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cue fireworks, 2016!
Jan. 2nd, 2016 12:11 pm So I'm feeling a little braindead after spending a week trawling through Yuletide and doing not much else - but it's OH SO SATISFYING. And I've almost finished watching Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell so I can read all those fics as well! (Never got round to reading the book, that many pages is pretty damn daunting . . . but if it's as full of CREEPY FAIRY MAGIC as the TV series then perhaps I should try it!)
Also, doing nothing but reading lovely stories does help distract me from the fact that, now I've graduated (!!), I actually don't know what is going to happen in 2016. It'll start with MORE GECKOS and hopefully more papers published, but after that is up for grabs. PhD, probably, but when and on what?? The big bad world of Working For a Living, Quick Find a Job is beckoning and I may have to dip my toes in before scurrying back to Research Studenthood o.O
BUT STAR WARS CAME OUT AND IT IS AMAAAAZZING AHHHH Rey and Finn and Poe are SO ADORABLE OMG :DD Also emo Kylo Ren is great too, he's at least one up on Grandad by being amusingly whiney. And BB-8 kicks a surprising amount of ass for being so impractically shaped!
Since I don't have a fixed plan of ALL THE GECKO RESEARCH EVER this year, I really must get more writing done. I will definitely finish my long WIP and then see which of my snippets can be pounced on and given a *cohesive* plot. In between watching all the TV shows I need to catch up on!
Anyway, Yuletide happened, and I got two lovely little Treasure Planet fics:
An ongoing skillset expansion (1186 words). Great conversation between Sarah and Amelia regarding baby woes, with wondeful irritation on Amelia's part at her offspring's lack of military precision.
In a quiet evening (1044 words). Another post-fic with Amelia and Doppler figuring out life with babies.
For my assignment I got to revisit one of my favourite childhood fantasy worlds, and have a good roll around in FAMILY FEELS.
Homecoming (5025 words) - Emelan - Tamora Pierce. I haven't had to give equal space to four main characters before, so this was an interesting challenge, but so much fun! I devoured every Tamora Pierce I could get my hands on in high school, and this is the first time I've written something in either universe.
And the treat I wrote was basically me enjoying Diaval being such a snark XD
raise that bird up high (1907 words) - Maleficent (2014). Long-suffering Diaval is dragged into more adventures with Maleficent. Plus dragons!
Also, doing nothing but reading lovely stories does help distract me from the fact that, now I've graduated (!!), I actually don't know what is going to happen in 2016. It'll start with MORE GECKOS and hopefully more papers published, but after that is up for grabs. PhD, probably, but when and on what?? The big bad world of Working For a Living, Quick Find a Job is beckoning and I may have to dip my toes in before scurrying back to Research Studenthood o.O
BUT STAR WARS CAME OUT AND IT IS AMAAAAZZING AHHHH Rey and Finn and Poe are SO ADORABLE OMG :DD Also emo Kylo Ren is great too, he's at least one up on Grandad by being amusingly whiney. And BB-8 kicks a surprising amount of ass for being so impractically shaped!
Since I don't have a fixed plan of ALL THE GECKO RESEARCH EVER this year, I really must get more writing done. I will definitely finish my long WIP and then see which of my snippets can be pounced on and given a *cohesive* plot. In between watching all the TV shows I need to catch up on!
Anyway, Yuletide happened, and I got two lovely little Treasure Planet fics:
An ongoing skillset expansion (1186 words). Great conversation between Sarah and Amelia regarding baby woes, with wondeful irritation on Amelia's part at her offspring's lack of military precision.
In a quiet evening (1044 words). Another post-fic with Amelia and Doppler figuring out life with babies.
For my assignment I got to revisit one of my favourite childhood fantasy worlds, and have a good roll around in FAMILY FEELS.
Homecoming (5025 words) - Emelan - Tamora Pierce. I haven't had to give equal space to four main characters before, so this was an interesting challenge, but so much fun! I devoured every Tamora Pierce I could get my hands on in high school, and this is the first time I've written something in either universe.
And the treat I wrote was basically me enjoying Diaval being such a snark XD
raise that bird up high (1907 words) - Maleficent (2014). Long-suffering Diaval is dragged into more adventures with Maleficent. Plus dragons!
