the earth shakes! wraith pride

[lobelia321]

I just felt the carpet and the table shudder, and I thought, 'ah, it's just me', and then ukcalico posted that the earth shook. An EARTHQUAKE!! In EAST ANGLIA!

Also, I've just posted my wraith fic to my betas. I am so proud that I have finished it!! Or finished this penultimate draft, at least. I have never written a fic that went through so many drafts. It's like a real revision type of story! I discovered a joy in doing it. At one point, I had almost given up on this story. I started it in May 2006. It was in so many bits, all over the place, and then I sat down and cut and pasted, literally, with scissors and a stapler. I labelled paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and then I grouped all the 1s together, and all the 2s, and then I did it again, and again. And it had its own joy! A different joy from writing in the first flush of discovery and excitement, more of a deep-down satisfaction and a really getting to know the story.

And when I re-read the 2 parts that I'd revised in this way last week, I was so excited and proud! I love this fic!! I owed it to this fic to finish it! And all the revising really, really made this story. Because I know how humbly it began.

The fic is called Ichor. It's 30,000 words long. It's in parts (liek it's structured and all!!). It's John Sheppard/wraith from 'Condemned' (see icon), and that alone is enough for me to swoon in bliss that I managed to pull it off. The very idea of John trapped on a desert island with this wraith makes me cream every pair of knickers I own, practically.

Comments

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Lucky you! I've never been in an earthquake despite my many visits to California. :-)

And I shall use my wraith icon in your honor.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

When I lived in California, I felt an earthquake! In my bed! It was like being in one of those oldfashioned railway sleeper cars.

Wraith... *growls*

[ex-zarah5186.livejournal.com]

Wraith!fic? *laughs* See, this is what I meant about the consistent inconsistence. I may talk about writing about off-mainstream fancies, but I hardly ever do it. You? You just plunge right in. It's pretty damn cool.

Okay. Other than that, part 2 of Colin/Orlando sent (for the 2nd time). And I should now get some studying done. Reallyreally.

Right, then.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

So you know about wraith? I thought SGA came on-stream while you were offline -- but perhaps you've been watching the show?? All disconnected from fandom? Wraith have a subset of wraith-lovers; there's a trickle of wraithfic but you're right, mainstream it ain't. But mainstream in SGA is much more focused on the one OTP than lotrips ever was. So even Radek/Rodney is considered off-mainstream.

And, of course, I've been writing April Bingham and Jocelyn Rutger. These are people who don't even APPEAR in the shows; they're just mentioned by Rodney. *waves the rare pair banner*

Oh, and you also missed out on football fandom! During the world cup! That was such phenomenal fun. It was like the earliest days of lotrips: the pretty, the insane, the sheer lunacy of it all. And everybody was writing bad!fic and just plunging right in, and people gave great loads of feedback, and I met about 1000 new people in 3 minutes.

:-D