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The urban fantasy novels that I'm currently writing (... or failing to write, as has been the case the last few days) are set in New York, specifically in the Ithaca area, but a lot of the current novel takes place in New York City. This is making me want to write White Collar crossovers LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE. It does make the research simpler, though -- a lot of it is doing double duty on both sides. *g*

Here, have some links:

whitecollarhc is having an Abduct-a-Palooza comment ficathon - prompts and fills pertaining to the theme of kidnapping/abductions. I want someone to write a gen version of this one like you would not believe, too. ("Someone" possibly being me eventually, but I really don't need more plot ideas right now. Still ... presumed-dead is one of my favorite things, and my id is calling ...)

Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? is a link that's been passed around on my flist a lot, so I expect a lot of you have seen it already, but I thought it was definitely worth passing along -- completely fascinating research into how our brains have a limited ability to make decisions, leading to increasingly poor decision-making, and even more interesting, a corresponding lack in willpower, when we've been having to choose between a lot of options.

I don't remember how I found this, but it amused me greatly: Absurd Warning Signs & Disclaimers and an equally amusing companion page celebrating Brilliantly Pointless Fliers. (This one is my very favorite.) Neither page is particularly worksafe/kidsafe.

ETA: I knew I forgot something I was gonna link to - xparrot put up a really useful post on searching AO3 - getting around its currently search limitations, and using the search function more fully in general.

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The urban fantasy novels that I'm currently writing (... or failing to write, as has been the case the last few days) are set in New York, specifically in the Ithaca area, but a lot of the current novel takes place in New York City. This is making me want to write White Collar crossovers LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE. It does make the research simpler, though -- a lot of it is doing double duty on both sides. *g*

Here, have some links:

whitecollarhc is having an Abduct-a-Palooza comment ficathon - prompts and fills pertaining to the theme of kidnapping/abductions. I want someone to write a gen version of this one like you would not believe, too. ("Someone" possibly being me eventually, but I really don't need more plot ideas right now. Still ... presumed-dead is one of my favorite things, and my id is calling ...)

Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? is a link that's been passed around on my flist a lot, so I expect a lot of you have seen it already, but I thought it was definitely worth passing along -- completely fascinating research into how our brains have a limited ability to make decisions, leading to increasingly poor decision-making, and even more interesting, a corresponding lack in willpower, when we've been having to choose between a lot of options.

I don't remember how I found this, but it amused me greatly: Absurd Warning Signs & Disclaimers and an equally amusing companion page celebrating Brilliantly Pointless Fliers. (This one is my very favorite.) Neither page is particularly worksafe/kidsafe.

ETA: I knew I forgot something I was gonna link to - xparrot put up a really useful post on searching AO3 - getting around its currently search limitations, and using the search function more fully in general.

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