Update?

[kristen999]

I can't believe the summer is flying by! I've been busy at work, this is fresh fruit season and all the local berries are coming in and we're about to adjust to a bi-monthly sales process, which doubles my workload. It is neat to be located in the middle of town ( I walk to work every day) , the main road that runs through the city hosts all the major activities. In the last three weeks we've had the Pride Parade, a Race for the Cure, and next week is the "Stiletto Heel" .5k race.

I've been posting “Red Sands” the last week or so and while the fun and excitement for serialized novels has greatly diminished over the years, it's been neat watching people's reactions reading it as it goes. What I love most about this fic is the psychological storytelling that is involved and I've found as both a writer and reader I've grown much more interested in layered plots and character study over 'hit and run' stuff. (Which has its place like many sweet treats) :D

I'm going out of town in July to visit my mom and we're visiting Old Town Alexandria for a few days and I'm excited for that.

I've been pulled into “Criminal Minds" over the last month. I wasn't into it at first because I had watched this run of eppys where the plots were all focused on women getting kidnapped and tortured and it turned me off. But I've been watching off and on and have been intrigued enough to start with season one since A&E is showing them out of order. I've been watching season Two on Ion, but I'd like to start at the beginning.



I forgot to post my genficathon entry for this year where I wanted to try something different.

Title: “Practicing Medicine”
Word Count: 6,000 ~
Summary: Jennifer learns that accepting and upholding an oath, requires living it.

Comments

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I haven't had any time for reading lately, but watching you talk about the process and thought behind 'Red Sands', I'm adding it to my holiday printing list. We don't go til September, but I'll get there!

On the Criminal Minds front, there are some interesting essays out there about the portrayal of the female victims. The show is fairly unflinching about violence to women, but one thing that's also quite striking is that very few of them are 'helpless'. Many of the victims are incredibly strong or have more agency than their situation should grant them - quite a few of them almost rescue themselves before the team swings into action, and more are instrumental in getting themselves saved. It's something that's quite striking when you're looking for it.

One of the things I like about CM is the character progression. The central characters change over the five series, and watching them in order really brings that out. Hope you enjoy!

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

I haven't had any time for reading lately, but watching you talk about the process and thought behind 'Red Sands', I'm adding it to my holiday printing list. We don't go til September, but I'll get there!

Holiday list eh? You are really thinking far away! :D As long as you don't become one of those kindle people who download an entire work and forget about the author. I think the kindle is one of the worst things to happen to fanfic. I'll try to remember in late August and give the whole file.

I did notice a lot of the female victims were not the helpless damsels in distress, it had been my luck however to have seen one too many in a row that featured such violence with women. I started to notice a lot of character dynamics I enjoyed but it was useless since the eppys were so out of order. I'm fairly excited to see something new.

[nmarlow.livejournal.com]

Hi :)I've been following "Red Sands" and I'm really enjoying it. I always look forward to the next installment. The detail and storyline development have me hooked.
It also took me a while to get into Criminal Minds. The violence put me off at first but then the show pulled me in. Now it is one of my favourite shows. Enjoy!

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm glad you came out of lurkdown and hope you enjoy the rest of the story.

I'm def give 'Criminal Minds' a a good shot.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I'm one of those waiting until all chapters of Red Sands is up, then I'm going to print it and read it in one go. Not something I normally do but I'm trying hard to spend less time on the Internet, and I know your story will suck me in until I end up spending the whole day reading every chapter ;)

I love Criminal Minds. It took a bit of time for me to get really sucked in (I, too, was reluctant due to the violence) but I love how they handle the darkness and I adore the characters. It's also one of the few shows my entire family (well, the ones still at home) is into.

I noticed that the trend for the genficathon seemed to be writing something different from what the authors usually write. I was very surprised by who wrote what and way off on my guesses. It makes me feel a tad annoyed with my own story. Though it was fun to write, I think there was a lot more I could have done with the prompt, but inspiration-wise I was in a bad head space so wrote the first thing to pop into my mind.

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

I'm one of those waiting until all chapters of Red Sands is up, then I'm going to print it and read it in one go

Not you, too! Please say it ain't so. I think I've had more people tell me this than who are reading the story. Oh, well.

I've been getting some positive feedback about Criminal Minds and I'm fairly excited to have something new and shiny to enjoy.

I always use the genficathon to write something out of the norm, I'm just lucky there was any muse left to produce a fic! I still haven't finished reading them all, I'm sure yours was fine. We all get in ruts and our own worst critcs :D

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I know! So not me ;) Heh, but like I said, this isn't usually something I do (as we only have so much ink on our printer) but since being on vacation put me behind, and I'm trying to be on the .Net less, I felt it best to wait. Plus, to use the Internet, I have to have my laptop where the TV is, and when the TV is on it makes reading difficult. I want to immerse myself in the story without having my attention fractured by some TV show.

I liked my story, in that it was a fun story to write (and I got Sheppard shirtless ;) Always a plus, right? :D) But I would've liked to have done something interesting with the prompt, just to see if I could. *shrugs* Oh well. There will be other stories to write, other prompts to inspire :D

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

I have to have my laptop where the TV is

Okay, I'll bite. This has nothing to do with fanfic, but if you're on a laptop, why do you need to be near a TV? Lap tops are portable and the TV has an off switch :-P


I'm really trying to find ways to be more outside this summer so I'm with you about trying not be inside as much. I'm lucky in regards that I'm near a lot of old neighborhoods, it's just so hard after working all day to convince my body it needs to be out running around and moving when my brain wants me to tune out for a few hours. I'm trying though as the winters here are really bad and I need to enjoy the sunshine when I can.

I look forward to your pics!

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

My laptop is rather old and doesn't have a wireless card, so I have to hook it up to the internet box's cord directly. And the box is where the TV is because that's the only place we can put it, use it and still be able to hook it up to the only phone jack in the house (seriously, our house has only one phone jack. We have no idea why). We also only have one TV and there's four people in this house, so... pretty much a no-win situation.

I hear you on the lack of desire to get out and about. I usually have to force myself to take part in activities outside my home. And that it's getting into the hundreds here won't help.

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

By the way, did you find your bird?

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Not yet :(