TO DO LIST


** Finish editing for SPN Big Bang Story
** Find a new layout (yeah, I know, I go through layouts like some people go through underwear... but still. If this layout is chopping up on my computer I can only imagine what it is doing to other peoples... besides, choppy layout makes me not want to read stories, gotta figure it's the same for other people too).
** Post SPN Big Bang (July 1st!)
** Continue to write Rock!Star J2 AU fic
** Continue to write Shelter!fic (J2 AU co-write fic)
** Write SGA Big Bang (40k)
** Write Leverage Big Bang (20k)
** Get a life! (optional)

Hi everyone!

So I'm throwing this one completely out there.

A friend (silentpoetry1 ) and I are co-writing a story. And in it, one of our main characters is a lawyer. Now, neither of us is particularly savvy with American law or the process of the court and other legal things. (We've done some research and we keep turning up new and interesting things, but it doesn't mean we understand what we've found).

So, our question to you, my wonderful f-list, does anyone know anything about the legal system - specifically:

* what kind of lawyer our character is if he is a civil servant who defends or presents cases on behalf of others (does that make him a "public defender" or part of the DA's office? Or both? Or something else?)

* Emancipation of a Minor Laws (we know that these laws differ from state to state and that some state simply do not have them or do not allow such actions. but one of the characters in the story is a 16 year old boy trying to become emancipated from his parents so it is sort of necessary knowledge. Again, we've done some research into the matter - actually I've got something close to a dozen book marks on the subject that I've read and I lost count of the number of open Tabs I have with more to read. But again with the confusion)

We'll probably come up with more questions if we can find someone who can help us out - even with just an idea of where we should be starting!

So, help? Please? *begs pretty*

So I got my posting date for my spn_j2_bigbang  story.

I'll be going live with it on July 1st!

It's 53,000 words so far, and I only just got it back from the beta (who is demanding further padding and more descriptions.. so that number is likely to get heigher).

Title to watch out for...
Speaking for the Dead
A post-Hell, establish-wincest fic.


>_< I already want to kill myself for this story. It's eaten my life.



Also!
New shiny layout!
Isn't pretty?
Be honest, if you are finding it difficult to read anything with this layout, let me know. I changed it to make reading easier for everyone. And because I'm never satisfied with my layouts... I'm still not, but this one sits best with me right now.

Holy shit, I finished the first draft of my SPN Big Bang!

It's just shy of 49,000 words, and I still need to pad out some scenes and add in a couple more!

And Sweet Merciful God, I got picked up by an artist!

I think I'm freaking out now that my story got picked up, than I freaked out trying to finish up my draft! I mean, writing this story was the easy part. Now there is someone who's going to be making art for it and I don't want them to be disappointed with their choice. And now I'm looking at this story and wondering what the hell I was thinking!

Oh god...

*runs off to get cracking on the editing!*

19,700 words written

2 of 9 parts completed

23 days until the first completed draft is due




kill me, please?

Okay, so I actually knuckled down and start writing my SPN big bang story. I punched out a little over 5000 words for too. This was awesome! I liked the direction I was going, the word choices and the character voices. Hell, I even liked the dialog I'd written for it too.

But all this came to nothing when MS Word fucking crashed on me! Right when I was going to back the sucker up too. You would think, terrifying ordeal that... watching your word processor crap out on you. And you'd be right. But it shouldn't be so bad, right? I mean, MS Word does have the auto save feature on it. But my computer, it's a very special computer. It does whatever the hell it wants to.

So I go and restart MS Word, and what do I find? It ate my fucking story! Like, everything!! It was just... gone... The file was there, and I could click on it, but would it open? Oh, hell no. So I reboot the damn computer and go see what I still have, and lo and behold, Word's last auto save was at word number 2066! That's over half the story gone! Christ, I hate my life.

And right now, when I should be working on getting those lost 3000 words, I'm writing up a post on LJ and have begun to create a new and improved sticky post for all my fics. Also, I'm googling like a mad woman searching for various links for reference material for this story that is going to eat me alive and then heartlessly spit me back out.

If I were going to procrastinate, you'd think I might do something a little more productive... like write those three porn stories I owe to Sam.

I dunno... I just want to beat my head into my desk right now.

So you all remember how I have this habbit of signing up for various challenges and stuff in fandoms I've become obsessed with? Well, off I went and did it with Supernatural as well. (Not so much a surprise considering just how obsessed I've become with this particular show in such a short period of time).

Well I signed up for the spn_j2_bigbang.

20,000 words with the first draft due by May 1. And I'm more excited about getting this story written then I was when the SGA bigbang challenge went up the first time.

I even have a plot and a story all figured out (and started even!).

And I'm staring at my outline and I'm wondering just what the hell I got myself into. Because yes, at this time of year I actually have the time to devote to writing a much longer story. And I love this show to pieces and I love this fandom just as much (even with all the craziness that happens).

BUT I JUST CANNOT WAIT TO REALLY GET INTO WRITING FOR THIS!!!

It's a little frightening. My muse has never bitten me this hard before in a fandom I've only just dipped my toes into.

Who else things I'm nuts?