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I finally got some amazing art for my small fandom big bang fic, a modern au of Black Sails, "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)". As some of you know I had a lot of issues with this fic, with beta reader and original artist dropping out and back-up artist submitting stock art incredibly late. This one was a labour of love and I resorted to my own dubious manips and picspam. I've written further fics set in the same 'verse.
This week, in return for my beta services on a translated multi-chapter fic, I received 3 gorgeous pieces of art for the fic and I'm thrilled!

You can see all three amazing pieces of art: https://kana-go.tumblr.com/post/183314033443/a-series-of-illustrations-to-the-so-very-nice-fic

I've updated the fic to include the art and made a new series tumblr post featuring all the current fics and I'll reproduce it here with the banner included in the art.

I can’t fight this feeling

modern au, medical drama, silver/flint/miranda, max&silver, silver&asexual!billy, jack/anne/max

1)  Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)


When a practice drill awakens real feelings Doctor John Silver finds himself drawn into a complicated if satisfying relationship with both trauma surgeon James Flint and socialite Miranda Barlow that requires him to reconsider his plans and ambitions as well as his sexuality and desires.
Just as things seem perfect however a secret from Flint's past threatens to destroy the fragile balance. Devastated, Silver considers walking away and only Max's common sense might avert further tragedy.
It will take a great deal of courage and honesty from all involved if they're to find a happy ever after.

2) Bad Medicine
When Billy tells Silver that the hospital counsellor blamed his lack of sex with Gates for their recent break-up, Silver insists they report her to Eleanor. As someone with a complicated approach to relationships and sexuality, Silver is determined to support Billy and bring Hudson down a peg. 

3) (There Must Be Some) Misunderstanding
Eleanor calls Silver into her office to broach a delicate matter. Those bruises however are not what she thinks. 

4) Like a Valentine’s Day
Jack and Silver discuss the expenses and complications of polyamory at Valentine's Day.

Just a quick update.

I won NaNoWriMo
In the process I met my GYWO 200k goal
Some days have been tough
Some days have been amazing
I'm trying to be more positive but sometimes you need to just feel the feelings, even the sad ones? Don't fight, just feel, and let them pass.
Some photos of me, my nephews, my mouse, below the cut
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Before I talk more about writing including venting/ranting I'm making this post to say I finished the first draft of my NaNo2015 novel, Sorceress Apprentice.

I'd "won" NaNo with it but it was nowhere finished and it was a mess. Scrivener lets me write in a non-linear fashion but I had a jumble of scenes and no coherent timeline to sort them into. At 70k I was ready to toss it all aside.
But it's done. It's a little long at 95.3k but it needs editing and that might come down slightly. I'm still not sure about the b plot and might lose some of that.

The story is in essence what I'd planned but became something different from what I had envisaged. There are things I'll need to edit because they're no longer true or as true or as important now the worldbuilding and relationship development is complete.

Unfortunately I haven't had much time to appreciate to celebrate the achievement since I wrote the last blank scene placeholder just as I got sick. And there's a long way to go with the editing later. And it's not as if I've ever completed editing my other novel, "Juliet" let alone published it.

I learnt a lot about how I can write 5k in a day if I'm motivated and know what I'm doing. I still need room to discover the story as I write but I recognise that with longer works like this a better outline would have helped me not get bogged down and have to lose a couple of scenes I'd already written and significantly rewrite others.

So I'm happy at what I accomplished. But I'm also not hopeful about doing anything further with it. It's a good story, I think, will be more so if I edit. But whether it's a story that will ever be made public in any form and appreciated in some way is another question.

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Total posts: 26
Fic/Poetry posts: 2; Meta posts: 3 reviews + some articles about writing and some NaNo ramblings
GYWO total – month (year): 65,064 (150,407) – I have met my GYWO goal!

