*dies*

[sholio]

Finished les342's ficathon story tonight. Darn thing is 22K words long. WHY FOR THE LOVE OF RODNEY CAN I NOT WRITE SHORT???

Okay, now that Lesley's story is off the table, here's what I'll be working on in December and the new year:

- sheppard_hc Secret Santa story
I have my prompt, obviously, but I haven't really figured out where to take the prompt, so this one still needs some brainstorming. And has to be done by the end of December, obviously.

- Christmas story
About half done, maybe 2/3 done.

- Dark-ish AU
This one is at least half done, and that part is beta'd, which means I owe it to my betas, if not to myself, to get the early parts cleaned up, start posting it, and finish the dratted thing.

- Ghost in the Machine
See above. I seriously stalled out on one particular plot point that I really don't know how to write. But it's pivotal to the whole story. I intend to put some serious work into this one.

- The other ficathon stories
I'm now almost entirely through with the ones that I had ideas for at the get-go; now I'm down to the ones that are, for me, "hard" stories to write (very different from what I normally write, or something I'm not sure if I can pull off, or whatever). Except for one of them, which I'm *probably* going to roll into one of the above stories and make it part of the plot of that one.

It feels very good to actually *finish* one of the stories that I'm supposed to be working on, though. Ever since mid-October, I've felt like I was spinning my wheels, writing bits and pieces of a dozen stories without ever finishing anything, or else writing ones like the AU that were fun, but totally tangential to the stories that I feel as if I "should" be working on. I feel like I'm back on track now. *smiles*

Also, it's after 2 a.m. and I really must sleep...

Comments

[wpadmirer.livejournal.com]

I just read your "Old Soldiers" story from a recommendation on stargategenrec.

It's really good. Very moving.

WP

[sholio]

Oh, thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it. *smiles*

[mcalex22.livejournal.com]

Meant to say - I can't seem to find the post but I downloaded and watched your vid - the one with the Indigo chicks!

It's wonderful - loved the "slowing down of motion bit". I think it's a bit biased towards Rodney and showcases a lot of the Hewlett expressions that he's given Rodney. But hey, I love John and Rodney unashamedly so I don't mind :)

I love the moments you picked - especially from Season 1 as it's been a while since I've since any of those eps.

[sholio]

*grin* Thank you! I, er ... unabashedly admit that making this video was a total self-indulgence in picking out favorite Rodney scenes. So that's not too surprising. And I'm really glad that you liked it! It's getting to the point where so many of the season 1 & 2 clips have been over-vidded ... I've been wanting to do more with Season 3 clips, but there's just no time for making videos lately.

Thanks again!

[johnsheppardluv.livejournal.com]

nice job on the writing, fs! & good luck in your continuations of all these cool projects...but wait! OMG! I cant believe I haven't actually friended you yet! :-0 *hurries off to rectify that right away* ~ur fellow writer, sga fan, & pal, Sharma :)

[sholio]

*grin* Glad you're enjoying my stuff so far! I suck at friending people, generally, through no plan of my own except utter laziness and/or distractibility. I'll find out that someone has a new story out, and I'll be like, "Oh wow, why didn't I know that? Oh wait, 'cause I never friended her. Dammit! Gotta go do that now! Oh look, shiny object..." *wanders off again*

[margec01.livejournal.com]

I know it makes a lot of work for you, but I LOVE that you write long fics, because I enjoy fics that really delve into the characters and we see close relationships. I'm looking forward to the one you just finished, as well as the others you're teasing us with. (g)

And wow, a whole new community I've never heard of! Heading over to check it out now.

[sholio]

*grin* Thank you! Personally, I much prefer long stories myself, both to read and to write, for just the reason that you mentioned -- there's time for a leisurely exploration of the character relationships, time to set up an intricate situation and then watch it develop.

[les342.livejournal.com]

I already sent you an email, but I just have to take a moment to say OMG!!! SQUEEEEEE!!! I love that fic!!!!!!!!!

Excuse me, I'm done having my fangirl moment now, so I'll just take my overly caffeinated self and go away and leave you alone now. And just in case you haven't read the email yet, I did give you more coherent and constructive feedback in the email. LOL

[sholio]

Yup, got the email! I'm really glad that you liked it! :D

It's unfortunate that Carson didn't get to DO more in the story. I guess you can be either running around doing things, or badly whumped, but not really both at once! (Unless you're Sheppard, where normal rules don't apply...) He's a lot more, erm, active in the "Running" sequel I'm working on, although it may be a while before that one's finished.