The Unforgotten Country

And they said: Let there be Content!

Please comment with which filters you wish to be added to. Otherwise I shall assume you are just here for the fanfic. *grin*

Finished Fanfiction - Unlocked

WIP Fanfiction/Musefics - Of which, sadly, there are many...

Original Fiction/Writing - Has been relocated to www.UnquietBones.com (RSS Feed over here). Historical posts still archived here if you are interested in visiting the wayback machine. ^_^

Artwork - There isn't much at the moment, and I'm trying to get those moved over to my DeviantArt account...

C'est La Vie - Ramblings about life.

Everyday Dragons - The long and rambling road to building my own home-based small business. (Am in the process of moving this to www.EverydayDragons.com, no RSS feed as of yet)

Food.Fitness - Was mostly just daily logs to help me keep on track, and I've moved those over to CalorieCount.About.com.

Storybook - PHP based Choose Your Own Adventure thingy. In Progress.

The same things my dogs do... nap in the air conditioning. ^_~ heh

...like 1989 old. >.<;; (an random issues up through 1995)

But I don't want to just toss them if anyone else wants them. I've got, erm, lots, so if you'd like a time warp in the mail, just lemme know and I'll throw one in the mailbox for you. Comments are screened, so just drop me an addy and I'll send one out tomorrow. :) If/when/if I run out I'll update this post.

If you want more than one, or if you want to know which issues I have, drop me a comment. Otherwise it's random draw on which one you get. ^_~ heh

I've decided to test out DreamWidth (of which I am uncommonly fond, hence the paid account) by copying my fan fiction over. So there will be a bit of maneuvering --as I have enough drabbles to choke several dragons-- which should prove interesting. I'm also going to crosspost all WIP fics and related ramblings, since if DW flies well (and it's already pretty kickass for just being in Open Beta!) I'll be moving all of the fanfic there for simplicities sake.

Now this doesn't mean I'm leaving LiveJournal, as my friends are all still here (for the moment! ^_~ heh) but that I'll have both journals up and running and reading my flist on both.

I've already imported my flist (although there won't be any locked content on DW) and I've added those of you I know have DW accounts already. If anyone has one I've missed, please let me know! And if anyone would like an invite code, I'll give a yell as soon as I have some. ^_^

This entry was originally posted at http://unforgotten-country.dreamwidth.org/321.html. Please comment there using OpenID. ... *reenables comments* Or not! ^_~ heh

TITLE: Health to the Company
FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
TIMELINE: Set post "Enemy at the Gate"
LENGTH/RATING: 229 words, PG-13, Gen
SUMMARY: FADE TO BLACK. Written for sga_flashfic's Drunken/Alcohol Challenge.

(He never meant to come home again.)

Normally I'm up at Mom's avec Ben and Jerry's (or suitable substitute) and a movie (ahhh, Cold Comfort Farm ^_^) kicking back and relaxing the holiday old school. Or new school. Or whatever. *sighs*

Instead we'll be making a run up and back to Northern VA tomorrow, hitting Mom's in the morning and then hooking up with Dad and Assorted Cousins of Awesomeness(tm) in the afternoon/evening and then driving home.

All because I wanted/needed/could-not-live-without dogs (and I suck at finding anyone to petsit).

...

I still think they were a good idea. *pats a fuzzy head with her toes* *ignores Glare of Death from the cat* Ah furkids. ^_~ Hehehehe

So today I am attempting to think up An Awesome Gift of Awesomeness(tm) and failing. Which is more or less par for the course, I am not well-versed in the art of finding things other people love. Thus I make them pick. MWAHAHAHA! Achem. Yes.

So I am coming up with a mint tea recipe to replace Diet Coke as my One True Love(tm) because I am sick of looking at ingredients lists on things and trying to figure out which random ingredient will kill me next. :P So sugar, milk, mint extract, and Lipton Tea it is! *fiddles with the recipe*

Anywho, happy holidays to one and all, no matter what the holiday's be!

The semester ended yesterday at midnight leaving me with either two A's and a B or two B's and a A depending on an ungraded assignment. Either way, I'm more than pleased and insanely glad that it's over!

Which means I now have an approximately two week break where I have no work and no school... and hopefully I can figure out an order to my life that doesn't including staying up until midnight, sleeping in until 10am, and getting nothing done. *sighs*

It's like freshman year in college all over again! ^_~;;;

Anywho lofs of hugs to my abandoned f'list and I will try and get back into the flow of LJ things! *pokes her fanficitves who curse interesting curses and demand to remain in hibernation* I hope. >.<;;;

Sadly, I did not make it up until midnight for the first few minutes of NaNoWriMo 2008. Candy only works up until a point and it's been a long week. *yawns*

I am remedying this somewhat by the fact that I am wide awake on Saturday and it's not yet noon (huzzah?). I've got Sven the Laptop powered up and Q10 open and ready to write. (At some point I really need to make a post proclaiming my love of that program!) Now I just need to sit down and get my mind to paper…

For those of you playing along at home, my NaNoWriMo profile is here and I'd love to have some more writing buddies! ^_^ Fourth times the charm!!

