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I just got done re-reading Blood Rites and man, I am on a Dresden Files high right now. :D There is just no point whatsoever in writing fanfic for this series; it's all right there in the text. I mean, this book alone is an h/c lover's paradise, and it's just one book out of twelve! (Admittedly one of the more button-pushing ones, but nearly every book has at least one scene that totally sends me into raptures of squee. I am not sure how he does it, but Butcher plays my little fangirl heart like a finely tuned instrument. :D) Also: box of puppies! ^_^

For my own reference - current list of fannish commitments (which hasn't changed much since last check-in):

1.

spook_me (A:tLA, due Oct. 26)
Status: Did some research. Wrote a little. I'd, um, better work on this, if I'm going to finish it at all before the deadline. (It's a low-pressure ficathon, no penalty for dropping out, but I liked both the ideas I had, and I wanted to finish at least one of them, darn it.)

2.

sheppard_hc secret santa (SGA, 3000-wd minimum, due Dec. 21-Jan. 3)
Status: Brainstorming. Did some research. Stuck.

3.

sga_santa (SGA, 1000-wd minimum, due Dec. 10)
Status: Got my assignment; thinking about it.

4.

yuletart (due Nov. 23)
Status: Got my assignment; thinking about it.

5. Yuletide (1000-wd minimum, due Dec. 21)
Status: Signups not open yet.

Other stuff: h/c bingo fics.

astridv's Finders AU for help_haiti. Would like to do a chaptered story, but don't really see having the time in the near future. Still planning to do NaNo!

ETA: Heeeeee ... looking back through my old Dresden Files posts, I just came across my very first conversation with Naye in the comments to a (spoilery) Book 8 post from 2007. Um, wow, it's only been three years? Wow.

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I've been hearing good things about Dresden Files... would you recommend me putting a couple of them on my Christmas list, then? :)

I'm also going to do NaNo! Only I'm going to do it, as my friend suggested, by writing 50,000 words rather than a 50,000 word story. So I can use it to write all my fic assignments and suchlike. *feels crafty*

I do recommend them! :) I would recommend not starting with the first book, though, unless you're one of those people who absolutely has to read in order. I normally am myself *g*, but I started with book 3 because our local bookstore didn't have the first two, and in retrospect I think it worked much better that way, because the first couple of books are pretty slow. I'm not saying they're bad, but I think the later books are much more engaging, and the third book happens to be not only the one that was my introduction to the series, but also the one in which the ensemble cast has started to coalesce.

Thanks! I shall bear that in mind. New sources of procrastination are always welcome!

That reminds me! Side Jobs is waiting for me at the bookstore. :D

(Box of puppies! Still possibly my favorite thing in the books. ♥)

BOX OF PUPPIES. Fat little demon-hunting foo-puppies! ♥ I actually kind of miss the days when Mouse was small enough for Harry to carry him around in a coat pocket. :D (And, oh, that makes me think of what Mouse said to Lea in "Changes", about Harry: "He didn't win me. I won him." Oh ... books. :D)

Wow, you have a lot of work to do!! Want more :-)? I don't know it you've ever heard of it but the Family Haven Ficathon sign ups have started. Since you love gen and writing friendship/family oriented stories, I thought this might interest you. It's a multifandom ficathon and there are no penalties for dropping out. The fandoms are Stargate Atlantis, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fullmetal Alchemist, Naruto, Harry Potter, X-Men (canon, movie, evolution), Medium, Supernatural, Numb3rs and NCIS. The stories will be due Feb 14th to 20th with an extra week in case anyone needs it. If you want more information, here is the link:

http://community.livejournal.com/family_haven/20465.html

AAAAAAAAA. *hides* XD I think that sounds quite awesome, but where will I ever find time for it?! I'll be sure and pimp it in my LJ, though! (Assuming I don't break down and sign up ... I can feel the jaws closing around me ...)

*evil grin* Thank you for the pimping, I'm trying to get to as many people as possible. We are a small ficathon though I hope to change that. :-P

Yeah, I was just reading through the rules and looking at deadlines, and thinking, "I could totally do this ..." :D Perhaps I shall start thinking about what I'd like to request!

(And thank you for allowing background pairings of the het/slash/femslash variety. :) Some fandoms are pretty much impossible to write in a totally pairing-free way, and I think that's a smart way to set up the rules!)

And if you can't do it, you can always drop out without penalties :-). And thank you for your support of my slash/het policy. I so agree with you that it's impossible to write some fandoms without being able to write pairings. :-P

I honestly don't know how you're doing it? Wow. Does that mean you're doing all the x-mas fics in Dec while you write for Nano?

