October 29, 2012— Fic Update: Leverage, Band of Brothers, Thunderheart, The Matrix

I posted a story a few months ago and completely forgot to upload to my site and I'm now rectifying that. It's a Leverage story (Nate/Eliot) and is a two-part AU (Sliding Doors style) titled Jimmy Ford's Son.

It snowed here in Colorado last week, the first true snow, and I've written a couple stories to celebrate that. The first was actually written months ago and is a thank you to Retardedcookie for her excellent beta work on The Waking World. The story is titled Stain the White Snow, is for the Band of Brothers tv series and is Winters/Nixon.

The next is for the movie, The Matrix and is a result of my many viewings in the last few weeks. I wasn't surprised to find that I loved it as much as when I first saw it, but it did surprise me that the love story between Neo and Trinity left me completely cold. The story is a tiny exploration of that realization. The story, The First Fall, takes place after the first movie (about three years after) and doesn't reference the sequels at all.

I do have one more story for the first snow series and that's a Ray/Crow Horse story. It's not quie done, but I'll be posting it sometime on the 30th.

Happy Halloween for those who celebrate:)

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August 20, 2012— Fic Update: The Fugitive

Summer is mostly over and I'm coming up from air from my long vacation (and subsequent writer's block) with a new story. This was one of those things that just happened—I was watching The Fugitive last year and was sort of stunned by what I was seeing, especially the last three minutes. Yikes, how had I never seen the slash? Anyway, this was meant to be a mere 2,000 words but it kept going and going. What I ended up with is a coda to the film, set about two months after the end of the movie. The title is: The Hunter from the Field and it's Sam/Richard.

Next up will be a Band of Brothers ficlet and then a sequel, of sorts, to my Mission Impossible, GP story (The Runner). I hope to have both done in a few weeks. After that, I'm dedicating September to Person of Interest. There was some rumbling in the fandom from the anti-slash, anti-RPS contingent (a very small kerfuffle, I need to say). I'm not much for RPS, but censorship pisses me off so I'm going to spend September doing my best to, 'turn the characters into homosexuals.' After that (during?) I might throw in a Leverage story because the Nate/Eliot is flying off the screen as well as NCIS:LA because I'm so happy to have it on my horizon:)

Thanks,
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June 18, 2012— Art update: Harry Potter

I just updated my site with a new pic for the Harry Potter fandom. It's Snape/Harry and titled, The Holly King. The title is a nod to the Celtic myth of The Holly King and The Oak King. One heralds the advent of Fall/Winter, the other, Spring/Summer. The relationship between the two can be seen as adversarial but I like it because it signifies change and the ebb and flow of that comes with all relationships.

Also, I just took a trip to the mountains and am fired up to start on the Thunderheart story and maybe a small 3:10 to Yuma ficlet. Then it's back to MI:4 and POI.

Thanks,
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April 29, 2012— Art update: Merlin

Back in February, I did a couple pieces for this year's Escapade (Merlin, Harry Potter). I'm posting the Merlin art today. One note: apparently my February was worse than I thought because I somehow deleted the final piece. What I'm posting today is the piece I'd started a couple years ago, updated—it's sort of a drag as I remember I really liked the final result of the other:) The piece is titled Anno Regni Merlinus and it can be found here.

On the agenda for the next few months are stories from Mission Impossible: GP, Super 8, Thunderheart, Band of Brothers and Person of Interest (yay, summer!)

Enjoy:)
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April 1, 2012— Inception Update

I finally finished The Waking World (Cobb/Saito). It relies heavily on The Idle King, so it's best to read that first. One note: there's a strong inference to Eames/Yusuf and clear Arthur/Ariadne (just a head's up for you Eames/Arthur folks).

Enjoy:)
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March 30, 2012— POI Fic update

To celebrate POI's return, I just posted a new Reese/Finch story. It's an AU based on another AU (NCIS: LA- On the Road With the Day,) and is basically about Zombies in New York. The title is, The City of the Dead. Up next is the sequel to The Waking World—I'm posting that on Sunday.

 

Enjoy:)
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March 17, 2012— Updates and stuff

Tonight's post is for one of my favorite series—Heroes. That first season? Some of the best TV out there. All the characters were intriguing, but the two that really caught my imagination were Angela Petrelli and Charles Deveaux. Even though it was a short, I loved the scene from 'How to Stop an Exploding Man' where we find out that Angela and Charles are long-time friends. I was hoping for some back story on them, but of course, the show went a different direction. Cassandra, my new story, is a tiny exploration of what I would have loved to have seen.

