chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (tv: a: beka)
So I've been pretty terrible about updating my LJ. I'm sorry. I blame Camp NaNo. (Also, deciding to do three incarnations of NaNoWriMo in one year was ... not the smartest decision I ever made.) On the plus side, I hit 50K on Better Than It Sounds tonight, so maybe I'll be able to pay more attention to my LJ now!

(Better Than It Sounds, despite having hit 50K, has not reached the end. I don't actually feel that bad about it this time because I'm not sure the BTIS 'verse has a definite ending point.)

Anyway, other things that are going on:

* It looks like SyFy is picking up Continuum for an early 2013 airing. Woo! So Americans who haven't seen it yet you will have no more excuses I expect you to watch the awesome time-travelling-cop show. Lexa Doig plays a terrorist, if you need encouragement.

* In continued Andromeda alumnae news, Lisa Ryder is going to guest star on Alphas, hell yeah! So excited. I continue to love Alphas more and more with each episode. (And continue to wish they could get Summer Glau on as a regular that would be awesome.)

* Probably everybody already knows about this, but just in case: BBC is posting "Pond Life" minisodes online as a teaser leading into Asylum Of The Daleks (only four days away omg omg omg) and they're adorable. I will pretty much never get over Eleven laying down some backing vocals. That is a thing that exists in the world.

* No link for this one, but Once Upon A Time promos have started airing! So excited for Emilie as a regular + Mulan, Aurora, Captain Hook, and ... um, everybody they've announced, really, but those are the three that have me REALLY REALLY EXCITED. Although Emilie as a series regular beats it all. EMILIE AS A SERIES REGULAR.

* I swear there was other stuff I wanted to talk about but I don't remember what any of it was. :/
Aug. 4th, 2012 10:43 pm

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chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (tv: bd: joey writes self-insert fanfic)
Apparently I am now writing an epistolary novel about an Internet-based geek rock band.

No, I'm not sure, either.

There's a reason "Better Than It Sounds" is not meant to be taken as a literal description of the 'verse but as a tongue-in-cheek nod to its roots...
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (t: [tos]: nine people's favorite thing)
Hey, it's time for another list of stuff that's largely unrelated to anything else!

► Camp NaNo isn't going any better than my first update. I've decided to drop this project for the time being and try something else. The problem is, I can't decide what to try. May attempt a new pass at the Better Than It Sounds 'verse. We'll see.

► Oh, hey, the [tos]/NHT gang is hosting a Kickstarter to raise money for a Now. Here. This. cast album! I have donated. You should, too. You know, if you're interested in a Now. Here. This. cast album. [/terrible publicist]

New Doctor Who trailer! So excited, ughhh. Dinosaurs on a spaceship! River! A reference to the Master! Daleks! Weeping Angels! *flails all over it* PONDS. PONDS COME HERE TO ME NOW.

► Also, the OUaT DVD extras look amazing.

The New Millennium of So You Want To Be A Wizard gets released in digital form early next week! I will never, ever give up my original hardcopies in all their inconsistently-dated glory, but I am desperately curious about how Diane Duane managed to fix the wonky timeline, so yes, I will probably be buying and reading.

► I am almost certain there is other stuff I intended to list here, but I've forgotten it now, so I'm ending the post.
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (misc: nanowrimo 2010)
Reread last year's NaNo in one sitting and am surprised that there are parts of it I don't hate. Mostly dialogue, admittedly, but given that like 90% of the thing is dialogue that's not saying too much.

I don't think it's salvageable as is. The in-universe timeline is ridiculous and makes no sense, it's paced horribly, and about halfway through I decided to drop a subplot because of POV issues and then another third of the way through I decided to reintroduce it, IDEK. But I was really surprised to find so many parts that I actually like. Maybe one day I'll be able to salvage the concept, at least.
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (Andromeda - Beka)
☆ Some generous application of zipties later, I am now able to run my EHDs without worrying endlessly about the dog pulling cables out. Yay, zipties! Almost as useful as gaffe tape.

☆ ARD:U has updated their site with three more books. *bounces* I want them to update more regularly, man, all that time spent without those guys in my life makes me sadface.

☆ Thanks to the ~magic~ of MyCokeRewards giving me stuff for drinking as much soda as I would anyway, I am now the proud owner of some fairly nice wireless headphones. I love free stuff, it's awesome.

☆ Current DW spoilers being leaked are adorable and happymaking.

