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[thisbluespirit]

1. I defaulted on Not For Prime Time. I know by now I shouldn't sign up for exchanges, excepting only Yuletide (because once a year come hell or high water to see how it goes is a good thing) and possbly Remix (because it works differently). But of course I love exchanges and it's hard to remember that they don't mix well with being ill even in the best circumstances. So I'm kicking myself for giving in and signing up, and also for defaulting on a really lovely assignment that I had a perfectly workable idea for, but I'm immediately a good deal less stressed. Bingos are fine, Runaway Tales, prompts, commentfests, but not exchanges and only some ficathons. I know this by now. *kicks self again*

(When I'm well enough, one day, sometime, never, I shall sign up for ALL THE EXCHANGES. And run some. And ficathons. All of them. Well, maybe, lol.)


2. While not doing NPT, I did quite a lot of family history (tidying, small bits of transcribing and typing up mostly, but more and more consistently than I've managed for six years), which is amazing. If I have been quiet lately, that was one of the reasons.


3. Also I wrote some more ficlets (while not writing my NPT fic, I know, I know. I should be able to do it; it's just never quite that simple). Two more for the meme, one for the Commentfest (it hasn't entirely ended yet):

Gateaux and Glitz (571 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Blake's 7, Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Kerr Avon, Dayna Mellanby, Melanie Bush
Additional Tags: Crossover, Humor, Cake Fic Meme, Prompt Fic, Meme
Summary: "Are you ticklish?" (Melanie Bush + Kerr Avon.)


Safe Break (496 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Blake's 7
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vila Restal & Soolin
Characters: Soolin (Blake's 7), Vila Restal
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Humor, Prompt Fic, Bank Robbery
Summary: “We shouldn’t be doing this.” (Vila + Soolin)


Ruined (392 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Sandbaggers
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sir Geoffrey Wellingham, Neil Burnside, Matthew Peele
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Obscure and British Commentfest, Humor
Summary: Matthew's interests come in handy for once.

Comments

[liadt]

Aw, I'm sorry NPT didn't come together for you *hugs*. Sometimes being well can't get fic written either:S At least you've had a small victory over your family research.

More cake fic \o/

[thisbluespirit]

Well, life can always defeat a person, but by and large I can make myself sit down and write - I can't do that when I'm ill. And then stress happens. It's a thing. Whcih I know only too well by now, except I get tempted by exchanges, because I love them. When well.

Indeed! I knew you'd be proud of me. Never mind defaulting as long as there was cake. :-)

[liadt]

As long as there's cakefic nothing else matters!;)

[pedanther]

In other news, this evening I reached the end of my Enemy at the Door box set. And then read all your fics that I had carefully bookmarked and set aside for this occasion. They are all excellent, for the record.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you! I'll assume, since you were looking for fic, that you continued to enjoy it? (Well, 'enjoy' in the sense used for something that is often pretty tragic in many ways.) I was also going to say that Hyarrowen has also written a couple of excellent fics, too, but since EatD fandom on AO3 is not large, I'll assume you could also work that out for yourself too. :lol:

:-)

[pedanther]

Yes, I found Hyarrowen's fic too.

And yes, I very much enjoyed the series, for the appropriate value of "enjoyed", and thank you for putting me onto it.

[thisbluespirit]

:-D

[lycoris.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I find exchanges like that sometimes. Maybe when you're feeling healthier, you can write the idea anyway and give somebody a random, fun surprise. :)

Hurrah for doing useful things!

[thisbluespirit]

Indeed, although right now I have to consider the idea dead and forgotten and pushed away somewhere. Forever. Otherwise I will just get stressed about writing it as a treat instead.

I will focus on my freedom and write more of my prompt ficlets, which are being v fun. :-)

I'm not sure how useful family history is, but if I can get a little bit more well, it is possible I might be able to write an article with it and get some money, which would be nice. But it's interesting, anyway.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Arrrghhh. I'm sorry, honey. I have a bad habit of doing the same thing, you know? And even as I have to drop out, I find myself signing up again! *headdesk* We'll get it all worked out one day. And then do ALL THE FICATHONS. *nods*

*HUGS*

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, one day we will do ALL THE FICATHONS. *nods* :lol: Thanks! And I just need to keep it to ficathons where I already have the story done before I sign up, or Remix, which seems to be okay, and Yuletide, because Yuletide. And NOTHING ELSE, self!

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear you had to give up on something you were looking forward to. Still, you could always write it another time, for yourself. Shame to waste a good idea! And then it could be entirely at your own pace, and relaxed and without pressure.

Glad to hear that you've been family historying again though! You always sound as though you really enjoy that, and it's remarkable what you've found so far! :)

[thisbluespirit]

I'm mostly just annoyed with myself for not knowing better than to sign up, but I feel better now I defaulted anyway. I shall feel guilty again if I get fic, but maybe I won't. We'll see.

I do enjoy the family history! It's rather fun to poke around in small corners of history that I'm probably the only one looking at & seeing what I find. Mostly labourers, but somebody's got to investigate all those salt of the earth types...

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

Quite. They're the ones who build the world, anyway. The rich and famous type just think that they do!