Organised by fandom, in alphabetical order. Fandoms include:

Andromeda, Arrested Development, Battlestar Galactica, Brothers & Sisters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark Angel, Dead Like Me, Doctor Who, Dollhouse, Doom, Farscape, Firefly, Friday Night Lights, Gilmore Girls, Glee, Gossip Girl, Greek, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, Legend Of The Seeker, Merlin, Miss Match, NCIS, The Office, One Tree Hill, Psych, Roswell, She's The Man, Smallville, Sports Night, Star Trek: Reboot, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, Torchwood, Veronica Mars, The West Wing, Wizards Of Waverly Place, plus crossovers and RPF.

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Title: All The Better To See You With
Fandom: Glee
Pairing(s): Puck/Quinn
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG

Summary: It's not like he watches her.

Notes: Spoilers up to episode 1:8 - Mash-Up. Written for the drabble challenge at gleeverse.

( You've got to hide your love away )

Title: Don't You Forget About Me
Fandom: Wizards Of Waverly Place
Pairing(s): Justin/Alex
Word Count: 7005
Rating: PG-13

Summary: All Alex wanted to do was to make Justin forget. (In which case, the spell could be called a success, but ... maybe not so much.) In which magic is used without permission, Justin gets amnesia, and Alex is definitely not his girlfriend.

Notes: Written for summerstorm in the Fall Fandom Free-For-All.

( I don't know who you are, but I believe you )

It's a little late for a mid-month check-in, but whatever, I'm doing one anyway.

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So. I don't want to jinx it, but the Fall Fandom Free-For-All fic is finally going the way it was supposed to. Already there have been things that could possibly qualify as wacky hijinks! A reboot was definitely the way to go, I think. (It's still a lot later than I intended to have it finished, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to work on To Wish Impossible Things as much as I wanted, but still. I'm just glad it's actually going somewhere now.)

I'm still keeping up with wrisomifu, and in the past week I've made progress on four of the six fics I'm working on. So, yay.

Title: Burn, Don't Freeze
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing(s): Buffy/Faith
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13

Summary: It's easy to keep warm, at first.

Notes: Written for the drabble challenge at whedonland.

( In the cold light of the morning )

Seriously, what is with writing lately? My latest fic, which was initially so easy and effortless, has been dragging for the past week, and I just don't get it. Every time I wrote something, I'd have to go back and edit the crap out of it the next day, because it just was not working, and finally, I realised that the fic as a whole was not working - it was dragging, and not going in the direction I wanted it to, and that while it was ... not bad, exactly, nothing of any real importance was happening at all. For 5000 words. (And for that, I totally blame my lack of outline, which left me to wander off in all sorts of directions I hadn't intended. Oops.)

And finally, I realised that if the fic was giving me that much angst, maybe just pushing through it wasn't the best solution, after all. So I deleted it.

And - I mean, that was a lot of work for nothing, but also, it feels so good to be starting over with a blank slate that I don't regret my decision at all. I now have 600 words of shiny new fic, and have plotted, in some detail, the rest of the fic, so I'm fairly confident that huge sucking mess thing won't be happening again.

(This fic will be FUN, DAMMIT, even if I have to force it to be.)

I got my yuletide and prettylightsfic assignments, yay! Which is to say: OMG YULETIDE ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥. You guys, I am SO EXCITED about my holiday ficathons, I can't even. (And I've even started writing my prettylightsfic fic, I AM SO ON TOP OF THINGS.)

In case you're looking for them, my prettylightsfic letter is here, and my yuletide letter is here. And, okay, I realise that they are insanely long, so I'm sorry for that! But basically, they are just ridiculously rambly ways of saying that I will love anything written for me, so.

I am so psyched about my assignments, I'm suddenly overcome with a rush of wanting to finish up the stuff I'm writing that's still due so I can feel less guilty about jumping straight into my ficathons. Because, AWESOME, SERIOUSLY.

