weather wind

A wind agitates the tops of trees. They wuther hither and thither. Those with foliage make a rushing, rustling sound, and the individual leaves shake in the sun. From the back of the garden, I hear the wild intermittent sound of metal wind chimes.

Grey-and-white clouds move overhead from left to right, like herds of thoughts. They carry with them torn patches of bright blue sky.

We have turned the heating off. There are yellow daffodils in the flower bed. Sparrows seem to have become extinct in towns.

It is a blowzy sort of day.

sga rec request

Are there any good Carson Beckett fics out there? I haven't really read any besides isiscolos wonderful Clarke's Law (the HP cross over, yum) but that is more Beckett-centred than Beckett slash.

And at the moment, I would really like to read some Beckett slash. Any recs, anybody?? Self-pimps, even?

my real book so far

I am quite pleased with my progress (although not entirely happy with the written results but, as Jane Smiley says, The rough draft is neitther good nor bad; judging it is not your job. Understanding it is..

Since 7 March, I have written at least 1 hour 20 minutes every day (my target minimum -- I use a timer!), and sometimes up to 3 hours and 20 minutes. Over the past ten days of writing (I don't work on the week-ends), I have produced at least 1,000 words a day.

That is not bad!

Now I've just this dratted conference paper to write as well. Why did I agree to this conference? Ack. I just want to write my book and watch SGA episodes!

Oh, and muse about the weather, continue with Felix Felicis, finish boring!Orli, finish Cadman fic, spend as disciplined a time in writing Draco/Harry/Dudley, take t'boys to London, get a new bathmat, send a backlog of feedback as long as Rodney's face, and, oh, a bunch of other stuff.

But I have been so disciplined with the rl book!! *pats self on back*

I have to say, LJ examples of published authors on my Flist are beacons of application.

why i love time in a bottle -- a sort of review thingy

I just re-read astolat's SGA fic Time in a Bottle which is one of the most beautiful stories I know, of fanfic and origfic both. So I wrote a sort of ( review or rather account of what I love about it WARNING: FIC SPOILERS )

The fic is also on her LJ here.