125 Loved Fanfics .22

[popkin16]

125 Things: A Blogging Challenge

Day 22

⌘ Unsuffer Me by shaenie [Canon, 20608 words]
If anyone had asked John, he'd have told them that the visit with the Yel-Ganta was the most likely of the three to come off without a hitch.

⌘ Given A Choice It Would Always Be Sunday by godofwine [Canon, 2438 words]
At any given moment, Rodney's clock is counting down the minutes to his next cup of coffee.

⌘ Running With The Moon by _shinchansgirl_ [AR, preslash, WIP, 128308 words]
Rodney used to have a job in research; John used to be in the military. Rodney used to live alone; John hasn't lived alone in centuries. Rodney used to be human; John used to be human. Circumstances force them together and each has to learn how to cope - both as humans, and as wolves.

Note: This fic is a WIP that may be abandoned. The first two installments - Keep Holding On (either version) and Through The Rain are complete as they are, however.

⌘ Hard Candy // As Hands Do // Industrial Arts by runpunkrun [Canon, 2445 words altogether]
In which I cheat and name three short fics, because I can. (But honestly because I can't choose. And nobody cares, right? Right.)

⌘ Circle Yes or No by chellefic [Canon, 11456 words]
Vacationing with John isn't all Rodney thought it would be.

I'm tired. I worked a little on my Big AU fic and it pretty much sucked all the energy out of me. Also came across this post (which shall go unnamed) that was pretty hard on several SGA fics that I love. So now I'm feeling down. I think I may go to bed.

Comments

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, my motto is no major decisions (including answering a comment or email) without dinner and at least 8 hours of sleep. It's a motto I seldom adhere too, but it's a good one! :-)

I read extensively when I first discovered SGA, but only through the major archives of the day, hence I suspect I've missed out on a lot of good fic only posted on LJ before I got here. Once I began writing myself, I was always torn between time to read and time to write, and writing usually won. These days I'm striving for balance, though what that is changes from day to day. :-)

I'm working on couple of things right now, with a couple of more in the wings nudging me impatiently. The hard part is finding the energy to write at the end of a long day--sometimes it is easier to play around online, engaging in interesting conversations. *looks around guiltily* :-)

[popkin16]

I'll have to remember that motto and try to enforce it myself :P If something makes me anger, come back to it tomorrow and see how I feel.

That's the problem isn't it, choosing between writing and reading. Or watching something vs. writing and/or reading. I always end up defaulting to reading, tbh - it's why I'm terrible at finishing shows or getting fic written (though the latter has many other reasons too). I hope you find that balancing you're striving for! On one hand I would like to encourage you to read more, because fic! I love it so strongly~ But on the other hand, Madison work! Do want~

Writing is work, and sometimes you just don't feel up to it after a long day. Haha, I enjoy our discussions, they always lead to interesting places!

Your icon = hilarious

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

Aw... *pushes you on shoulder*

I listened to this one last night and went to bed at a reasonable time. Funny what sleep can do for my mood and creativity levels! :-)

[popkin16]

:D

Going to bed at a reasonable time - I wonder what that's like? ;) I hope you got a good night sleep last night as well XD

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

For the second night in a row, I slept propped up. The vertigo is much less pronounced now, so I think the massage therapist is correct when she says there is a pinched nerve somewhere. I'm hopeful this will *not* end up being a permanent part of my life--as it was starting to seem.

But yeah, catching up on sleep has done *wonders* for my writing productivity, so yay! :-)

[popkin16]

Oh, wow. Your vertigo effects you even when you're lying down? I'm mostly unfamiliar with the condition, but this seems pretty severe to my (very) limited knowledge D:

Hopefully you can get the pinched nerve treated and the problem will go away - or at the very lease improve.

Yay for writing productivity! I ended up creating an entire livejournal for my writing - so I can post bits and pieces and feel like I'm actually making progress.

I hope you're having a great week though :)

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. The vertigo is hard to describe. When it strikes, you don't know which way is up--everything is spinning and you feel like you're falling even when standing still. When it was at its worst, any movement would trigger it, and I would frequently fall over and toss my cookies. :-)

As it improved, there were specific events that would trigger it, namely turning my head in in sort of extreme position (which included tipping my head back so I could see the computer monitor) or lying down, hence the supposition that it is a compressed nerve of some sort. It seems to be getting better and I am slowly figuring out what I can and cannot do these days. Switching most of my writing from the main computer to the laptop helps because my head isn't tipped back for hours at a time--but I can't use the voice recognition software on the laptop because it doesn't have enough memory. So yeah, working it out!

I started to say it never occurred to me to have a second LJ strictly for writing, only I do. I just realized that! :-) I keep it for the original stuff, so as not to bore the fandom friends.