And, woohoo, the Waking World is finally, finally done. I'm waiting on some edits, but I hope to post it soon (I know I've been saying that a lot, but it really is done<g>). And, to prove how dedicated I was to finishing the story, I stopped watching Person of Interest until last ago so I wouldn't be distracted from Inception:) But now that the story is done, I mainlined the POI eps from Jan-March in one day. Suffice it to say, I'm as in love with the show as before and am busy writing.

In regards to art, I thought I'd re-posted the last of the fanart from the re-design, but I hadn't linked any of it. I just rectified that. The art I relinked is: Psych, Merlin, Heroes, Now and Again, Dead Zone, Smallville, Prison Break, Miracles and The Mentalist. Plus, I've got a couple new pieces to post from the Escapade con. I'll post the Merlin pic sometime in April and the Harry/Snape pic sometime in June or July.

thanks
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January 22, 2012—Story Updates

Oddly enough, my favorite movie of the last month wasn't Sherlock Holmes, but the 4th installation of the Mission Impossible series. It's a great action movie with some really nice character development. The story I just posted, The Runner, is set after the film's ending and it probably won't make much sense if you haven't seen the movie. (Well, I suppose you could say that about all the art and stories posted here<g>) The story is Hunt/Brandt, et al, and can be found here.

The second story is for the movie, Inception. It's something I started last year and never got around to finishing. It's another coda to my Waking World series and can be found here.

The third update is for an old Mentalist story. As I've been posting the older stories to the Archive of Our Own archive, I've been re-editing them. The story, Field Test no. 7 had some wacky things going on, so I've re-written a bit, adding on another 1,000 words.

So, now that my plate is clear, I'll be working on the Inception sequel, The Waking World. It's pretty long (about 65,000 words at this point), so it's going to take me a couple weeks to edit. No more Person of Interest, no more anything until it's finished.

After that, I'm going to finish a Criminal Minds story and hopefully by March/April start the new Thuderheart story that's been taking up brain space.

One other thing—I'm going to try to get some art done for the next Escapade, but whatever I end up doing, that won't be posted until the summer.

thanks
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January 1, 2012—Story Update

Happy New Year! I wanted to get these stories posted before Christmas, but unfortunately, work got in the way. The first one is a story for Criminal Minds (one of the Afters series) and is based on the episode, 'Zoe's Reprise.' It's one of my favorite Criminal Minds episdoes although it's always hard to watch (the UNSUB is especially creepy). The story is titled, Zoe's Gift, is Hotch/Rossi, and can be found here.

The second story is for NCIS: LA and is a what-if and an attempt to answer the question of Sam's family (what the heck is up with that? It's such an odd plot twist). Anyway, the title is, Fallout, and it can be found here. As usual, it's Sam/G with some Hetty thrown in.

I've also got a small Inception story almost finished (it's gonna take a few days), then another story because I went and saw Mission Impossible 4 over the weekend. After that, I'm going to hunker down and start on the last edits of the Inception sequel. And after that, who knows—probably Person of Interest because my love for that show just continues to grow.

Hope everyone has a good start to 2012.
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December 20, 2011—Story Update

I wrote this at the end of November but completely forgot to post it to this site (as you do). It's another Person of Interest story, this time an AU based on the ep, Witness. The story is a what-if (what if Elias got to Reese before Finch). I'm working on some other POI fic and will post at least one of them in a few days along with something new for Criminal Minds, Inception and NCIS: LA.

Enjoy:)
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November 19, 2011—Story Update

I updated the site with a new story for Person of Interest, (otherwise known as the show I'm kinda obsessed with). The story, a dip into the Reese/Finch waters, is titled, 'The Man He Was Meant to Be' and can be found here. I've got two more stories in the works that I hope to post in the next two weeks. After that is a new NCIS: LA story, a long Criminal Minds fic I started a couple years ago, and hopefully before Christmas, a Departed story, if I can make it work.

As to art, I'm not sure I'll be posting any soon. I'm thinking of going to Escapade, so I might save my art jones for that.

Enjoy:)
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November 4, 2011—Site update

I'm finished with the upload, including some things that I haven't had up in a while (in the Humor section, mostly). I'm still slowly archiving my stories at AO3—up next are some Mentalist stories.

In regards to other stuff, Person of Interest now owns me and I love it. The visuals, the music, the pacing, the acting (including Carter, whom a lot of folks really, really dislike)—the show has so many layers—it's wonderful. Look for fic soon.

