Yuletide Reveal
Jan. 1st, 2011 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
masterofmidgetsI've heard that you should spend New Year's doing what you want to being doing in the coming year. If that's true, than in 2011 I have a greater than usual chance of being eaten by a great white shark.
No, I don't know why there was a Jaws marathon either. But my father was in charge of the remote, I couldn't do much about it.
Last night was also the Yuletide reveal! So here is my story:
Title: Lefty Sings The Blues
Fandom: Pancho and Lefty (song)
Recipient:luzula, who asked for more about the relationship between Pancho and Lefty and what happened in Mexico
Warnings: canon character death
Rating: PG-13 ish
Notes: a special thanks tocolourofsaying, hand-holder, idea-bouncer, and beta-reader, and my mother, who is an invaluable blues reference.
Summary: A bank robbery, a hide-out, a betrayal. A blues song.
I came really close to defaulting this year, because while I had this story plotted out about two days after I got my assignment, I left the bulk of the writing to the weekend before the deadline. And then the whole thing with my grandfather happened, and I wasn't in any kind of shape to hold a coherent conversation, let alone write a story. But I've been kind of obsessed with the idea of this story since November (askcolourofsaying how many times I've flailed at her about it over the phone), and I didn't want to give up on it. I think I hit 1000 words at 11.57 on Monday Night, and posted a terribly incomplete story just before the deadline hit. And then spent the next several days trying to finish it, culminating in an all-nighter on Thursday. I'm not sure this is the story it would have been if circumstances hadn't been what they were, but I think I'm still happy with it.
My room is looking really empty right now since all my stuff is packed up. Miraculously, I managed to fit my new boots and one of my new cookbooks into my suitcase without running out of room for (most) of my clothes - it probably helps that I am leaving my job interview suit here, since I shouldn't be needing it in California. Leaving for the airport in a couple of hours, and should be back on campus around midnight or so. Wish me luck!
No, I don't know why there was a Jaws marathon either. But my father was in charge of the remote, I couldn't do much about it.
Last night was also the Yuletide reveal! So here is my story:
Title: Lefty Sings The Blues
Fandom: Pancho and Lefty (song)
Recipient:
luzula, who asked for more about the relationship between Pancho and Lefty and what happened in MexicoWarnings: canon character death
Rating: PG-13 ish
Notes: a special thanks to
colourofsaying, hand-holder, idea-bouncer, and beta-reader, and my mother, who is an invaluable blues reference.Summary: A bank robbery, a hide-out, a betrayal. A blues song.
I came really close to defaulting this year, because while I had this story plotted out about two days after I got my assignment, I left the bulk of the writing to the weekend before the deadline. And then the whole thing with my grandfather happened, and I wasn't in any kind of shape to hold a coherent conversation, let alone write a story. But I've been kind of obsessed with the idea of this story since November (ask
colourofsaying how many times I've flailed at her about it over the phone), and I didn't want to give up on it. I think I hit 1000 words at 11.57 on Monday Night, and posted a terribly incomplete story just before the deadline hit. And then spent the next several days trying to finish it, culminating in an all-nighter on Thursday. I'm not sure this is the story it would have been if circumstances hadn't been what they were, but I think I'm still happy with it. My room is looking really empty right now since all my stuff is packed up. Miraculously, I managed to fit my new boots and one of my new cookbooks into my suitcase without running out of room for (most) of my clothes - it probably helps that I am leaving my job interview suit here, since I shouldn't be needing it in California. Leaving for the airport in a couple of hours, and should be back on campus around midnight or so. Wish me luck!