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Well, the Big Bang deadline is almost upon us, so after we review the story one final time, Naye and I can submit it, and it's DONE. My

gateverse_remix story is also done, and has been for a while; I just need to finish coding it and post it. (The remix goes live on Monday.)

Other than that ... I've started

astridv's story that she won in the

livelongnmarry auction (it's actually cranking along pretty nicely) and otherwise ... no fannish obligations at all! Which is making me consider what I want to do next.

I feel more oppressed than inspired, at the moment, by my WIPs folder. I have several SGA stories that I hate to abandon because I just wrote so much of them, but I really haven't been inspired to work on them in a long time. I have a few unfinished SG1 stories (and I really *wanted* to finish a Teal'c story or two, damn it, especially after watching Ark of Truth) but I keep getting bogged down on those, too, usually because I'm so unfamiliar with canon after being out of the fandom for several years that I run into a wall of stuff I don't know.

It's awfully appealing to me right now to try something really different from my usual fare ... which is to say, something that's not at all gen, or something dark, or maybe both. After the season premiere, I'm especially drawn to the idea of doing a Rodney/Teyla story; I have a few ideas. I really, seriously considered signing up for

kink_bingo just to get practice at writing sex scenes, but somehow managed to talk sense into myself. Besides, I don't really want another obligation right now. I just want to play for a while.

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Congratulations on coming so far with Big Bang and doing well on the livelongnmarry already, and I wish you luck with your WIPs -- I sympathize on that sense of oppression and responsibility to what you've begun when you're not feeling inspired, and wish I could offer advice. Yet I'm sure you'll find something that sparks your interest, and maybe that will bring some of those WIPs alive again in turn -- and if not, that's okay. Right?

But mostly I wanted to say, from one July 26-er to another, Happy Birthday! Hope it's full of joy for you.

Thank you! Another July 26 baby - cool!