Fun Buffy stuff! :)

[elisi]

1) stormwreath's A Guide to 'Buffy' Ships. Truly brilliant, and an easy shorthand if you ever want to introduce anyone to the 'verse. (Make sure to check out the comments too - f.ex. you should definitely expand beer_good_foamy's thread!)

2) workerbee73 wrote a wonderful post about beta-ing. A great read for anyone - writers, betas and anyone else (if you've ever wondered what all the fuss is about, and what exactly goes into the process, then this lays it out beautifully).

3) My girls (I'm not quite sure how) got hold of The Simpsons 150th comics issue (Treehouse of Horror). In one of the stories, Comic Book Guy has bought a batch of *cursed* movie & TV props. Lisa picks up a stake and hey presto, she's Lisa the Vampire Slayer! I scanned the 2 pages of her story, because they amused me greatly - they even deal with the Spike vs. Angel issue. :)

Comments

[kathyh]

Ahhh...now I'm blushing and all embarrassed :) ::hugs you::

It was a very interesting article. I think we ended up doing a lot of it accidentally *g*.

[elisi]

Ahhh...now I'm blushing and all embarrassed :) ::hugs you::
::hugs you back:: (You read my comment, right?)

It was a very interesting article. I think we ended up doing a lot of it accidentally *g*.
BETA MIND MELD!!!!!! :D

[kathyh]

That must be it *g*. And thanks for the lovely comment, which I had read, hence the blushing :)

[elisi]

I thought that might be the case. :)

And I've been writing this morning!!!! And it feels so gooooood. (Esp since the chapter has done nothing but gone in circles in my head for the last few weeks. That said, it's still TRICKY. I don't like arguments - I don't want to bash anyone. *sigh*)

[kathyh]

Looking forward to reading it :)

[elisi]

Thank you. It'll be one of those that I throw at you, begging for an opinion, because I'm already losing track of how it works.

I've also decided that there will only be two more chapters after this one. (Plus epilogue.) I need to be able to see the end...

[kathyh]

But didn't you say you'd thought of a sequel *g* ::ducks and runs::

[elisi]

Well that is why I need to finish this one! *cries*

On the plus side, the sequel will be interconnected stand-alones, rather than one long continuous story, which will make life easier!

Oh, and today I've written... *checks* 1698 words. :) Including most of the awkward stuff. It'll need A LOT of editing though.

(There is also, of course, 'Divided Destiny' which I've not even looked at for like a year! *deep sigh* I really want to finish that too, because it's a really good story - even though it is so horribly long.)

[kathyh]

And I deliberately wasn't going to mention "Divided Destiny" in order not to depress you! Interconnected stand-alones does sound much easier to deal with.

Never mind. You must have written the equivalent of several novels by now and it's all good writing experience.

[elisi]

And I deliberately wasn't going to mention "Divided Destiny" in order not to depress you!
Aw, thank you. I'm just grateful that Buffy fandom hasn't completely died yet - I might still have readers once it's done. ;)

Interconnected stand-alones does sound much easier to deal with.
Ooooh yes. And my 'The Year That Wasn't' FitB thingy is BRILLIANT and harrowing. I've written a couple of pages, but time is, alas, an issue...

Never mind. You must have written the equivalent of several novels by now and it's all good writing experience.
Now I just need to write an *actual* novel... *laughs*