Fic Posting & Twilight

[gilpin25]

Just to say what you probably already know, that the awesome mrstater, graphic manipulator extraordinaire, and myself have posted the first part of our joint letter-writing fic Between the Lines, which you can find either at her LJ, or here at mine. Yes, there's really no escape from it, however hard you try. ;)

Sign-ups are underway at metamorfic_moon for The Beatles and The Bard Timeless Moon Ball, and it's wonderful how many of you have done so already. The two people who've got the lyrics/quotes I really hoped for will be receiving bribes in due course, lol.

And for those on my f-list who are Brits and Twilight fans, there's a two page article in today's Times newspaper supplement about the books, the film, Stephenie Meyer and some comparisons with JKR. :) I'm very taken with the fact that she works on a marble desk and thinking of changing mine to see if it speeds me up!

Comments

[jdbracknell.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks. I was going to nip out later for a paper* and you may have just swayed my decision as to which one to buy.




*this is a lie to make me sound less obsessive

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

I hope you haven't read it all a million times before, but, as someone who only knows what she's picked up from LJ (and what certain things people have told her, lol) I thought it was interesting and had many things I didn't know.

Well deserved congrats on the awards!:D I'm nearly as pleased for Remus and his love life as I am for you! ;)

[jdbracknell.livejournal.com]

I have been following the film quite closely (pretending it's research for my novel), so I'd actually be a bit surprised if they had anything I didn't know, although I'm always willing to check, just in case ;).

Thanks, too. Feeling a bit weird about the whole thing (predictably), but I just had a Berocca and that's taken the edge off, lol.

[shimotsuki.livejournal.com]

I loved Between the Lines, and I'm feeling dense now about not noticing that the post said "Part I/II", but I'm very glad there's more coming! The graphics/images/postcards/handwriting are absolutely amazing, but so is the story; so much comes through about those two "between the lines".

I am very happy with my Meta prompts, thank you, and a plotbunny has already started running away with them, although it isn't going where I thought it would, heh.

I hope you won't be the one carrying that new marble desk? ;) Your back gives you a perfect excuse to have several strong young gentlemen help out, I'm sure. Or someone who can Levitate.

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad you enjoyed it and even gladder you want more, lol. Lisa is fantastic to work with - all I sent was a few image suggestions and a general "Can we use these in it?" query, and then I woke up the next day to bandit goat pics and handwriting that just fitted them both perfectly. But it's nice to hear the story is there as we didn't want that to get lost amongst the sticky toffee puddings.

I am very happy with my Meta prompts, thank you, and a plotbunny has already started running away with them, although it isn't going where I thought it would, heh.

You're actually one of the two people who might have been getting a bribe as I really liked both yours. But it's rather more important you did and even better if you've got a bunny already! (Does it fit in one of your series, or something else, she asks nosily?;)) I'm not sure about the lyrics I've got, but my single word is "Want" and that's quite inspiring...

I hope you won't be the one carrying that new marble desk? ;)

Definitely not! I'm not sure - I think I'd miss my old wooden one as marble doesn't say cosiness and familiarity to me? But then it might say speed and lack of procrastination. ;)

[shimotsuki.livejournal.com]

But it's nice to hear the story is there as we didn't want that to get lost amongst the sticky toffee puddings.

Oh, it's definitely there! I especially loved the sequence of Remus's petulant letter and the immediate apology -- so very him to miss the flirting entirely and give it the worst possible interpretation, and meanwhile the fact that he let himself write that terse unhappy letter at all perfectly shows the strain he's been under with the whole contact thing. But then the follow-up letter shows his usual graciousness cutting through the black mood even though he's still feeling forlorn and clearly needs a hug. (Sorry, I should have posted these remarks at your fic journal, shouldn't I!)

I really want to make the acquaintance of sticky toffee pudding now -- those photos are evil. I'll have to content myself with a piece of rapidly-going-stale cake left over from my department's graduation reception on Sunday. Can you have sticky toffee pudding at all? Or is wheat one of your nemeses?

You're actually one of the two people who might have been getting a bribe as I really liked both yours.

I wondered if that was so, from the comment you made when you assigned me the prompts! ;) I hope I'll do them justice for you. At first glance they made me think of some kind of declaration-of-love scene, or maybe one of the million times, but the more I thought about "not with the eyes but with the mind," the idea of a HBP fic, with Remus off with the pack but unable to get Tonks out of his head, started hijacking the proceedings. I've been wanting to do more with the HBP part of Kaleidoscope, anyway; I've even had an OC werewolf or two living in my brain who've been hoping for a chance to make their debuts, especially since I'll need them for my AU post-war fic later on...

I do like your Beatles quote, too -- "I didn't know what I would find there" looks awfully versatile.

[Edited because I managed to be reply at the wrong level of the comment thread...]

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

Comments like that are welcome anywhere, lol. I actually had a lot of doubts whether Remus' first reply was too much, but then the one thing you know he's being completely honest about is that he would never, ever have imagined she meant him, he was having a completely crap day, and he did really regret it immediately. Besides, we did need Tonks to get to the sober soul baring, as opposed to the tipsy one, or Part I might still be ongoing. ;)

I really want to make the acquaintance of sticky toffee pudding now -- those photos are evil. I'll have to content myself with a piece of rapidly-going-stale cake left over from my department's graduation reception on Sunday. Can you have sticky toffee pudding at all? Or is wheat one of your nemeses?

