Misc. everythings

[marguerite_26]

My parents left this morning. We had a lovely visit, Mr. M and I managed to even get out on a date (a Martini party! *is hung-over*)

I'm very behind on things around lj. So much has gone on that I'd like to talk about, and rather than spam you for the next week, I'm going to cram a bunch into one post. :D

harry_scorpius has had an amazing first week. We are up to 128 watchers, 23 posts in less than a week. We've seen terrific activity for such a new comm. Thanks to everyone that have been posting and talking about it. We even have a new sister comm! A Harry/Scorpius drabble community: harryscorp100. The lovely mods have posted their first prompt: Fresh start. Fantastic.

hp_nextgen_fest posted their reveals! I totally guess soooo many authors correctly. Eventually. It only took me four guesses to get snegurochka_lee correct. ;)

I wrote HP Custom Brooms. After writing Seventeen and Parting Gift I really didn't know what to do with another Harry/Scorpius. I hate feeling like I'm writing the same fic over again, so I approached this one completely differently. I thought, let's make Scorpius the most outrageous brat possible and then somehow make it 'work'. And, with terrific advice from my betas, I think it worked… though the path was not smooth. Good advice is worth its weight in gold. Thanks to everyone who recced it and left lovely comments.

nologal, snarkyscorp, snegurochka_lee, okydoky guessed my fic correctly. If you fab ladies leave me a pairing and a prompt and I'll write you a drabble.

faithwood wrote a A (Beginner's) Guide to Fanfiction. It is truly amazing reference guide. A little something for everyone, whether you are struggling with your first fic or stumped on your 50th.

A short excerpt from the section on Writing Sex Scenes
Awkwardness and mistakes are wonderful things. Let your characters make silly mistakes. Let them forget to take their pants off and trip, let them hit their toes on the bed's leg, let them miss their intended target and kiss and touch parts they didn't really plan on touching. Let them be confused. Maybe they want one thing but end up doing something else. Maybe they planned to stop, but then continued. Maybe they planned to continue but then stopped. Let them not know exactly what they're doing, let them forget to think and go by instinct. Let them think and ruin things, let them misinterpret.

It's all great advice, and she lists so many examples of the kinds of things that take a fic to the next level.

In terms of my own writing, I made terrific headway with my 10k fic this week. Well, if deleting the entire third act and re-writing it is 'headway'. Regardless, I think it's better and not worse… so that's a bonus.

Birthdays are coming up for three wonderful friends: abusing_sarcasm, anthimaeria and frankkincense. I respect and admire each of you greatly. Have a fabulous birthday.

Comments

[alaana-fair.livejournal.com]

Welcome back, hon! Just so you know, I haven't joined the comm, cause my flist is so overrun as it is I can't keep up, but I have been taking sneak peeks every now and again. :-D

Oh, and that reminds me, weren't you going to write a sequel to Parting Gift? I know we talked about it, but I can't remember if you decided to or not. *bats eyelashes* It would be such a good addition to the comm, don't you think? *snickers*

[leela-cat.livejournal.com]

You definitely haven't been writing the same H/Sc fic over and over again by my count. And HP Custom Brooms was one of my favourite stories of the fest.

Congrats on your week. It sounds like you had a lot of fun.

[absynthedrinker.livejournal.com]

Did your dad ever gets his beer? Nice to see you.

Peace,
Bubba

[nolagal.livejournal.com]

Whoot! I'll take that. Um, lets see: Harry/Scorpius, showers.

[abusing-sarcasm.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the birthday wishes! And I LOVED your NextGen fic! :D

Now that's my kind of Harry/Scorp. *nods*

*squishes you*

[snarkyscorp.livejournal.com]

omg omg omg omg omg i get a drabble omg omg omg omg omg

Okay. Be cool, snarky, be cool. >.>! *sweats*

How abouuuut.... Harry/Scorpius, candy (or if you're feeling up for a challenge; Draco/James, crime) *glomps*

[oddishly.livejournal.com]

Thank you, darlink! I promise to do my absolute best to have a fabulous day. Glad the comm is going well! :)

[faithwood.livejournal.com]

*sneaks in to give you a dollar*

[softly-sweetly.livejournal.com]

Glad you had fun babe! *hugs*

[aldehyde.livejournal.com]

your fic was one of my fave from the fest, and you already know how i feel about age disparity ahah. seriously, i keep wanting to go back and read it again [and i will]. soooooooooooo good.

[snegurochka_lee]

A prompt! Ummm. I hate to give you Harry/Scorpius, actually. :) What else do you write? I'm new here, alas! Can I make you write Snape/Lupin, or would that send you screaming? :)

[libby-drew.livejournal.com]

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