Jul. 5th, 2010

amberfocus: (Leap of Faith Icon--Do Not Take)
Well, I was hoping to have finished chapter 22 of Leap of Faith tonight, but not quite.  It stands at about 3500 words, so it's pretty close, but I need to add in a scene with Tosh and Owen, I think, to round things out more, so I'll work on that in the morning.  Either that or another Jackie and Pete scene or possibly a Pete, Jake, Mickey, and Ianto scene.  I've got a lot of stuff coming up and I'm just still trying to wiggle things around so they fall correctly.  I've introduced a new character which is also an old character and I hope that certain things will come as a surprise to people.  You ever have one of those things where you just desperately hope that no one has put two and two together until you actually reveal it?  And you're all nervous anticipation until you pull it off?  I used to be so good at doing the unexpected, but lately...oh, I don't know.  At least I'm writing, right?  Plus, another reoccuring new character that Rose has a bad history with.

I also made a banner for Pride.  Yes, [livejournal.com profile] azriona, I've started working on Pride, the next MiD fic. *covers ears at the squealing heard all the way over here on the west coast*  Which is probably why I'm a bit distracted from finishing this chapter of Leap of Faith.  Why do all the plot bunnies come at once after a drought?  I'd much rather a slow and steady trickle.  I need to make an icon for Moments in Darkness.  Why, yes, there I go procrastinating yet again.  Although I probably should just go to bed.  I think they're finally done letting off fireworks now.  It helps that they sky opened up and started pouring at eleven p.m.  Rain does have it's uses, though quite frankly, I'm getting tired of waiting for summer to start.

I watched New Moon.  Yes, I know, but I have a thirteen year old daughter.  I have an excuse.  Bella is an idiot.  Edward is a twat.  Can I have a Jacob of my own?  Preferrably the pretty doggy version they used for his werewolf scenes?  Dakota Fanning can be very creepy.  Who'da thunk it?  On the bright side I loved every single preview on the DVD so it was worth watching it just for that.  Also streamed a very interesting Bruce Willis sci-fi movie on Netflix called Surrogates.  I could really feel my mind going places thinking what a great basic premise that would be for a Who story.  Not one of mine, but one for Victoria's Forever series.  It would be a perfect Eight/Rose adventure.  Or I don't know, maybe it would make a good Better With You story.  But first I've got to finish a lot of other things.  And she's got to finish Forever's Just a Word. *pokes [livejournal.com profile] jeprdyfrndly*

We had fun letting off fireworks tonight.  We bought just under $100 worth.  Way less than usual, but my knee still isn't good enough to light fireworks and then run away, even with as much improvement as there has been.  And Chris is in Alaska, so mostly we did fountains and then one really great one that sent up 16 big ones.  I like that because you only have to light it once.  I sort of wish I'd skipped the fountains and spent the money on two more of the bigger ones.  Probably will next year.  A lot of the neighbors were letting them off, too, so we got to watch all of those and then at 10:30 we moved the camp chairs to the end of the driveway and watched the city fireworks going off over the Bay.  There was a lot of company as part of the neighborhood came down and stood in the street nearby.  We really do have a fabulous view here.  Well, I suppose I've rambled on enough for one night.  [info]amyo67,  if you are going to be around tomorrow I hope to catch you on chat.  I'm getting fed up with continually missing each other.  *hugs*
amberfocus: (Leap of Faith Icon--Do Not Take)
Well, I was hoping to have finished chapter 22 of Leap of Faith tonight, but not quite.  It stands at about 3500 words, so it's pretty close, but I need to add in a scene with Tosh and Owen, I think, to round things out more, so I'll work on that in the morning.  Either that or another Jackie and Pete scene or possibly a Pete, Jake, Mickey, and Ianto scene.  I've got a lot of stuff coming up and I'm just still trying to wiggle things around so they fall correctly.  I've introduced a new character which is also an old character and I hope that certain things will come as a surprise to people.  You ever have one of those things where you just desperately hope that no one has put two and two together until you actually reveal it?  And you're all nervous anticipation until you pull it off?  I used to be so good at doing the unexpected, but lately...oh, I don't know.  At least I'm writing, right?  Plus, another reoccuring new character that Rose has a bad history with.

