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Explicit vs Suggestive
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melagan
There are many shades of suggestive.
Explicit...well now, some work is a little more explicit than others.
( NSFW )
My current WIP is turning out barely suggestive and I'd really really like to have at least one explicit scene.
I can't get the characters to cooperate. *sigh* Has that ever happened to you? Or maybe the reverse? You meant to write a gen story but the characters insisted on getting naked? (Yes, that has happened to me too) Damn characters just seem to take over.
The Friday Five
Jun. 13th, 2025 02:59 pmmelaganThis week's questions from The Friday Five
1. What item would you be embarrassed for people to know you own?
I'd be a tad embarrassed for my adult kids to know about all the slash fanfic I've written.
2. What is something you splurged on just for you?
I just splurged on a brand new Sealy Posturepedic mattress.
3. What is something that you own with no real world value that is priceless to you?
Aw, I still have pottery pieces my kids made in school. I cherish them.
4. Do you collect anything?
Nope.
5. What item belonging to a friend/family member do you covet?
Nothing. Coveting things isn't in my nature. I can like or admire something without coveting it. For me personally, the whole 'coveting' thing is a huge waste of emotional time. I've got better things to do. (Like writing that slash I'm hiding from my kids)
1. What item would you be embarrassed for people to know you own?
I'd be a tad embarrassed for my adult kids to know about all the slash fanfic I've written.
2. What is something you splurged on just for you?
I just splurged on a brand new Sealy Posturepedic mattress.
3. What is something that you own with no real world value that is priceless to you?
Aw, I still have pottery pieces my kids made in school. I cherish them.
4. Do you collect anything?
Nope.
5. What item belonging to a friend/family member do you covet?
Nothing. Coveting things isn't in my nature. I can like or admire something without coveting it. For me personally, the whole 'coveting' thing is a huge waste of emotional time. I've got better things to do. (Like writing that slash I'm hiding from my kids)
Working with or without a Plan
Jun. 12th, 2025 06:36 ammelaganAre you planning out every detail of your story? Or writing on the fly carried by inspiration? A little of both?**
I have notes all over the place. When an idea hits I'll jot it down on anything handy. I should really work on being more organized.
That might explain why my current WIP is looking a little bit too much like the crime board picture. I don't even know how that happened. *facepalm*
It didn't start out with a mystery to be solved. It wasn't planned. That was a damn throwaway line.
I'm pushing through it, and I still like the story I'm working on, but a clear path forward would sure as hell help. Still, progress is happening.
**I refer to writing a lot because that's what I'm working on, but dusting off works in progress also includes art, podfic, or any other creative work.
Setting a mood
Jun. 9th, 2025 01:27 pmmelaganMusic, background noise, complete quiet. Something else? What works for you?
I thought AMSR keyboard typing sounds would work for me. They didn't. (When listening to it, I can feel my hair trying to crawl up my scalp.)
But something like this does:
Murderbot reviews/meta, weather, fannish activity, and more
Jun. 9th, 2025 08:01 pmmificI've been reading reviews of the five Murderbot eps to date, by William Hughes. They gel with what I'd been thinking and give some interesting meta. Worth checking out, if you're into the show.
https://www.avclub.com/murderbot-premiere-recap-episodes-1-and-2
https://www.avclub.com/murderbot-recap-season-1-episode-3-risk-assessment
https://www.avclub.com/murderbot-recap-season-1-episode-4-escape-velocity-protocol
https://www.avclub.com/murderbot-recap-season-1-episode-5-rogue-war-tracker-infinite
We've had a cold snap here - temps down to 7C (45F) - which I know is nothing to you tough Northeners but it reminded me how much I prefer summer. I broke out my oodie (a massive hooded sweatshirt of velour fleece lined with fake sheepskin fleece - mine has slices of pepperoni pizza on it) which was amazingly warm and comforting for a while, then when I'd warmed up, rapidly became claustrophpbic. I'm keeping it in reserve for more wintry dips in temperature.
I'm working on a NSFW artwork of John Sheppard and Rodney McKay as "always a girl" lesbians, and managed to turn myself on! Unusual - it can happen when I write sex scenes, but never before with a high-rated pic I've been drawing. I really want the pic to work so will need to run it by at least one art beta when it's a bit more finished - John/Joan's hips are proving elusive. Meredith's looking nicely lush though.
Lots of podfic-related activity lately - the longer one I'm recording is going well, plus the regular Voiceteam festival had an archiving challenge so we've been hit with >600 podfics to archive, some in weird, tiny, Yuletidey fandoms that are a puzzle to categorise.
I had a brief brain melt and panicked that the due South Big Bang deadline was June 16th (it's August 16th), and having come to my senses, relievedly abandoned the punishing podficcing schedule I'd invented. But I do need to get onto my into-a-bar fic asap. Writing - so much harder for me these days, goddamnit.
The Mexican sunflower is still flowering up a storm, even in the cold and rain. It's a keeper! Not a lot of choice about that as with big ones like mine the roots can be several metres deep, and they come away again cheerfully when cut back.
