*dashes back out the door* [annerb]

omg, you guys. I'm still alive, I swear. My life has just been...insane. Work's been a whirlwind, been flying out places most weekends, got in a minor but highly aggravating and time consuming car accident, dealing with family health insanity, cat health issues, and I just...GAH. I've been lurking around a tiny bit, just trying to keep myself sane, but most things have collapsed by the way side. I feel like I've missed a thousand birthdays (yo, birthday girls, leave me a prompt, maybe that will kick my muse back into gear). And I think I owe my first born to

abyssinia4077 in fannish blood payment at this point.I don't even have any energy left to flail over LJ's most recent attempt to make my fannish anonymity as tricky as possible (facebook has been completely isolated in its own dedicated web browser, I don't trust it to play well with others). Someone please tap me before we all completely abandon LJ. I don't want to miss the last boat.

I'm staring at a pile of fic that desperately needs to be finished, especially with NaNo breathing down my neck. (What is up with all these sequels? I've got the third and FINAL installment in the porn universe, I've got a mini!otp sequel (?!?!), not to mention Down Here Among the Wreckage that people must be assuming I have abandoned (I haven't, I SWEAR!). Plus, I have just finished posting my

dayofindulgence uber slavefic of doom over at ffnet. But...it sort of ends evilly and requires a sequel that I have not nearly finished yet. *is evil* (I will post said evil fic here at some point. Probably.) And let us not even speak of the Thirty Characters meme from ages ago. Oy.)

I have been stealing moments here and there late at night when I can't sleep and have been surprisingly obsessed with Star Trek Reboot fic. I know. WTH? But I discovered

igrockspock and her uber fic of wonder (most of which is centered around the awesomeness that is the women of ST). Seriously do yourself a favor and read everything she has written. My favorites?

Logic Demands that You Take Off that Ridiculous Hat, Get Naked, and Come to Bed (Amanda Greyson/Sarek) I love this look at Amanda from Sarek's point of view. I just...it makes me believe in this pairing.

Caged Bird Singing (Giala, gen) This is the backstory that makes Giala more than that green girl who slept with Kirk. Brittle, harsh, and lovely and hopeful all at the same time. Warning for sexual slavery.

Not Her Body, But Her Life (Spock/Uhura, Amanda) Spock tries to reconcile mourning his mother as a human, not a Vulcan. This is the fic that lingers. Short, but glorious, and pitch perfect. Makes me want to know Amanda.

Nobody to Help Me (But Myself) (Christine Chapel, Kirk, Gen) I don't know much about Christine Chapel, but this fic makes me love her. Not to mention the way Kirk is handled, the way I believe him as Captain in this fic, even with his specific personality carefully woven into it. It's great. Warning for attempted rape.

How Winona Kirk Fell in Love, Found Her Strength, and Healed a Relationship with Bread Pudding (Winona/George, with lovely, lovely Winona raising a difficult son. Gah. I love

igrockspock 's Winona like whoa, flawed, feisty, and fabulous)

A few other fics by other authors:

Off the Old Block by

rawles (Joanna McCoy) I love this fic, the teenaged, angry Joanna visiting her dad, manipulating everyone around her, and finally realizing just what she's so angry about.

Not a Ghost Story by

tosca1390 (Winona Kirk, Jim Kirk) Life after George Kirk. How she fucks it up and how she doesn't. Absolutely amazing. (Who knew I could love a character so much who had like two minutes of screen time?)

Lot's Wife by

fialleril (Amanda) Her last moments. Gorgeous.

Also, check out this awesome picspam of the women of Star Trek.

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There's a mini!otp sequel in the works? I'm excited!

Best of luck with everything going on.

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Seconded. (And to add that this is a rough week for me so I'm especially excited that it's in the works.)

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No promises to get it done this week, but hopefully soon! (Then again, you never know, things have a way of disappearing into my hard drive, especially once I have been foolish enough to speak of them.)

Hope your week gets better!

Hope yours does too!

I claim insanity :) The mini!otp is just so....cute! And they make the real OTP even more tragic. So much to play with.

Actually when i didn't find any posts here i thought you were just that busy writing up a storm.

I have been reading Rusty Wheel and loving it btw.