Title: If I Could Talk I'd Tell You
Fandom: Glee
Pairing(s): Artie/Tina
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG

Summary: There's a lot she wants to tell him.

Notes: Spoilers for episode 1:9 - Wheels.

( When I can smile I'll let you know )

The Office is distracting me. talumin is currently rewatching what we have of the U.S. series on DVD, and not only is it an all too convenient excuse to not be writing, but that (combined with the recent awesomeness of Subtle Sexuality) is also giving me inconveniently timed re-flaily Ryan/Kelly (and B.J./Mindy) feelings. I had to try really hard to restrain myself from requesting The Office RPF for yuletide again this year, even though a) it's already one of my requests for prettylightsfic, and b) I requested it for last year's yuletide, and received not one but two awesome fics. (Which are totally to blame for me wanting to ask for it again - they were perfect, and I want more of that.)

I'm also trying to ignore a Ryan/Kelly plot bunny that bit me, hard, in favour of finishing up stuff I actually have to do. (Not that I'm not going to write it, just ... later. Along with any potential quest-y Disney RPF fics involving dragons.) I'm not sure if it's helpful or not that what I thought was a simple idea has ballooned into something ridiculously long and involved, but at least that means I won't be tempted to try to quickly dash it off before I finish my other fics.

(Also, okay. You know how I'm completely lazy and tend to name a lot of my fics after song titles? I turned on my iTunes, and the first thing that came on - not the song I'm listening to right now - was the song after which I've named the fic I'm currently supposed to working on. A not-so-subtle hint, perhaps? Fine, fine, I'm writing.)

It's (roughly) a quarter of the way through November, so, fic check-in time! The only thing I haven't made progress on is my Disney RPF big bang (excluding, of course, my prettylightsfic and yuletide fics, since those assignments haven't been sent out yet). And I've managed to write something every day for wrisomifu; so far, not counting random ficlets, I've written 6256 words, which ... is not extraordinary, but considering I was majorly blocked on one particular fic for most of that time, it's not horrible.

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Happy upcoming birthdays! summerstorm and gigglemonster, I hope you guys have awesome days. I am super busy this month, so I can't guarantee I'll actually be able to write anything, but if you wanted to leave a prompt or whatever, I'll definitely see what I can do (even if it's just incorporating something into an existing fic).

Also, summerstorm, I'm still working on your Fall Fandom Free-For-All fic; I'd hoped to have it finished already, before I got backed up on other deadlines, but it's coming, hopefully soon :)

If anyone was thinking about signing up for prettylightsfic but hasn't done so already, you might still be able to sneak in under the wire; the sign up post is here. Also, apocabigbang still needs artists, vidders, and mixers; you can sign up to do that here until November 9th.

Dear prettylightsfic author:

First off, I am so, so excited about this ficathon. And that you're writing something for me. Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be super awesome, and I'm really excited to read it. And if you already know what you're going to write - that's awesome! Go for it. If you're excited about it, there's roughly a 100% chance I'll be excited about it, too. But if you wanted a few more ideas, or to know about stuff I like and dislike or whatever, I can do that, too.

( Stuff I love, and other things )

If you wanted to know more about how I feel about these fandoms in general, you can browse my tags: The Office, Merlin, Wizards Of Waverly Place, Princess Protection Program, Disney. Or feel free to ignore everything I've said, ever, and just write what you want.

Fall Fandom Free-For-All


Oh, Alex and Justin, I missed writing you two so much! It feels like I haven't written in this fandom in forever (probably because I spent the past ten days freaking out about my spook_me fic, ugh, do you have any idea HOW FREAKING GLAD I am that's finally finished?), and I almost forgot how much I love it. And how easy it is, OMG, I never again want to have such a hard time writing a fic, ever! And this fic is so much fun - there's banter, and wacky magical hijinks, and makeouts (probably), and all the things I love most. (No Max, so far, but sometimes that can't be helped - I tried really hard to fit him into my apocabigbang outline, but mostly only managed to have him be present and not really a focus in a couple of scenes.)