I also made a banner for Pride.  Yes, [livejournal.com profile] azriona, I've started working on Pride, the next MiD fic. *covers ears at the squealing heard all the way over here on the west coast*  Which is probably why I'm a bit distracted from finishing this chapter of Leap of Faith.  Why do all the plot bunnies come at once after a drought?  I'd much rather a slow and steady trickle.  I need to make an icon for Moments in Darkness.  Why, yes, there I go procrastinating yet again.  Although I probably should just go to bed.  I think they're finally done letting off fireworks now.  It helps that they sky opened up and started pouring at eleven p.m.  Rain does have it's uses, though quite frankly, I'm getting tired of waiting for summer to start.

I watched New Moon.  Yes, I know, but I have a thirteen year old daughter.  I have an excuse.  Bella is an idiot.  Edward is a twat.  Can I have a Jacob of my own?  Preferrably the pretty doggy version they used for his werewolf scenes?  Dakota Fanning can be very creepy.  Who'da thunk it?  On the bright side I loved every single preview on the DVD so it was worth watching it just for that.  Also streamed a very interesting Bruce Willis sci-fi movie on Netflix called Surrogates.  I could really feel my mind going places thinking what a great basic premise that would be for a Who story.  Not one of mine, but one for Victoria's Forever series.  It would be a perfect Eight/Rose adventure.  Or I don't know, maybe it would make a good Better With You story.  But first I've got to finish a lot of other things.  And she's got to finish Forever's Just a Word. *pokes [livejournal.com profile] jeprdyfrndly*

We had fun letting off fireworks tonight.  We bought just under $100 worth.  Way less than usual, but my knee still isn't good enough to light fireworks and then run away, even with as much improvement as there has been.  And Chris is in Alaska, so mostly we did fountains and then one really great one that sent up 16 big ones.  I like that because you only have to light it once.  I sort of wish I'd skipped the fountains and spent the money on two more of the bigger ones.  Probably will next year.  A lot of the neighbors were letting them off, too, so we got to watch all of those and then at 10:30 we moved the camp chairs to the end of the driveway and watched the city fireworks going off over the Bay.  There was a lot of company as part of the neighborhood came down and stood in the street nearby.  We really do have a fabulous view here.  Well, I suppose I've rambled on enough for one night.  [info]amyo67,  if you are going to be around tomorrow I hope to catch you on chat.  I'm getting fed up with continually missing each other.  *hugs*
amberfocus: (Fringe--Olivia Please Save Me)
Because I have spent most of the day dealing with a ransomware virus called deceptively enough AV Secuirty Suite, I have not yet finished my chapter.  I am P.O.'d but I can't even open Word yet.  It's finally scanning and has been for the last hour.  Yeah, I keep too much crap on my laptop itself.  Time to transfer off all my vid files, I think, plus all of the .doc files of completed stories once this is over.  Then these scans of 300,000 odd files (what it's up to now) won't take so long.  I was on such a roll when I finally went to sleep, too.

All I can say is thank goodness for www.bleepingcomputer.com.  So far I haven't had to shell out any money to fix this and their step by step instructions have worked perfectly.  If it would just finish the bloody scan.  Right now I'm on my mother's computer.  It...it has...Windows ME.  And no Word. *shudders*

[livejournal.com profile] solarflar3, happy birthday.  I do have something in the works but at this rate it'll likely be week's end.

[livejournal.com profile] amyo67, if I ever get my computer back from the evil, dark dwelling place, I still hope to chat.  Unfortunately mom's computer doesn't seem to support YM.

Oh, well, off to the bank and then to get pizza because after the day I've had I freaking deserve it.


amberfocus: (Fringe--Olivia Please Save Me)
Because I have spent most of the day dealing with a ransomware virus called deceptively enough AV Secuirty Suite, I have not yet finished my chapter.  I am P.O.'d but I can't even open Word yet.  It's finally scanning and has been for the last hour.  Yeah, I keep too much crap on my laptop itself.  Time to transfer off all my vid files, I think, plus all of the .doc files of completed stories once this is over.  Then these scans of 300,000 odd files (what it's up to now) won't take so long.  I was on such a roll when I finally went to sleep, too.

All I can say is thank goodness for www.bleepingcomputer.com.  So far I haven't had to shell out any money to fix this and their step by step instructions have worked perfectly.  If it would just finish the bloody scan.  Right now I'm on my mother's computer.  It...it has...Windows ME.  And no Word. *shudders*

[livejournal.com profile] solarflar3, happy birthday.  I do have something in the works but at this rate it'll likely be week's end.