☆ Yesterday I wrote about a thousand words in Better Than It Sounds, which objectively speaking isn't that much but it got me up to the band breakup, which I have been struggling to get through for, like, a couple months. It's been a major writing block and I finally got through it and that is very yay.

chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (The Black Donnellys - Kevin = love)
Fandom makes me wish I was rich. That is clearly not the only thing in fandom that makes me wish I was rich, but point stands, because omg. Shiny.

I need to buy a long coat eventually. Probably not that one because, again, money. But I really, really want a full-length coat.


Bathroom sinks are still not fixed, and now there's a busted pipe in the mix as well. This despite my best efforts at being not a snarling antisocial beast today. Will have to try not to be a snarling antisocial beast again tomorrow. OH JOY.


Currently happening in Better Than It Sounds: Liam is spreading rumors about himself by proxy in an attempt to convince the band's road crew that he is a vampire. It appears to be working. This is why I probably shouldn't write when I haven't slept properly in two or three days.


Support an excellet cause. [livejournal.com profile] help_haiti Every little bit helps!
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (Being Human - wild things)
Endway has a third album out? How did I not know this until ten minutes ago? (They're offering it for free on their website which is nice 'cause if they were selling it I really couldn't afford to buy it right now.)

(They're also offering their first two albums for free, apparently, which doesn't affect me since I already bought them quite a while ago but still. How do these guys make money?)

Maybe this will inspire me to get more work done on Better Than It Sounds! Or maybe it won't. Who knows. Still, shiny new musics by band I like!


Also shiny: new Being Human, which I have not seen yet, but I'm excited about seeing.


The little brother has returned to school, so. Secondary TV and BBC America access are no more. On the up side, I don't have to share my quiet time during the day any more!


...I'm not sure this entry makes any sense whatsoever. o.0
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (LOST - Shannon)
Hey, won't you all be glad in a week when November is over and I talk about things besides my ridiculous novel?

Anyway. I need a throwaway LJ name. It's for a LiveJournal review of the band's first EP, and, you know, there has to be someone to post it. And possibly an appropriate community, although I think I can make a community name up more easily than a oneshot poster.

So, yes, LiveJournal name that no one's using. Or I guess you could volunteer your own if you'd like a shoutout in the Story No One But Me Will Ever Read and you think you'd be a fan of a band called 'A Good Name For A Rock Band' that records songs like 'Prophecies Are Always Right' and 'I Minored In Tropology' and 'If It's You It's Okay'.
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (Animorphs - RDU - he's blue!)
Word count: 30,711

Tess is completely unable to tell when Liam and Conor are messing with her head. It's cute. <3

I'm behind on my word count, but if I hit 32,000 tonight and average 2,000 words a day for the rest of November, I can still make it! ...let's see if that happens. :/


Good news time: I have almost finished my RL Christmas shopping! I'm doing it all online but that's irrelevant! My mom is the only one I haven't bought for yet, and I'm pretty sure I know what's I'm getting her. (Related: FLIST. WISHLISTS. Pls? :O ) Animorphs is apparently being rereleased in 2012 with new covers and (possibly) somewhat modernized content! There are new Doctor Who spoiler filming pics on the Internet!

That's a lot of exclamation points!


UNRELATED: Please assure me that other people on my flist who are not me play/have played/are aware of the existence of the game Egyptian Ratscrew? ...please?
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (Torchwood - Tosh/Martha)
Six-hundred-odd words shy of my word count goal for the night. Arrgh. I miss having my lead. Where did my lead go?

(Seriously, if I ever do this again I'm setting whatever story it is in a made-up time/place so that whenever I get stuck I can just go off on a worldbuilding tangent.)

(Related problem: Should be writing. Instead, updating LJ and archive-binging on Antihero for Hire. Damn you, cyberpunk webcomics.)

...trying to resist the urge to have a vaguely-plot-relevant discussion about "How exactly do we go about selling an album online anyway" into a fandom-related debate. It's January 2010! They would have seen Matt Smith in action by then, however briefly, right? Or they could argue about What Joss Whedon Should Do Next. Or webcomics. Or something. It is entirely too early in the month for me to do this.
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (Broadway - N2N - fucked up is perfect)
Word count: 19,100

Determined to hit 20,000 tonight. No idea how I'm going to accomplish that.

My timeline makes no sense. None. At all. Sense, it makes none. :/ At this point, the band has been in existence (as it stands now, i.e., counting from Johnny joining) for about two months. They just announced the release date for their first album. Which...sense, it makes none. On top of that, Liam and Michael have been dating for about two months now (somewhat less time than the band's existence, but not by much) and Liam doesn't even know about Michael's stealth geekitude yet. I know this, because I'm determined to actually write Liam finding out about Michael's geekiness, and it hasn't happened yet. And I'm still not clear on how Tess came home from school for a long weekend in mid-November and wound up staying over a week. Why didn't she just wait for Thanksgiving break?

