aleathiel

Help! I'm trying to write my vo_xmas fic, but it's been so long since I wrote Viggo and Orlando.

Please spam me with your favourite fics in terms of characterisation so that I can remember how I write my Viggo and my Orlando and don't make them two random characters who happen to have those names.

Preferably not AU, but I don't mind too much.

Simple things...


We were doing 'the weather' in my Spanish class this evening. And, pretty much at random, the teacher picked Vigo as a location to discuss. Yes, very silly, but it did amuse me to get to say Vigo continuously throughout the class.


Also. I just booked tickets to go see Ian McKellan as King Lear in June. YAY!

I'm begging for your mercy. Today, my boss has left a bunch of incredibly dull and incredibly unimportant spreadsheets for me to sort. It's boring, time consuming and riddiculously pointless because he's NEVER going to look at them.

So, please cheer me up. Entertain me.

My second cat came home today. He's been gone about eight months and we had given up any hope that he was alive or that we'd see him again. He seems completely healthy, although he's lost his collar.

Okay, two days before I have to start writing, I'm having a bit of a re-think of my plans for my Nano novel.

Basically, I have to choose between the two plot outlines below. They're completely different types of novel and I'm not sure in which direction I'm currently leaning.


1.
As yet untitled. Parallel stories about a youth called Gareth, one being his first term at university, the other being his last Christmas vacation before his finals. It's about his family, his friends, his future. And yes, there are more than a few skeletons in the closet. I want to write this one because it's new and fresh, I've only begun thinking about it in the last couple of weeks. It's more personal, more realistic (obviously) than the other outline. But, it's underdeveloped, I'm not quite sure what it's trying to say and I'm worried about running out of plot because it isn't a plot-based narrative and I'm not sure how well I can sustain it under the write-every-day pressure of Nano. However it's probably the better of the two novels.


2.
Lighter hearted and less 'literary' than the above. This is the story of two characters, Raffael and Morgan, who I've had in my head for ages. It's basically a futuristic whodunnit, but not entirely futuristic in the laser guns and space stations way, it's set on a world afflicted by the changes of global warming and the affect that's had on the earth and it's people. It's plot driven and a little bit silly, which I suspect would make it an easier Nano project than a more serious novel. But, and it's a giant but, there are huge gaps in the plot. I don't really know what happens after about the first quarter of the outline.

So, what do you think? Which outline do I spend two days beating into shape to start writing on Wednesday?

I don't know if anyone ever actually reads this journal any more since I've not exactly been updating regularly, but meh, it's my journal so I am going to still post. Drop in and say Hi if are actually vaguely still reading.

On which note, I'm going to start an LJ for my Nanowrimo as soon as I've come up with a title - yes I know I'm running close to the wire here - so leave a comment if you want to be added on that journal. I'll post again when it's up and running and you can comment there if you'd prefer.



Anyway, recently I've not been in the fandom much, but I've been reading orginial fic slash. So I'm generating a list below of recs. Please feel free to comment with recs of your own.

( recs below the cut )

Okay, so, off the top of my head those are my recommendations. I'll add more as I remember/come across them.

Title: The Shadow of Camlann
Author: aleathiel
Fandom: King Arthur (of the medieval revival of the Romances rather than the recent film - although, to be honest, it owes much to Rosemary Sutcliff)
Rating: PG13
Pairing: Arthur/Gawain (with Arthur/Guinevere and Guinevere/Lancelot)
Summary: Gawain tries to prevent Camlann.
A/N: Yes I have played with timelines, fates and relative ages. Who hasn't?

For fandom_deja_vu's Time Travel challenge

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Am all graduated! There is now a BA Hons Cantab after my name!


Also, am going to Paris and won't be back until next Thursday. Have a great week everyone.

How bloody typical, after months hardly online due to studying I finally finish and for the next three days my internet is buggered. ARGH.

Anyway, I'm back now, and hopefully around much more! :) Did I miss anything fabulous over the weekend (I'll give up on the last couple of months of catching up, the only thing that's important is that if it was your birthday and I missed it then I'm very sorry).

On which note: Happy Belated Birthday, Ani. I'm so glad you're on my flist. :)

My finals start tomorrow morning (it's almost 7pm now). My first exam is called Historical Argument and Practice and is essentially comprised of huge theoretical questions (Is an empire's ideology strongest at it's frontiers? Do all aspirant ethnic groups have a myth of descent?). So I've read AAHHHHH point and nothing I look at any more is going to make any difference.

So I'm going to go watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Which might well lead to my writing in the Harry Potter fandom for fandom_deja_vu, a fandom I haven't written in for three years.