A lot of blah di blah on TPTP

onetwomany asked:
I'd love to know whether you plotted the totality of TPTP in advance - or, to put things more accurately, how much effort went into plotting stuff in advance? Did you take the same planning approach in relation to the character interaction? How much did the finished product differ from the vision?

I did not plot the totality of TPTP in advance. In fact, the first chapter was written before I even had a clear idea of where I was going. I acted completely on impulse. However, Marcee and I had talked about a collaboration several times and we had a joint interest in time travel stories, so she quickly joined up and together we created a very vague outline. The plan was, Marcee would write all Sunnydale chapters and I'd do the whole 1880 stuff (but in the end I wrote a lot of the Sunndydale scenes as well).

To begin with, there were the challenge parameters:( Read more... )

Hey, there should be a mood-icon for 'long-winded,'

More Five Questions

Hey, the Five Questions meme is back. This time vamplover84 is the one who's asking. Thank you, dear. :-) So, here goes.

1. Besides Buffy, what is your favorite fandom, and do you have a favorite pairing?
Um... Angel - Angel/Spike? Okay, okay, I know, that's cheating. Smallville. Clark/Lex
Oh and Firefly. Jayne/Simon. Or Jayne/Kaylee.

2. Do you share your online interests with friends and family (e.g., say you like slash), or do you play discreetly?
My husband reads my het and gen fanfic and will read slash if its wrapped in a m/m/f threesome. My friends all know that I write, most know that I write fanfic, the close ones know I write porn. I am proud of my gay vampire porn, so why should I act all blushy?

3. If you could visit any place in the world on your next vacation, where would you go?
Alone or with the family? Or with hubby only?
With the kids I'd either say Tasmania for 4 weeks, visiting my dad, or Italy, the area around Lake Garda. There's a great amusement park there. We'd go there a few times and take boat trips and we'd eat tons of pasta and pizza. The kids would love it.
However, if the trip was for hubby and me without the kids I'd say Rome and Naples - I always wanted to see Pompeji and all the ancient Roman ruins. *sigh*
On my very own? New York and/or Los Angeles.

4. You are having a dinner party and can have the guests of your choice: which six famous people do you invite, dead or alive?
Oh, that's a great question. Lemme think...
Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, James Marsters (because he'd love and worship me dearly for the opportunity to talk to the other guests), Kenneth Branagh (who's supposedly an asshole but I like him for his brain), Joss Whedon, Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. Crap, that's seven, right? Okay, if necessary we'll have to ditch Caesar - with his ego it might get a little bit crowded anyway. But can you imagine the conversations?

5. What piece of music can move you to tears (if any)?
On its own? Not a single one. I don't tear up easily. I liked the use of Beethoven's Pastoral symphony in 'Soylent Green' and I was quite moved when watching Smallville 3x08 and hearing Johnny Cash sing Hurt. *ponders* Nope, not to tears. But the aria of Mozart's Queen of the Night out of the Magic Flute, played at sufficiently loud volume sents wonderful shivers up and down my spine. Awesome piece of music!

Lovely questions! I enjoyed answering them, vamplover84. Thank you.

Rec for S/X buddy fic

I'm consumed with seething jealousy. drcoulter recommended this and I have to wave the recommendation banner as well. Not slash but wonderful Spike-Xander reluctant!allies interaction. Made me LOL several times.

TITLE: "It's Like a Buddy Movie (Only Without the Buddy Part)"
AUTHOR: Soulvamp and Veggibelle
CHARACTERS: Spike, Xander
RATING: PG
SPOILERS: Spoilers up through “The Gift” with minor hints toward early season 6.
SUMMARY: “I worked by your side all summer,” Spike reminds Xander during “Afterlife.” Here’s how one adventure during the summer between the fifth and sixth seasons might have gone. - Buddy fic, action/adventure, humor
My comment: This is the kind of story I wish I had written myself, because the voices work so well. It could have been told slightly faster, and the opponent's objective is odd, but, hey, who am I to complain? When I have fun with the characters and the banter I sometimes go on for longer than strictly necessary. Besides, the buddy stuff is more important than the actual plot.

*shriek*

Oh no! I'm writing a Smallville ficlet - Lex-centered, of course. 300 words so far. But the metaphor was just too good to pass up. *sigh* I really need to get my head examined. Hmm, I better go and find a Lex icon....

Smallville fic: Oysters

Hmmm, all my betas are gone from AIM. And I should be translating, instead of fiddling with this interloper. So here's my first Smallville ficlet (okay, I once wrote a 55 word nanofic but that doesn't really count). So, um, does it work? *looks insecure*

FANDOM: Smallville
CHARACTERS: Lex Luthor, Lionel Luthor
GENRE: Angst, character study, ficlet (575 words)
SPOILERS: 3x08
RATING: PG
SUMMARY: There's nothing fond about Lex's childhood memories...
( Oysters )