Wishes come true, not free

I'm worried that I've lost my mojo. Such as it was.

I'm doing NaNo in two weeks and I haven't the least clue what I'm writing. I asked for prompts two weeks ago and my brain just freezes up whenever I go to write one.

WTF is the matter with me?

MOJO WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?!

(I apparently have not lost the ability to be melodramatic.)

GRRR.

Okay, anyway, right now I have two major contenders for my NaNo novel.

Option #1 is an idea I first came up with in 2010, I think. To wit: Harry Potter Post Epilogue (Next Gen) story. James has cast a spell that prohibits Lily from dating until after Albus does (ala 10 Things I Hate About You/Taming of the Shrew). James thinks he's terribly clever because he knows Albus is too shy to date. Lily actually IS very clever, and knows that Albus isn't just shy -- he is also in love with his best friend Scorpius. I initially thought that this story would be from Albus' POV (as is traditional in the other versions, where Albus = Kate)... but this is totally Lily's story.

OBSTACLES: I need the boy that Lily wants to date. He needs to be an OC, and worthy of our girl. Also, I'm in the middle of a different Lily-centric story, and I want to not cross my streams (neither of these are really obstacles. I'm such a whiner).

Option #2: Avengers fandom. I talked about this a little bit when I wrote my Steve Rogers character study. Steve/Bucky. Steve and Bucky never got together before the war -- there was some interest from both parties, but neither of them realized that the other one would be open to the idea, so unrequited UST of a fairly sweet nature. Then Bucky ships out, and gets captured and Steve changes before they find each other again. In the months that they are raiding together as Howling Commandoes they very nearly have a Moment, but end up having a fight instead. Then Bucky dies. Then Steve dies. And that's really where my story would start. (The story would be mostly in the "now" of story time, modern day after the Winter Soldier is found. The rest is told as flashbacks and memories.)

So, tell me Oh Wise Flist -- which should I write? Please to cast your votes in the comments (preferably with a word or two saying why you'd suggest one over the other). Please bear in mind that I have to date written only about 1500 words of Avengers fic. I've done 4 NaNoWriMos worth of Harry Potter fic (plus some). One could argue that fact in favor of either option above, depending on which way it was spun.

I'm feeling itchy to start writing again, but nothing sounds like what I want to write. It's like I have literary constipation.

(Is that too much? That was too much, wasn't it?)

Anyway!

I'm asking for drabble prompts! Drop me a prompt in the comments and I will do my best to write you something that we will be somewhere between 100 and... more than 100 words.

I'll accept Harry Potter and Avengers fandoms for sure. You're welcome to prompt for another fandom, but I make no promises as to the results.

I've made a lot of new friends in the past day or three over at the lovely and incomparable be_compromised.

And then I suddenly realized that there are like two posts on here from this year, and one of them is super-maudlin and about my dead mum OH HI THAT MAKES A GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION.

So, I says to myself, so. Let's begin as we mean to go on, tidy up a bit and introduce ourselves and maybe they won't notice. ::hides dust cloth covered in cobwebs behind back.::

I'm Kadollan, or Bekah, or Kade -- Kade is good. I just turned 39 last week, and I'm finally starting to get a hang of this whole "grown up" concept. I have a husband, three kids, and a dog, and Oh Lord...I live in the suburbs. From the outside (and as far as my boss or co-workers know) I appear to be about as normal a middle-American wife and mother as one could ever hope to meet.

Little do they know.

I was a tiny fangirl when I was a kid, although I didn't even know that was a thing. I read Elfquest as the glossy graphic novels were being published and I played made up games, wrote an "Elvendex" (a comprehensive glossary of all of the characters ever) and drew some truly horrific fan art. I was, like, ten, okay?

I spent my teenage years reading science fiction and fantasy (I have a lot of feelings about Robert Heinlein and Anne McCaffrey) and generally being a reclusive nerd.

These early experiences set me up beautifully for internet fandom. I met cybermathwitch while we were both in college. We were watching Buffy together and she introduced me to this whole "people that live in this tiny box will talk to you about this show, and they write stories too!" concept.

To which I responded: Whoa.

I never really got active in Buffy fandom (although I did read some pretty good fic. Including one truly outrageous and cracky affair based on the pre-supposition that Oz and Scott from Austin Powers were actually the same person. Good times.) But that was okay because hard and fast on the heels of Buffy was Harry Potter, and then it was all over for me. Good night. Go home.

I have always been a fairly passive member of fandom. I read A LOT, I write a little, and I bugger off for a while (but never stay gone for long).

