring at and then fixing 2 section which so didn't work...)
Snippet: Four hours later, while his cabin was still dark, the air's movement through the room changed. Someone was looking at him. His knife was under the sheet, so Methos didn't need to move as he asked, "Do we have a problem?"
"Is he dead?" a woman asked, her voice soft and steady.
Methos turned to look at her, one eyebrow coming up in amused mockery. "Of course Lapointe is dead. He slipped, broke his neck, and suffocated."
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Date: 2013-02-20 08:14 am (UTC)Yay! Methos does the best amused mockery. *grins* Now, I would trust that to be a truthful answer to "did he die," but "is he dead" is a different matter entirely. No of course about it.
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Date: 2013-02-20 05:34 pm (UTC)Ad yes, editing. Drat it. Don't you hate it when stories stall out because you're not positive what happens next?
And that's a ridiculously cute dreamsheep, but what is it? I don't get the color significance, sorry! (As I pull out my New Zealand dreamsheep...)
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Date: 2013-02-20 11:14 pm (UTC)I stall out before I hit 100 words, half the time - what if this person thought that, write it down, edit-edit-edit, next sentence refusing to appear in brain, oh-look-fic-to-read-goodbye - so that's barely minor frustration levels of hatred. Multiply by hundreds, and I can imagine your pain. The sheer scale you work in is actually staggeringly awesome, btw.
New Zealand dreamsheep! Koru! Yes, precioussssss. Will only not steal because I would never use it due to preference for brighter colours.
Mine is Eridan Ampora from the webcomic Homestuck. He's a sea troll, so candycorn-coloured horns are normal, that purple is his blood-colour (Homestuck trolls have a whole hemospectrum of blood-colours), and I stole the blue from his clothing. At some point in the game, twelve of them trigger the creation of our universe and their signs are incorporated in it as constellations, hence what is therefore not technically the Aquarius sign.
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Date: 2013-02-20 11:33 pm (UTC)Honestly, this meme has been great, because usually I write until I'm stuck on one, then go to another, which is how I end up with several partially written. (At times, for 90K words of partially written. ::winces::) This meme is making me think through/discuss with Dragon what's going on in the stories, which is very useful and has, so far, unlocked both Joe, BAMF and the Miss Marple & Matthew fic.
You're welcome to share the NZ dreamsheep if you ever want. I got it from Dreamsheep comm and it's shareable.
Oh, cool! Thanks for telling me, I thought he was massively cute!
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Date: 2013-02-16 01:57 am (UTC)As in "Dies for the first time" or Fights the Kurgan" in 2012?
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Date: 2013-02-16 02:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-02-16 02:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-03-06 09:56 pm (UTC)Start: 16 pages, 8,451 words
Stop: pages, words 8,555 words (boy, I need to figure out the next scene. Or just keep going and then back up...)
Snippet: "Do you think he is the same man, Major?" Lake was giving him the same curious look Matthew's own Sergeant Greely had given him, a mix of 'Are you putting me on?' and 'Do you really think it's going to be that complicated?'
"I think the odds are good that he's the right man, Sergeant Lake, but either way, I have a problem. If it is Branbury, someone pulled him back from the battlefield early -- pulled him back and covered for him so well that it took a corpse showing up for the Army to notice that there's a problem. If that's the case then at the least there's someone in my army's bureaucracy who's taking bribes. If it isn't Branbury, then we don't know who's actually in the mortuary, where the real Branbury is, or how Branbury bribed this corpse to take his spot in a military unit sure to end up near the front lines."
Lake winced sympathetically. "Right. Either way, you've got a mess."
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Date: 2013-02-16 05:25 am (UTC)My mind immediately jumped to the "Bouncers" prompt, possibly because I have my own personal cache of "couples who wander into Joe's" fic ideas. And I can't shake the idea of Crowley and Aziraphale somehow ending up in Seacouver. Or the following lines:
"...which wasn't nearly as disturbing as the fact that the blond was making a considerable portion of the bar's brawlers cry. And not in fear but in genuine repentance for their sins. He'd never seen the like.
All things considered, Joe was happy when the book finally arrived and he could send them on their way."
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Date: 2013-02-16 05:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-16 06:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-16 05:38 pm (UTC)I'd love to see the 'Bouncer' fic, and more of 'Joe Dawson - BAMF', especially if it involved Connor.... 'Ransom of the Red-Headed League' sounds intriguing, as well.
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Date: 2013-02-16 07:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-16 08:06 pm (UTC)I'd recommend Derek Morgan from Criminal Minds. He's either with Reid or rescuing Garcia from a bad drunk after a case. Something where he'd jump in and never report the circumstances.
Mozzie and Neal, while on the run. They're trying to meet a contact and don't want the cops called.
Henry Fitzroy
House (He might be a mean drunk, but he doesn't like being interrupted when he's drinking.)
Of course I'm also an addict for Aidan fic,and I'm falling for the Opportunities-verse plus I love a well written SG-1 cross, so those would be my votes.
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Date: 2013-02-17 03:19 pm (UTC)Re: Eeeeevil author
Date: 2013-02-17 06:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-15 10:19 pm (UTC)Untitled, Haven/HL Aidanverse/maybe WH13
Puppy Dog eyes. Or anything w/ Marc.
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Date: 2013-02-19 02:01 am (UTC)Stop: 4 pages, 1,500 words even.
Snippet: Duke turned when the door to the Grey Gull chimed; he'd meant to lock that, damn it. His eyes narrowed when he didn't recognize his visitor, either.
"The sign said waffles?" The tall, slim black man raised a questioning eyebrow and hand simultaneously.
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Date: 2013-02-15 11:00 pm (UTC)Hell yeah!
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Date: 2013-02-19 02:33 am (UTC)Stop: 4 pages, 2,0004 words (might as well stop, I get to come back to this further down the list...)
Snippet (opening paragraph in this case): You can learn a lot of things in 13 weeks of boot, 3 months in Vietnam, and 40 years of Watching immortals. One of the truer ones is that almost no one looks up.
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Date: 2013-02-19 02:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-19 06:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-19 06:07 am (UTC)