Round 21, Hour 15

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Will words be written? Will coffee be drunk? Will the evil centaurs kill everyone? Will we receive reviews from the future telling us our fics are bad? Will Pitry's internet start behaving?

All this and more, in the next hour of fic_rush!

Comments

[laurie-ky.livejournal.com]

I'm swilling coffee like a pirate with a bottle of rum. Ho, ho, ho and mug of caffeine.

Haven't started writing yet. Will start now.

Laurie

[lolmac]

*clinks espresso mug*

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

203 somewhat disconnected words - I'm hoping that in addition to constructing criticism, the reviewers from the future might let slip a few clues as to what it was I actually wrote. Then I'll be able to plagiarise myself, thus saving unnecessary keyboard angst. And it wouldn't even be wrong...would it?

[lolmac]

Oh, that's the whole point of having an alpha reader! They can read the fic before it's even been written and let us know what didn't work, thereby saving much time. With the resulting vast savings in Time, we can then prime the Time Pump with fresh FTL neutrinos and start the process all over again!

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Or sell off the surplus time to people who are desperately short of it - for fun and profit!

[pitry.livejournal.com]

I am a firm believer in self-plagiarism, if it makes you feel any better!

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

It does. :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

I just got back to my desk from morning work-out. I decided to do 'research' by watching some clips of the duo I'm writing about, real quick, just to make sure my language usage and voice was down. I immediately stumbled across a clip of a Comic Con panel where they were busy vehemently denying that anything you read about them in fan-fiction is true. "Sometimes partners share things!"

Which is fine by me because I'm not slashing them, they're totally bros, but it cracked my ass up.

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

Holy cats! I just posted my first AO3 work. I'mma go post it on ff.net as well, but I'm excited. Vaguely.

[lolmac]

Woohoo!!!

I've never actually watched Castle; am I going to be lost if I try to read it?

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

You might be... if you want to read it I can email you a very quick spoiler round-up because it's a mostly stand-alone sort of story. (And of course because I want you to read it. ;) )

[lolmac]

That would be a very good idea, and I'd be most grateful. I know the 30-second summary of the basic premise of the show, and that's it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

The basic premise is so goofy, but the writers know it. We* were discussing how cop shows (except British procedurals) are just horrible about the rules of evidence. Anything an author tagging along with the cops found by snooping in someone's bathroom cupboard would probably be inadmissible, but Nathan Fillion is very charming, and Kata Stanic is gorgeous and tough, so it works for me!

I emailed you background spoilers and story link. :D


*The household pedants, J doesn't care and thinks we're silly.

[lolmac]

Thanks for spoilers! I am going to have to read it after another nap, though. I just did an Hour 16 post, since I think Pitry is having Bad Internet Syndrome.

Back later when conscious again.

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed. Although I think it's been diagnosed as Useless Internet Syndrome in my case...

Sleep well!

[a-q.livejournal.com]

Zero writing last hour. Should not get caught with watching telly, wreaks a havoc on the writing.

[lolmac]

I suppose it wasn't even the "research" kind of TV watching. Oh, well.

[a-q.livejournal.com]

No, just old fashion waste of time telly watching. *sigh*

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

*snffle* TV Tropes. Augh, my head is really stuffed up. I haven't even finished writing these meme answers yet...

[lolmac]

Cracked.com and now tvtropes? Are we going to have to send the FTL Rescue Penguins in to save you from total Time Loss today?

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

TV Tropes is part of an evil Time-War conspiracy, no doubt.

[pitry.livejournal.com]

NOOOOO! We need to go on a rescue mission.