Partly

Title: Weirder
Fandom: Crossover: Rita Rocks/Kim Possible
Characters: Rita Clemens, Sheego
Genre: Gen
Rating: PG
Word Count: 500
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Fanfic, for fun, not profit.
Notes: Written for the LJ Comm Cossoverland as part of a challenge to have two characters played by the same actor to meet. The actress who plays Rita, also voices Sheego from Kim Possible.

( Rita's life may not be weird enough yet. )

Because I'm totally insane, I'm joining a bunch more LAS communities. And by a bunch I mean four. Well, that is a lot when you consider that it's all WRITING.

If you think you'd be interested in them, check them out. More fic is always good!

( Scenes ) You don't have to write a whole story, just a scene. I'm interested in seeing how this works.

( Ficlet ) Ficlets are at least 2000 words, which will let me write a few of those stories that would be short changed in the other LAS comms. And we get three weeks to write! *shifty look* Yes I know I will probably end up writing it the day it's due, but the option is there.

( Five Times ) I'm not sure about this one as I've only written one "Five Times fic" and most of the ones out there are shippy and you know me and ships. But I'll give it a try, mostly because it doesn't have a word limit and I'm in love with things without word limits!

( Drabble ) Write a drabble - 100 words only. And you only get a week, which is unfortunate because I think drabbles are harder to write than long fic. But I suppose I always wait until it due to write, so it really doesn't matter.

And it's the Packers. Packers' football, baby!

I grew up in Wisconsin, live there still. I love Packer football. Actually, I love this time of year with playoff football, it's just better when the Packers are involved.

And today is a good day to be a Packer fan.

We've been playing "Do or Die" games for the past three weeks. And we've been doing. Aaron Rodgers is doing a great job of playing solid, steady football. Clay Mathews is still awesome. We had a young player step up and have a stellar game. We've kept low-key and focused on the game, rather than off-field antics. We're a small damn market and even a smaller town for the game to be played in. It keeps the stupidity down. I like that.

Next we face a Falcons. It's an uphill battle. A team we lost to once already this year. But it's still anyone's game.

My favorite quote of the day is from Mike Greeny (from ESPNs Mike & Mike in the Morning). They were talking about why the spread in the game only has the Falcons up by 2. Home field advantage should give them 3, coming off a bye-week and beating the Pack earlier in the season should add at least another 4 or 5, maybe even more. But the biggest determination on spread is how people are betting, and people are betting on the Packers. Greeny's explination: I think all of America is falling in love with Green Bay.

What I like about that is it isn't about thinking that the team is unbeatable. It's not about any one superstar. It's not about hype. It's not even about thinking that the Packers will win against the Falcons. It's just about the love of the team... The little guy. The one who doesn't give up. The one who might just surprise us all. The one who is just good enough to win, but isn't really expected to.

Yeah, I know. But I'm a fan and this one of my fandoms. I get to be this way.

Go, Pack, Go!

As I mentioned in my last post, I put a bunch of fic up on ff.net and AO3.

Boy is that a distracting thing to do. I suck at reviewing, I suck even more at responding to reviews. But I think that I should at least acknowledge a kind word. *gah* I like the "kudos" button at AO3, but I don't really need every "kudo" notice sent to my in box. It's nice, but not needed. And, over at ff.net, they have to learn that the "completed" button means that the story is done and not to ask for more. Although I guess it's nice to know that if I had written more, it would have been appreciated. Actually, there are two fics out there that I do want to continue, so I suppose its not a completely whack request.

It amuses me that at ff.net, when I do an author search for "Partly" I don't show up, but if I do an author search for "Part" I'm in the list. Heh. In fact, if you search for "partl" I don't show up either. Weird.

Of course, all that stuff means that I'm not writing new stuff. Odd how that works.

Title: Unintended Consequences
Fandom: White Collar, Criminal Minds
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Aaron Hotchner, Emily Prentiss
Genre: Gen
Rating: PG
Word Count: 4018
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Fanfic, for fun, not profit.
Summary: What does the BAU want with Neal Caffrey? (This was written for bluflamingo in the 2010 xoverexchange. I can't believe I didn't post it here.)

