sophinisba | MEFA thank yous and writing

Thanks so much,

slightlytookish, for nominating my stories for the Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards. I never used to think I'd have much to say about Pippin, but I've had a good time and learned a lot about the characters by writing more about him and Merry in the last year and some, and it feels great to have those stories recognized in another way. I really appreciate it. ♥

The nominated fics, by the way, are He Came to Meet Me (Pippin/Diamond), Lost in Translation (Pippin gen), Thirst (Merry gen), and the Pippin fic I posted this past Friday, If I Keep You Beside Me. Two of those were written for

waymeet challenges and so was the fic of mine that got a MEFA last year, so thanks also to the mods of that comm for helping me get my canon gen muse on.

In less respectable news, earlier today I finally posted the incest fic I started over a year ago. After much hand-wringing I also finally got up the nerve to post a link to it at

dimmeststar, a cool community I found that's just dedicated to the character of Merope Gaunt. I read some discussions there that made me want to make major revisions to my fic, except for the part where I don't actually want to touch that fic anymore, heh.

It's funny because for a long time I just couldn't get into the Harry Potter books. I had Prisoner of Azkaban in my room, but whenever I had the energy for reading I'd either want to read hobbit fic or NEED to read homework. But every once in a while I'd wake up in the middle of the night with menstrual cramps and feel too awful to go back to sleep OR to read anything serious so I'd read Harry Potter. It took me a really long time to get through books 3 and 4 that way. Then I ate up books 5 and 6, and after I was done sometimes I'd get cramps and get in an evil mood and think about how much being a woman sucks (I don't feel that way often, but it'll happen), and then I'd want to write really unpleasant stuff about fluids, and that's how I started writing the Merope fic. That's part of why it took me so long to finish.

Anyway, I'm also trying to finish an F/S/M/P smutfic that's even older than that. My goodness, does it have a lot of adverbs! I added a second orgasm yesterday, so only two left, and I think I can be very vague about those. Could I finish it today? Probably not, but I should still try.

Last night I sent my submissions to the mod of

remixthedrabble. It's the lightning round and each of us had to write three ficlets for three different people. I had a good time with two of mine and struggled a lot on a third, but hey! Finished! And those should go up in the next few days.

My Casey/Delilah fic made it to 4000 words and is in beta.

In general I'm feeling good about the writing I've gotten done recently and about sticking to my daily writing goals all the way through June. I thought that requiring myself to write a lot of words every day would keep me from working on the details of finishing things up for posting, but I've managed to do a fair amount of that too. Yes, there are the neglected WIPs and a disturbing lack of Frodo, but I'm sure I'll get back to them in time. (And I have been writing some Frodo that I can't post yet.) It's been nice to play with a variety of fandoms but still keep the hobbits around.

I feel like giving myself a little bit of a break or at least changing my goals/routine for July, but I'm not really sure what those changes should be. Maybe something about working on specific fics rather than whatever new shiny comes along. Maybe something not related to fanfic at all, like spending a certain amount of time reading literary theory or learning Polish. Or exercising, or eating less starches and more vegetables. Eh, same lack of motivation as always as far as those things go.

But this was a positive post, so: Lots of writing! Lots of fandoms! Lots of support from my wonderful f-list! Yay for summer!

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Yay, it's wonderful to have fics recognized! :)

It really is, especially when things move so fast on LJ that it's easy to forget about something a short time after it's been posted.

Whoo hoo! Yay!

I'm so glad you're feeling good about writing! I'm so glad you're writing! I need your discipline!!! I have no excuse right now. I'm not even that busy right now! :D

Eh, some days I feel better about it than others. Even today my feelings are all over the place, as you know. Ice cream helps. :)

Congratulations!! Both for the nominations and for achieving those writing goals. And hope you enjoy writing in all your fandoms. But I do hope you come back and visit Frodo now and then!!

Well, I have three reasonably big hobbit fics in progress and they all have a good deal of Frodo in them. I haven't been adding as much to them in the last few weeks, but I guess this is the time to get back to them. :)

What can I say, brighteyes, but go you? *cheers you on* I'm looking forward to reading that Merope fic when I get a chance.

This is one of those awkward situations that happen with noncon where I can't really say "I hope you enjoy it" because it's just not that kind of fic, but, well, thank you!

Congrats on the nomination! It's always great when a fic of ours is recognized :-)

And I'm also so glad you are feeling so good about your writing. That's the best feeling in the world, especially when it happens when we're writing something we're really enjoying.

Thank you! I haven't been enjoying all of this writing completely -- I more meant to say that I'm pleased with the amount of writing I've done -- but there is a really nice feeling of accomplishment. And yes, the recognition means a lot. :D

Well deserved, of course :) And I'm SO happy to see you writing Pippin! *hugs*

That was a very nice thing that you took extra time and effort to do! Thank you so much!! *hugs*

Woo yeah yes, please, I want to see you finish that F/S/M/P, if only because it is old and I think it would a great accomplishment for you to get it done. (Also people will love it!) I think it is great to be happy about writing, because writing can be such a great thing (also, it can be very difficult). Also I think it is great that you have done so many different things in so many different fandoms. I do not think I could do that, decide to watch something and then just decide to write a lot - that really is a great thing. (And you now have more fic!)

And I was happy to nominate what I did for MEFAs. You know how I feel about your Pippin, and I wanted to share him with the world, I guess. :D

Now I feel like writing about writing. You know, after breakfast.

You know, I had to read the FSMP the other day when I took it out and parts of it are damn sexy, but also there are all these adverbs and also there is this voice in my head saying, ah, hobbitpiles are so 2003! (or something) No one wants to read those anymore! And, well, we shall see. I think you'll like the last part I added because it's very Pippin-centric. I COULD BE CLOSE TO THE END NOW. I JUST NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT!

Well, you know I wouldn't be writing Pippin fic and certainly not Pippin/Diamond if it weren't for you and your good influence. Probably wouldn't have written about all these girlz omg in any of the other fandoms either, and I love doing it so much. So, well, you've heard me say it before, but thank you.

(Also it is nice to be shared, heh.)

Woo yeah I do want to see the part you added because I do like Pippin-centric things. (Tonight I think I will try and write something very different from the droubbles I posted the other day!) So is there any chance you are going to send me what you've added? Or must I wait omg? ALSO OMG you are definitely close to the end now, you can get it done!

I am glad you think my influence on you and your writing has been a good thing. Pippin is great but so are girlz omg and I am happy to see you writing about both.

♥

Damn, it is hot! Hello I am here failing to answer my feedback. I think I need to go to the basement and watch some tv and knit for a while.

I will show you the pile when it gets to a more showable place.

Yay for girlz omg!

You know all of those stories *deserve* the nominations, dear! You do write such wonderful hobbits!

I was so happy that you chose Thirst, honey. That one was written with a lot of love and it is so nice to think that more people will see it now. Thank you so much!

Congratulations! Very nice work. You deserve it!

Er, I don't know who Merope Gaunt is. But congrats on getting a dicey story out there! Cheers.

Thank you! It is so good to have you around again (and makes me want to finish the hobbitpile)!

Merope is Voldemort's mother. She had a hard life.

Oh, Voldemort's mother! Now I remember. Perhaps to help out people who only read HP once, could you put a note to that effect in your summary? I started to read this, but had no idea who the character was so couldn't appreciate it. *goes back to read*

Ah, that is smart, I'll see about editing the heading. She's been on my mind all this time so I forget that she's only got a very small part in the books. Thanks so much for taking a look. :)

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