Also, this fic will probably end up being longer than 5000 words, because I suck hard when it comes to reasonable estimates of my Wizards Of Waverly Place fics. (Other fandoms, I can generally manage, but I tend to wildly undershoot with my guesses in this one.)

Why isn't writing this much fun, always?

Title: Not-So-Good Titles For Murder Mysteries
Fandom: Disney RPF
Pairing(s): David Henrie/Selena Gomez
Word Count: 5335
Rating: PG

Summary: In which David Henrie kills Joe Jonas (but not for real, probably).

Notes: Written for the Halloween ficathon at spook_me.

( The butler really did it, no joke )

Spook Me


HA, TAKE THAT, FIC! It's finally finished, and will be posted in a minute. And I totally credit my big bang for making that possible - I took the last couple of days off to start working on that, and being able to write something else made me realise that this fic was not the huge, all-encompassing roadblock I imagined it to be. Which means apocabigbang is now awesome in that it a) EXISTS, b) features a teenage (ex?) cheerleader vampire slayer, and c) fixed my Halloween fic! And ... I maybe even like this fic again, I don't know. But I don't hate it, and it's done, so that's a huge win.

So, one fic down, six to go.

(Also, while my mood theme says 'relieved,' it is actually a picture of 'secretly disappointed I can't nail my hot sister.' Totally appropriate for everything I talk about ever, y/y?)

Dear yuletide author:

Yay, you're writing me a fic! This is a thing I love, and I'm already excited to read it. If you already have an awesome idea you're totally excited to write, feel free to go ahead and do just that - I love every one of these fandoms, so I'm sure to enjoy anything you could possibly write, especially if you love it, too. But in case you're still looking for that perfect idea, these are just a few of the things I love in fic, and in the fandoms I requested, which may give you some idea of what would make me particularly happy.

( I want a hippopotamus for Christmas )

If you'd like to read more about stuff I've said about any of these fandoms, you can browse my tags: Wizards Of Waverly Place, Miss Match, Greek, She's The Man. Or just ignore everything, and go with what you feel like writing ;)

And in case you're wondering, I'm signed up over there as Zhailei.

Awesome Ficathons, Redux:

prettylightsfic is still open for sign ups until November 6th. If you can't sign up with the requirements currently in place, comment at the exemption post and you might still get to play.

apocabigbang is in need of more artists/vidders/mixers; if you're willing to create art, graphics, a vid, or a fanmix for someone else's fic, please considering signing up. Rules are here, and sign ups are open until November 9th.

yuletide sign ups just went live, and are open until November 12th. There are literally thousands of small fandoms to choose from, and it's definitely a fannish highlight of my year.


Not only did I plot my Wizards Of Waverly Place apocabigbang fic, but I actually started writing it:

Alex the Vampire Slayer


Take that, writing! In less exciting news, apparently my Halloween fic has become exactly like a chore in my mind; like, it's something that isn't particularly difficult, and can even be fun, but I dread doing it, anyway. But at least it's specific to that fic, and not writing in general, given that it's ficathon season and I just signed up for two big bangs.

Now I'm off to narrow down the list of fandoms I want to write for yuletide, post my dear author letters, and maybe even sleep, if I can manage it.

My Alex the Vampire Slayer apocabigbang fic is plotted, yay! It will ... probably end up being significantly longer than the 10,000 word minimum, but that's okay; I still have three months to write it, after all. And I'm totally excited about it, which is awesome. Now if only the Disney RPF fic would come as easily.

In other news, Greek had its mid-season finale last night, and I'm going to miss it so much. But, thoughts on the episode:

( Greek )

And now we have to wait until January for new episodes, which sucks. (Though chances I'll rewatch the series before then are probably high, ngl.)

