Mother's Day and story progress

I called home to wish my mom Happy Mother's Day, and ended up talking for about 45 minutes, which was good. I hadn't talked to my parents for a couple weeks, since we were having "issues," and we tend to get into screaming arguments over the phone. Well, my dad and I scream; my mom just gets very worried and upset. So we were reduced to email communication. And it was really great to just hear their voices again today.

But we did talk about issues -- now that we've had a chance to settle down and some preliminary stuff has been taken care of -- and I have so much to do this week!

Must register for fall classes. Must hunt down a job. Must pack to go home for the summer. Must get mail forwarded. Must find out what's happening to my records at my university.

Bugger all.

In less stressed-out news, I got one beta back for "Sir Ron and the Green Knight." Now I'm just waiting on lasultrix before I can do final edits and post the sucker.

Here's an excerpt while I'm waiting.

( Sir Ron and the Green Knight )

And there we are.

Mother's Day and story progress

I called home to wish my mom Happy Mother's Day, and ended up talking for about 45 minutes, which was good. I hadn't talked to my parents for a couple weeks, since we were having "issues," and we tend to get into screaming arguments over the phone. Well, my dad and I scream; my mom just gets very worried and upset. So we were reduced to email communication. And it was really great to just hear their voices again today.

But we did talk about issues -- now that we've had a chance to settle down and some preliminary stuff has been taken care of -- and I have so much to do this week!

Must register for fall classes. Must hunt down a job. Must pack to go home for the summer. Must get mail forwarded. Must find out what's happening to my records at my university.

Bugger all.

In less stressed-out news, I got one beta back for "Sir Ron and the Green Knight." Now I'm just waiting on lasultrix before I can do final edits and post the sucker.

Here's an excerpt while I'm waiting.

( Sir Ron and the Green Knight )

And there we are.

[Fic] "On Being The Girl" -- Harry Potter

This is a Hermione character study, set either late in OotP or post-OotP. The timing isn't essential. (You can also read it here on Fanfiction.net or here on FictionAlley.)

( On Being The Girl )

Other than that, I have spent the afternoon avoiding necessary tasks by reading Stargate SG-1 fic. That fandom is particularly weird for me since neither Jack/Sam nor Jack/Daniel -- the two most common pairings -- feels quite right to me. Suppressed attraction, perhaps, but I find it really hard to see anyone ever acting on anything.

Ah well. They don't exactly feel wrong, either, and a lot of the writing's quite good. At least, when my computer will let me open the pages! (It's being evil and refusing to actually open pages lately; it just runs a window for about five minutes and then tells me it can't find the page. Of course, the next time I try the Same Damn Page, it works just fine. Grrr. I hate technology.)

[Fic] "On Being The Girl" -- Harry Potter

This is a Hermione character study, set either late in OotP or post-OotP. The timing isn't essential. (You can also read it here on Fanfiction.net or here on FictionAlley.)

[ETA: The ever-so-slightly revised final version is now up on AO3!]

( On Being The Girl )

Other than that, I have spent the afternoon avoiding necessary tasks by reading Stargate SG-1 fic. That fandom is particularly weird for me since neither Jack/Sam nor Jack/Daniel -- the two most common pairings -- feels quite right to me. Suppressed attraction, perhaps, but I find it really hard to see anyone ever acting on anything.

Ah well. They don't exactly feel wrong, either, and a lot of the writing's quite good. At least, when my computer will let me open the pages! (It's being evil and refusing to actually open pages lately; it just runs a window for about five minutes and then tells me it can't find the page. Of course, the next time I try the Same Damn Page, it works just fine. Grrr. I hate technology.)