This whole story makes increasingly less sense the more I try to make it make any at all.

*flails and sulks a bit*
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (Doctor Who - One&Susan)
Word Count: 17,222

...and I'm kind of blocked. :/ Liam and Michael are currently hanging out in the Aquarium discussing digital piracy of the few songs the band has released so far, and I have no clear idea what happens next. Uh. :(


Anyway. According to my flist, it is That Time Of Year again!

THE RULES
Step One:
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related (fics, graphics, etc.) to medium (books, dvds, etc.) to really big (computer, house, pony!, etc.) The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you. [Note: Your home address is not required!]
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ.

Step Two:
- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list.

And now here's the important part: If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no guarantees with this project, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.



the wishes )

If you have a wishlist posted and don't know that I've seen, please drop me a link in comments!
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (death by nano)
Word count: 14133

Query: Would it be entirely too Black Donnellys ripping-off of me if Conor wins the restaurant in a card game? Because I can't seem to come up with another way for him to become the owner of a restaurant. Suggestions welcome.


Today the little brother bought a PS3 and is currently setting it up. I don't entirely understand gaming consoles, but I gather this is a Good Thing for him.
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (Torchwood/RENT crossover)
Word Count: 11,664.

So not much progress yet today. I like writing the nakama hanging out together, but they're hard to write, because not much happens while they're together aside from giving each other a hard time. Most of the scene so far has been devoted to establishing explicitly that Tommy is the Team Mom and Sara is the Team Dad and that the other four have never matured much past the ten-year-old stage. Blah.


iTunes Meme Stolen (belatedly) from [livejournal.com profile] crickets:

cut for length )
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (Broadway - ITH - stories)
Word count: 11,201.

I like this being-ahead-of-schedule thing, although now I am home from teh Niki's my productivity will probably go down. (It's very useful having someone in the room to bounce questions off of, okay?) Michael and Tess have both been introduced into the story proper; the band has released two songs on their YouTube account, one with a video and one without. There have been several pointless conversations, including Kyle trying to convince Liam he's not allowed to wear fingerless gloves in public, a band rehearsal stopping so the boys can quote xkcd at each other, a lengthy debate over the name of the band which was mostly just an excuse to toss TVTrope titles at each other, and a discussion of T stops.

Pointless.



Anyway. Now I am making peanut butter cookies for my brother-in-law and eating leftover Halloween candy. Yay! Have a meme, 'cause...I want to?

Ganked from three or four people.

1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/bands [fannish etc.] that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
2) Have your f-list guess your favourite character/member from each item.
3) When someone guesses correctly, strikethrough the item and put the name of your favorite character next to it.

1. Doctor Who Babs, guessed by [livejournal.com profile] kawaiispinel
2. LOST Claire, guessed by [livejournal.com profile] kawaiispinel
3. Andromeda Harper, guessed by [livejournal.com profile] kawaiispinel
4. Black Donnellys
5. Kings
6. Roswell Tess, guessed by [livejournal.com profile] turquoisetumult
7. Firefly Wash, guessed by [livejournal.com profile] turquoisetumult
8. Glee
9. Pushing Daisies Olive, guessed by [livejournal.com profile] turquoisetumult
10. The Muppet Show
11. Newsies
12. Young Wizards
13. Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy
14. Animorphs
15. Dresden Files Ramirez, guessed by [livejournal.com profile] kawaiispinel
16. Chess
17. In The Heights
18. RENT
19. [title of show]
20. Hamlet Horatio, guessed by [livejournal.com profile] kawaiispinel
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (death by nano)
Word Count: 5088

Cracked 5000 last night, which I'm happy about, but I have not been able to write yet today. :/ Of those 5088 words, most is dialogue. Much of it is bantering and/or geek culture references. Ryan has been introduced into the story (and Johnny appears to be developing a crush on him, which, weird), and the concept of the nakama has been fumblingly explained, and the band seems on track to record their first proper song as a band. Regrettably, at this point I appear to have temporarily stalled out on how to move on to the next important thing. Um.

I'm pretty sure most of what I've written so far is awful, but I'm still going forward! And that's the important part! ...right?

I should probably stop procrastinating and actually try to write.
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (death by nano)
Word count right now: 1,952.

Plot so far: Not much, but Johnny has officially joined the band now, so at least something's happened in the first 2,000 words!


