Here's my Master List of stories for Stargate Atlantis.

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Big Bang is up and I'm spending all my free time reading (and loving the stories!), but Secret Santa is sneaking up on me. I've got to start working on it!! Hopefully I'll have a little free time over Thanksgiving to devote to it (carry my laptop around the house with me, break it out whenever my dad and brother turn on a football game, which guarantees me about three days of writing right there...)

Finished my editing of Possession - no major edits, and I'm sure I missed some typos, but it was fun to go back and tweak it a little. I hadn't read that story since I originally posted it. And now I have no excuse not to devote all my time to Secret Santa! I did a little calculating and figured out that including my Big Bang story (but not including my LFWS entries), this Secret Santa fic will be number 25 for me! I almost can't believe it. A little more calculating puts my total word count for the last 24 stories at 460,358.

Okay, now I really have no excuse not to devote all my time to the new story. *Note to self: Get back to work!

You may have already heard...but Big Bang 09 is live! My story is here. Looks like there are a bunch of good stories this year (there goes the weekend!)

The artwork for my story was done by Oran who did an amazing job. Every time I look at it, I notice a new little detail, and the whole thing just fits the story so well.

Enjoy!! :D

This is for tridget. This was a really interesting scene to go back and look at, and remember all those ideas I had while creating Sateda's backstory.

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Here's my commentary on the scene from Magnificent Desolation for kristen999

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This is for sharpes_hussy, who requested a commentary on a scene from Possession. This is from Chapter 7...

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Snagged this from kristen999

Pick a paragraph (or any passage 500-1000 words) from any fanfic I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you'd expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

Here's my master list of stories.

I've never done this before and I'm not sure exactly how it works, but it looked kind of fun.

Now that I'm sick from eating all that Halloween candy, thought I'd do a quick post updating my most recent writing endeavors...

First, I've decided to revisit my long AU-Sateda story, "Possession," and do a little editing. It's been awhile since I've read it so coming back to it now with fresh eyes has been fun. I don't anticipate making any major changes - just little tweaks here and there with typos and word choice. Stuff of that nature.

While I'm doing that, I'm also pondering my Secret Santa prompt. I'm getting more and more excited about it as little story details fall into place. I think this will be a fun one to write. The only other writing project in the works is my original Big Bang idea, which had been temporarily shelved. At the time, I was running into all kinds of plotting and timeline issues, but I think I've got those resolved now. It's going to be a difficult story to write, but I have high hopes for it! :)

That's it for now. I've still got a few more story ideas rattling around in my head. If only I could devote all my time to this hobby. That would make me a very happy camper!

Wednesday, October 28: Went to grocery store to buy Advil and candy. Grabbed two bags of Take-5s (pretzels topped with a peanut butter/carmel mixture, all dipped in chocolate: or in other words, Pure Heaven). Thought about the size of my apartment complex and the large number of kids normally running around. Grabbed two more bags of snack-sized Take-5s. Decided what the hell, already have four bags. Grabbed one more bag.

Thursday, October 29: Horrified to discover I'd eaten one whole bag of Take-5s in a little over one day. Panicked at the sight of the other four bags sitting on the table, tempting me.

Friday, October 30: Polished off another bag of Take-5s. Unrepentant.

Saturday, October 31: Refused to let myself open the third bag of Take-5s. Went back to the store and bought a bag of Candy Corn. I hate candy corn. Plan to give out the 60 little packs of candy corn first in the hopes of having leftover Take-5s tomorrow. Could always turn off my porch light if things get desperate (i.e., I'm down to one bag of Take-5s left).

Addendum: Opened the third bag of Take-5s. Ate two.

And I still think I have a chance at winning my family's Weight Loss challenge? Pshaw. Talked to my brother - he was on his way to the gym.

Damn him.

Woke up to snow this morning. Getting ready for bed now and it's still snowing. It has snowed All. Day. Long. It's beautiful but... it's too early for this kind of weather!!

Took a lovely picture with my cellphone on campus. Imagine a great big mountain behind those trees (currently obscured by clouds):

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I'm a huge Amazing Race fan, and this one is turning out to be pretty exciting. I love some of the teams and can't stand some of the others - and I'm glad that a few of those teams have been eliminated. What I really wanted to talk about tonight, though, was the Atlantis Resort in Dubai. I WANT TO GO THERE!!! I can't imagine I will ever be able to, but maybe... someday... I am completely enthralled.

Pictures under the cut...
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I'm done. I probably could have spent the next two days nitpicking at my story, but I would have driven myself mad in the process. Rather than dip into momentary insanity, I just sent my story in. That was a tough challenge - half of me is wishing I still had lots more time to work on it and the other half is glad it's over. On to new stories, though, now that I have all this extra free time! I'm already so excited for the Secret Santa exchange I can hardly stand it ;P

Also, got a new phone! Woo!! My phone number didn't change, just the phone itself, which is very high tech and I still haven't figured out how to work it... but it's all shiny and red and I like it... :D

I had originally posted this over at Sheppard H/C and just wanted to update my own journal. Here it is, if you haven't seen it already:


Title: Woman at the Window
Spoilers: Set toward the end of season 4, so spoilers to that point
Words: ~9,500
Summary: John wakes up alone in a desert with no memory of how he got there.

Huge thanks to everybetty for the beta! All remaining mistakes are my own.

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I finally got around to watching the SGU premiere. I'd recorded it last week but was out of town and had some time today to sit through the pilot episode. I don't have anything spoiler-ish to say for those who haven't seen it yet, but under the cut just to be safe...

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Woo! I did it - I finished writing my first draft of Big Bang. And I'm one day before the deadline... ;P

The ending scene still needs a lot of work, but it's good enough to submit to the artists. Now for editing, and betaing, and (hopefully minor) re-writing... Oh, and doing all the things I've neglected over the last several weeks trying to get this monster finished.

I realized that I haven't watched all of the Atlantis episodes in quite some time. Especially season 1 (except for you know 38 Minutes, which must be broken out and enjoyed at least once every few months). In fact, there are many episodes I've only ever watched once (!). So I've decided to rewatch all five seasons, beginning to end. I know a few other people are doing something similar. I don't have any kind of set schedule for this: just whenever I get the chance. Don't know that I'll even post about it every time, but feel free to chime in when I do!

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The spectacle that is my neighbors...

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Lost my cell phone for two days. Just found it - no missed calls. NO missed calls? Wow, I've got to get out more...

Had a major virus attack on my laptop yesterday (I'm on a desktop now) - totally freaked me out! Very nefarious little thing: got an email through facebook that my cousin had sent me a video, which I clicked on because it's my cousin and why would he send me something weird? Then all hell broke loose. I believe it's called the koobface virus. I think I've got it cleaned up now...I hope... :S

Ran my antivirus, but there were three viruses that couldn't be deleted. Did a system restore and ran the antivirus again, and it came up clean. Also changed all my passwords just in case... Anything else I need to do? I'm not very confident in my computer knowledge/skills and feel a little bit at the mercy of anything that goes wrong...

Read this story over the weekend and LOVED it! I highly recommend everyone read it.

Title: "Puzzles"
Author: wildcat88
Words: 11,000
Author's Summary: A newly discovered Ancient facility sends Sam and Rodney to a world with no stargate.

Why rec'ed: I don't normally read stories that are primarily Sam-Rodney friendship, but this was a fantastic read. Not only is it a great look at Rodney through Sam's eyes, but it also explores Sam and her adjustment to her new command and the changes that will have on her life. Both Sam's and Rodney's intelligence shines through as they try to figure out where a dangerous piece of Ancient tech has sent them and how they can get home.