for this week's ep is at my journal.

Smart brain. Of course Danilaw likes 20th century rock music. First of all, it's a worldbuilding point (which I will not spoiler.) But if he speaks archaic English, however haltingly, it also lets him talk to the people on the generation ship, now doesn't it?

1629 words on Grail today--just over quota, but as soon as batwrangler gets here, I have to go to New Jersey. This is my last commitment for a good long time, though, and I'm looking forward to crawling into my hole and pulling it closed after me until I get a couple of these damned books written and revised.

The more accomplished I become as a writer, and the more confident I am in my skills, the worse my drafts get. In a lot of ways, this thing I am writing looks very much like a really elaborate outline. It's full of bracket notes that say things like [show don't tell] and [make these characters' voices sound different]. I'm choosing to believe that this is because my subconscious has accepted that there will have to be heavy revisions once I figure out what the book is about, and the only way I have ever been able to figure out what the book is about is to work through it.

Sometimes I outline. Sometimes I don't. Sometimes I go back and outline stuff I've already written to see where it's going and get some distance on it. Sometimes I write out of order and sometimes I'm linear. Sometimes I scribble bits of scenes on scrap paper. There are no rules, only tactics that work or do not work.

Lately, my process seems to involve writing all sorts of sketchy things, bits and fragments and scribbles--and then later constructing a narrative out of them. This would terrify me, except I already did this on Chill and Bone & Jewel Creatures, and the final drafts of both books strike me as rather decent work.

Mean things: fears of the Other, barbarians, fretting by the phone.

16640 / 100000 words. 17% done!

I have just successfully crocheted a long row of chain stitches for the first time ever. It's in horrible brown acrylic, the tension is all over the place and it's one of the ugliest things ever done to wool by a human being, but damn if I'm not proud of it.

Early indications are that my crocheting is going to be looser than my knitting, although not by much, and that I'm going to need cutting out of it at least once in the not too distant future.

But still.

Crochet! \o/

I am so sorry guys, I didn't mean to abandon this community, I moved away to university and things got hectic but I am back now and here is the voting for challenge 12, I hope that people still want to enter!

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Title: Of Accidental Interrogations and Drinks
Author: eternal_sadist
Fandom: Criminal Minds/CSI: New York
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Emily Prentiss/Don Flack, Jr.
Summary: While spending a week in Manhattan for a conference, Special Agent Emily Prentiss runs into a certain blue-eyed detective over drinks. He chokes into his beer, and she tries not to laugh. Pre-series for both shows.
Disclaimer: They are not mine. If you thought they were, you either have intel I want, or you need more help than I thought.

( There are too many people in suits around her for it to be a vacation. )

Title: Of Accidental Interrogations and Drinks
Author: eternal_sadist
Fandom: Criminal Minds/CSI: New York
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Emily Prentiss/Don Flack, Jr.
Summary: While spending a week in Manhattan for a conference, Special Agent Emily Prentiss runs into a certain blue-eyed detective over drinks. He chokes into his beer, and she tries not to laugh. Pre-series for both shows.
Disclaimer: They are not mine. If you thought they were, you either have intel I want, or you need more help than I thought.

( There are too many people in suits around her for it to be a vacation. )

Title: Surrender
Fandom/Pairing: CSI:NY/Flack/Jess
Rating: R
Summary: Because I bought a new set of handcuffs sex.
Disclaimer: CSI:NY, its characters, actors, etc do not belong to me.

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Hello, All! *dorky wave*

Name: KO or kat
Age: 28
Location: Georgia, USA
Favorite TV Show: Supernatural, Doctor Who, and all things Whedon. Sorry, I can't choose just one.
Other Shows Watched: Lost, Chuck, Being Human, Torchwood, True Blood, Fringe, Castle, FlashForward, V, Leverage, White Collar, Life (still in denial of the c word), and tons of other canceled/wrapped shows that I still fangirl like whoa... Basically, I watch way too much tv.
Favorite Quote: "Love those who seek the truth, beware of those who find it." - Marcel Proust
Favorite Color: Blue. Yes, I'm highly original like that.
If I was a criminal, I'd be... um, really boring and bad at it (overactive conscience)? I should totally come up with a smartass response for this, but yeah, tonight I got nuthin', sorry.

I just recently got hooked on Criminal Minds, so I'm catching up with DVDs. I'm journal posting reactions/squee to the early eps as I work my way through them if anyone's interested and I would love to discuss with more knowledgeable fans of the series. I'm also using the posts to keep track of how my opinions of characters and the show evolve as the series progresses. Looking forward to seeing more CM and getting involved in the fandom!