Hope your universe evens itself out soon. In the meantime hang in there :)

I wish. Sadly this wasn't one of those type of silences.

Thanks! I will try not to leave Rusted Wheel hanging too long.

annerb! You goddess!

Firstly sorry about RL being so heinous and I hope things improve very soon.

Your story is fabulous. Yes, okay it has cliches but they're *well written* cliches, and I was sucked into the story from the first paragraph. Gritty, grimy and sweaty, I could feel it all. The rising tension the claustrophobia; just terrific story telling, as always.

Thanks for a super read. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed it, and there's a sequel in the works to look forward to; it just gets better and better. {{{hugs}}}

Sigs! So glad you enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun writing it. It's fun to come up with alien worlds and situations. And, you know, torturing my favorite characters emotionally. It's what I do. I will work hard on the sequel!

Oops. Right that should be Rusted Wheel. Sorry :(

Heh. No problem. :)

"Plus, I have just finished posting my dayofindulgence uber slavefic of doom over at ffnet. But...it sort of ends evilly and requires a sequel that I have not nearly finished yet. *is evil*"

What? You can't tell me that's the way it ends, you just can't! *Sob*

*Checks to see if the over the top melodrama has worked at guilting your muse.* No? Sigh.

Hope your real life calms down soon. (And not just because I want pretty new fics to read.)

I'm sorry! That's just...where it ends. For now. Do I get to live if I promise a sequel? *hides*

Hmmmmm, I suppose. ;)

I will remind you, I told you to change minor phrasing!!! You're the one who decided to rewrite entire scenes! :-)

I've been mostly lurking too, but I'm glad to see you about! (You're on dw already right? If you need an invite code, I've got a couple stashed somewhere in my inbox).

Haha. No one is blaming you. I just...knew large bits needed to be rewritten. It's better now, that's all that matters! :)

I'm already on DW, there is just absolutely zero posted there.

Sorry RL has been troublesome, I hope it balances back to normal soon
oh dear, I've been so good and not read Rusted Wheel until it was finished ( I suffer too much with DHAtW, thank you very much :-) ) and now that I know it ends evilly I have to decide wether to read it and then suffer waiting for the sequell or resist temptation ...
I too fell in love with Star Treck reboot fic specially Amanda/Sarek and Spock/Uhura, there's some great fics on them

Thank you! Yes, you may wish to hold off on Rusted Wheel if you can't handle ambiguous endings. :)

Got any favorite ST fics to rec? I need some ST icons!!

These are some of my saved fics, not in any order of preference although Miscommunication is probably my favorite
Miscommunication http://salr323.livejournal.com/99134.html#cutid1
Po-wak (aftermath) http://salr323.livejournal.com/101418.html#cutid1
Descartes Error http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5147894/1/Descartes_Error
The_Vulcans Wife http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5476192/1/The_Vulcans_Wife (Amanda/Sarek)
Home http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5618592/1/

Just wondering, is there a reason Rusted Wheel isn't posted on LJ? I prefer to comment here. But...that was the ending? *puzzled*

I didn't post here on LJ yet because I did a poll a while ago and the LJ peeps seemed uninterested in WIPs, so I post as I go to ffnet with plans of posting to LJ when it is complete. I'm in the process of backdating and uploading all the chapters to LJ now. I've just been a bit slammed and all that annoying formatting takes forever! :)

Okay, that's what I thought. But you know, if anyone could get away with posting a WIP it's you, because you actually finish them. (Oops, hope I didn't just jinx it! LOL)

Whoo hoo! There's a third installment in the pornU? Yay! Post it! Post it!

SO glad to hear you haven't abandoned 'Wreckage'. I've been anxiously awaiting the next (and all, frankly!) chapter of it!

I didn't realize that was the end of the slavefic! It SO doesn't end on a, well, endy note! It definitely needs a conclusion. One of a decidedly smutty variety? *hopes* You built up allllll that tension!

And, like you NEED more to work on, don't forget about another DC series installment. It's your own fault, you know. For being so damn good:)

The third installation of the porn universe is so far surprisingly G rated. Lol. Maybe they finally realized the porn isn't getting them anywhere.

I have the next two chapters of Wreckage printed out and in my purse at all times! I will finish them! I MUST.