Thanks:)
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October 30, 2011—Site update

Because I'm a glutten for punishment, I've redesigned the site yet again. I'm still working on getting stuff up (see list below), but in the meantime, the Inception sequel to The Idle King is at the first beta (thanks enmuse!)—it will be done by Thanksgiving. In the next meantime, I've fallen for Person of Interest big time (I've been telling myself that it's impossible to actually write fic for the show for 6 weeks now, but I've given up on that). I hope to have the first story up in a week or so.

For Halloween, I'm re-uploading my one ghost story: Kleines Madchen Verloren (Band of Brothers, Winters/Nixon)

The list of stories uploaded:

The Mentalist: The Red Men, The Red Men Interlude, A First, Scarlet Crimson Red
Jericho: Been Gone
Inception: Four Walls and a Roof
Jesus Christ Superstar: Not Judas. Not Jesus
Thunderheart: To the End of the Earth
Criminal Minds: all of the Afters
NCIS: LA: both stories
Prison Break: The Ninth Fold
Crazy Heart/Justified xover: A Want too Strong
The Men Who Stare at Goats: The Boy With the Stars in His Eyes
3:10 to Yuma: All of the stories

Art reposts:
Merlin
Some Band of Brothers
Star Wars (original)
Fast and Furious
X-files
White Collar

Thanks:)
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October 9, 2011—Mentalist fic reposted

I've just reposted two older Mentalist stories—A First and Scarlet.Crimson.Red. Both have been re-edited, but I added about a thousand words to the latter. The other stories will be posted within the week.

Thanks:)
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September 18, 2011—Story Update

I just updated the site with a new story for NCIS: LA. It's based on the ep, Familia, and is an AU. The story is, 'The Prodigal Son,' and can be found here.

Thanks:)
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September 18, 2011—Site Update

I've been playing around with a new site and have finally found something I kind of, sort of, like. I'll be slowly updating the pages (mostly Fiction first), but it's going to take a while. If there's something you can't find, let me know and I'll send you a file (art or doc).

Thanks:)
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August 12, 2011—Stuff updated

Things are a bit wacky right now, including this site. I've got several stories to upload, but have cleverly screwed up my old template. So, for the time being, the best way to find the new stuff is directly through this page and not the drop down links.

That said, I've got three stories to post. The first is something I finished and posted to A03 in June, but never got around to uploading it here. It's for Criminal Minds, is Hotch/Rossi and based on the episdoe, Demonology. The title is 'God, Demons and Angels and it can be found here.

The second story is a little oddball fic for the movie, Men Who Stare at Goats. The pairing is Lyn/Bill (yeah, that's right—the old guys) and the title is: The Boy With Stars in HIs Eyes and an be found here.

The last upload is the most recent story for the show, NCIS: LA. I've watched the show from the start, missing a few eps here and there. I'd never felt too fannish about until a few months ago when that weird magical metamorphosis took place--I'm now really looking forward to the first ep of the season. This story, an AU titled, On the Road With the Dead, is the result of wanting to write Sam/G, confused by the canon (is Sam married or not?), and kind of amused by Deeks and Zombies vs. Plants. It can be found here.

RE: other stories--the sequel to The Idle KIng is finished, but I'm still editing it. I'm hoping to have it done by the end of August, but if the next few weeks are like the past eight, I might be too stressed to really concentrate on it.

In any case, I hope you enjoy the new stories:)
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June 1, 2011—Story update

I wanted to post something to celebrate not being Rapturized, but forgot (as you do), so to make up for it (and to celebrate that it's June and White Collar is on the way), I thought I'd upload the piece of art I did back in February for the Escapade Con. The title is "All Work and No Play Makes Peter a Very Dull Boy." It's Peter/Neal and and can be found here.

Enjoy:)
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May 12, 2011—Story update

I guess I've been busier (read: stressed out) than I thought—I wrote a Criminal Minds story last year about this time and never posted it to this site. I've rectified that, adding the other two stories tonight. They're all short stories, based on episodes and inventively titled, 'The Afters.' The first was written around the episode, "Pleasure is My Business" and is titled, Whore. The second is written for the episode, "The Angel Maker" and titled 'The Byway.' The last and most recent is based on the episode, "In Heat," and is titled, Not Stephen. I've also got a much longer story in the works, but I'm going to finish the Inception sequel to The Idle King, first.

Also, the site is becoming unwieldy again—I'll be redesigning soon.

