Fanfiction

Debating on taking one of my longer fic ideas and joining scifibigbang -- basically four months to write a 25,000 word story in a SF or fantasy fandom. (And it ends right before NaNoWriMo)

It's not like I have a shortage of longer fic ideas to write about. Granted, the last time I tried a fic marathon, I pooped out after 1,000 words. My own fault for deciding I would do it in iambic pentameter blank verse.

(As far as long fics go, I have Part 3/3 of the Slayers Albatross*, the Dresden Files 'Mermaids in Lake Michigan fic', and a Firefly fic about the female characters that probably means I need a rewatch. Or coming up with a plot for a continuation of "Sticks and Stones", my Escaflowne/Laundry crossover. Oh, and "In the Shadows of the Flames", an Escaflowne story that could probably beat the Slayers Albatross out for 'hanging around my neck the longest', and a FMA/Vorkosigan Saga fusion that exists mostly because othercat suggested having Miles and Ed in the same room, I started to brainstorm how to make turn-of-the-century-weird-science-pulp and star-spanning-space-opera work together**. Or a Kin of the Stars/Firefly crossover or the FMA planetary romance AU. Or the Slayers prompt inspired by someone on ameliazellove about chimera!Amelia and human!Zel.)

* Not the actual title -- I call it an albatross because it has been hanging around my neck since '05 demanding that I finish it, to the point where part 2 was done for 07 NaNo and it now needs to be edited for REvo compliance. I don't want to edit or post until all of the rough drafts are done, since I know there's a rough spot between Parts 1 and 2, and I want it to be polished.

** Also, the idea of Riza Hawkeye scaring Ivan amuses me. And Ivan and Havoc commiserating about how they never get the girl. And the parallels between Mark's Thing about Miles and anime!Envy's Thing about Ed.

That's a lot of fic ideas. (Nine? Nine. And I left off any WiPs/Ideas that I figured would definitely be short stories.) I feel like I should try to make some progress on this.

Surprising how many are crossovers, AUs or fusions. I used to write a lot of crossovers as a young fan. Strange to see myself coming back into them.

Mood

I'm starting to wonder if this week's cloudy/rainy weather is what's contributing to my procrastination and fatigue. I have Seasonal Affective Disorder, which means around November, my mood takes a plummet as the daylight hours decrease. Right now, the days are long but there's been little sun for the past week. And right now, I kind of want to crawl under my desk or head back to bed, instead of going into work. I thought it might be PMS, but generally PMS goes away by now.

I might have to break out the light box* unless the weather improves. It figures that this would happen the week I promised my boss a paper draft. (I still need to hunt down a copy of the notes I had on ring observation angle, not to mention the dates of observations.)

* I have two things I call a light box, as both are a box with bright light coming from it. One is flat and used to ink sketches or transfer things to watercolor paper for painting. The other is kind of clam-shell shaped and used to shine bright light on my face so my body forgets it doesn't get enough sunlight. It seems to help, but it's not something I can do a double-blind study on.

Mood

I'm starting to wonder if this week's cloudy/rainy weather is what's contributing to my procrastination and fatigue. I have Seasonal Affective Disorder, which means around November, my mood takes a plummet as the daylight hours decrease. Right now, the days are long but there's been little sun for the past week. And right now, I kind of want to crawl under my desk or head back to bed, instead of going into work. I thought it might be PMS, but generally PMS goes away by now.

I might have to break out the light box* unless the weather improves. It figures that this would happen the week I promised my boss a paper draft. (I still need to hunt down a copy of the notes I had on ring observation angle, not to mention the dates of observations.)

* I have two things I call a light box, as both are a box with bright light coming from it. One is flat and used to ink sketches or transfer things to watercolor paper for painting. The other is kind of clam-shell shaped and used to shine bright light on my face so my body forgets it doesn't get enough sunlight. It seems to help, but it's not something I can do a double-blind study on.