Fic updates

[gwyn]

A couple new fics to span the spectrum of my bizarre, motley fannish interests. (Honestly, do other people have such disjointed and unrelated and just plain weird collections of fandoms at their web sites? Sometimes I look at my home page and think I must appear to be someone with MPD.)

First is a new chapter of the work in not very progress at all, The Measure of a Man. Chapter 6, Secrets & Lies, is another of the talky ones, only at least this time it's Spike and Buffy and Dawn rather than everyone else in the universe, if you've been waiting for that. I think that Kalima is right, chapter sixes and chapter fives seem to be hard to write -- I know where the action is going, but you have to get the characters to that point, and so when you're in the middle, it's like you're almost at the top of the mountain, but not quite. The air gets thin and your brain goes numb.

Second is a new The Fast and the Furious vignette called Torque. This is an odd little thing and if you're expecting a porny slash extravaganza, you'll be disappointed. This one is most definitely for my beloved X, whose art has been inspirational in more than a few fandoms, especially this one, and whose friendship has been even more inspirational. (Not that others can't read it!) I've always had a tough time writing those other POV stories about two characters I love, I'm not sure why, but I know X loves that style of story, and I was thinking about what Letty would do if she found out about Dom and Brian (because their undying love is so *clear*, people!). It gave me a good chance to try out that style; I think I did a decent job with the Willow's eye view of Spike and Buffy in A Brief History of Now, but some of my friends told me I cheated by having Last One Standing be in Chris's POV for the Bystander zine that X produced a few years ago. So at least this one definitely fits the bystander POV format, ha ha!

I'm working on a much longer piece for F&F, but that one's going to take a while -- I've already got 1,300 words and I'm not even out of the station house just yet.

Comments

ooh, ouch!

[maygra.livejournal.com]

Nice take though, really. Letty isn't someone I'd call fragile but at the same time, she's not indestructible. And I love the idea of Brian and Dom laughing together. And I like stories that treat both Mia and Letty's reaction, because as Characters, I really like them. Thank you for this, muchly.

did X do art for F&F? I haven't seen it, but jsut the htought of it makes me...well, giddy.

Re: ooh, ouch!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Yes, she did three gorgeous -- and i mean gorgeous -- pictures, but she had to take them down about the same time as the HP pics because apparently some of the Vin Diesel asshat fans were abusing her requirements and being total bitches about it. They alternate as my wallpaper and they are very inspirational. Nudge nudge, wink wink.

I just finished your new part of the story. Whee! Pain and suffering, my poor baboos! Love the misery.

[kassto.livejournal.com]

Gwyn -- so good to see more of Measure of a Man. Love mature Buffy -- ached to see more of that on the show. But without that make-it-better thing, I guess there wouldn't be so much of an urge to write. And banter is a good thing.

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

Torque was divine. I thought that the depth of Letty's realizations about what was going on--the difference between Dom's feelings for her and Brian--were a bit rushed for the timeline of the piece. All this stuff works, but with her being as panicked and unsettled as she was, I don't think she'd be thinking that clearly until later. Still, great material covered there.

The ending paragraphs were especially touching. You captured her despair perfectly. I could practically feel the lump in her throat as though it were in my own. Wonderful job, hon.

[paratti.livejournal.com]

Loved the new Measure.

[elinora.livejournal.com]

Yay! Very happy that you updated The Measure of a Man. Great story!

[makd.livejournal.com]

Just read Chapters 5 and 6 of Measure....

Great story! Wondering what will happen next. Good characterization of Spike as learning to be human, and knowing that he is dying. He's brave, and I love how well you have written all the characters.

[db2305.livejournal.com]

Finally read your latest chapter on Measure, and of course had to reread everything, and I remember actually reading the first two chapters a long time ago. I' really interested (again), and I hhope that in spite of evetything you'll occasionaly write some more. Thanks for doing this chapter, anyway!