I hate this fic, god, why is it still not finished? Oh, right, because I procrastinated like crazy yesterday. I did, at least, manage to make some progress:

Spook Me


I don't know, seriously. It's not like writing it is actually that hard, when I can make myself sit down and do it, it's just that I'm really reluctant to even do that much. And I can't quite bring myself to work on anything significant that's not this fic, either, because this one is already overdue. Ugh. Basically, all of this has completely destroyed any sense of perspective I may have had, so I really have no idea whether the story is ridiculous and awesome, or ridiculous and crap. Whatever, I'm going to finish it, and then I'm going to post it, and maybe in six months or so I may actually be able to bring myself to look at it again.

I FINALLY WATCHED SUBTLE SEXUALITY AND IT WAS EVERYTHING I HOPED FOR. THE END.

OKAY, NOT THE END. "WE'VE MET BEFORE." THE ENTIRETY OF EPISODE TWO ♥, CAN I PLEASE MARRY MINDY KALING NOW?

GOD, RYAN/KELLY, WHY DO I LOVE YOU THE MOST OF ANYTHING, EVER?

Title: Paparazzi
Fandom: Disney RPF
Pairing(s): Demi Lovato/Selena Gomez
Word Count: 467
Rating: PG

Summary: Sometimes, when they're in public, Demi walks in front of her.

Notes: Written for pirateygoodness.

( Where you lead I will follow )

Wow, I am awesome at procrastinating. So far, in the past couple of days I've signed up for prettylightsfic, written my Dear Author letter, started compiling my yuletide requests and letter, put together word count meters for half a dozen fics that don't need them because they're currently sitting at a grand total of nothing, and written a ficlet that's completely unrelated to anything else I'm supposed to be doing. And, okay, I did manage to write another few hundred words of my spook_me fic, but the way it's going right now, I'm pretty much just hoping that people don't hate it.

I also tried to sleep, but obviously that didn't work out so well for me, since I'm still awake.

(But, apparently, last night the night before last I dreamed that my Disney RPF apocabigbang fic should be a Sliders AU. And that they should slide to a post-apocalyptic reality or something. And I woke up pretty firmly convinced that this was an actual thought I'd had while awake, and was therefore something that was actually awesome, instead of dream awesome, until I realised that, nope. In my dream, though, it was the best idea ever. And now I kind of want to watch Sliders. Specifically, I want to watch the pilot, but I do have a random season three episode that, for some reason, was included as a bonus feature on my Earth 2 DVDs. So maybe I'll watch that.)

Title: I Want To Hold Your Hand
Fandom: Greek
Pairing(s): Ashleigh/Rebecca
Word Count: 150
Rating: PG

Summary: It's pretty much the same thing they do every night.

Notes: Written for femslash100.

( I think you'll understand )

Unlike large swathes of my friends list, I'm not doing NaNoWriMo this year (good luck to those who are!), but I am doing wrisomifu, in which I am going to make an attempt to work on (and possibly finish) at least a couple of the fics I'm supposed to be writing. So, November is still a writing month, just ... not writing from scratch. Anyway, to that end, I thought I'd compile a list of stuff I wanted to work on, which may or may not actually help me do that. Now with bonus progress meters!

( Stuff With Concrete Deadlines Before The End Of The Year )

( Longer Stuff That's Not Due Until Next Year, Or With Deadlines I Totally Made Up )

Plus assorted fics from the movie title meme, omgjustinalex, and stuff I might actually want to write for fun. And As You Like It, which is probably not going to be written this month, but maybe in December.

18 fics this month, about 34,000 words, which is pretty good. Even though I still haven't finished my spook_me fic. Or To Wish Impossible Things.


And She Was (Brothers & Sisters - Rebecca - PG-13 - 5275 words) Justin discovers a time capsule video Rebecca made in high school. Set during early season two.


The Trick Is To Keep Breathing (Battlestar Galactica - Crashdown/Boomer - NC-17 - 950 words) "I'm not a Cylon." She says it the way she might have said I'm flying CAP tomorrow, like it's nothing of great importance. Spoilers up to episode 1:8 - Flesh And Bone, including deleted scenes.


