Somewhere Over The Rainbow

sidleypkhermit tagged me for this writing meme so I thought I'd play along.

1) How many works do you have on AO3? 476 and counting, but really 627+ because I have an entire collection of drabbles in one work

2) What is your total ao3 word count? At the moment, 307,896

3) How many fandoms have you written for, and what are they? 37 – primarily, OZ, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Game of Thrones, Firefly, and The Departed

4) What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
1. Wandless Magic (Harry Potter)
2. Sheldon Cooper's Road to Recovery (The Big Bang Theory)
3. Sleeping Patterns (Justified)
4. A Mere Request (Game of Thrones)
5. Reason Number Seventeen Why Geno Shouldn't Answer His Phone at Midnight (Men's Hockey RPF)

5) Do you respond to comments? Most of the time. Sometimes things slip past or I mean to write something and don't come back, but I'm trying to get better

6) What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending? There's a drabble in the HardTime100 collection entitled Thoughts on an Interrupted Ride Home. If you know OZ, you know that Kathy Rockwell's innocent inner monologue isn't going to end well (or really end at all). For a longer work, Somewhere in the Andes, a Butterfly Flaps Its Wings (OZ) looks at the what ifs in the lives of the O'Reily brothers

7) What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending? Most of them. I'm a sucker for a happy ending. A Series of Awkward Moments (OZ) is probably a good example because it takes so long to get to the payoff.

8) Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve ever written? Very rarely. My Firefly-OZ crossovers are definitely on the unusual scale

9) Have you ever received hate on a fic? Not really. Folks are pretty kind. I did receive a comment from a teacher on a script I wrote for one of my college classes which said at the end “I don't know why you wrote this.” Pretty harsh, but I wound up changing the ending and it was better for it. I still got a high grade on the assignment

10) Do you write smut? What kind? Yes. BDSM. I don't like to worry about whose body is where and doing what at each point in time, BDSM seems to have an emotional/spiritual component in addition to the physical that I enjoy exploring.

11) Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not to my knowledge

12) Have you ever had a fic translated? Yes. A couple of my L.A. Confidential fics were translated into Chinese

13) Have you ever co-written a fic before? Not really. I tried to have a “writing partner” when I lived in LA, but it didn't work out

14) What’s your favorite ship? Tim McManus/Sean Murphy, OZ

15) What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will? Great Risks- my Dino Ortolani/Ryan O'Reily epic series that's close to hitting the point where the TV series begins. It's been languishing for years.

16) What are your writing strengths? Dialogue, being economical. It comes from years of screenwriting. Humor.

17) What are your writing weaknesses? Long lyrical descriptive passages and action scenes

18) What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in fic? I try to avoid it unless I'm absolutely certain the translation is correct

19) What was the first fandom you wrote for? OZ

20) What’s your favorite fic you’ve ever written? I can't choose just one, so here are three that I really count as some of my best, all from movies - One Tear (The Departed) – it's more poetry than a fic, has alternating voices, and is in second person, Alternate Ending (The Wizard of Oz) – I wrote it for the Halfamoon Fest and this Dorothy turned into a justice warrior, and Another Time, Another Life (L.A. Confidential) in which I rewrote the ending of the film highlighting all of the slashy subtext.

If you want to play, feel free to copy/paste and jump in with your own answers.

Stolen from levitatethis

Give me a number under the cut and I'll answer you in comments.

( The Questions )

Grabbed from colleendetroit

My interactive Johari window - pick five or six adjectives from a list that you think describe me. The adjectives are then mapped on a grid to show the differences between how other people see me and how I see myself.

Let me know if you've got a window up so I can comment on yours as well.

Color meme that's been kicking around my f-list:

Comment that you want to do this meme, and I'll give you a color that I think represents you, and then you list ten things you like in that color or ten things it reminds you of!

trillingstar gave me the color "orange"

1. Birds of paradise - my favorite flower
2. Tangerines
3. Mo akd Moliscious D. Kitty, the kitty that used to hang out in the office in L.A.
4. Christina Hendricks' hair (not so much now, but as Saffron in "Firefly", very orange)
5. Daisies - they always make me happy. That's the reason why I made them Ryan O'Reily's favorite flower
6. Fall leaves
7. Moments during the occasional sunset or sunrise that make me go "wow"
8. Circus peanuts - which remind me of my grandmother who used to buy them and then send them to our house
9. The adapter which allows me to keep my computer on (3 prong plug into 2 slot socket ain't happening)
10. Orange juice at the Nookies' Tree Restaurant in Chicago. Sweet perfection!