[Cross-posted from Unquiet Bones]

I got tired of having the original fiction F'locked, and I didn't want to setup an add-filled LJ (I am NOT enthralled at the idea of paying for more than one account here) so I went ahead and setup a WordPress blog.

I've finally gotten the installation beaten somewhat into shape, so if folks would be willing to take a gander over at www.UnquietBones.com and let me know how the layout looks, I'd be verymuchthankful! ^_^

I've setup the LiveJournal feed for Unquiet Bones over here, but for now I'll continue manually cross-posting to LJ. Once the buts are worked out, I'll switch for good, but I'm still getting into the rhythm of WordPress. Plus all of my social circles are on LJ. *grins at her f'list* ^_^

And now I have to go rework The Unforgotten Country so it's just fanfic... *adds another page of things to her To Do list* Yay. :P

The following are the first lines from all of the original fiction postings from the August 2008. These are friends-locked posts sorted under my Writing filter, as I have no desire to spam those on my flist who aren't interested. *grin*

Please comment on this post in order to be added to the filter or check out my archive: Unquiet Bones (www.UnquietBones.com).

Note: The number is the date of the entry and the stuff in parenthesis is the genre and/or working title of the universe in which the story snippit took place.

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11 - Good may have won the day, but Evil cannot be killed, only contained. (Fantasy)

9 - The river was half crusted with ice, the snow trampled where various wildlife and villagers had come for water. (Fantasy; Traveling Songs)

6 - It wasn't healthy, but she couldn't bring herself to give up what little hope had made it through the war. (A Candle in the Window; Fantasy)

5 - It's grown while he was gone, enveloping the house in coppery-green leaves glinting in fading sunlight. (Ashes of the Fire; Fantasy)

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Title: Halfway into the Forest
Fandom: Stargate SG-1; AU: Broken Wings by synecdochic
Length/Rating: 437 words, PG, Gen
SPOILERS: Tag for a howling in the factory yard. Which if you haven't read you need to go read! (Plus everything else she's ever written, but that's beside the point. ^_~ *grin*)
Summary: And then there was one... (Chen POV, because darned if the Russian speaking, Chinese national who listens to K-pop doesn't need more love. Srsly!) ((Mouse-overs for quote sources, translations, and full notes at the bottom).


( He's never been the first one in... )

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.

Stargate Atlantis to end after Season 5 (but will continue on in direct-to-DVD movies)

TITLE: The Thirteenth Hour
FANDOM: Labyrinth
LENGTH/RATING: 100 words, PG, Gen
PAIRING/WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: drabbles 30 Days of Drabbles: Day 24 Prompts: Noun/Object: Teacher (Sense/Weaponsmaster/Tutor/Adviser)

( He didn't actually turn children into goblins, no matter how hard their siblings wished. )

COME PLAY!! ^_^

Come find your Muse in 100 Words!

drabbles has 25 days of Verbs and Nouns and Settings and Colors (well, 75 colors, to be precise! ^_~) and Smells and Songs and Images and Fandoms and TV Tropes and Wikipedia pages... all waiting for plot bunnies!

Only five posts left and the 30 Days of Drabbles will be no more!! (Of course you can still use the prompts from now until eternity, but heck, I hate posting alone! ^_~;;;)

COME PLAY!! ^_^

TITLE: Rise Again For Me
FANDOM: Torchwood
LENGTH/RATING: 100 words, PG-13, Gen (Ianto/Jack)
SUMMARY: Written for drabbles Day 25 Prompts: Song/Poem: Perfect by Maren Ord

( He wasn't used to it, you couldn't get used to something like that, but he'd accepted the fact that Jack was going to die. )

TITLE: Plausibly Deniability
FANDOM: House, M.D.
LENGTH/RATING: 100 words, PG-13, Gen
SHIPS/WARNINGS: none
SUMMARY: drabbles Day 21 Prompts: Setting: Hospital/Clinic

( 'Shh, I'm hiding.' )

TITLE: Why Botany and Xenobotany are Not The Same Thing
FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
AU: Imaginary Gate Team 5
LENGTH/RATING: 100 words, PG-13, Gen
SUMMARY: drabbles Day 21 Prompts: Noun/Object: Horse (Mule/Donkey/Zebra)

( 'I think it's a zebra.' )

Title: Genii to the Rescue!
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Length/Rating: 100 words, PG-13, Gen
Summary: Written for sga_flashfic Role Reversal Challenge. I blame my Silly!Muse. *solemn nod*

("Oh no, hell no.")

TITLE: That Long Horizon
FANDOM: Doctor Who
LENGTH/RATING: 100 words, PG, Gen
SHIPS/WARNINGS: Set at the end of "Last of the Time Lords", no spoilers for season 4.
SUMMARY: Written for dw100 Challenge #210: Susurration. (su•sur•ra•tion n. A soft, whispering or rustling sound; a murmur).

( The problem with alternate realities was once you got your mind around them --and there was so very very much to wrap a mind around-- you can't forget. )

For those of you watching the Everyday Dragons filter, you know I've started chewing on a new programming project ('Choose Your Own Adventure' meets 'Audience Directed Storytelling' meets 'Collectible Card Game'. No, really. ^_~). For those of you who want to play along (and to stop spamming the ED filter) I've set it up on it's own filter.

Lemme know if you want in! ^_^