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edenfalling) wrote2011-02-14 11:46 pm
edenfalling) wrote2011-02-14 11:46 pm
[Meme] WIP title list
Seen in various places: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.
I don't have a WIP folder -- I separate my Documents folder by fandom/universe rather than by done/undone -- but I do have a Stories in Progress file that I update whenever I write something. The following is copy-pasted from that. Things in italics are stories that A) I am currently ignoring for some reason, or B) are probably never going to be finished, but I haven't quite reconciled myself to that yet.
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Current Story List, 2/14/11
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Original Short Stories:
The Three Sisters (Immish) -- 1,275
Fall Into the Sea/The Fallen Stars (Immish) -- outline only
Wind on the Face of the Sea -- 450
The Fox and the Star -- 325
Renunciation -- 1,750
Harvest (Ekanu) -- 13,350
The Painted Sky (Ekanu) -- 1,650
Small Mysteries (Ekanu) -- 3,050
Diplomacy (Ekanu) -- 1,700
Chrysanthe -- 2,300
Deliverance -- 2,100
Chains -- 2,400
The Bird Woman of Shajento -- 1,750
The Heart of the Land -- 575
Blessed Are the Meek (Ironheart) -- 1,425
It Is Only a Door (Ironheart) -- 600
Original Novels:
A Change of Season -- 21,850
The Lady Is the Tiger -- 2,850
Ashes -- 18,500
The Sum of Things -- 21,450
Harry Potter:
Secrets -- ch. 15 (3,600), epilogue (0)
Strange Likenesses -- ch. 7 (1,250), ?? more chs.
New Horizons -- ch. 3 (475), ?? more chs.
The Dragon Debacle -- 2,325
Naruto:
The Guardian in Spite of Herself -- ch. 15 (0), 15 (??) more chs.
Friends and Neighbors -- 4,400
Angel Sanctuary:
The Transient and the Eternal -- 22 of 30 written; 5 partial; 22 posted
4. [3] Giving Up -- 875
11. [15] Stop That -- 2,075
21. [25] Looking -- 375
22. [24] Dreaming -- outline only
24. [18] Clouds -- 800
26. [6] If Only -- 1,250
27. [23] If It Wasn't You... -- 3,450
30. [16] Pillows -- outline only
Shugotenma/Guardian Devil -- 1,250
Ephemera -- ch. 1 (5,900), ch. 2 (2,350), ch. 3 (0)
Debts -- ch. 2 (500), 4 more chs.
Chronicles of Narnia:
The Courting Dance -- ch. 5 (in revision), ch. 6 (0), 3 (??) more chs.
How Does Your Garden Grow? -- 1,350
The Corners of the World -- 4,200
In the Gardens of Mezreel -- 775
Fire and Ice -- 1,075
Enchanted Forest Chronicles:
A Question of Familiarity -- 2,325
An Honest Opinion -- 1,350
Star Trek: AOS:
Intervention -- 12,675
The Light in Your Eyes -- 8,200
Other:
The Body Politic (Riddle-Master) -- 2,300
Lemonade (BtVS/GW/Naruto) -- ch. 18 (1,200), 6-7 (??) more chs.
Lazy Day/Faith and Buffy watch Firefly (BtVS) -- 1,575
Obstruction of Justice (Batman Nolan!verse) -- 2,100
Unriddling (The Darkangel) -- 375
More or Less the Same (BtVS) -- ch. 5 (600)
Eyes of Stone (Black Jewels) -- 1,275
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If you want, you can ask for one story and I will post a line or two of the draft or outline.
I don't have a WIP folder -- I separate my Documents folder by fandom/universe rather than by done/undone -- but I do have a Stories in Progress file that I update whenever I write something. The following is copy-pasted from that. Things in italics are stories that A) I am currently ignoring for some reason, or B) are probably never going to be finished, but I haven't quite reconciled myself to that yet.
---------------------------------------------
Current Story List, 2/14/11
---------------------------------------------
Original Short Stories:
The Three Sisters (Immish) -- 1,275
Fall Into the Sea/The Fallen Stars (Immish) -- outline only
Wind on the Face of the Sea -- 450
The Fox and the Star -- 325
Renunciation -- 1,750
Harvest (Ekanu) -- 13,350
The Painted Sky (Ekanu) -- 1,650
Small Mysteries (Ekanu) -- 3,050
Diplomacy (Ekanu) -- 1,700
Chrysanthe -- 2,300
Deliverance -- 2,100
Chains -- 2,400
The Bird Woman of Shajento -- 1,750
The Heart of the Land -- 575
Blessed Are the Meek (Ironheart) -- 1,425
It Is Only a Door (Ironheart) -- 600
Original Novels:
A Change of Season -- 21,850
The Lady Is the Tiger -- 2,850
Ashes -- 18,500
The Sum of Things -- 21,450
Harry Potter:
Secrets -- ch. 15 (3,600), epilogue (0)
Strange Likenesses -- ch. 7 (1,250), ?? more chs.
New Horizons -- ch. 3 (475), ?? more chs.
