January Round-up

[cjmarlowe]

Hoo-boy. Well, I think I started the year out right, as far as writing goes. I wrote 66,058 words this month, and posted 26 ficlets and stories in 4 fandoms, ranging between 900 and 6,000 words, most falling between 1500 and 2500. My two long stories for the Donors Choose auction are in their final stages (finally!) and I've got a CW RPF story almost ready to post on the 15th for j2_everafter. Plus progress on assorted other projects, including apocabigbang if I miraculously finish my first draft on time.

In a weird way, this fandom has brought me back to my fannish roots this year, too, because I'm now working on an AI8-Star Trek:Voyager fusion for orihara_kaoru, and an AI8-Highlander fusion for blackdress_adam. What next? Sentinel? X-Files?

And also, movies and books, January 2010:

Hamlet (2009) (which I quite liked, actually)
The Mummy Returns (fahrbot's fault, but I love this movie)
...yeah, I failed at movies this month. But I also watched:
X-Files - Season 1
X-Files - Season 2
and it's kind of fascinating to me to go back and watch those now and remember when all that fashion and technology was contemporary. It's weird to think what that show would be like if they made it now. Huge plot points would have to be different.

And as for books, I read:

Gordon Korman - I Want to Go Home
- This was a reread of a favourite from childhood, which I picked up on a whim at the bookstore because I didn't own a copy. I felt a little betrayed by the fact that they updated the text to include more modern references, though. I mean, that's just not necessary.

Jules Verne - Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- I read a much abridged version of this as a kid but never the whole thing, and I'm glad to have finally read it. It was kind of historically fascinating, and I found Axel a really interesting and unexpected narrator. I think I was expecting something different from the tone, so that was really compelling for me.

Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- O novel of my heart! This book is seriously like the very best of what fan fiction can be.

Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice - Promised Land
- This is one of those books that I reread when I need something familiar and satisfying. I don't think it's Connie Willis's best, but sometimes I really do want to read a romance, and when I do I want one that's not quite formula but still light and a little predictable.

I have a lot to write yet today. It's possible I'm procrastinating right now.

Comments

[i-amthecosmos.livejournal.com]

You know, I was feeling reallly good about the fact that I wrote 14,358 for the month. Until now.

I'm going to bed. And I'll get more done for this month after that.

I loved Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. While I don't think Grahame-Smith is a slasher, he is One Of Us *nods*. He can come to any fanfic convention he wants. And lord it over that he got to "publish" his.

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

Well, remember that I am unemployed and have nothing better to do with my time. XD What I'm doing this year is aiming for 2000 words a day, which is really doable but still really adds up in the end.

Have you read Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters? I've decided that's going to be my reward to myself when I finally get a job, but I don't know if it's actually any good.

[i-amthecosmos.livejournal.com]

My upswing in creativity has been partially aided by a sprained Achilles tendon. That's kept me in my seat and in front of the keyboard a lot. I can still work, but my days are cut back a bit.

It hurts a lot, but I've gotten some good ideas while I was trying to distract myself from the pain!

No, not yet! This guy has a franchise.

[daemonicangel.livejournal.com]

What next? Sentinel? X-Files?

x-filesss. you know you wanna.

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

I DO wanna. I almost did it for black dress, but I wanted to write Adam as an immortal too much. XD

Are you going to be around for a bit, btw, or are you gone soon?

[daemonicangel.livejournal.com]

lulz, if i need to, next time you put yourself up for charity i'll be like "x-files!kradam!"

and i'm gonna be around for a bit. are you posting up the first batch of ficlets soon?

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

Not yet, no, sorry. :D But I do need to talk through a story thing with someone who knows both AI8 fandom and Supernatural, if you're up for it?

[daemonicangel.livejournal.com]

omg, my hopes are dashed. lol, i figured it was worth a shot.

and sure! this about your apocabigbang? i'll try to be as helpful as much as i can, haha.

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

It is, yeah. :) And I'm pretty sure the ficlets are going to go up at some point tomorrow!

Are you on AIM or should I just PM you?

[daemonicangel.livejournal.com]

\o/ yay! something to look forward to!

and pm would be best. i don't really use any online messaging services all that much lately, sorry!

[rike-tikki-tavi.livejournal.com]

but I wanted to write Adam as an immortal too much

OMG, yes please!

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

It's going to be epic!

[rike-tikki-tavi.livejournal.com]

How could it be anything else? *\o/*

[yuppielawyer.livejournal.com]

My two long stories for the Donors Choose auction are in their final stages (finally!)

Yayayayay! I cannot wait.

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

Soon, bb, soon. :D

[cincodemaygirl.livejournal.com]

They *modernized* I Want to Go Home? I am horrified.

I like Promised Land in just the same way--not a great book, but a good comfort read.

For the record, I find your word count totally miraculous and intimidating. I think I've managed like 3000 words this whole month. *headdesk*

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

I know! The first time Rudy picked up his CD player I was like, WTAF?

Right now I'm aiming for 2000 words a day, which I'd like to keep up for the whole year, but we'll have to see.

[katekat]

If you decide to read Sense & Sensibility & Seamonsters, will you do a comparison between the two? Because they're written by different authors, and my housemate didn't like PP&Z, but I loved SS&S, and I'm afraid to commit to PP&Z since my recreational reading time is so limited.

eta: GO you with productivity!

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I'll definitely write up something about it if/when I manage to pick up a copy. Crossing my fingers that it'll be soon! :)

[rhythmsextion]

CJ. I wanna be youuuuuu when I grow up. I wrote less than HALF of what you wrote and I think I'm doing well. Also, I'm SO looking forward to your j2 everafter fic, you have NO IDEA.

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

It's not nearly as epic as last time, though. Last time my everafter was kind of epic.

[rhythmsextion]

I remember that epic-ness. I'm still excited!