I had a moment in a comment over onminoanmiss's journal, when I realized the phrase "trumped up" charges now has a horrible new meaning. So I've written an imaginary future entry in Etymology.com:
trump (v.2)
"fabricate, devise," 1690s, from earlier trump "deceive, cheat, impose upon" (late 14c.), from Old French tromper "to deceive," a word of uncertain origin.
Trumped up "fabricated out of nothing or deceitfully; forged; false; worthless" is recorded by 1728. Since 2025 the origin has become conflated, especially in the US, with the second Trump presidency (January 2025 to his September 2025 impeachment) in which Trump and his lackeys were notorious for illegal executive orders, false charges, and widespread abuse of power.
Hope you're all keeping warm, or cool, depending!
https://www.avclub.com/murderbot-premiere-recap-episodes-1-and-2
https://www.avclub.com/murderbot-recap-season-1-episode-3-risk-assessment
https://www.avclub.com/murderbot-recap-season-1-episode-4-escape-velocity-protocol
https://www.avclub.com/murderbot-recap-season-1-episode-5-rogue-war-tracker-infinite
We've had a cold snap here - temps down to 7C (45F) - which I know is nothing to you tough Northeners but it reminded me how much I prefer summer. I broke out my oodie (a massive hooded sweatshirt of velour fleece lined with fake sheepskin fleece - mine has slices of pepperoni pizza on it) which was amazingly warm and comforting for a while, then when I'd warmed up, rapidly became claustrophpbic. I'm keeping it in reserve for more wintry dips in temperature.
Discussion of an NSFW artwork and TMI
I'm working on a NSFW artwork of John Sheppard and Rodney McKay as "always a girl" lesbians, and managed to turn myself on! Unusual - it can happen when I write sex scenes, but never before with a high-rated pic I've been drawing. I really want the pic to work so will need to run it by at least one art beta when it's a bit more finished - John/Joan's hips are proving elusive. Meredith's looking nicely lush though.
Lots of podfic-related activity lately - the longer one I'm recording is going well, plus the regular Voiceteam festival had an archiving challenge so we've been hit with >600 podfics to archive, some in weird, tiny, Yuletidey fandoms that are a puzzle to categorise.
I had a brief brain melt and panicked that the due South Big Bang deadline was June 16th (it's August 16th), and having come to my senses, relievedly abandoned the punishing podficcing schedule I'd invented. But I do need to get onto my into-a-bar fic asap. Writing - so much harder for me these days, goddamnit.
The Mexican sunflower is still flowering up a storm, even in the cold and rain. It's a keeper! Not a lot of choice about that as with big ones like mine the roots can be several metres deep, and they come away again cheerfully when cut back.
I had a moment in a comment over on
minoanmiss's journal, when I realized the phrase "trumped up" charges now has a horrible new meaning. So I've written an imaginary future entry in Etymology.com:trump (v.2)
"fabricate, devise," 1690s, from earlier trump "deceive, cheat, impose upon" (late 14c.), from Old French tromper "to deceive," a word of uncertain origin.
Trumped up "fabricated out of nothing or deceitfully; forged; false; worthless" is recorded by 1728. Since 2025 the origin has become conflated, especially in the US, with the second Trump presidency (January 2025 to his September 2025 impeachment) in which Trump and his lackeys were notorious for illegal executive orders, false charges, and widespread abuse of power.
Hope you're all keeping warm, or cool, depending!
The Friday Five
Jun. 7th, 2025 10:05 ammelaganThe Friday Five
1. Have you ever been to summer camp?
No. Not the traditional idea of a summer camp. However, my family would spend the whole summer at our camp on the lake.
2. Have you ever made a s'more?
Yes, and still do. Not quite the same made in the microwave though.
3. Have you ever slept under the stars (no tent/tarp)?
Yes, as a kid. My cousin and I decided it would be a great idea. We made homemade hammocks-the kind only a kid could love- under the apple trees. In the morning, I woke up face-to-face with a cow. Goodness, I haven't thought about that in years.
4. Have you ever had a member of the opposite sex sleep over at your house?
Yes. My husband was the opposite sex. (that sounds so weird to type it out like that)
5. What type of bed do you have (queen, twin, bunk, etc.)?
Queen with a brand new mattress. I just replaced the old one a week ago.
1. Have you ever been to summer camp?
No. Not the traditional idea of a summer camp. However, my family would spend the whole summer at our camp on the lake.
2. Have you ever made a s'more?
Yes, and still do. Not quite the same made in the microwave though.
3. Have you ever slept under the stars (no tent/tarp)?
Yes, as a kid. My cousin and I decided it would be a great idea. We made homemade hammocks-the kind only a kid could love- under the apple trees. In the morning, I woke up face-to-face with a cow. Goodness, I haven't thought about that in years.
4. Have you ever had a member of the opposite sex sleep over at your house?
Yes. My husband was the opposite sex. (that sounds so weird to type it out like that)
5. What type of bed do you have (queen, twin, bunk, etc.)?
Queen with a brand new mattress. I just replaced the old one a week ago.