daily december #5 - fic, day-to-day, random fannish stuff

[topaz119]

Today was an open day on my posting list, so I thought I'd fill in with random stuff that's going on.

Random Stuff the First:
I did indeed finish the fluffy fic I was working on during the end of November! (Wow, two things posted in one month! It's like the 'sit down & write every day' idea actually works. Who knew?)

losing control of the whole world (a guide to surviving thanksgiving at stark avengers tower), gen-ish Pepper/Tony, Jane/Thor (and a they're-pretending-it's-just-sex-but-it's-really-really-not Clint/Natasha in the background.) Thanksgiving, Avengers style (not Phase II compliant.) Basically, it was an excuse to write from Pepper's point of view, which I greatly enjoyed and need to do more of.


Random Stuff the Second:
Closely related to the above point, did actually write every single day in November (I forgot to post my word count one day for mini_wrimo but I went back and looked at my gdocs history & I hit my word count that day, too, so I'm counting it in my head, \o/. I wrote almost every day in October, too, and I haven't missed yet in December, so I'm totally on a roll.


Random Stuff the Third
Cumberbatch. Really? ::sighs::


Random Stuff the Fourth
I tried Sephora's fake gel base & topcoat on my nails and had great results. Usually, I can get 3 or 4 days out of a manicure before the polish is flaking/chipping off, but I'm at 10 days now & they're just at the point where I need to re-do. This is super-exciting, as I love having painted nails but don't ever have the time to keep them touched up, much less go for an actual manicure. Plus, way cheaper.


Random Stuff the Fifth
Courtney Milan writes historical romance that punches every single one of my buttons (which people have been telling me they would for years now and I finally listened.) I am hoarding her books and rationing myself against the sad day when I have no more backlist to read.


Random Stuff the Sixth
My most popular reblogs on tumblr in the last week are this and this (oh, look, Renner, what a surprise--he's hardly ever something I reblog. ), but my favorite is this one. Nichelle Nichols is just too awesome.

Ciao, bellas, happy weekend!

Comments

[sperrywink]

Hmmm, sounds like an author I should check out for historical romance.

[topaz119]

CM has some really good, non-formulaic Victorian-era stories, and they're historically accurate (like, really historically accurate, not just romance-fanon history. And she never screws up the forms of address either, be still my heart.)

[matchboximpala.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to you for being so consistent in your writing. Now I am off to look up Courtney Milan books!

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

She writes in the Victorian era and her characters tend to have more going on than just Society and managing the estates, but they also seem to be very well researched and a fair bit above the standard wallpaper historical.

[geckoholic]

Good job on the daily writing, that's really great!!

Don't even get me started on the casting news, UGH.

(oh, look, Renner, what a surprise--he's hardly ever something I reblog. ) -- Ah, nothing wrong with being predictable, eh? XD

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

There are occasionally a day or two when Renner doesn't show up, but it's v. v. rare. When I fall, I do fall hard. :D

[geckoholic]

Ah, same though. And hey, I'd like to see it as a feature, not a bug, you know? XD

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

losing control of the whole world (a guide to surviving thanksgiving at stark avengers tower), gen-ish

This fic filled me with SO MUCH DELIGHT.

PEPPER-CENTRIC! ALL MY FAVORITE PAIRINGS! THE ALMOST IN THE BACKGROUND CLINT/NAT! EVERYTHING WAS ALL SO WONDERFUL!

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Well, *I* certainly see it as a feature! (and to be honest, I think the vast majority of the people who follow me have come over from links on my fic, which is all pretty renner-centric, so I don't think I have too many complaints there.)

It's just so easy to reblog and lose track of how focused you are, you know?

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Yay, thank you! That is so awesome to hear! (I kind of want to go write little follow-ups, like where Jane and Thor go sightseeing around New York, and Steve and Darcy keep learning new dances, and Clint and Natasha actually (GASP) talk about what it is that they're doing, and Pepper and Tony do nice things for each other (and for Bruce))

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I WOULD READ ALL OF THOSE THINGS.