Hope you enjoy:)
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March 25, 2011—Story update

This will be short 'cause I want to get back to writing, but I've just updated my site with a new Inception shorty. It's based on my other stories (now broadly titled, 'The Waking World.). This story, Four Walls and a Roof is a coda to the yet-finished sequel to The Idle King. One note--at this point, the story is only linked from this page. I'll update my links soon.

Hope you enjoy:)
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March 4, 2011—Story and art update

Time sure flies—it's been 10 weeks since my last post and it seems like 100. But, I think my fannish self is re-emerging—last week I managed to complete some art for Escapade and then I actually wrote a couple thousand words on the next Inception story. So, woohoo.

Tonight I've posted an updated version of my story, To the End of the Earth, (Thunderheart). I was asked to post the story in a non-AO3 archive and I re-read the story and decided it needed to be expanded a bit. I doubt anyone would be able to tell the difference between the two versions, but I posted the latest to my site anyway. And speaking of Thunderheart, there's a couple folks that are writing some really great Ray/Crow Horse stories. I'm posting a link to their sites to spread the Thunderheart love. It's interesting that this is another case of a very small fandom producing some consistently good stories. Maybe it's just pure proportions—who knows? Anyway, the LJ community for Ray/Crow Horse and Thunderheart is: http://community.livejournal.com/youmustgoastwo/ and the archive that Carlyinrome and MyHappyFace has set up is: http://inevitablestardom.com/thunderheart/ Take a look at the fic and posts—they're great:)

The art I've just posted is for Merlin and you can thank the movie, The Eagle and Astolat for that. I saw The Eagle and loved it and somehow that interest translated to wanting to read Merlin fic (yeah, I don't get it either, but it happened). So I went looking and ate up Astolat's fic in a couple days and that only cemented the Merlin jones. Escapade was right around the corner so I worked like crazy and got a couple pieces done (the other is a White Collar pic, but I'm going to wait to post that one). The other piece, Once.Future, is Arthur/Merlin and can be found under the 'other' section on my site.

I'll be working on the Inception story during the next few weeks. After that's finished, since spring is right around the corner, I'll be brushing off a few stories I've been working on for various fandoms that are sort of spring shows for me (Miracles, 3:10 to Yuma, Thunderheart and Jericho). And in between all that, I hope to finish up another Merlin piece of art that's living in my head.

Hope you enjoy:)
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December 26, 2010—Inception story posted

I've just updated my site to include a new Inception story. I've been waiting to upload the story on the AoOO site, but am finally giving up until it's not so busy.

This new story, The Idle King, is a continuation of Infected. I orginally started it thinking it would be a relatively simple story, but somewhere along the line it got complicated and I realized I had a different story to tell. So, this new story will have a sequel as well, but if you ignore the very last chapter, it can be read as a standalone. The Idle King is Cobb/Saito and is around 31,000.

Thanks:)
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December 24, 2010—Holiday stories posted

I always try to post stuff at the end of the year—generally it's art or graphics or something. This year it's a few stories for shows that mean a lot to me. I realized, when I was formatting the pages, that there's somewhat a theme with all of these stores: they're about home, whether it's an actual house, a place, or a person.

The first is for the show, Leverage. I loved the Xmas show, The Ho, Ho, Ho Job, and decided to pick up where they (not really) left off. This could be considered a continuation of A Dream Is Just a…but doesn't necessarily reference that. This story, Ho, Ho, Oh— Crap, is Nate/Eliot and is about 3,400 words.

The next story, Been Gone, is for the show Jericho and is Jake/Hawkins. It's based on my other Jericho story, A Month of Sundays, but is set after the new civil war (which will be the sequel to the first story).

The third story is really unusual for me in that it's RPF based on the movie Jesus Christ Superstar. I wrote it a few months ago and hadn't thought of posting it, and then changed my mind a few days ago. The story is Carl/Ted (Judas/Jesus) and is titled, Not Judas, Not Jesus. It takes place during the filming of the movie and is about 3,400 words. This story is in thanks to J. for the surprise Xmas present of the most recent DVD. For those of you who haven't watched it, give it a chance—it's very good and the leads are wonderful.

I have one more story to post tonight and will update this note as soon as I'm done.

Thanks and have a safe and happy holiday:)
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December 8, 2010—New Mentalist posted

I just uploaded the sequel to my Mentalist story of last year, The Red Men. This new story, The Red Man, is about 70,000 words and is divided into three sections for easier reading. One note (that I haven't marked on the story itself): for this story, I used the episode, Redline, as a jumping off point and I used some visuals from the Lamborghini scene to build my story. In a few days, I'll be posting some caps/images of secondary characters—kind of like a visual aid:) Also, I started the story last year in September and wrote most of it in January and February. Because of that, I didn't include some of the new regulars from the show—I kind of at a crossroads with the show in general, and decided to keep my focus on the first 2 seasons.

