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Writing is still hard. Have a meme.

Give me a number and a pairing, and I’ll give you a ficlet.

1. “Good morning” kiss
2. Kiss on the forehead
3. Drunk/sloppy kiss
4. Awkward kiss
5. Angry kiss
6. “I’m sorry” kiss
7. “I’ve missed you” kiss
8. Seductive kiss
9. Kiss on the hand
10. “Goodbye” kiss
11. “I almost lost you” kiss
12. Kiss on the nose
13. Kiss on the ear
14. Kiss on the neck
15. Kiss on the back
16. French kiss
17. Shy kiss
18. Surprised kiss
19. Sad kiss
20. Exhausted parents kiss
21. Jealous kiss
22. Giggly kiss
23. Last kiss
24. Returned from the dead kiss
25. “We can never be together” kiss

So I am stealing a writing game from the ever-wonderful

thebonesofferalletters, because they are lovely and letting me and because I wanted the anonymity aspect, which I couldn't get by just poking in their comments as suggested. Here is theirs; I am basically stealing it wholesale. Except I went to 30. Why? Because narrowing down is hard. Also, I'm not doing the OC-a-day thing, so this is close! 9 (I think) verses represented, and a lot of characters are on here that I have not poked nearly enough.

Here's the game. I have a set of characters numbered from 1 to 30. You may ask them any questions you'd like, and you can keep the conversation going. You can ask them ICly or just as yourself. They will respond with an honest answer and as people ask questions, I will update the post whit who correlates to what number.

You can:

ask multiple questions to one character.
ask questions of as many characters as you'd like.
ask the same question to different characters.
ask more questions of characters that have already been revealed.
ask additional/clarification/tangential questions in response to answers.
jump in on another answer/conversation if the subject sounds interesting to you and/or your character.
use original or fannish characters to ask/comment
leave your own character for people to ask questions to if you want, be it as a list form or as a singular character who you would like to play with.

( List! To be filled in as questions are asked. )

Anyone reading this is welcome to ask!

Ask me a question. Or two. Or more. Ask about anything you want. Something you've always wanted to know about me. Something you feel like you should know, but don't -- ask any way! Doesn't matter how long you've known me -- this is a no judging zone. Ask away. Ask the silly. The simple. The sublime. Or anywhere in between.

Ask me questions in the comments, and I'll post a post soon, answering all of the questions I'm asked.

Now with the subject line fixed. Dammit phone.

Screw it, my brain is dead so I'm just gonna offer a not-really-meme and a meme that I have not seen in forever, and maybe one will jumpstart it a little:

1. Give me fanmix prompts, get a mix. Seriously, whatever -- fandom-related, story-related, theme, random topic, whatever you want. My only note is that my computer is evil, so for 8tracks I will need to wait til I can steal a different one and do a cover/uploads. Let me know if you'd rather I just shove you a tracklist instead of wait, I guess?

2. Give me the title of a story I've never written and feedback telling me what you liked best about it, and I will tell you any or all of: the first sentence, the last sentence, the thing that made me want to write it, my soundtrack/theme song for writing, the biggest problem I had while writing it, why it almost never got posted, the scene that hit the cutting room floor but that I wish I'd been able to salvage, and/or something else that I want readers to know.

Fandoms; verses; original stories open for #2 as well as fic.

I'm a little late on the bandwagon but I really fucking miss writing, and maybe this will jog something, so:

Throw me a concept/idea and and I will give you a brief summary of the story I would tell based around it.

Tonight is awful and tomorrow probably won't be better so give me something to think about?

Let's have this one again:

Give me a character and I'll tell you three things that I believe about their sexuality/sex life/experience.

Actual update coming when I get home, maybe, but I haven't written this month so.

Put a number (or two, or three) and a character (or two, or three) in comments, and get a hurt/comfort ficlet of some length.

1. injured
2. sick
3. drunk
4. cry
5. lonely
6. fight
7. afraid
8. humilated
9. bullied
10. sprain
11. disoriented
12. stressed
13. too much
14. not enough
15. death of loved one
16. ghosts from the past
17. delirious
18. headache
19. allergies
20. cut
21. PMS
22. The straw that broke the camels back
23. fever
24. throw up
25. worried
26. anxiety

I'm still alive, grandmother is doing better and we know what's going on, life continues. I wanted to write but that doesn't seem to be in the cards, largely because I fucked up on the challenge I wanted to try and write for and now am stuck staring blankly at the list of possibilities. Oh well.