[livejournal.com profile] amyo67, if I ever get my computer back from the evil, dark dwelling place, I still hope to chat.  Unfortunately mom's computer doesn't seem to support YM.

Oh, well, off to the bank and then to get pizza because after the day I've had I freaking deserve it.


Is Fixed

Jul. 5th, 2010 05:57 pm
amberfocus: (Mickey and Martha--Survive)
I have back control of my laptop.  Yay!  I hope the makers of AV Secuirty Suite rot in the confines of the Bog of Eternal Stench! 

I hate banks.  Why the hell do they need to take the day AFTER a holiday off?  Oh, well, still had enough cash on hand to get a pizza, even if it was a hot and not so ready from Little Caesar's.  It was decent and now life may go on here at Chez Robbins' Nest.

Now to go finish my chapter.

And come on LJ, when are you going to fix the autofill on the tags?  It is seriously getting annoying to type them all out each time.

Is Fixed

Jul. 5th, 2010 05:57 pm
amberfocus: (Mickey and Martha--Survive)
I have back control of my laptop.  Yay!  I hope the makers of AV Secuirty Suite rot in the confines of the Bog of Eternal Stench! 

I hate banks.  Why the hell do they need to take the day AFTER a holiday off?  Oh, well, still had enough cash on hand to get a pizza, even if it was a hot and not so ready from Little Caesar's.  It was decent and now life may go on here at Chez Robbins' Nest.

Now to go finish my chapter.

And come on LJ, when are you going to fix the autofill on the tags?  It is seriously getting annoying to type them all out each time.
amberfocus: (Leap of Faith Icon--Do Not Take)

                                                           
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Title: 
Leap of Faith (22/?)
Author: 
[info]amberfocus
Characters/Pairings:  John Smith (alt!Nine)/Rose Tyler, Toshiko Sato, Jake Simmonds, Mickey Smith, Ianto Jones, Jackie Tyler/Pete Tyler, Tony Tyler, various original characters
Genre:  Romance, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Action/Adventure, Alternate Universe
Rating:  Adult
Betas: 
[info]amyo67, [info]jeprdyfrndly
Summary:  Hiding from the Family of Blood, the alt!Ninth Doctor turns himself into John Smith via the chameleon arch and with his companion Toshiko Sato, takes a job at Torchwood.  He clashes with everyone he meets and Rose Tyler, the beautiful young director of Torchwood Field Operative Training and the daughter of his boss, is no exception.  AU after season 2.
A/N:  Okay, guys, I'm just throwing this up here with only having Amy go over it for errors, since Victoria is really sick right now.  With the day I've had wrestling with my computer I didn't have an inclination to proofread it more than twice.  So if you see a typo, kindly let me know and I'll fix it tomorrow.

Previous Chapters: 
http://amberfocus.livejournal.com/327895.html

Chapter Twenty-two: Ghosts from the Past

Read more... )
amberfocus: (Leap of Faith Icon--Do Not Take)

                                                           
banner by [livejournal.com profile] seduff

Title: 
Leap of Faith (22/?)
Author: 
[info]amberfocus
Characters/Pairings:  John Smith (alt!Nine)/Rose Tyler, Toshiko Sato, Jake Simmonds, Mickey Smith, Ianto Jones, Jackie Tyler/Pete Tyler, Tony Tyler, various original characters
Genre:  Romance, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Action/Adventure, Alternate Universe
Rating:  Adult
Betas: 
[info]amyo67, [info]jeprdyfrndly
Summary:  Hiding from the Family of Blood, the alt!Ninth Doctor turns himself into John Smith via the chameleon arch and with his companion Toshiko Sato, takes a job at Torchwood.  He clashes with everyone he meets and Rose Tyler, the beautiful young director of Torchwood Field Operative Training and the daughter of his boss, is no exception.  AU after season 2.
A/N:  Okay, guys, I'm just throwing this up here with only having Amy go over it for errors, since Victoria is really sick right now.  With the day I've had wrestling with my computer I didn't have an inclination to proofread it more than twice.  So if you see a typo, kindly let me know and I'll fix it tomorrow.

Previous Chapters: 
http://amberfocus.livejournal.com/327895.html

Chapter Twenty-two: Ghosts from the Past

Read more... )

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