May's ficlist

[donutsweeper]

May's list:
Doubts, NCIS fandom, vague Ducky/Gibbs, Gibbs doubts himself, rated PG, 200 words (written for ncisdrabble100 challenge: surprises)
A Coffee and A Smile, NCIS fandom, Tony wasn't just hired because he smiled, rated G, 100 words (written for  ncisdrabble100 challenge: surprises)
Ménage à Trois Part Deux, Rhys/Owen/Jack, sequel to Ménage à Trois, rated NC-17, 100 words (Time Stamp Meme, written for sistercarrion   )
Borrowed Time, NCIS fandom, When Tony had the plague Gibbs ordered him to live, rated PG, 300 words (written for ncisdrabble100   challenge: too late and my paliphrase   challenge)
A Minor Rendezvous, Jack/Turlough/Five implied, sequel to A Minor Interlude, rated PG, 175 words (Time Stamp Meme, written for _medley_   )
The Wizard, the Ghost, and the Alien Hunter, Torchwood/Dresden Files crossover, sequel to The Wizard and the Alien Hunter, rated G, 283 words (Time Stamp Meme, written for aeron_lanart )
The Pants, Jack/Ianto, 6th in The Clothing Series, rated PG-13, 100 words (Time Stamp Meme, written for mad_jaks )
Here's a Doctor, There's a Doctor, Doctor Who fandom, a room full of Doctors?, rated G, 1967 words
The Impartial Parrot, Torchwood + 20 other fandoms, There is a pub that spies gravitate to..., rated PG, 1293 words

They break down as 3 NCIS, 1 Doctor Who, 3 crossovers (including the "Crossover of Doom" as labeled by torchwood_three *snerk*) and 2 Torchwood stories.  All but the last two were by request or for challenges. 

I know there are still two Time Stamp Meme requests I haven't fulfilled (SGA/TW pants!verse stories); I haven't forgotten, it's just been fighting me.

Grand total:  3 drabbles, 4 ficlets, 2 stories.  4518 words.

Oh, and I got tired of my default userpic so set it for random.  I apologize in advance if LJ picks a completely inappropriate icon for the post I'm making.

Comments

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Crossover of Doom *snorfle*

You know it would have been rather wonderful if your doctor fic had been 1963 words... Mind you, 1967 was when I was born so it's still a significant number.

I never bother with monthly fic lists, I just don't write enough. Having said that it is nearly 6 months since I last did one so maybe I will once I've finished the current wip, which has now got to 8000 words with 2 parts to go! Sometimes I can't believe how wordy I get when there's so little plot, maybe it's because a lot of my stuff is written against the backdrop of the series so the plot is provided by that and all I'm doing is filling in the 'unseen' bits...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I might just have cackled a bit when I saw it listed like that on the newsletter.

I started doing the lists way back, sometimes there's nearly nothing on them, but I find it a good way to get organized in my head of where I've been, writing-wise, in previous months. I've also found there are some months I don't feel like I've written anything, but the word count is actually quite high. Or that I'd posted a bunch of stories, but they were all drabbles so the overall count is low.

You could do a half year one, just to get a look at all that you've done. I bet your word count will be huge!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

If I set my icon to random, I KNOW LJ would pick something completely inappropriate, because the majority of them are inappropriate for the majority of contexts.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

yeahm there is that problem. But I got *so* sick of my default one. And I usually remember to check it and since I have a paid account I can also edit it if I notice after the fact it's horrible inappropriate.

like if someone's sick and LJ picks the monkeyboobs icon for my "oh hope you feel better" post

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I don't know...the flying monkey boobs one would definitely make me feel better.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

you maybe, but unfortunately not everyone!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

True. Sadly.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

some people just do not understand the wonders of the monkey boobs or alien donuts...

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I just don't understand some people.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

absolutely agree with you here

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic, by the way. It's like icon roulette.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

you never know what you're gonna get. And I have 100 icons uploaded!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Hot damn! What fun.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I have space for 107 somehow. AS a b-day present for myself I bought a year of LJ and extra icons- it wasn't too expensive I was happy

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I have 46 icons, and I get one new one every time I renew my paid account. I don't think I could ever survive with any less.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how the system works, but I like it when they randomly add icon space!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

It's like your birthday arriving early when you realize you have more space.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh yeah!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Then, of course, there's the frantic search for that perfect icon to fill the space, which, for me, often leads to a complete restructuring of my icons.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

yeah, somehow even with 100 or something I still have a whole folder of icons i'm not currently using. I had to stop looking at new icons or it would drive me nuts because I wouldnt have room for it

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I have a whole photobucket account of icons. It's ridiculous.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

ooh, that's clever.

my goal is to have only icons made for me or inspired by something I wrote or something. I'm more than halfway there.

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Impressive.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I have 101 icons up. only 34 are from other people without at least something added or changed by me. The rest are all made by me or for me or whatever.

makes me so happy

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

I'm definitely leaning more toward self-made icons, lately, but not nearly to that extent.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*choosing icon wisely*

Tis a good idea, especially since you're so good at it!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Why thank you. I only traumatize a handful of people when I make icons. The rest usually seem pretty delighted.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*nods* as it should be. And those who are traumatized deserve it I'm sure

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Like roommates who have no love for the Barrowman bum.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I still find that hard to believe

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I threaten her with that picture everytime she does something evil to my door. I feel I should really build up to that one, though. Add a little vasiline-on-the-door-handle into the mix, first.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

tis a great trick

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Just 1 folder? *checks harddrive* I have 489 files in 19 folders, organised by creator (in a base folder called 'icons'). I am such a hoarder. Obviously 107 icons is not enough for me...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

that is *so* much more organized than I will ever be.

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't find anything otherwise. Its the same with all my Sims 2 downloads - I have 24,000 files in my downloads folder so if I didn't have subfolders organised by type, creator etc I'd never be able to find bad or duplicate files.

It's amazing that my game actually runs Ok with that much stuff in it!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

when I try to organize, I loose stuff. I'm hopeless. I'll remember where it HAD BEEN and that I'd decided to move it, but no clue where the perfect place I'd found to store it wound up being

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Moohahaha.

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

I got round to doing my list; it's here (http://aeron-lanart.livejournal.com/50988.html). You were right about the word count too... it's around 36,000, and that's with 7 sub-1000 word fics and drabbles posted. Yikes.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

36000. *boggles* WOW

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

That is over 5 months, remember. *g* Though apart from January when I only posted the 1 drabble-and-a-half I have seemed to write/post at least 1000 words a month with a biggish fic posted every other month.

It's rare that I can manage to be concise. *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

there's nothing wrong with being verbose!