I love Harry Potter, Firefly, Lord of the Rings (like to a nearly religious level...and I'm not actually exaggerating much), The Avengers (hello!), Star Trek (most, if not all incarnations), Narnia (although I have mixed feelings about the movies) and... hell. I just like stories, you know?

So, here's my philosophy about all this (is anyone still reading? Have I gone on too long?) I have lots of ships, and rarely will refuse to read something based on the pairing (with the notable and definite exception of cross-gen, incest or other such squicksome nonsense). What I am saying is, I'll read Darcy/Clint (especially if it's based in New Mexico) and still love me some Clint/Natasha. I can read Steve/Tony and Steve/Bucky and love both story lines. I kind of see each individual story as separate and independent. Make me believe it in your world, and I'm yours. I'm in it for the writing, the feels, and the community. This also means that I never rain on any one else's shipping or fandom parade. If you are reading and writing stories that make you happy then good on ya. Keep doing that.

So.

Nice you meet you!

I've recently started uploading my fanfiction over to A03.

Like a boss, I added all the Draco/Ginny LDWS drabbles from last 2009, and I finally got the last three posted to awfully_clever

Like a boss.

Guess who has gotten a comment on one story (okay, not a very good comment, but hey, it was a comment, alright?) AND some Kudos?

THIS GIRL.

In other news,I didn't make the hd_holidays cut. Alas and woe -- and good luck to the authors who did get in! (Truth be told, I'm almost relieved, since I'm doing the two Next Gen fests.)

So, yes. There you have it.

The folks over at DG-LDWS (Draco/Ginny Last Drabble Writer Standing)are considering having another go.

Learn more here.

So, remember that Draco/Ginny drabble writing contest I was in?



I am so excited, I'm next to myself on the couch telling myself how excited I am.

I'm going to post my last three drabbles to awfully_clever here in a bit, and then I'll link to them from here.

In other news - I did get my hp_triangle fic done on time (go me!) so, that's two of my writing commitments for the fall over and done with. Now I have the harrypotterbang and the ginnybigbang yet to go. (Before I get too excited, I guess I should stop and remember that these are meant to be 15K and 20K respectively.)

Title: Extracurricular Charms
Author: kadollan
Disclaimer: This work is a piece of fan-fiction that is intended for entertainment purposes only. Ginny Weasley and Draco Malfoy are owned by any number of people who are not me.
Pairing: Ginny Weasley/Draco Malfoy
Rating: Teen 13+
Type: One Shot, Drabble
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: It's a simple spell.
Notes: Written for Round 1 of the dg_ldws challenge. The prompt was: "It's a simple spell...," 200 words.

"You don't know how to do this? Seriously."


Title: The Tower
Author: kadollan
Disclaimer: This work is a piece of fan-fiction that is intended for entertainment purposes only. Ginny Weasley and Draco Malfoy are owned by any number of people who are not me.
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Ginny Weasley
Rating: Teen 13+
Type: One Shot, Drabble
Warnings: None
Word Count: 387
Summary: It's a frakking drabble.
Notes: Written for Round 3 of the dg_ldws challenge. The prompt was: "Astronomy Tower," 100-499 words

"I never meant to bring you here."


Title: Hanging on in Quiet Desperation is the English Way
Author: kadollan
Disclaimer: This work is a piece of fan-fiction that is intended for entertainment purposes only. Ginny Weasley and Draco Malfoy are owned by any number of people who are not me.
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Ginny Weasley
Rating: All Ages
Type: One Shot, Drabble
Warnings: None
Word Count: 390
Summary:
Notes: Written for Round 4 of the dg_ldws challenge. The prompt was: "Inspired by this quote: 'Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.' ~ Sydney Smith and must be Epilogue compliant," 100-499 words. (My first thought on reading this challenge was "Didn't I just write that?"

"Draco sighed and barely kept himself from running a hand through his hair."

Okay, here's your weekly reminder to go and vote in the dg_ldws contest.

This week it's just my drabble up against one other (cybermathwitch used her "by" this week.)

So.

Go vote!

So, I'm doing the dg_ldws, right?

And I was thinking,"Hey it would be cool if I made it through the first round."

BUT!

BUT!

GO LOOK.

(I'll wait 'til you get back.)

::hold music::

Are you back?

Did you SEE?

OMGWTFBBQSQUEE!!!!

Okay, weasley_fest has wrapped up, and we have a week until reveals.

Anyone want to to take a stab at which one was mine? Any guesses at all?

(Those of you who beta-ed do not get to play, for reasons that I feel are obvious.)