I don’t normally post, I tend to be a one post a year girl, I support fandom in the background by commenting, helping out occasionally as a beta, and generally just being a reader, but as a follower of Buckeye5’s Making a Scene, which is another story that may have been lost to livejournal recently I just wanted to say what I believe about fan fiction in general.
Each fan fiction story written, and posted online, is a gift, it has been written for pleasure by the writer, and posted freely so that others can enjoy it if they want, all the writer wants back is a few comments, nothing more, nothing less.
If a person doesn’t like a story, then just walk away and read something else
If everyone looked at fan fiction the same way then maybe we wouldn’t get so many abandoned stories and people leaving livejournal because they have had enough of the nasty comments and backstabbing.
There is enough bad things in the world right now as least let’s enjoy a few stories.
Sometimes life doesn't turn out how you plan it, your life takes a really unexpected turn. That's happened to me and it's hard, really hard. I have no idea what the future holds.
I have a two friends who know what's going on and at first they supported me, now they seem to be pulling away, don't reply to my texts or emails, and I don't know how to deal with it. They reply to some, but not others.
Should I say something, or just ignore it? I have no idea, I am probably being too sensitive, but it hurts to think they may be pulling away.
At least I can bury myself in my books and all the wonderful fan fiction you all write. I have no idea how I would cope without livejournal
I read an amazing story today (well started last night actually) and I wanted to pimp it as its awesome. But lets start at the beginning………
I was scrolling through the Big Bang 2010 summaries yesterday, ALL 301 OF THEM, (and what a wonderful year we are going to have) and spotted prompt 96, which is a sequel to Queensguard by Aramuim, http://aramuin.livejournal.com/323074.html now if you haven’t read that then you should, another mind blowing J2 story, full of dragons and aliens and Supernatural, it could be AU because of the dragons and aliens but it is set around the filming of Supernatural so make your own choice, but please go and read it.
Or if you prefer listening to your stories its been recorded as a pod fic by Fay Jay, and you can find that here http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/search/node/QUEENSGUARD
I can’t recommend Queensguard highly enough, its unputdownable (is that even a word?)
Anyway back to my other awesome fic rec, yes the sequel to Queensguard has been claimed for art by naisica http://naisica.livejournal.com/tag/my%20art
I was curious what her art was like, so popped over to her LJ and found that a) her art is wonderful, and b) she did art for a 2009 Big Bang Story doodle’s
A Devil to Help Me Get Things Right http://doodle-writes.livejournal.com/23394.html
This is awesome, again unputdownable, I am just about to start the epilogue and considering its 72000 words and I only started reading it last night, AND I have been to work today, that’s pretty fast reading. Basically Jensen and Jared grew up together, fell in love and went off to collage. The story starts when Jensen is 30, he wakes up in hospital with amnesia he doesn’t remember the last 10 years of his life. He and Jared broke up and he doesn’t know why, and the more he finds out about the person he became, the more he doesn’t like himself. Can he find out what happened and move on from Jared, or can he get him back, now Jared is engaged, only reading the story will tell you.
I adore it and can’t rate it highly enough. It’s a story of redemption and change, go and read it and give doodle some love…………..
Oh and the 2010 Big Bang Summaries are here http://community.livejournal.com/spn_j2_bigbang/133869.html
In case anyone’s interested I got this email from Dreamspinner this morning
Until midnight Sunday night, Dreamspinner Press is offering a 20% discount on all purchases through our website.
http://www.dreamspi
This includes books 'coming shortly' which include Mickie B's sequel to Impacted 'Bonds of Love' which she discusses here, on her journal
http://mickieashling.livejournal.com/
Hopefully Mickie won't be talking a 20% cut on her proceeds! (sorry Mickie but I bought my copy....)
I don't normally post about myself, as my life is pretty boring.
I live in the UK, work full time, for a bank, in a job I sort of fell into, not one I picked, married, no kids, pretty normal hum drum stuff
But today I feel different, disconnected almost, looking around me and seeing nothing behind, and nothing going forward, the reason is my mum, she died in 1986, at the age of 47 years and 7 days.
Today I am 47 years and 7 days old.
Not only have I lived more of my life without her, I am now the same age she was when she died.
I think what would anyone say about me if I died today?
Not healthy I know, but I can't quite decide if I want to cry, scream, or throw something, its really affected me and I can't shake it.
I dislike my job intensely; it’s all so pointless. I am nothing more than a number, but with hubby being made redundant in three months I can't leave. I go to work on auto pilot, listening to audio fics, (something I can't that the SPN fandom pod fic readers enough for, they literally keep me going). I need to not be able to think, it I let my thoughts take control who knows where I would end up!
Tonight hubby is cooking dinner, I plan to bury myself in front of the telly watching the Vampire Diaries and just not think how pointless this life is.
Anyone reading this feel free to pass by without commenting, it just helped to write it down.
I might post more in future, it might be cathartic, so if anyone feels my maudlin thoughts might depress them just de-friend me I won’t be offended.
I offered to take part in the recent Podfic Critical Feedback Exchange and this is my review.
It’s the first time I have ever reviewed a Podfic of this size and complexity and found it really difficult; hopefully my review will make sense to everyone, apologies if it doesn't
Podfic Critical Feedback Review of ‘Of Dice and Jensen’ read by Diurnal lee, author Epeeblade
http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/search/node/of+dice+and+jensen
Presentation and general reading/flow etc
Diurnal lee’s reading style, speed and presentation, are very good and she is very well spoken, however I did find her tone a little bit too precise and clipped at the beginning of the story, but as she got further into it she relaxed and her tone softened and it sounded much better.
There are 16 characters in this story, and although I could tell she was trying to change tone for certain characters, again this got better as the story progressed, but in the end there were just too many for it to work very well.
Story Suitability
I found this story very confusing; and difficult to follow, it’s a colleague AU about a group of friends in a LARP, which stands for Live Action Role Playing. Each person in the story was playing themselves and another character, for example Jared was also playing Sam, and Jensen was also playing Dean, so in the end they all blended together and it became too confusing. It was like trying to listen to two separate stories that weaved between each other.
I had a look at the author’s livejournal; she has produced some great documentation to go with this story, a character listing and a glossary of terms. I think a warning that perhaps someone new to the story should view these pages before listening, would have been a good idea, or maybe a brief summary/explanation, at the beginning, just something setting the scene.
I am intrigued enough to want to go and read the story now, but this is probably a pod fic that would have been easier to listen to if the listener was already familiar with the story.
In memory of family and friends who have lost the battle with cancer, and in support of the ones who continue to conquer it!
Post this on your LJ if you know someone who has or had cancer.
My mum - died 24 years ago at the age of 47, I have now been alive longer without her, than with her. I still remember putting her hair in rollers, and brushing it through.
My dad - died 5 years ago, he fought with all he had, but it wasn't enough. I can still hear your voice.
I miss you both each day, and know we will meet again
I am currently sitting at home recovering from a steroid injection I had earlier for Tennis Elbow, not the most serious of illness I will admit, but god it hurts like a bitch.........I can't do anything, can barely move my arm (and its my right one) even reading doesn't take my mind of the pain, and you have no idea how long it took to type this post.
Anyone got any ideas how I can get through the rest of the day? My doctor says it might be a bit better tomorrow.
Oh and my boss was very surprised when I said I couldn't work the rest of the day (I type all day) as he thought steroid injections immediately took all the pain away.............I really need strength sometimes