... still not employed. I'm going to have to call in as available again to my temp agencies.

The radish seeds that I planted are starting to sprout. I'm curious about how big they're going to be allowed to get before the rabbits start eating them. Big, killer bunnies in the backyard. I need to get out and weed some time this weekend - between the raindrops.

Before I weed, I have to do something about the ant problem in the house. One would think that with all the water outside, they wouldn't need to come in for it, but they are all over the kitchen and the bathroom. I hate ants.

I think Vancouver has eclipsed Detroit in my most-hated hockey team category. And last night didn't really help. I really hate that Boston is playing Carolina, but at least that means that one team I'm rooting for will get to the conference finals.

I need to continue/start working on my entry for spring_with_xan. What's weird is that neither one of them is what I'd planned to write. There are a couple of free-for-all days left, so I might be able to post them then.

And here's a little something by iambickilometer for the Dollhouse fans. It's Boyd/Topher.

BTW, if you want to participate in the drabble meme or if you just want to prompt me, the info is here.

I was tagged by trillingstar.

If you've been tagged, copy this and replace the answers with your own, post the answers in your own LJ and if you don't like a question replace it by one you do like.

Tag eight people. I tag you, you, you, you, you, you, you, and you. Go ahead if you want to play.


01. Make a list of 5 things you can see:
computer monitor
light from the phone
light glowing from the computer
num lock light on the keyboard
light from the hallway (the lights are out in here, can't see much)

02. What is your favorite pick-me-up movie?
Mallrats

03. Is there anything in your fridge right now that you would never eat/drink?
onions

04. What's your occupation?
right now this meme is occupying me. pay-wise, none to speak of

05. Do you nap a lot?
no

06. Who was your first celebrity crush?
Lindsay Wagner (Her sleep number is 35, BTW)

07. What's your current fandom/obsession/addiction?
The Chicago Blackhawks - more an obsession than a fandom

08. What are you listening to right now?
the hum of the computer fan and the clicking of the keys as I type (I'm very literal)

09. What food could you eat every day for weeks and not get sick of?
hamburgers and watermelon

10. What websites do you always visit when you go online?
LJ, Yahoo

11. What was the last thing you bought?
A card for my mom's birthday

12. When did you wake up this morning?
5:36 AM (I was not happy)

13. Does the weather affect your mood?
Yeah

14. Favorite hobby(ies)?
Writing, playing on LJ, watching hockey, listening to Blackhawks games, watching baseball, playing in the yard

15. Name a song that makes you think about a ship/character that you like lately.
Don't know if I have one lately. "New Year's Day" by U2 always makes me think about two of my OCs and "Touch Me" from the "Spring Awakening" soundtrack is used for inspiration a LOT

16. Weird dreams?
Not so much lately, but sometimes

17. Do you have any siblings you wish lived on another continent?
No. I do have siblings, but I'm fine with them being here.

18. What's something you'd like to say to someone right now?
Shoot the puck! (I'm practicing for tonight)

19. What are your plans for the Easter weekend?
Church, celebrating Easter and my mom's birthday with the family, watching the Blues game with the family (which may or may not be a good thing)

20. Say something about the person who tagged you
Very creative, gives ridiculously challenging prompts, someone who doesn't mind McManus fic, and just a really great person to have on my f-list

Sometimes it's ok to pimp yourself out. Post a list of your top five fic-favorites you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then tag five other people to do the same.

( My five )

Liberated from jackiesjunkie

1. Compose a list of your top ten sexiest famous women.
2. Collect one picture of each woman on your list.
3. Post them in your journal/blog.


( Here's the list )

Borrowed from everybody-

1. One movie that made you laugh: Superbad

2. One movie that made you cry: E.T.

3. One movie you loved when you were a child: Sleeping Beauty

4. One movie you’ve seen more than once: Raiders of the Lost Ark

5. One movie you loved, but were embarrassed to admit: Mallrats

6. One movie you didn't like: Becoming Jane

7. One movie that scared you: Silence of the Lambs (but not until the second time I saw it)

8. One movie that bored you: Titanic

9. One movie that made you happy: Miracle

10. One movie that made you miserable: All Over The Guy

11. One movie you weren’t brave enough to see: The Blair Witch Project (the trailers scared the heck out of me)

12. One movie character you’ve fallen in love with: Henry Gondorff, "The Sting"

13. The last movie you saw: In a theater: Hamlet2; at home: 3:10 to Yuma

14. The next movie you hope to see: Burn after Reading