Yes, the slavefic ends evilly. I admit it. But that's just where it had to end. Blame the muse.

I'm ignoring your DC comment, because one more fic on my pile might make me fall apart and hide under my bed. Lol.

G rated? In the PornU?! Say it ain't so! *sniffles*

How many more chapters of Wreckage are there?

The DC series cannot be forgotten or ignored! I must mention it at every opportunity because it MUST be continued! Y'know.... soon. When the muse strikes the stupid!cute who in the last installment had them 'Saying It'... in a STORAGE CLOSET!

And what are fantasy #'s 1 and 2? They SO need to have a discussion about that... :)

*hugs* for all the rl stuff, and no worries, I'll let you know if the lj ship sinks permanently. (ARGH stupid FB)

Re: Rusted Wheel--Bwa ha ha! You are so, so evil. I thought you'd do an author's note or a "Fin" or something. Poor Annerb fangirls.

No, I was too chickenshit to actually put the 'fin' there, even though the more I think about it, that really is where that fic ends. Yes, there is a sequel, but the mood and atmosphere and all are so completely different that it really needs to be a separate entity. I should probably sneakily go back and edit the last chapter to say 'fin'. Lol. I'm not trying to be evil, really!!

Facebook is *this* close to being deleted entirely. Blerg.

You could edit it... or do an author's note chapter. :-)

OMG. I mean, the problem I have with FB is that there's so much on there I actually LIKE, and it's a fabulous way to keep up with friends I don't keep up with. But the privacy issues! The chaos! The APPS. (Oh, man. SO many stupid apps!)

I seriously only use facebook in safari and EVERYTHING else in Firefox. Just to keep it quarantined. Yes, I am that paranoid.

Dude. A long time ago, I noticed that FB had *automatically* connected with my netflix account and was telling everyone I knew what I was putting in my queue. I was NOT pleased. I think browser quarantine is the only reasonable thing to do.

Wow. I don't even know what to say! Thank you so much for the recs and the kind words.

Oh hai! How embarrassing that I am so far behind that I have yet to plaster all of your fics with my love and comments and you must read of it here instead. :) Yours are the first Star Trek fics I have read and I am in hook, line, and sinker. Thanks so much for writing such awesome women!

I am sorry real life has been so crazy. (Do you know what you need? A vacation. Not now, necessarily. But maybe in, say, February? February would be good. And you know, I would make it a really big vacation. I hear London is beautiful in February.)

Also, I absolutely can't wait to read...all of those fics you mentioned. But I will wait patiently because I totally understand about RL insanity.

Ha. Nice. Subtle. (I want to SO bad!! What were the dates again? No! I can't! Eep!)

I wish real life would just get the hint that it is way less important than my fannish pursuits.

I pride myself on my subtlety. :) (The con is February 11-13th but most of us are staying longer. Trout and I are leaving the 5th and coming back the 14th. Because...London. How often does that happen?)

I wish real life would just get the hint that it is way less important than my fannish pursuits.

Seriously, right? Why is it so difficult for RL to understand that fannishness should always take precedence?

Oh, and you are evil for ending Rusted Wheel there. I'm sure you already know this, but it needed to be said.

Evil? Me? No wai. I just wanted to leave room for everyone's imaginations to fill in the rest. Muwahahaha.

I've been following Rusted Wheel on FF.Net too. That's the last part until the sequel? You are evil!

It's been a great story- can't wait for more. And of course all the other stories that have sequels, and new stories...no pressure...LOL.

And sorry RL has been so awful-

Well, Sam really isn't in a position to...narrate anymore. Lol. Luckily, the nastier real life becomes, the more I tend to wander off in la-la land and imagine fanfic plots. Hopefully that will work in my favor. :)

That was the end of Rusted Wheel? *makes strangled gurgling sounds*

Logical, if not completely evil. The karma from this act will no doubt bite me in the ass at some point. Lol.

P.S. They all live happily ever after. ~~You know, if Sam lives.~~

Breathe, Annerb! Breathe. It helps, honest.

Not that you need another prompt of any kind but.... how challenging would it be to write something short and S/J related and keep within the Stargate Movie Fan Campaign Fic contest guidelines. . .

http://www.stargatemoviescampaign.com/Contests

Think you can do it. . . ? :)