Up next will be the sequel to Infected. I've got the story already built in my head, so it's going to be a kind of race to see how fast I can type:) After that will probably be a few odds and ends for the holiday season, including some art.

Oh, one thing I've been forgetting to mention for months is that I've been posting my stories to An Archive of Our Own. I've only got some stuff up but will be working to get them all posted. My page can be found here: archiveofourown.org/users/x_art/

Thanks:)
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November 28, 2010—New Mentalist Ficlet posted

I just uploaded a new shortie for The Mentalist. This one is similar to some other Jane/Cho stories I've written, exploring the early days of Jane and Cho's friendship. (I think I could write these things all day as the show hasn't given us any background on the team's beginnings.) The story, Another First, is about 2,800 words and can be found here.

The sequel to The Red Men is almost done—I'll be posting it later on this week. Unless I get sick again:)

Thanks:)
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November 5, 2010—First Friday Post

Tonight's First Friday post is for a very, very short Mentalist story that I did last year. It's an addition to the last scene with Jane and Cho in The Red Men and kind of a precursor to the sequel which I'll be posting in a week or two. The ficlet is called The Red Men: Interlude (even though it's not really an interlude).

Next will be the sequel to my Inception story, Infected, and after that a Hotch/Rossi story I started at the first of the year. I also hope to post some primers that I've done for myself for Cobb/Saito, Hotch/Rossi, and Shawn/Gus (Psych).

I'm also hoping to do something for the holiday this year. I'm thinking of another calendar, but we'll see. I've been doing some drawing lately (non-digital) so I might post some of those, too.

ETA: Unfortunately, due to illness, the above stories are going to be delayed, at least by a couple weeks. The good news is I'll definitely be posting some art in time for the holidays as I was hit by some inspiration while I was sick:)

Thanks:)
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September 12, 2010—Fic upload

Today's post is an odd little duck for two shows that I love but didn't think I'd ever crossover. I'm referring to the movie, Crazy Heart, and the TV show, Justified. I adore Crazy Heart—seeing it at the start of summer made the whole season—I listened to the soundtrack when I'd go for short drives, or longer ones and it became my perfect companion:) And Justified was a no-brainer for me. You mix Timothy Oliphant with modern-day Kentucky and I'm so there. I'm not really sure where this new story, A Want Too Strongcame from. Maybe because I loved both shows' secondary characters so much. Anyway, the story is short (about 2,500) and features Tommy Sweet and Tim Gutterson. Bad Blake and Raylan Givens make their appearances, but very peripherally. I hope you enjoy it.

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September 5, 2010—First Fridayish Post

Tonight's post is a short sorta-crossover story for the show, Leverage. I'm not a huge fan of crossovers and while this isn't a typical crossover, it does mention the movie, Inception (and several scenes). The story, A Dream is Just a Dream Is Just… is Nate/Eliot and takes place sometime after The Jailhouse Job.

Also, I've done a re-edit on one of my 3:10 to Yuma stories, Ben Wade Dreamed. I cleaned stuff up and expanded a couple scenes. The story is a bit longer, but it doesn't need to be re-read to understand the two sequels.

And the last thing, I'm working on the sequel to The Red Men and I'm hoping to find someone that can take a look at it for content (not necessarily for grammar, but that would be good, too). I won't have it ready for a couple weeks, but want to post it before the first ep of the new season (Sept. 23rd, I think), so the proofreading might have to be done within a fairly short period of time. If you can help, please let me know:)

Thanks,
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September 3, 2010—Mix-up on story post

A couple weeks ago, I updated my site with a White Collar fic, The Mirror's Mirror. Somehow, on the next update, I used an old back-up and updated the wrong folder, so even though the story is still on my site, you actually can't navigate to it unless you have the exact addy. I've updated everything again, so the story shows up in the links.

Thanks,
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August 21, 2010—Story Update

Evening. Tonight's post is for the movie, 3:10 to Yuma. I started this one last year and put it away when I couldn't finish it to my satisfaction. It follows my story, Ben Wade Dreamed and takes place between The Lost Sheep and Colorado. The story, Home, can be found here and is about 4,200 words.