The Dragon Debacle -- 2,325
Naruto:
The Guardian in Spite of Herself -- ch. 15 (0), 15 (??) more chs.
Friends and Neighbors -- 4,400
Angel Sanctuary:
The Transient and the Eternal -- 22 of 30 written; 5 partial; 22 posted
4. [3] Giving Up -- 875
11. [15] Stop That -- 2,075
21. [25] Looking -- 375
22. [24] Dreaming -- outline only
24. [18] Clouds -- 800
26. [6] If Only -- 1,250
27. [23] If It Wasn't You... -- 3,450
30. [16] Pillows -- outline only
Shugotenma/Guardian Devil -- 1,250
Ephemera -- ch. 1 (5,900), ch. 2 (2,350), ch. 3 (0)
Debts -- ch. 2 (500), 4 more chs.
Chronicles of Narnia:
The Courting Dance -- ch. 5 (in revision), ch. 6 (0), 3 (??) more chs.
How Does Your Garden Grow? -- 1,350
The Corners of the World -- 4,200
In the Gardens of Mezreel -- 775
Fire and Ice -- 1,075
Enchanted Forest Chronicles:
A Question of Familiarity -- 2,325
An Honest Opinion -- 1,350
Star Trek: AOS:
Intervention -- 12,675
The Light in Your Eyes -- 8,200
Other:
The Body Politic (Riddle-Master) -- 2,300
Lemonade (BtVS/GW/Naruto) -- ch. 18 (1,200), 6-7 (??) more chs.
Lazy Day/Faith and Buffy watch Firefly (BtVS) -- 1,575
Obstruction of Justice (Batman Nolan!verse) -- 2,100
Unriddling (The Darkangel) -- 375
More or Less the Same (BtVS) -- ch. 5 (600)
Eyes of Stone (Black Jewels) -- 1,275
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If you want, you can ask for one story and I will post a line or two of the draft or outline.
Harvest - Ekanu
"Heya, Ekanu! Over here!"
Denifar's voice cut through the chaos of Ileara's deepwater harbor like a clarion horn through a tuning orchestra. Ekanu pivoted, one hand rising to shade her eyes from the midday sun, and spotted her friend waving from his perch on a post near the joining of dock and shore. His brown hair was ragged and falling in his eyes, his hands callused from metalwork and carpentry, and his shirtsleeves frayed. A stranger would likely have judged him a down-on-his-luck laborer, not a Scholar of the University with a growing reputation among his fellow mechanists.
Ekanu smiled to herself. Denifar tended to ignore anything without numbers or gears attached to it, unless she was nearby to remind him and keep him organized. In return, he dragged her back to everyday life when she got lost in music; it was a good partnership. She'd missed him, these past two years.
She slung her guitar case over her shoulder and began threading her way through disembarking passengers and offloaded cargo. Common and Hlaenish swirled around her in a raucous jumble of words, and the spring breeze assaulted her nose with the scents of salt, fish, sweat, and sun-warmed tar. She stifled a sneeze with her shirtsleeve.
"The air's much better at the chapterhouse," Denifar said as he leaped down from the dock-post, steadying himself with a hand on Ekanu's free shoulder. "They built it inland, outside the old walls from when most of Na'eraelu still belonged to the Empire. I think they wanted to make it neutral ground for Estarins and Hlaenor. Anyway, you'll love the place -- it's nothing but fields and trees for miles and you can see the wind running through the flowers."
"That sounds beautiful," Ekanu agreed. "And the people? Are they also lovely?"
Denifar tilted his hand back and forth, grinning. "A little yes, a little no, just like everywhere else. The mechanists are great -- the waterwheel project is going to be brilliant, better than firecrackers -- but there are always a few people who give me dirty looks and make a point of only talking Hlaenish when I'm close enough to overhear."
He clapped his hands. "But enough about me -- look at you! You're brown as a chestnut and your hair is so long. I like the braid, by the way, very pretty. Vinaeo and Shimat-Mek were good for you! And how was Estara? I assume, since you're here, that you read the letter I left for you. I'm sorry I couldn't be there when you got home, but this project was too interesting to pass up and Master Farling said he'd trim half a year off my pledged service if I came here and got them to stop writing to him with questions every sixday."
Ekanu laughed. "I thought the years might change you, idaya, but you're like water, always the same. Yes, I read your letter and understand why you accepted this offer. I'm simply happy I was able to find a reason to follow you here. It's been too long since we saw each other."
"Mmm. Definitely." Denifar offered his hand with a smile. "What odds would you have put on their music mistress dropping dead barely a moon ago, just after her apprentice left and it was most convenient for us?"
Ekanu punched him in the shoulder before taking his hand. "Don't speak so lightly of the dead. It was coincidence, nothing more. And don't expect me to ignore my work and spend all my time with you."
"Fair enough, I'm horribly busy anyway," Denifar agreed, swinging their joined hands as they walked away from the docks. "Let's grab your bags and get you settled in at the chapterhouse. I'm sure the council is breathless with anticipation."