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oxoniensis was kind enough to ask my to participate in this month's Ask the Author over at spnroundtable. So if you have any questions for me about my, uh, "process" or about writing in general or my thoughts on SPN/fandom/yaoi, please do ask away! I have a little bit of that nervousness like when you throw a party but aren't sure if anybody's going to show up.

As some of you may be aware, I was one of the Mystery Schmoop Week writers for undermistletoe. Very few people figured out that the story was by me, and a few even thought it was by astolat, two things that make me really happy, though for different reasons. (Actually, I’m pleased that people thought the story was by any of the authors svmadelyn grouped me with--in fact, just seeing my name listed with those authors made me giddy with glee.) Unfortunately, my parents came before I got to participate in the guessing of the other stories, which means that I can go back and read them now that the authors have been revealed and go, “Oh, yeah. I would have totally guessed that. Obviously. No question” for each and every one. *eg*

BUT...I’m still interested and amused by why people did or did not guess that my story was by me. So, I’m reposting it here 1) with a couple of pictures, because they are cool and I am a dork, and 2) with some notes at the end regarding the things that I thought (for the most part, incorrectly) were going to give me away. And I’d love hear about people’s thought processes when it came to guessing--not just about my story, but any of them. I think it was rageprufrock who recently said that writers really just want to talk about their writing ALL THE TIME; this is true, but uh, I hope it is at least somewhat interesting for everybody else, and that you’ll grant me this one last bit of holiday indulgence.

~The Fic~

Title: Consilience
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Length: ~3000 words
Summary: Sometimes Rodney’s brain scares him.
Thanks to: svmadelyn, beta and challenge organizer extraordinaire!

( Consilience )

( The Meta )

Continued from Parts I-II

( III. Nuclear Fallout )

( IV. Asteroid )

( V. Aliens )

CREDITS
or Coming Not-at-All Soon to a Bookstore Near You!

Part I: The Chambers of the Sea
Part II: a sorta fairytale*
Part III: The Hanged Men
Part IV: The Summer of Love
Part V: Heroes & Villains*

*Working title

I hope that was all at least mildly distracting. I just couldn't write all that and never let it see the light of day, you know? Anyway. Have a happy apocalypse.

So last night I got almost no schoolwork done. I didn't read the book I was supposed to read, I didn't watch the movie I was supposed to watch. But...I finished the third section of my novel! And started the fourth! Yay! No more epistolary crap! ...Well, not until part 6, anyway.

This sucker's getting long. 64,359 words, 247 pages. And I'm only a third done! This is going to need a major edit, yo.

Lately I've been frustrated by what a solitary pursuit writing is: you do something clever (or maybe I should say "clever") and there's no one there to say, "Dude, that's clever." So here's my favorite bit of what I wrote last night.

( The X-Files, Keats, and Crystal Pepsi )

Um, you're allowed to say, "Dude, that's dorky," too. That may be more appropriate.

Now I'm off (hopefully) to have yummy buckwheat pancakes with my Godmother. When I return, I shall do work. Probably.