Thanks,
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August 6, 2010—First Friday Post

Tonight's post is for a Mentalist story I started back in January. It's based on what little we know of Cho's background—that he was in the military before he went into law enforcement. Because I started it in January, some of the other bits of his history aren't included. I'm kind of confused about the show in general and decided to work from what I know from the first season. This is set in my Jane/Cho universe, but isn't a part of The Red Men arc. The new story, Field Test no. 10: First Steps and Other Scary Things is about 11,000 words and can be found here.

Next up (figuratively speaking) is the sequel to The Red Men, then a long Criminal Minds story I've been pecking at, then the sequel to my first Inception story, Infected.

Hope you enjoy,

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July 25, 2010

Today's post is for a movie I felt like I waited for, for a very long time (just 8 months but it felt longer). I loved everything about Inception -- I think the last time I was this in love with a movie was either 3:20 to Yuma or Master & Commander. And, like it seems to happening more and more lately, I've sort of skipped over the de rigeur slash pairing in favor of one that seemed all over the screen—Cobb and Saito. Their relationship contains elements that are like catnip for me and I couldn't not write:) The story, Infected, takes place after the movie and I think is probably the precursor to a longer story. Again, it's Cobb/Saito.   ETA: I forgot to post the right version of the story. That has been corrected.

One thing--I've been feeling pretty guilty about not finishing the two Mentalist stories I've got in the works, so I've made a deal with myself: I can't work on anything long until the sequel to The Red Men is finished. I'm allowing myself 24-48 to work on other stories and if I can't get it done in that time frame, I shelve it.

Thanks,

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July 14, 2010—Late First Friday Post

Today's post is a one-off for the movie, The Departed. I have a lot of issues with the movie but it had enough good elements to hold my interest beyond the closing credits. But, the ending bothered me and I always wondered what would have happened if it went differently. The story, "The Crooked Line," is Costigan/Dignam, and can be found here.

One thing, The Departed uses the word, 'fuck' 237 times -- I kept that in mind while I was writing:)

Thanks,

x.

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June 4, 2010—First Friday Post

I was going to wait until July to post this piece (for the new White Collar season), but I don't have anything else ready for a First Friday post, so I figured, what the hell. Today's post is a piece of art I did for this last Escapade Con. It's White Collar, Neal/Peter (I'm not an Neal/Peter/Elizabeth gal -- I can't seem to make that work out in my head). I'm not sure where I'd place this in canon -- maybe nowhere? Anyway, the title is: The Last Time Neal Ran and can be found here.

Thanks,

x.

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May 28, 2010—Fiction Update: Thunderheart

This month, TCM has been showing films that either feature a Native American cast or storyline. Recently, they showed Thunderheart, a film from 1992. It deals with the late 70s 'unrest' in South Dakota, fairly evenly, I think. I had fallen in love with the film at the time, even going so far as seeing it a couple times in the theater, (something I rarely did back then). And even though 1992 was a couple years before I discovered slash, the relationship between the two main characters (played by Graham Greene and Val Kilmer) just really wowed me. This story, To the End of the Earth, takes place immediately after the last scene. You sort of need to know the film to understand it, so if you haven't seen Thunderheart, I highly recommend it -- it's a wonderful film even though it deals with a pretty painful subject.

Thanks,

x.

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May 7, 2010—First, First Friday's Post

Art update. Another long time between posting. Tonight's upload is for my first fandom, X-files. Ah, those heady, heady days of the alt.tv.x-files list and the M/K Romantics Assoc:)

I started this pic a very long time ago (I think before 2000) and like a lot of pieces, I got frustrated with it and never finished it. I resurected it for this year's Escapade and managed to work out the kinks. It's Mulder/Krycek, set sometime in the 8th season. Actually, it could be set in any season because as far as I'm concerned, the Incident in the parking garage never happened:) It's titled, Alley: 2 a.m. and can be found here.

Hope you enjoy it:)

x.

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February 20, 2010

Art update. And wow, I just realized that it's been almost 9 months since I posted any new art. Need to check up on that -- that can't be right:)

Anyway, tonight's upload is for one of my favorite shows with my favorite pairings: The Mentalist and Jane/Cho. Oddly enough, I was almost finished with the piece when I realized I was illustrating a scene from the sequel of my story, The Red Men--guess my subconscious has been busy:) Those of you familiar with the show will recognize where part of the piece comes from (I love that both Jane and Cho wear blue pajamas in a couple of the eps -- I can't help find that endearing and a little suggestive). The piece, In the Bedroom, can be found here.

x.