Stuff and Things

[birdsofshore]

• I had a moment of madness and signed up for this:

The H/D Last Drabble Writer Standing contest at slythindor100. This runs for eight weeks, starting July 10th. Anyone want to join me? It's really fun and pretty exciting. Each week you get a word count and a prompt, and you have a few days to produce something. There are some fabulous people signed up and it's always brilliant to see the different styles and genre. I've signed up because I want the commitment of having to write something short every week and work on my brevity in general, so I hope I don't get booted out too fast.

• JKR reveals that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will open next year in London's West End. You can register here to get ticket information in the Autumn. I am really confused as to what this is about. JKR is being mysterious - and insists it is NOT a prequel, as previously reported. But I have heard that it is a story about James and Lily? So, who knows. Will you be trying to get tickets?

• Quick rec: An Aching Soul at hd_smoochfest, (H/D, NC-17, 15k, currently anon). Club!fic is my guilty pleasure, and this one is hot and visceral and the writing is lovely. It's 15k and whooshes along.

• I must finish my hd_collab. I MUST FINISH MY hd_collab. WHY AM I EVEN HERE? WHY DID I STAY UP LAST NIGHT PLAYING STARFIGHTER:ECLIPSE? (I totally got the Cain/Selene/Helios threesom, though, heh). I am now going to go and finish my hd_collab. Just as soon as I've showered, tidied my sock drawer, made a light snack, checked my flist and anything else I can think of to stave off the moment. *attempt at charming smile in mods' direction*

Comments

[birdsofshore]

It's a great contest. They have the drabbles from previous years on the comm. Some of them are so brilliant that I look at them and go 'OMG, what have I done?'

Collab is certainly exciting. It's never been done in recent years so I am very interested to see the kind of thing that comes from people working together.

[birdsofshore]

Thank you so much. Collab starts posting really soon! It is exciting, definitely.

[birdsofshore]

Oh, thank you! I'll be trying to produce something entertaining. It's quite nerve racking not knowing the prompts in advance! But I think it will be a really useful challenge for me at the moment, to be more spontaneous, and keep things brief.

[carowren.livejournal.com]

YES! THE CURSED CHILD IS DRACO, OBVS. Cursed to fall in love with his enemy duh duh dummmm

But really, it's all very confusing and I'm 90% sure she's using a very liberal definition of "not prequel".

[geneva2010.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec - there is no way I can read everything from the fest, so it's great to get pointed and pushed in the back a bit.

[sassy-cissa.livejournal.com]

you should do it!! *gives modly push* lol ♥

[sassy-cissa.livejournal.com]

so ridiculously excited you signed up!! *twirls again*

[birdsofshore]

I hope you've read the Girl in the Kneazle Nightie! I recced that one on crack-broom, it's completely fabulous <3

[capitu]

What's this? Socks? Snacks? LJing??? COLLAB!!!!!!!!!!

PUPPY!!!!!! :D

I've been wondering how excited I should be about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It's not a prequel but it's got "HP" in the title, what the hell! For all we know it's nothing and they just tied the HP for kicks!

Okay, no really, I trust JKR isn't playing with our hearts, but who knows. I AM excited. In fact, i was telling the BF we should go to London for this thing and he was SURE, LET'S, so I'm going to see about that. You never know. ^^

[birdsofshore]

Bloody hell! You might come to London! This is fabulous! I'll hunt you down, ok? You could come to the studio tour, and Kings Cross, and.... ooooooooooooh!

[frnklymrshnkly.livejournal.com]

oooh, bon chance with LDWS and finishing your hd_collab! I can't wait to start reading all the lovely posts from you and the other brave souls :D

[birdsofshore]

Thank you very much indeed! Not long now till collab starts posting. God, I should really open the document sort these last few edits ;)

[birdsofshore]

Thanks so much for running the LDWS. I'm excited!

[alisanne.livejournal.com]

Ooh, look at you! We're going to turn you into a drabbler yet. ;)
How about you and your collaborators do a word war and finish that sucker? I find those often help me since I'm somewhat competitive.
You must let us know about the play.

Oh, and I meant to tell you. I finally saw that Tom Felton documentary and I am in it! Not a speaking role, but lilyeyes and I are in the background in several scenes. *g*

[lq-traintracks.livejournal.com]

Uh, I beta'd the thing. Seemed done to me! If you're just editing, you should say, 'Must finish editing my Collab!' It will make you feel better and also have the benefit of being true. ;-) :-) *cheers*!

Omg, LDWS. But don't you get voted off like a reality TV bachelor or something? I'm afraid my HUGE little ego just couldn't handle that. LOL. Like, "They hate me! They really hate me!" and such. ;-P That said, I'd like to work on my own brevity and with different styles for that, so... I'll go look at it at least. *makes sour face at you* Damned friends.

I love club!fic! Will have to check that out, thanks! :-D

[lq-traintracks.livejournal.com]

ROTFL! :-DDD

[crazyparakiss.livejournal.com]

*CHEERS* You can do it! I'll have to remember to read at LDWS and vote and hope to see you at the end :)

[cabinetcaligari.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I thought you would've signed up already since your drabbles are always amazing! Really, you were actually the first name that came to mind when I read about LDWS, and was thinking about who would sign up. Would you? Please? I think you will do a fabulous job!

And yes, being able to write short, compact fic is such an important skill in life, I think this is an outstanding chance to practise with that some more... :D

[lq-traintracks.livejournal.com]

Are you serious?? I've always felt like my drabbles (sometimes at least) lack that kick-in-the-pants factor. Like a good haiku just slays you with the last line that brings everything perfectly together in that unexpected way that ends up being so perfect? I want my drabbles to do that, and when they don't, I get all judgy. But maybe I'm being too hard on myself. O_o

Gosh. Uh. Okay? Thank you! I'll give it a try! <3

Oh man, hell no I won't. LOLOL! No fucking way. Omg, it's so competition-oriented, and I do NOT do that. No way. Omg no. I'm sorry! It's just so not for me! <3

[cabinetcaligari.livejournal.com]

I can totally imagine that, the competition element is something that makes me scared, too (also I don't really write, minor detail...)! I can imagine you rather don't, but I was super serious about your drabbles, I really love them! So don't be shy about that :) <3

[lq-traintracks.livejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with competition, and some people really thrive on it (and I can and do with some other things, just not this). I'm so uncompetition-y about writing that I actually got tears in my eyes reading the rules! And not just thinking about being 'voted off' but over being a reader and *having* to vote someone off. That just killed me to imagine. So obviously I just can't. But I hope it's super fun for everybody else! <3

But, you know, I do love writing drabbles. I haven't looked at harry100 for a really long time, so if nothing else, I'll definitely go look at their prompts again and write some for fun soon. Maybe today. :-)

Thank you for the vote of confidence! You're very sweet!

Also, GO BIRDS!!! *\o/* I may not be participating in the contest, even to read, but I can't wait to read what you write for it after the fact! :-D

[birdsofshore]

Oh, I'm so glad you're in the docu! It seems more 'official' now there is one of us in it, LOL.

I really do want to get better at drabbling. This is like a kill or cure situation *snort*

I'm nearly done with collab. I just hate editing. I get all sulky and whine. Why wasn't it PERFECT to start with? ;)

[birdsofshore]

I think you'll REALLY love this club!fic. I must go and leave a proper comment over there. <33

[birdsofshore]

I agree, your drabbles are wonderful. I know exactly what you mean about the last line that punches you in the gut! I don't think I've ever managed that, but maybe I can improve.

[birdsofshore]

Thank you! I'm looking forward to it now I got over the nervousness. I'm excited you're going to write some more drabbles, too!