Since I said I would in elismor 's journal...

I should borrow elismor's sheep icon for this...

1. Do you have a tattoo?
2. How old are you?
3. Are you single or taken?
4. Fish?
5. Do you dream in colour?
6. Ever seen a corpse?
7. Hipsters or Hillbillies?
8. How did we meet?
9. What's your philosophy on life and death?
10. If you could do anything with me, and have no one know, what would it be?
11. Do you trust the police?
12. Do you like musicals?
13. What is your fondest memory of me?
14. If you could change anything about yourself what would it be?
15. Would you cheat ?
16. What are you wearing?
17. Have you ever peed in a pool?
18. Would you hide evidence for me if I asked you to?
19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
20. Which do you prefer - short or long hair?
21. What's your favorite day of the week?
22. What's your favorite color?
23. If you could bring back anyone that has passed, who would it be?
24. Tell me one interesting/odd fact about you?
25. What was your first impression of me?
26. Have you ever done drugs?
27. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?

Old fan fiction and ponderings of possible future fic

While packing up books from the old house, I came across a fanzine from the mid nineties. It's called "A Touch of Forever" and has contributions from me of poetry as well as fiction. The quality of my writing was pretty much all over the place, although I do like some of the language I used. However, I'm much better at dialogue these days. It makes me cringe, to be honest, when I read some of the dialogue between Nick and LaCroix.

I may transfer some of the fiction here, after some revision.

I remember how it was, writing in those days. I was being a stay at home wife (until bills forced me to take work) and I had a writing routine. I actually had it scheduled to write a minimum of two hours every morning and then a little more in the evenings, when inspiration struck. And it struck often in those days. I was very passionate about Forever Knight. I wouldn't have a fandom I was as excited about until TPM. Although with TPM, I left several stories unfinished, to my everlasting shame.

I'm a lazy writer. But I write nearly every day, due to the influence of a very good friend. And over the years we have written some things of which I've been really proud. But all of it RPS, which I keep strictly separate from this journal.

I want to write something on my own, see if I can keep the momentum going if I don't have another person poking me for more bits. But, and this is a huuuuge freaking but, I don't have a single bouncing bunny assaulting me. I kind of have my eye on the SGA fandom, but to be quite honest, there is so much very good fiction being written there, I can't imagine what I'd contribute. Except, well, I hear Katie Brown in my head. Sweet little Katie doting on Rodney, but kicking his ass with her sweet nature and steel spine. My Katie is soft spoken, and knows her worth.

Usually I write slash, but this character is appealing to me in a way I rather find mystifying. But I like that the first character in a long time to get those solo writerly juices flowing is a strong female muse. I just hope my lazy nature lets me actually get something on page about her.

And since I'm a contrary beast, I shall use a McShep icon, because that's what I mostly read, these days.

Not really a book rec...

There's a book in St Louis that is causing quite a stir; Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler It's based on a school in Ladue (an upscale community, this is where many of the very rich reside in the St Louis County area) called Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School. The following is a quote about the school by someone aghast at the treatment given to MICDS by the author:


Jamieson Spencer, a Country Day graduate and former upper school English teacher at Mary Institute who sometimes reviews books for the Post-Dispatch, lambasted "Confessions" and says he never saw any signs of the cruelty described in it.

"Yes, there were little girls who could be total (witches) to one another; and yes, there were ladies in pink and green who loved their status and background," he wrote in an e-mail. "And kids with no fashion sense or money were often spurned, especially at the younger ages. But the Kitsy character is a real exaggeration — a compilation of the worst tendencies all wrapped up in one horrid female!"

Excuse me, seems to me he just described some of the cruelty! Anyway, my mother wants this book, so you get to hear about it. Aren't I nice? ;)