Have memes. Because why not.

Choose any fic or section thereof up to 2-3K-ish and I will give you a DVD-commentary on it.
Ao3; Rainbowfic also welcome.

or, if you prefer new fic, have a not-actually-meme-but-fuck-it:
Give me two characters you know I can write, and I will write their first kiss.

Its going around tumblr but I get minimal interaction there so fuck it:

Give me a character, I will sort them into a Hogwarts house.

OCs or fandom welcome. If I feel productive there may be drabbles. Especially for OCs.

Bast did a modified variant of the I Surrender/TV show meme. I am so in board. This thing needs to come back properly. :D

1) Comment here with the basis of a TV show; give as much or as little detail as you'd like on it.
2) I'll create a show summary and a character list with actors and bios. There may also be theme songs, episode lists, fandom description, or anything else that strikes me.
3) If you'd like, ask me to leave you a prompt as well.

When you see this, share 3 random lines from 3 WIPs.

1. The first year of college is a big blur of studying, work, more studying, Teddy, and the alternating joy and nervousness about being away from the safety net of his mom. By the end of the second month, Dave would have to sleep for a week to make up for all the hours he's lost. After finals that first semester, he actually does spend a week doing more or less nothing but bed and work. But at that point, Teddy's tired enough to spend almost as much time in bed as Dave does, if not actually sleeping, so he doesn't question the sudden crash.

2. You wake up.
It's 2013; you've slept through the start of another new year and you're finally beginning to believe this is real.

3. "So don't give orders." There's something sharp in Natasha's voice now, and that shuts him up, gets him to stop and really listen to him. "That's not going to do much good in the long run as it is. The problem wasn't bad orders. Those didn't help, but that's not what's wrong. What is wrong? We can't fix. You -- any of us -- can only help. And you can be a crutch, for now. If you're not going to be able to do that, then you need to stop this now, because crutches are the only help he's going to be able to understand or take for a while. Everything else isn't going to be easy, and if you try to force it to start now, it might never happen at all."

1. Comment with any character/pairing you know I've written/talked about recently.
2. Receive three bits of trivia about their sexuality: practices, preferences, experiences, fantasies, kinks, etc.
3. Profit!

I'm still doing the other one if you want non-sexuality facts instead/too but why not.

That meme where you give me a character and I tell you three random pieces of personal canon about them: let's do that.

Original characters up for grabs as well as fandom, asking for a character someone else has gone for is welcome. Give me something to brainstorm at work please?

Went running around yesterday for my brother's birthday. There was go-karts and lazer tag and arcade games and so much moving I could barely think and even though I kind of crashed at the end of the day because I hadn't slept for 26 hours, it was nice. And I'm sore and my legs and arms feel like jelly and the soreness left me sensitive enough that walking on tile floor hurts, but it's still just kind of nice. I'm not in the best place, but I'm in a better place than I have been lately, and one where I think I can do things. I need to wake up but I'm hoping coffee and birthday cake help with that.

Plans for today:
> Hitting up the rainbowlounge RP
> Finish the rainbowfic story started Saturday
> New verse list
> Working on verses
> Possibly more writing? Depending on how brainstuff goes?

And then at some point tonight I'm talking to my mother. I'm waiting for my brother to do his final, so that he doesn't have to do it while she's screaming if it goes that way, and then seeing whether the baby's been brought home. If not I can talk to her earlier, if so, I talk to her when the boys go to bed.

And then tomorrow I work. :P

Also, meme that's been going around, for the hell of it:
If you could have me write a fic specifically for you, what would it be like? Fandom, characters/pairing, genre, plot elements, kinks (if applicable)... what's your ideal fic from me?

Belated and via

senmut, who gave me G.

Something I hate: Geese. We lived in Washington briefly. There were geese. They gave me nightmares. I was four. I still distinctly remember these nightmares.

Something I love: Games, specifically of the board/tabletop variety. (Video games are not bad, but I am weird with them. Except for, also fittingly, Guitar Hero.)

Somewhere I've been: Gamestop. I am cheating, because I can't actually think of any places I've been that start with G, huh.

Somewhere I'd like to go: Greece. I blame the old obsession with Greek mythology.

Someone I know: Griffin, the older of my two little brothers.

A film I like: Guardians of the Galaxy. It just made me happy.

A book I like: Good Omens. Also just made me happy, in a very different way.