NaNoWriMo - Day One - Synopsis
NaNoWriMo - Day Two - Images
NaNoWriMo - Day Three - character profile (Bryony)
OTP Meme
NaNoWriMo - Day Five - character profile (Kerine)
Screencap Meme
NaNo - Day 7 - quick update
NaNoWriMo - Day Eight - Themes
NaNoWriMo - Day 10 - snippet
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Photos: Memories of Summer
Review: Da Vinci's Demons s3e01
BAG post f-locked
Photos: The Big Hoot Project
Review: Da Vinci's Demons s3e02
Photos: Millennium Wood
Quick health update f-locked
NaNoWriMo – Day 18
NaNoWriMo – Day 21 – character profile (Emeri)
NaNoWriMo – Day 23 – quick update
NaNoWriMo – Day 24 – character profile (Sabrina)
NaNoWriMo – Day 25 – The Chasm of Doubt
Writing about Writing: Overcoming Obstacles & Writing As A Sacred Act
Review: Da Vinci's Demons s3e03
NaNoWriMo
Da Vinci's Demons fic: Stay With Me



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I made it to my goal of 150k. It's been an odd year with some difficulties but there have been some months full of creativity. The idea, the community, and the word count tracker have been very helpful. I'm signing up for next year at the same level :)

A few thoughts I wrote out for the "What you have learned from GYWO" post:
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details of the awards


I've had fic nominated for the awards as follows:
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My Smallville/Buffy fic Wish has been nominated in the sv_fca (Smallville Fandom Creativity Awards) Fic category: Best Crossover! I'm stunned, and absolutely thrilled :D

Let's start with good news for UK Leverage fans – we're getting third season, finally :D And about time, given that there's a Leverage convention happening here shortly.

Now some blah stuff: Why is it every time I make a post about something really important to me, someone removes me from their flist? Last time it was when I pimped out my Dreamwidth comm, dryspell and this time it's just after I posted about asexuality. On the other hand I've gained three new awesome people recently so on balance, yay :D

I'm not going to stop talking about sex and sexuality anyway :P There's a great link from the asexuality tumblr to an article about the ever present bromance in the media.
Ah, What A Fine Bromance! The Hidden Asexual Narratives In Pop Culture points out that for people like Holmes/Watson the bromance goes beyond mere friendship and enters the territory of an asexual relationship:

Not friendships. Partnerships. ‘Friendship,’ for some asexuals, doesn’t describe the close connections they have with certain people in their lives, people who are not just friends. But, of course, the idea that any kind of intimate, deep relationship must involve sex means that such connections are routinely written off by society in general.

Well worth a look.

From the Yes Means Yes page, this article is a frank and moving account of one woman's search to find a sexuality that would allow her orgasm, a lack of which poisoned every relationship she had. I found it notable for some of her closing statements about sexuality:

I don’t like seeing sex-positive feminism equated with making oneself freely sexually available. Exploring sexuality does not mean you have to ignore your warning bells.
Sexuality is so complicated. Sex cannot be reduced to bodies, or hormones, or psychological stereotypes. Sex cannot be reduced to certainties, to shoulds and shouldn’ts. If I could destroy every force in our lives that drives home ideas of sexual “normality”, I would. Which leads to my final piece of advice: don’t let me tell you what to do. This is just my experience, just my ideas. As with everything, I want you to do whatever feels right for you — as long as it’s among consenting adults.

And while I still can't find the original article on virginity as a social construct, this article from Scarleteen is pretty damn good: Magical Cups & Bloody Brides: Virginity in Context. In fact Scartleteen is a great resource not just for the teens the site is aimed at, but for anyone who has questions about sex and sexuality

Tomorrow is Halloween and I haven't yet written my Samhain post. I hope to get it posted early tomorrow.

And then it will be November and my mini NaNo type project :D For the writers amongst you, I recommend you take a look at lar_laughs's post here; she links to a great resource but gives details about it in a very funny and appropriate way :D

Finally, the Legend of the Seeker Last Author Standing competition is intense this round. I loved every entry and choosing just two was incredibly difficult. How come this fandom is full of such talent?

For two legendland challenges. The first was to write a newspaper article; the second was to write micro fics of ten words each in ten categories, all focussed on a particular character or ship. Several of these micro fics placed after voting :D

( BANELINGS ATTACK )
( Darken Rahl-centric micro fics )