Merry Christmas!
Three days until Christmas! And as such, I didn’t have a whole lotta time to finish my Christmas fic. So I sat myself down and finished it up today. Not entirely sure what I think off the finished product… I feel like I was taking a big risk with this one. But regardless, I’m glad the plot bunny came along, and I’m glad I wrote it. So, here’s the link, and have a very merry Christmas!
Title: Reason for the Season
Rating: K
Summary: Tirian and Lucy discuss a bit about Christmas. Set after The Last Battle.
And the Results are In…
I mentioned several posts back the Lion Awards, the annual fanfiction awards that The Lion’s Call does. Several of my fics were apparently deemed worthy of nomination, as I found myself up for a fair few. Last night, the winners were announced, and at the end of the night, I walked away with two.
I’m an award winning fanfic author now! I feel all special. 
The two I ended up with were the Stable Door Award for Best Use of Scripture, and the Jackdaw Award, for Funniest fic of the Year. Stable Door went to my fic Your Servant is Calling, which I was really happy about, considering it’s a personal favorite among the fics I’ve written, and the Jackdaw went to Deplorable Sue, which I had a blast writing, even though it’s an obvious deviance from my usual style.
All in all, I was happy with the results. The winners of the other ten awards were QUITE deserving, and I felt good that I was among such great fanfic authors. Results should be up on The Lion’s Call soon enough, and I’ll post a link as soon as I can.
Catching up and Cleaning House
WHEW! Another term of college under my belt. And now that I’m on break and don’t have classes to deal with for a while, I can attempt to get some stuff done as far as my writing is concerned. Of course, I’ve got a few things to take care of as far as my Lion’s Call duties go… stay tuned over there for hopefully a few new articles in the near future. But I’m also trying to get work done on this Christmas piece of mine… want to get it out before the day itself comes, after all. DOH, and I’ve got a couple things I need to beta too, don’t I? Boy, the life of a writer is a busy one. Too many words bouncing around in my head that want to come out! At least I’ve got a lot to work on… I can bounce around from piece to piece depending on what I feel like writing. Of course, that means there’s the possibility it could be a while before I get anything DONE, which I’m not really wanting to do, but I suppose only time will tell. (Boy I say that a lot.)
Anyway, so that’s what’s up in my writing life these days. Trying to find a balance between my fics and my scholarly articles for TLC, but they’ll all get done in time. Until then, I’ll just keep writing!
Wow it’s been a while…
Hoo boy, where to start? NaNoWriMo kinda was a bust, I only got up to about 21,000 words. Still, that’s more than I’ve ever written before, and I learned a lot about myself, my writing, and just writing in general, so it was a good experience.
Since then, I’ve had an explosion of ideas that I’ve started to record in a handy-dandy little notebook I’ve taken to carrying around with me. It’s a really nice one, but it didn’t come cheap. Kinda did that on purpose, because that way I’d feel obligated to write in it. 
I’m also trying to write a little bit everyday, whether it’s fiction, my thoughts for the day, or whatever. Just to get into the habit of doing it.
And on that note, I’ve started work on a short piece that I’m hoping to get out there before Christmas, as it is a holiday-themed Narnian piece. I like what I’ve got done so far, and I’m hoping the overall effect will achieve what I want it to. I’d rather not go into too many details, though, so stay tuned and maybe you’ll find out before too terribly long. Until then!
