I hope you are having an excellent day!

Thank heavens for flash drives! I found some WIP on one. This part has the First Doctor, and I'm a bit nervous about it, because I haven't written him before.

http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=34248

Ok, since I haven't been able to work on my other WIP's due to my laptop problems making them inaccessible, I decided to finish editing the first draft of one that I had posted here. The Teaspoon mods were unusually quick; I had barely uploaded it and it was validated.

http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=34219

I got this one courtesy of ClocketPatch. 

If you'd like to participate post a comment stating "Resistence is futile."   I will give you 5 questions, and then you can respond to them in a post on your LJ.


1. What book would you say has influenced you the most?

This is a very difficult question, because I have been influenced by many books, in different ways, at different times in my life.  I don't think I can pick one, so I am going to discuss three:

The Witch of Blackbird Pond was one of my favorite books from early childhood.  I think it is largely responsible for forming my belief that it is important to be true to who you are, regardless of what others expect or think.  It also is a great illustration of the importance of standing by your friends, regardless of the personal consequences.

Gone With the Wind is a book that one of my sisters urged me to read when I had just turned twelve.  Then she took me to see the movie at the wonderful 1920's era movie palace in my hometown.  I think the film is really good, but it pales in comparison to the rich layers of detail in the book.  It is over 1,000 pages long, and I read it at least once a year, every year, until I was in my late twenties.  I don't like that it paints a rosy picture of slavery, but that really isn't the point of the novel.  Scarlett is a classic example of a character who is at odds with the times in which she lives.  People judge her harshly, just because she doesn't conform to how they think she should behave due to her gender and the level of society into which she was born.  She is vain and selfish, but also smart, determined and fiercely loyal to the people she loves.  She doesn't hesitate to shoulder the responsibility of caring for her family and their land, even though she is young and ill-equipped to handle it all.  I think she (and other characters in that novel) taught me that humans are wonderfully complex creatures, and that no matter how many bad qualities a person has it is important to look for the good qualities too, because you can always find some if you try.

Job: A Comedy of Justice is an interesting novel.  A guy who lived next door introduced me to Robert Heinlein when I was in college, and I was hooked.  I could pick several of his books, but I'm going with Job because I first read it at a time when I was coming to grips with the difference between what I was raised to believe about religion and faith, and my own beliefs about religion and faith.  It was such a relief to read some of my own thoughts put into far more eloquent words than I could formulate at that time.  It made me feel like I wasn't alone, and gave me more confidence in exploring my own ideas.
            
2. If you could have any one super power, what would it be?

I would have to go with flying on this one.  I love to fly in planes, so I am sure that flying without a plane would be really fun.  I wanna leap tall buildings with a single bound.

3. Carpet, hard wood, tile or other? What is your favourite flooring?

I like different flooring for different rooms, but if I had to pick one I would go with wood.  I think wood is very beautiful, and you can always put down nice cushy rugs to make it warmer for your toes.

4.What's the last thing that you ate?

Carrots . . . plain baby carrots. 

5. Where would you go if offered one TARDIS trip (yep, I'm being uncreative and reusing questions)

This is a very important question, because if the Doctor lands in your living room you need to be ready.  I would want to go to a different planet, preferably in a different galaxy.  I would like a Casablanca-like planet, with species from all over who come to trade goods in a big marketplace.  It would be fun to wander around and meet species and see what they use in their daily lives.  And shopping . . . shopping is always good.   After that trip I would attempt to talk the Doc into one more trip, so we could visit the past.  Maybe a trip to see the 7 wonders of the ancient world!   

JJPOR tagged me for this meme, so I obey:

A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it".

Unfortunately pretty much everyone I know on LiveJournal has already been tagged by someone, so I can only do Part A!
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For those of you who read my last post, I am sad to say that Jack the squirrel has gone on to the great oak tree in the sky.  One of the wildlife rescue people that we had called did eventually call back, but he was already gone.

He was laid to rest in a nice spot in the yard, with a little cross to mark his grave.  Jake was very upset, but he is coping with it okay.  He placed some nuts on the grave to commemorate a brave little squirrel.

I don't normally use Live Journal like a . . . well like a journal, but I wanted to share something that happened today.

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Snagged from bewarethespork via Clocketpatch

Post a single sentence from each WIP you have (or as many as you want to pick). No context, no explanations.

What the heck, I'm bored too!  I only have a few things in progress at the moment. 


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Okay, this is the first draft of a story for a series that I am working on.  Unfortunately inspiration is striking on the stories out of order, so some of what comes before this is not available yet.  It is unbeta'd, so be warned!  It is deliberately happy most of the way through.  Basically, the Doctor takes River Song on a date.  The first story in the series is available on Teaspoon here should you be interested.

A few things you should know:

• River has already met the 11th Doctor, but he told her that she would still see Ten occasionally.  He modified his timey wimey detector and gave it to her, so she would know when it was a previous incarnation.
• River's dad collected old photos of roller coasters.
• Jill was River's roommate at university, and she knows all about the Doctor.

I'd really appreciate any suggestions you have about how the story could be improved.

 

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This is a ficlet, which has also been posted on A Teaspoon and an Open Mind here.

Author's Note: This is a Princess Bride crossover, which falls somewhere in the Key to Time season. It is my first attempt at writing a crossover, plus my first time writing for the Fourth Doctor and Romana. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!


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Title: Cultural Differences
Characters: Five, Peri
Rating: G
Spoilers: N/A
Prompt: #254: batter
Summary: The Doctor and Peri like different sports.
Notes: I've never written for Five and Peri before, so forgive me if I am way off base.  It pales in comparison, but this was inspired by the great Abbott and Costello routine "Who's on First." 
Disclaimer: Doctor Who belongs to the BBC, I'm not making money from it.

 

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Recently David Letterman did a top ten list on Signs That You are Obsessed with Star Trek.  I decided that this fandom needed a list too, but I couldn't decide which to cut to get down to 10. 

If you understand all of the items on this list, that's probably a bad sign.  Of course, I wrote the list, so I won't judge you.

 

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These are some drabbles that I wrote previously, and posted on A Teaspoon and an Open Mind. http://www.whofic.com/ I post there under the name library_lover. 

 

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