( Neal walked into the White Collar division fifteen minutes late and more than a little surprised that Peter wasn’t waiting at the door ready to give him a hard time. )

Title: Worth It
Fandom: Bones
Characters: Jack Hodgins, Wendell Bray, Seeley Booth
Genre: Gen
Rating: PG
Word Count: 806
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Fanfic, for fun, not profit.
Author Notes: Written for fox_las on the prompt "[character] blows up their computer". I wrote this in less than two hours on a trip down to Madison. It turned out to be a fun little fic.

( It wasn't, strictly speaking, an authorized experiment. )

Title: Ten Gallon Lies
Fandom: Walking Dead
Characters: Glenn, Rick Grimes
Genre: Gen
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1838
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Fanfic, for fun, not profit.
Summary: This fic was written for dreamofstars in Yuletide 2010. It also can be found on ao3 here.. This is my first Walking Dead fic. Walking Dead is, on the surface, not my thing. But I love the characters.

( It had something to do with the stupid Stetson. )

Title: Break Room Spirits
Fandom: USA Shows - In Plain Sight, White Collar, Psych, Burn Notice
Characters: Mary Shannon, Neal Caffrey, Shawn Spencer, Fiona Glenanne
Genre: Gen
Rating:PG
Word Count:1000
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Fanfic, for fun, not profit.
Summary/Notes: Written for the usanetwork_las for the prompt "Re-write the Christmas Carol using fandom characters". This was my take.

( It's a rough night for the spirits from “A Christmas Carol” when they visit some of the characters from the USA Network. )

You know the scene in "It's a wonderful life", when George Bailey realizes that there's no way out of the hole he's in? When he realizes that no matter how hard he tries or works or manages things, there's no getting out? That it's just not getting better?

I'm really tired of being stuck at that spot. I'm ready for the next part of the movie, where everything turns around and the hole is filled and life is set on the path to okay again.

Really. Any time now...

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"A Christmas Together" by John Denver and The Muppets.

Best album ever! If I could only listen to one album during Christmas, this would be it!

I don't say it often, because I think it usually makes me sound foolish, but I really like the fic I wrote for Yuletide. I had my main assignment and then I grabbed a pinch hit. I like how both of them worked out.

Of course, I've learned long ago that what I like doesn't always translate to what others like. So, I'm rather nervous. The last thing I wrote for Yuletide (many moons ago) was well received and you would think that would make me less antsy. No such luck.

Well, I'm not going to be around much today and tomorrow, so I'll have to wait and see!

For the season I give you a short drabble I wrote a while ago, in honor of joy and wonder:

A Wintry World

The sky raged with snow, as if stirred by an all-powerful hand. At the apex of the storm nothing could be seen but swirling flecks of white. The storm waned and small houses could be glimpsed as the heavy flakes slowed and settled.

A scene evolved from the chaos. A tiny hamlet of houses, brightly decorated with snow covered awnings and dark evergreen trees. The last of the snow drifted to the ground, peace reigned.

A small child clapped and laughed, wonder and joy filled the small sounds. “More, p’ease. More!”

The mother smiled and shook the snow globe again.

So glad to see you are being part of Yuletide! Thank you for writing a story for me. Please have fun because that’s why we write, right?

( I love my shows )

TL:DR version: I want fanfic to fit into the tale that was told on TV or the big screen. I want more of the characters I fell in love with. Canon is a good, good thing. Friendship is the only ship that interests me because it’s the basis of everything else.

Recently I got a comment on a fic that said it was "competence porn". That is what I love in fic. I want my characters to be competent. Not perfect. Not always right. But competent. Good at what they're good at. Not stupid. Not inane. Not bully-ish. I like my characters to be competent versions of who they are.

I like characters who are smart and strong and flawed and gloriously human. The characters I like may do stupid things, but they are never stupid.

ETA: And I love, LOVE, LOVE crossovers. As long as the main focus of the crossover is a fandom I love, I don't care what show it's crossed over with. Of course, keeping in mind my complete and total love of cannon, this can prove a challenge. But the whole "outsider POV" is made so much more interesting when the "outsider" is someone we know.

Thank you!

Posted at the top of my journal because I only linked my journal and not a post. It will disappear in a bit.