Depth Perception (The Pursuit Of Happiness Remix) (Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Xander/Buffy - PG - 330 words) Even if it's not the Bronze, she can close her eyes, and pretend. A remix of Misery And Happiness by allfireburns.


Half Life (The Death Or Something Like It Remix) (Dead Like Me - Mason/George - PG - 200 words) It's a little bit broken. A remix of What It All Comes Down To by ineffort.


Starches And Other Inappropriate Temptations (The Slightly More British Remix) (Dollhouse - Dominic/Adelle - PG-13 - 250 words) She learned to read him long ago. A remix of Tangerines by duh_i_read. Spoilers up to episode 1:7 - Echoes; vague allusions to the rest of season one.


They Sold You On Their Way (Bridezilla Remix) (Heroes - D.L./Niki - PG - 250 words) It's an old superstition, but good luck can't possibly hurt. A remix of Part Of The Job by lotus0kid.


Bad Medicine Is What I Need (Star Trek - McCoy/Uhura - PG-13 - 2278 words) Uhura is absolutely brilliant ... at xenolinguistics. Her mandatory medical coursework, on the other hand, could use some help. Thankfully, McCoy has gallantly volunteered to tutor her.


À Ma Soeur (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - NC-17 - 3562 words) Justin and Alex watch a movie. (That he doesn't enjoy. At all.)

Are Written On The Subway Walls (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - NC-17 - 1952 words) Justin and Alex sneak out. Or at least, they try to.

Burn Your Life Down (Cities In Dust Remix) (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - PG-13 - 500 words) She's always been good at ignoring danger signs. A remix of In Fire, In Ice by moirariordan.

Don't Confess (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - NC-17 - 5132 words) Alex and Justin are forced to tutor Max. It doesn't exactly go smoothly. Spoilers up to episode 2:22 - My Tutor, Tutor.

In Plain Sight (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - PG-13 - 3889 words) Justin's favourite things from his room are sometimes more interesting than Alex expects. Spoilers up to episode 2:23 - Paint By Committee.

Springs Eternal (The Redux Remix) (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - PG-13 - 500 words) A (very) fractured fairy tale. A remix of Fragmented by applepips16. Spoilers up to the movie.

The Shake Up (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - R - 6064 words) There's still something going on with Professor Dinklemeyer, and Alex is determined to get to the bottom of it. Justin still isn't sure he's on board. Spoilers up to episode 1:14 - Wizard School (Part Two). Sequel to The Night Moves.


Exactly Not Like A Fairytale (Ever After Remix) (Supernatural/The O.C. - Dean/Taylor - PG-13 - 500 words) Taylor's always had a habit of falling for boys who are nice to her. A remix of Exactly Not Like A Fairytale by ineffort.


(Nobody Ever Made Me) Crazy Like This (Disney RPF - David Henrie/Selena Gomez - PG-13 - 756 words) She's still finding it a little difficult to concentrate. Or to speak. Thinking is mostly out of the question, too.

Hey, This Bottle Has Poison In It (Reading Can Save Lives) (Disney RPF - David Henrie/Selena Gomez - PG-13 - 658 words) Their first day back on set, everything is different, and nothing is.

Meet Me In Puerto Rico (Disney RPF - David Henrie/Selena Gomez - PG-13 - 1334 words) She has no idea where the line even is any more.


Also, I had a very fun Halloween. talumin bought candy for trick-or-treaters, even though we don't really do that here, and we had a Halloween episode marathon - we watched Two Guys, A Girl, And A Pizza Place; Miss Match; How I Met Your Mother; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; The Office; Dark Angel; Grosse Pointe; Angel; and Wizards Of Waverly Place. And I dressed up as Pyjama Girl, which, shut up, is totally a real costume.

Now, um, I might actually write fic? Or something?