Fic Update

[amberfocus]

Don't you just hate it when you're trying to further the plot and all your main characters want to do is shag? *sighs* Honestly, there they were sitting innocently, well, not totally innocently, on the couch and the next thing I know Rose makes a suggestion and Jonathon is tugging Rose back into the bedroom. I was all "You two need to have a serious conversation," and they were all "But we just wanna have sex!" And I was like, "Plot, there's supposed to be a furtherance of the plot here. Or at least some character development!" And they were looking at me like I was crazy and telling me that could certainly wait and be tucked in at the end of the chapter.

Shakes head. I may have to do some reorganizing and put the "serious" conversation in at the beginning now that I've at least written the smut. Anyway, as it stands, A Sky Without Zeppelins chapter 26 is at 2752 words. Which means likely another 800 to 1000 to finish up the chapter.  I might manage to finish it tonight, have it beta'd and ready for morning, but I'm not making any guarantees.

I sent the (hopefully) final draft of Body Paint, my Hearts in Time ficathon fic, off to Amy this morning. I meant to send it last night but forgot to actually do the copy and paste to the email. *shakes head* Obviously I need more sleep. I decided to change Jack's dialog a bit, even if he's only in the fic for all of 2 seconds, he was coming off as a jerk. Now TW Jack may be a bit of a jerk at times, but season one DW Jack wasn't really one at all, he was more concerned and sweet really once he'd settled in with them. Added in about another 100 words, too, mostly just polishing and getting in Nine's head a bit more as he deals with the awkward situation between himself and Rose.

I wasn't sure if I was going to mention this or not, but decided I may as well. azriona told me I got nominated for something called a Children in Time award for my fics Wolf Moon and A Sky Without Zeppelins. That was kinda neat. Lots of lovely fics on the list, including ones from some of my favorite authors. So to whoever nominated my fics, I just want to say thank you.  I'm honored to be in such lovely company on the nominee list. 
 

Comments

[wildwinterwitch.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean, I had that problem with my ON. So I let them have their way, in the empty room of a new chapter that I'll squeeze somehow in once I've reached that point in the story.

Writing it helped me discover one thing or the other about them, however, so in hind-sight I can say that the story benefited from this excursion into the future.

Plus -- sometimes it can be really good for the story when the characters take over. They are real in your imagination, and they know what's best for their story; all we are is their medium to let the world know.

Weird, I know.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've done that a few times with more than one fic. Sometimes just to get out all the UST somewhere before returning to denying them sex. *laughs*

A lot of my stories like to write themselves. Which is fine most of the time. Well, really, all of the time because I do end up giving in to those stubborn little muses.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, once you let 'em have sex, they do turn into randy little gits, don't they? My Nine muse gets to pouting and digging his heels in these days if I don't promise him a little nookie, even offscreen. *eyeroll* And Jack? Jack has not let up his constant lobbying for a little explicit action of his own.

"But I let you have Inara in OOJ! Inara. Doesn't that count for anything?"

"Fade-to-black, sweetheart."

"And I threw Captain Eirek at you in 'The Lesson.'"

"As a punchline! When do I get to do the dirty with Nine and Rose? Or even just one? You got Rose and me started in 'The Season of Mists,' which you haven't touched in months."

*Sigh* Impossible, the lot of them. Plus, I need to hunt down that "Maestro" muse again. Maybe if I promised the Master a hot threesome with Lucy and Rose . . .

Nah. If I did that and didn't follow through, I'd never hear the end of it.

[editrx.livejournal.com]

Your icon made me snort. The good kind of snort. The kind that had my husband, who's sitting here in the office with me, run over and look at the icon and say, "YES!"

I think that's a thumb's up all around here. :)

(Is that one you can share? Pretty please? I have no Jack icon, and yours is the first I can imagine ever using. The only man who can get BBC to apologize over his dropping trow on the radio. I mean, really. I think the BBC apologizes for Barrowman at the drop of a pin now. It's good for the, doncha agree? Keeps 'em on their toes. They're so easily embarrassed I think JB does these things just because he knows someone on floor 6 is having a small stroke every time he's is scheduled for a live interview. Heh.)

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Credit gemstar69 for it. She makes some fairly brilliant icons, including this lovely one I'm sporting now.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Yes, really, it's about all they can think about. Offscreen Nine Nookie? *laughs* That's so funny. I'm not surprised at Jack at all. He never thinks he gets enough and most of the time he's relegated to off screen sex unless it's in Andromeda Rising and even then he thinks I fade to black too much, too. *grins* Hope you find your needed muses soon!

[azriona.livejournal.com]

I say, write the smut, and if you end up not including it, you can save it for later. But if Jonathon and Rose want to shag, who are you to stop them?

(Well, you're the author, but still.)

So let 'em at each other. Doesn't mean we have to see it.

*ducks from wiggiemomsi, who will surely disagree*

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

It definitely got included. They weren't about to let me leave it out of the chapter. They both thought the pillow talk around it was too important to the plot so I gave in, not too unwillingly. *laughs* I needed to write some smuff anyway after all the angst wallowing I've been doing writing Moments in Darkness.

[azriona.livejournal.com]

I needed to write some smuff anyway after all the angst wallowing I've been doing writing Moments in Darkness.

Very true. Why do you think I went crack-happy after finishing Pages? Egad, the angst!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know exactly why. There's only so much misery you can write before it starts to affect your own moods. Normally I try to keep a fairly good balance between angst and fluff fics but MiD took over for a whole week and yikes!

[solarflar3.livejournal.com]

Don't you just hate it when you're trying to further the plot and all your main characters want to do is shag? *sighs* Honestly, there they were sitting innocently, well, not totally innocently, on the couch and the next thing I know Rose makes a suggestion and Jonathon is tugging Rose back into the bedroom.

Honestly? Don't see a problem with that. No siree not a all. You see what you have to remember is that the best fics write themselves and tell YOU where they need to go. So if your main characters just want to shag for the next 30 or so chapters, then you really should go with it.....

;-)

Oh well it was worth a try!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

You don't? *grins* 30 chapters of smut? I don't know if I could handle that, in one fic, in a row. Hee. Anyway, I let them get away with it for this chapter of Zeppelins and it turns out they were right so... *shrugs*

[saphiralupin.livejournal.com]

I voted for both stories, both I love just as equally as the other. I also voted for arizona and earlgreytea. You all are my inspiritions. I vote smut!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you so much. That's sweet of you and I appreciate it.

[tookieknits.livejournal.com]

"But we just wanna have sex!"
You act as if that's a bad thing
*G*

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Not in and of itself, no, but when I was trying to get Rose back to Jackie so they could have a serious talk, it just wasn't happening. So...smut...Zeppelins smut.

[melnay13.livejournal.com]

Aw, give Jon his Rose, then worry about the important stuff. Congrats on your nomination:)

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I think Jonathon and Rose both think the smut is the important stuff! *laughs* And thank you.