When you come visit England again, it's a promise that I'll treat you to one. They're actually a speciality that started in the Lake District - we thought we ought to send Remus to Ambleside for his mission, where I frequently holiday, and where picturesque postcards of the Lake etc. really are available. The puddings travel from the Lake District to be sold at my local supermarket, along with the complimentary cream, sauce and a million calories to go with it all.

I can manage about a mouthful, and live to tell the tale, but they are incredibly yummy. Mr Gilpin likes them served hot with vanilla ice cream... Let me know if I'm making you hungry!

the idea of a HBP fic, with Remus off with the pack but unable to get Tonks out of his head, started hijacking the proceedings. I've been wanting to do more with the HBP part of Kaleidoscope, anyway; I've even had an OC werewolf or two living in my brain who've been hoping for a chance to make their debuts, especially since I'll need them for my AU post-war fic later on...

Ooh, that's sold it to me already. I was thinking the slightly predictable romantic comedy route, but that's much more interesting. :)

[shimotsuki.livejournal.com]

Let me know if I'm making you hungry!

You most certainly are! Especially now that you've brought vanilla ice cream into it. ;P

(I do hope someday I'll be able to take you up on your offer of my very own piece!)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

it's wonderful how many of you have done so already.
Yes - it seems the R/T community hasn't completely left the planet after all! ;) My bard prompt is giving me some difficulties, but I do think that I will be able to fot smile into a drawing.. I'm just about to write a comment on your wonderful story, so I'll save that one for the other journal. :D

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

Yes - it seems the R/T community hasn't completely left the planet after all! ;)

I know; I thought many people may have gone on to pastures new, or we'd timed it wrong with exams, but so many have signed up and a lot of new names amongst them as well as us golden oldies. ;) So yay!

My bard prompt is giving me some difficulties, but I do think that I will be able to fit smile into a drawing..

Glad to hear it. I'm letting my imagination run riot as to what he - or she - is smiling at! I thought the Bard quotes were either excellent for inspiration, or quite tricky, but then he was like that at school when you were trying to read the damn books! Though I'm not mad about my Beatles one at the moment...

Am very glad you enjoyed the fic and thank you for such a lovely review.:D Part II is underway and Remus is looking forward to an owl from Tonks as I type. ;)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

A golden oldie am I? LOL! I'm actually closing in on my first anniversary on lj... How time flies!

Well, my bard prompt is this: "That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man, If with his tongue he cannot win a woman." - it's a little hard to ilustrate flowery prose, but there are of course a lot of other things a man might do with his tongue that migth win a woman over... And make her smile? ;)

I have never been made to read the Bard, which must sound weird to any Brit, as I'm sure you get your fair share of him willing or no!

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

When's your first? I must be coming up to my second, which probably makes me an ancient oldie, with less of the gold. ;)

there are of course a lot of other things a man might do with his tongue that migth win a woman over... And make her smile? ;)

Indeed there are, and my mind is running even more amok now... ;)

I have never been made to read the Bard, which must sound weird to any Brit, as I'm sure you get your fair share of him willing or no!

You could say that, yes! Certain ones were a 'must do' at school; some I loved, some I hated. We never got to do the Beatles at school, though, at least not to study for exams!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

I just checked and my first anniversary is actually the 17th of this month! O_o! I had no idea it was that close! And the amount of gold only increases with age. ;)

Indeed there are, and my mind is running even more amok now... ;)
LOL I thought that might be thought-inducing! It continually reduces me to blank staring into space...

[lizetm.livejournal.com]

*Tries to get back into the RT fandom* :P

Really, I feel like I'm a bad fan for not committing to it as I did before. Hopefully I'll find time to read some of billion fics that have come out since DH. XD

BTW, that was an interesting article. I read it online. It really made me think about Meyer and how she's sop religious writing a book about vampires. IDK, I'm starting to respect her more and more. :)

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

I don't know how those HP yarns of wool didn't tempt you back at once... ;)

Really, I feel like I'm a bad fan for not committing to it as I did before. Hopefully I'll find time to read some of billion fics that have come out since DH. XD

Oh, definitely not a bad fan - I don't think your enthusiasm can stay at the same level all the time, and other things come along as well, don't they? Then there's only so many hours in the day! I found last year quite a struggle enthusiasm-wise at times as there were a lot of death fics around, and I found it difficult to read anything like that as DH was quite enough on its own. But there's also been some great stories since then and now I seem to be enjoying enormously writing and reading about them at the moment.

BTW, that was an interesting article. I read it online. It really made me think about Meyer and how she's so religious writing a book about vampires. IDK, I'm starting to respect her more and more. :)

I haven't read the books so all I know is the bits I've picked up from LJ and what friends have said about them. But I thought it was very interesting to read about her beliefs, her family, and how she's keeping a certain amount of control with the film etc.

[lizetm.livejournal.com]

True. I still haven't re-read DH. Only read it once, I just can't seem to pick it up after I know that she killed them off. *sigh*

You should read them. They aren't great in terms of grammar and structure, but its a great story. I really do love that she has been involved with the movie so much ... I wish Jo would have done that for HP. Yet again, she had books to write, so I don't blame her. XD

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I'll get round to reading them at some point - so many people have raved about them that I'll have to have a look. But I'm probably keener on seeing the film, to be honest, as reading about teenage relationships doesn't appeal that much; I wasn't very enamoured with them in HP, which really means I must be "Too old..." etc. ;)

I sometimes wonder if JKR grinds her teeth throughout the films when she finally sees them... LOL