EDIT Upon looking at the due dates you have a great art in staggering assignments ..lol

Is amazed you can do the quantity and quality combo.

Can I clone you?

:D

Good luck!!

Edited 2010-10-24 23:36 (UTC)

Right now *I* want to clone me. *g*

We'll see how it goes with both NaNo and all these assignments, especially since I've been writing like molasses lately. I should be only working part-time in November (2-3 days a week) so I ought to have a lot of free time for writing ... but like you said, I might have to write most of the Christmas assignments in December if I start to bog down.

I just got done reading book six too!

I'm still trying to finish the series, I go back to the libary sometime this week to pick up four more of the Dresden Files-or maybe too, depending on if "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is in yet, along with the "Hunger Games" novels-and am eagerly awaiting to see what happens next to Dresden.

What's the current book for the dresden files that's out now anyway? I attempted to look it up, but unfortunately haven't really had the chance to do so quite yet, so I thought I'd ask a fan and see. *hopeful puppy eyes*

I think it's up to book 12? I believe book 13 is the one that's coming out next spring.

Snort. Unlucky thirteen! *giggles* Just image what poor Butcher will do to Dresden in book number 13..

I wanna do NaNo too! Okay, but a somewhat adapted version of NaNo - I'm gonna write a graphic novel script while you all are working in your novels. So it's more like NaCo. Anyway, I'm rather excited about the idea.

Yeah, I think you had mentioned that at your journal, and I say YAY! Good luck!

If I'm going to do NaNo, I really need to settle on a specific story to work on, though; I've been tossing around a number of ideas, but I keep getting stuck on all of them.

I just finished the first Dresden Files book! It was an easy read, and I really enjoyed it. I'm not really much into fantasy, especially magic, but I love how this magic has very clearly defined rules and that the author sticks to them (at least so far, in book one). It's a mix of real world and magic world that I love (which is odd, because I've tried and can't get past page 2 of most fantasy novels - the medieval swords and magic variety. I love Harry Potter for the same reasons I enjoyed this, that interaction between real life and this other secret world).

I was also excited to read one of your comments above that you found the first two books slow and the third one much more engaging. If I enjoyed this first book, I imagine I'll enjoy the rest, and I love finding a whole series of books to delve into. I read something about how the author first approached writing this book, so I read it with half a writer's mind and half a reader's one. In some ways, he very much stuck to the formula and yet it does work, and was still fun to read. And it did make my h/c hurt squee with joy! :)

Good luck on all of your writing projects! I'm planning to do NaNo as well and I am trying to make some headway on my Secret Santa this week, while nailing down the NaNo story plot a little more. We've got a couple of busy writing months ahead of us!!

Oh man, if you enjoyed the h/c in that book, wait until you get to the rest of them. :D There is a reason why these books were mostly rec'd to me by h/c people.

And yeah, I do think the start of the series is the slow part, so if you liked that, then you should love the rest. I'm glad you're liking it so far!

NaNo ... I really need to settle on an idea and get working on the world-building for it, if I'm going to be ready to start writing in a week!

Ah, but Dresden is Noir first and fantasy second..:D

The first book is okay but JB's Dresden style really sorts itself out in the next two books. What amazes me is how he weaves the over arching story in. I give away no spoilers by saying that as the bigger reveals start you spend a lot of time going.. "bloody hell that was like three books back". Jim writes the best sort of pulp fiction... the stuff that is intellectual crack. :D

Heh, one of the things I've been really impressed with on the re-read is just how interwoven the books are. He's constantly referring back to minor characters and events. The reveal in book six is foreshadowed by a throwaway line in book two. I'm really impressed at how he manages to keep it all straight!

Blood rites is good for H/c.. personally I think JB gets it down pat in Dead Beat. I think it helps that JB is himself a Squeeing fanboy:D..

I think it helps that JB is himself a Squeeing fanboy:D

Heh, he so totally is. Actually, there are parts of the series that have all the id-fulfilling aspects of damned good fanfic ...

I'm in the middle of Dead Beat right now, and I've realized that I can't remember much at all about how it ends! More to look forward to, I guess. :D

Then you are in for a treat:)..

Ah, Dresden. How I miss reading them :D I've yet to find anything that sucked me in and held on the way Dresden Files did. It also helped me figure out why it was that my own urban fantasy stories weren't working.

Looking at your writing to-do list makes me sleepy. How do you do it! I'm barely able to survive one committed story (and, yet, I plan to take part in NaNo :S).

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