A few random things

[loaded_march]

First!  I have not fallen off the face of the planet!  I've... been avoiding the interwebs by immersing myself in fic.  Also, it was the long weekend; I totally turned off my brain for the vast majority of it.

Second!  Part #10 is still in beta -- and although I have an ETA, I am not sharing it, because Things^TM happen, so it might be a bit longer.  Plus, I still have to go through it and fix it.  And believe me, there's a lot of fixing to do.  No, I am not sharing word count, even though someone came close to guessing how many words there are.  I am denying it totally until I have it posted.

Third!  I finally have a title for Part 10.  Amazingly, I have a title for part 11, too.  And the opening scenes to part 11, which I want to start writing right now, but I have a fest fic to write.

Fourth!  Speaking of fest fics -- I am in serious need of someone to Brit Pick my merlin_horror fic.  The fact that I'm coming to this realization now, when I'm only two parts into the fic, is a pretty bad thing.  So I am putting up my official Craigslist ad here:

Wanted:  One poor sap wonderful human being willing to beta a horror fic set in a modern AU.  Specific needs: British slang, location descriptions, and help me I'm lost in London address fixes.  Some knowledge of the medical profession would be helpful but not required.  Should be willing to answer frantic and frequent rare and occasional PMs with random questions as I work my way through the fic, because all these is there even slang for this in the UK? notes I've left myself all over the documents are driving me freaking crazy.

Fifth! I...  I totally had a fifth.  I swear.  I seem to have misplaced it.  I'll get back to you on this one.

Comments

[sp-owl.livejournal.com]

You're so funny. I love to read your thoughts!

[fuckyeah.livejournal.com]

...You're two parts in your merlin_horror fic already? I'm not surprised, but now I feel lazy. :P

[k-nightfox.livejournal.com]

I just want to know how it is that you write these ridiculously long fics all the time? My PL fic ended up at 100k once it was fully beta read and revised (it had reached 105k but then I rewrote the entire epilogue chopping it from 6k to 2k). I feel exhausted now that it's done. Grant you I wrote it in marathon chunks between illness and injury but still.

BTW, your PL is in my queue to be read but as I was working on mine up to the very last second I am just starting to read everyone else's PL. Did your artist ever get up and running? I have to confess, I'd have been lost without my artist, she was my rock from the minute she stepped in (which was about 29k into the thing) right up to that last second before posting!

For the first time, I cursed AO3 to the 9 Hells and was grateful for LJ's more reliable coding system. Even if I had to split it into 13 parts plus an addendum and Master Post, it actually proved far less difficult to code and embed the art at LJ. Linking each chapter to the next was tedious but not that bad, if I hadn't been frantic to get it done instantly (cuz I had just barely finished posting the first-part-last Master post when it was 11pm and I was forced to make the post to the PL page to meet the deadline. Honestly? We were revising the fic up till 9pm that night and while my partner in crime was whipping the shit outta the last parts of Part3, I was making dummy copies of the first two parts (8 posts) so I could then just copy and paste them into the correct, reverse order for the post. Technically when I went live, you could only access part 1. Yikes!And of course, someone was waiting on my post cuz they knew it was coming and before I could start linking the chapters I was already getting messages: Where's part 2? LOL, needless to say I was up til 6am finishing up linking and tagging the LJ chapters and fighting with AO3 to accept my codes and stop inserting their own insane ones every time I tried to edit anything. So that was Saturday into Sunday morning and I spent most of Sunday on my face! BUT...I got it done :D

My hat is doubly off to you for rattling off these super long bits of fic like they are nothing.

[xthursdaynextx.livejournal.com]

I can Britpick for you if you're still looking for someone. I'm not a medical expert but I do know London and slang.

(Repost because I didn't even realise my phone had logged me out until I got the 'your anonymous comment has been screened' message.)

[quietomega.livejournal.com]

Hello again! I've similarly dropped off the face of the earth since your last, last update since school went insane on me. Glad to hear that your hell weeks went by okay! I wish I could say the same for mine, but at least they're over for now.

Hm, not up for guessing your word count, other than that it'll lead to being a wonderful and enormous distraction when the insanity I'm dealing with gets too much. And I'm already anticipating a great need. And YEY! Glad to hear that you've a title for this part and the next, and an opening scene!

It might be the quarters I've been lurking in when I can, but the Internet seems to have been a very dark, very depressing place lately, so glad to hear that things are great with you

[tambear13.livejournal.com]

Ha! I love reading your thoughts, always give me a giggle :)

But, you're going to do it again aren't you? *sighs* You posted The Play's the Thing a few days before I had a huge midterm, and then I was stuck trying to decide weather to study or read -- reading won out! Groundwork was okay... BUT First Contact my end of term exams were starting in the next few days. You have impeccable timing for letting me doss off :P And now... Part#10, the start of my final term when I have to knuckle down and get my lab work done. *sighs*
And that's only LM!! :D Can't wait to read it though! I'm very excited, far too excited, like a puppy on acid! ♥

[castmeaway.livejournal.com]

should I go psycho psychic on you again and guess your *final* word count? I would do it here, but that seems a bit counterproductive to your denial ;) ;) ;)

*hugs*

[patria-mori.livejournal.com]

I've just moved to London, so if you need location info or pictures I can try and get those for you. It might take a day or two though since I'm not sure what my work schedule is going to look like, but let me know if you need something.

[gattodoro.livejournal.com]

Poor sap here very happy to help with 'Brit Picking'. I live/work in London and have prior form as a Beta(& writer), though not in this Fandom. I'm not a medical professional but have plenty of first-hand experience of the NHS (National Health Service) as a patient to call on.

Anything I can do to help seems like scant payback for your marvellous stories.

[giraffatrolli.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to get the feeling that writing is akin to breathing for you, which is a huge life-bonus for the rest of us. Especially since your fics are like magic http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UP8IlI3lrfU/UDU6slsqthI/AAAAAAAAAWs/Wc4HqVP3CUg/s1600/holy+spirit+breath.jpg :)

Yay on all the progress, and hopefully life stays calm. :)

[bookscrazygirl.livejournal.com]

Lol, no worries, you aren't the only one who fell off the internet ^_^.

Glad to hear that LM is progressing, could we entice you to share the title at least?