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estepheia ([personal profile] estepheia) wrote2005-04-03 03:02 am
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I think my Ethan fic just died on me

Isn't the internet just amazing? I just asked myself what a magpie sounds like, whether it caws like a crow, entered 'bird song magpie' into google and found a site that hosts Corvidae Sounds.

But even the magpie info doesn't help. I think I have to shelve my Spike/Ethan fic that I'm writing for the Ethan-ficathon and start from scratch. Ack.
Or maybe I should finish a previous attempt at Spike/Ethan, called Candy Man. Normally the requestee should get something brand-new, but it seems I can't get a handle on any of my stories right now. Oh, the irony. I wrote a how-to essay on the Spike/Ethan ship, but I can't write the damn pairing myself. *facepalms.*
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[identity profile] eatenbyweasels.livejournal.com 2005-04-03 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
*pets you*. Mine's a second attempt, too. It'll be fine.

[identity profile] estepheia.livejournal.com 2005-04-03 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the pep talk!

Do you have a beta for your Ethan stuff? Because I don't have one who can point out where Ethan is ooc...

[identity profile] pinkdormouse.livejournal.com 2005-04-03 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'd volunteer, but I'm vanishing in 24hrs for the following 36 or so.

Gina

[identity profile] estepheia.livejournal.com 2005-04-03 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the offer. Maybe next time? It would be nice to just chat about Ethan. None of my usual online friends really 'get' him. *sigh*

[identity profile] pinkdormouse.livejournal.com 2005-04-03 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a good plan to me. Especially if I can bounce future Ethan ideas off you too.

Gina

[identity profile] estepheia.livejournal.com 2005-04-03 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Especially if I can bounce future Ethan ideas off you too.

Yes yes yes! I love that!

Yay!

[identity profile] pinkdormouse.livejournal.com 2005-04-03 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay!

The next Ethan fic I do will probably be the one about Diedre in the early 80s.

"We were together 11 months, but then she did live above Oddbins."

I wonder if play.com has a video/DVD of 'All Those Wasted Years' for the glam-trash ambiance.

Gina

[identity profile] eatenbyweasels.livejournal.com 2005-04-03 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
I don't use a beta at all, generally; okay, I did run my Ethan piece psst [livejournal.com profile] vampirefever, but that was really only to torture her because she can't stand Ethan. I always write him as sounding like the evil lovechild of Leslie Phillips and Terry Thomas and no-one seems to complain...

[identity profile] estepheia.livejournal.com 2005-04-03 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Since I don't know who Leslie Philips and Terry Thomas are...

*sigh*

I am really high maintanance as a writer (and a person), I know that, and it annoys me, but still, I always work best if I can bounce off ideas, if I get the occasional "this is good, now write more" comment from my beta. I need the crack of a dedicated whip....

Anyway, I've written a few paragraphs this morning, so I decided not to shelve my first attempt yet. It might still turn into something salvageable.
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