Anyway. Last night, AS PLANNED, teh Niki and teh Niki's boy and I got all dressed up in old jeans and white tees and went to see EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL at the Generic Theater. We were the second group in line for the Splatter Zone, and the first to find seats: front row, dead center.

Teh Niki's boy got knocked in the knee by Good Old Reliable Jake during "Good Old Reliable Jake", a story which was almost immediately overshadowed by the fact that Good Old Reliable Jake went on to give me a lap dance.

The show was brilliant, the cast was great, we laughed hysterically through the whole thing and the show stopped dead for applause any time Ash said any of his more famous lines. ("Good, bad...I'm the guy with the gun." "This is my BOOMSTICK!" "Give me some sugar, baby." And, of course, "Shop smart. SHOP S-MART!") Cheryl breaking out "If Chins Could Kill" by Bruce Campbell when Scott told her to "go read a book" was, I think, one of everyone's favorite moments.

At the end of the first act, all three white t-shirts were still spotless, and there was some disappointment discussed during intermission. This was soon remedied in the second act; we're pretty sure that backstage, various cast members were going "Hey, did you see those idiots in the front row wearing white? Okay, so in this scene, you get the one on the right, and I'll get the one on the left, and, uh, you target the middle one." We were drenched and sticking to ourselves by the time we left. The staff were taking pictures of audience members leaving, just candid snapshots, but when we came out they stopped us and went "Okay. We have to get a photo of you three."

:D

It was kind of a ridiculously awesome experience. OMGYAY.
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (Doctor Who - Eleven)
Restructuring the whole BTIS 'verse in my head. Considering giving it a nonlinear structure (but not quite sure how that would work with the main storylines) or possibly a framing device (maybe a Behind the Music sort of thing? but who would do a BTM thing on a band that's just kind of a big deal on the Internet?) but the current structure isn't working for me. In any case, if I'm doing it for NaNo, I still have a month before I have to actually have a structure firmly in mind.

In other news, I haven't left the house in several days. I am fairly sure that most people would consider this a Bad Thing. Can I self-diagnose myself with Avoidant Personality Disorder? Because I think it might fit.

It's not like I'm actually getting anything done...despite the mental restructuring of BTIS, it's not like I'm actually writing anything. I finished backing up my music collection, which is...only important if you're crazy and OCD like me. I am considering applying as a researcher to one of those text-message-search-engine thingies because then I could earn money without leaving the house, and also I can't find any jobs I'm qualified for in my actual field. So, yeah, basically I'm not doing anything. At all.

Blah.

Um. In the 'less depressing' category...uh...I forgot I preordered the Kings DVD box set, so getting the shipping notice cheered me up a bit. Yay, Jack! I sold another book on Half.Com. There is new Glee and Dollhouse this week (right?) although no new Psych. I've got like half a dozen things being shipped to me right now...I hope they arrive soon.

Oh! And I've now been introduced to the ridiculousness that is xkcdsw. I think this is my favorite of the ones I've seen so far.

And we have chocolate chip cookies and chocolate frosting.

...I kind of fail at life a bit.
chicafrom3: photo of the TARDIS (Animorphs - RDU - he's blue!)
LJ's server going down makes me NOT HAPPY. DISTINCTLY NOT HAPPY.

Blah.

Anyway...on a brighter note...the ARD:U boys got the rest of The Reaction uploaded to their site! Very excited. I love them so much, I miss them during the hiatus. They win at everything. SO MUCH LOVE YOU GUYS. SO MUCH. (The link for part 3 is wrong, but manually changing it will get you the right track.) It's SO WEIRD hearing a girl contribute. Weird, but awesome.

Um. I don't think I've given my opinions on Glee here yet? But to sum up, I enjoyed the preview/pilot. It has problems, which I hope will get fixed in the series proper. I watched the leaked version, not the aired version, and I've heard mixed reviews from people who've watched both -- some say the leaked version flows better and provides more important information, some say the aired version cuts out the denser or less important parts. Not having seen both, I don't know, but yeah, enjoyed it. I am preemptively loving Tina and Kurt best. We'll see how that works out.

There is the slight problem that I already had a 'glee' tag for things that have nothing to do with the show of that name. ;D

Unrelated: I think my research addiction is getting a bit out of hand. I spent a good chunk of today researching video game consoles and console wars for the BTIS verse. The only problem with that? Nothing that requires that research will come up until way later in the timeline than I am. (If you would like to contribute opinions, have at. I know next to nothing about video game consoles, even after researching, which is a problem when two key characters are diehard gamers. I win at attempting to write stuff I have no background for.)

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