Comment here if you want a letter to answer, OR, comment here with a letter you want me to answer.

You know those articles on the toast, like how to tell if you’re in a Brontë novel, how to tell if you’re in a Hemingway novel, and so on? If you feel so inspired, drop me a comment along the lines of “how to tell if you’re in a fic by August.”

I grabbed it on tumblr but I don't get a lot of interaction there, and I don't know, maybe talking about writing will spark words? So: Drop the title of one of my fics and a number in comments, and I will tell you:

1. What was my inspiration for this fic? How did it come to me?
2. What’s my favorite part of the fic?
3. What’s the part of the fic I’m most proud of?
4. What part of the fic was the hardest for me to write?
5. What part of the fic am I still dissatisfied with?
6. Who’s my favorite character in the fic?
7. Were there any major decisions I made about the fic that could have made it go a whole different direction?
8. Was there anything I only learned about the fic after I had finished it? (themes, motifs, symbolism, etc)
9. Did anyone in the fic surprise me by doing anything? If so, what?
10. If I had to sum up this fic in a sentence, what would it be?
11. If I were to rewrite this fic, what would I change?
12. Did any thing about this fic’s reception surprise me?
~~13. What were my beta’s major comments about the first draft of this fic?~~
14. If I were to write a sequel to this fic, what would it be about?
15. Any other question about the fic!

(I am discounting 13 cause almost nothing is beta'd properly.) AO3; I will also take rainbowfic stuff if you'd like.

When you see this, share 3 random lines from 3 WIPs

1. He waits until James is in the other room, curled up in what's become his spot on the couch while Clint cooks -- it's only the second day he's been willing to go sit in another room while Clint is up and doing something; that probably means something, but hell if he knows what. no idea. dont want 2 ask him. kinda skttsh. dont wanna scare him away. He sends the message, then adds, hows the search? find tall dark and deadly yet?, because Natasha will keep from giving away any details out of habit if he doesn't directly ask.

2. "David," she says instead. It's gentle, but that does nothing to stop his heart from dropping. "If you could promise I'd be a real part of this relationship, if you could tell me we'd be like any other couple waiting for their fourth, I'd say yes in a heartbeat. But you can't, can you? You've been two and waiting for too long. And I love you both, but I won't do that to myself."

3."I didn’t think ‘unorthodox’ meant ‘stupid’," he shoots at Fury, arms folded over his chest. "What part of an active Prince and a possibly-Active Sleeping Beauty in the field together sounds like a good idea to you? Do you want an Evil Fairy showing up?" Because I don’t want to go back under, Steve cuts himself off from saying. I don’t want to lose another seventy years. Who knows if I’ll survive it this time?

I meant to diig this up. Then kat did it. So.Ask for any pairing, fandom or original; if I don't know it then I'll either tell you or write something ridiculous based on my best guesses from tumblr gifsets.

big spoon/little spoon:
favorite non-sexual activity:
what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue:
who uses all the hot water:
most trivial thing they fight over:
who cooks normally?:
who kissed who first?:
who does most of the cleaning:
who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working:
who remembers anniversaries:
How often do they fight?
What do they do when they’re away from each other?
Nicknames for each other?
Who is more likely to pay for dinner?
Who steals the covers at night?
What would they get each other for gifts?
Who swears more?
What would they do if the other one was hurt?
Who started the relationship?
Toughest decision they've made?

I am twitching at my parent's waiting for them to finish watching a movie so I can talk to my mother, and I am on G's comp for tonight and tomorrow night, which means I can type properly. So have dual word memes, and hopefully I can do something with them:

Comment with characters, ones I usually write or not, and I will write a few sentences of kink, angst, fluff or an AU for them. Feel free to tell me which option you'd like and provide details, or just toss character names.

and/or

Inspired by Doctor Who's "Turn Left": Pick one of my stories and tell me a point in the tale that you'd change. Something tiny (e.g. "and then Fay chose silver glitter instead of gold") or big (e.g. "and then Rose was arrested instead of Jack") and I'll tell you how that one difference would have altered the course of the entire story.

My Ao3 and my rainbowfic, original and fanfic prompts both welcome. Two notes in addition: One, I may just outline an AU for the first/second rather than properly write any of it; two, if you know my OCs and want to suggest a change for a part of their life I haven't written about (whether I've mentioned it in passing in a story or in conversation), feel free, I'm still happy to do it.

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