Star Island, Day 3, and a writing update

Auntie Jan and Uncle Bob have left the island, after giving us the grand tour of their jazzed-up van. (My cousin Brian is a woodworker, and helped them put in all sorts of things, from a refrigerator to tool chests to a bed to a port-o-potty!)

It's a gorgeous day, though just a wee bit windy for sitting on the dock. I kayaked up the shore a ways and ran into Nancy Cheeseman (from the King cottage) going out for a sail. Then Dad kayaked all the way up to the East Portage in to Windigo.

In non-island news, I finished the 6,500 word Gormenghast fic that ate my brain. I am setting it aside for a while, until I feel ready to subject it to the Editing Pen of Death. In the meantime, I can finish the two extra chapters of a Labyrinth fic that also recently attacked me.

And then can I get back to "Secrets," please? *sigh* I really wish all the stupid plot bunnies would just go away and let me work on my current WIPs.

Star Island, Day 3, and a writing update

Auntie Jan and Uncle Bob have left the island, after giving us the grand tour of their jazzed-up van. (My cousin Brian is a woodworker, and helped them put in all sorts of things, from a refrigerator to tool chests to a bed to a port-o-potty!)

It's a gorgeous day, though just a wee bit windy for sitting on the dock. I kayaked up the shore a ways and ran into Nancy Cheeseman (from the King cottage) going out for a sail. Then Dad kayaked all the way up to the East Portage in to Windigo.

In non-island news, I finished the 6,500 word Gormenghast fic that ate my brain. I am setting it aside for a while, until I feel ready to subject it to the Editing Pen of Death. In the meantime, I can finish the two extra chapters of a Labyrinth fic that also recently attacked me.

And then can I get back to "Secrets," please? *sigh* I really wish all the stupid plot bunnies would just go away and let me work on my current WIPs.

[Meme] HP survey thingy: see meme. be sheep.

Gacked from anneu53714:

( Yet Another Harry Potter Meme )

From this, I conclude that I'm not the type of fan the survey was designed for. *sigh* I like JKR's world. I like to explore dusty corners of it. I like to patch up weak bits in her plots.

I'm not a shipper. I'm really not a predictive shipper -- by which I mean that I don't know or much care who will end up with whom in canon; I judge ships by whether I think the people involved could work together, regardless of the possibility of them ever getting together in canon. I don't try to figure out JKR's plots beforehand. Heck, I don't much bother trying to figure out the ends of her books while I'm reading them.

Ah well. It takes all kinds to make up a fandom, I suppose. And I don't really believe in "One True Love" anyway. It's an idea as depressing as it is romantic, after all -- imagine only being able to be truly happy with one person, ever!

No, I'd much rather think love is more flexible than that.

[Meme] HP survey thingy: see meme. be sheep.

Gacked from anneu53714:

( Yet Another Harry Potter Meme )

From this, I conclude that I'm not the type of fan the survey was designed for. *sigh* I like JKR's world. I like to explore dusty corners of it. I like to patch up weak bits in her plots.

I'm not a shipper. I'm really not a predictive shipper -- by which I mean that I don't know or much care who will end up with whom in canon; I judge ships by whether I think the people involved could work together, regardless of the possibility of them ever getting together in canon. I don't try to figure out JKR's plots beforehand. Heck, I don't much bother trying to figure out the ends of her books while I'm reading them.

Ah well. It takes all kinds to make up a fandom, I suppose. And I don't really believe in "One True Love" anyway. It's an idea as depressing as it is romantic, after all -- imagine only being able to be truly happy with one person, ever!

No, I'd much rather think love is more flexible than that.