- Current Digs:The Sky Cave
- Feelin' Kinda:
chipper - Groovy Tunes:Doctor Who Confidential
*tap, tap, tap* Is this thing on?
I've been very non-participatish on LJ lately. My part-time job took up a good deal of time through the end of October and the kidlets have had a lot going on. Plus regular real stuff seems to be trumping my fandom friend interaction a lot lately. *sigh*
Anyway…decided to do Nano and so far, it's going very well. I'm more or less maintaining my word count and that's pretty much what I hoped for. :D
Now that I've got the general update out of the way, on to the fun stuff!!!
I FINALLY RELEASED MY FIRST E-BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Surviving the Trap.
It came out on November 5 and I'm so excited. I had a small little project I wanted to complete before I announced the news and I'm thrilled to say it's done!
To celebrate the release, I had a couple of reporters interview my main characters over on my author blog: ML Skye's blog.
Please stop over and take a look. I think you'll enjoy! :D
But if you don't feel like it, no worries. Here's a link to the publisher: Red Rose Publishing.
Check out their huge variety of books. They've got something for everyone. :D
Thanks for letting me share with all of you!
Back to Nano.
On the flip—
Sky
ETA: Apologies in advance if you follow me on Facebook or Twitter...I'm spamming everything. LOLTo the wonderful
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brokenmnemonicMay your day be filled with happy! (minus that cranky major, of course :D )
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda:
crazy - Groovy Tunes:Nothing
Title: Snippets by Request – A Choice to Make
Author: Monti
Date: April 16, 2009 (Yeah…you're reading that right. Part-time jobs that turn into almost full-time wreak havoc on fic writing. LOL)
Rating: M
Word Count: 8210
Category: AU/PWP
Pairing: Lee/Kara
Warnings: Uh…smut, smut and more smut
Spoilers: Loose references to aired season episodes and deleted scenes…
Disclaimer: Just gently (well…mostly) using these characters. They don’t belong to me.
Summary: Random scenarios from random requests.
Author's Note: This one is for Cherylad. Several discussions about what we'd like to see (or would've liked to see…) got the creative juices flowing. Enjoy!
A CHOICE TO MAKE
( A Choice to Make Snippets )
Title: Snippets by Request – A Choice to Make
Author: Monti
Date: April 16, 2009 (Yeah…you're reading that right. Part-time jobs that turn into almost full-time wreak havoc on fic writing. LOL)
Rating: M
Word Count: 8210
Category: AU/PWP
Pairing: Lee/Kara
Warnings: Uh…smut, smut and more smut
Spoilers: Loose references to aired season episodes and deleted scenes…
Disclaimer: Just gently (well…mostly) using these characters. They don’t belong to me.
Summary: Random scenarios from random requests.
Author's Note: This one is for Cherylad. Several discussions about what we'd like to see (or would've liked to see…) got the creative juices flowing. Enjoy!
( A Choice to Make Snippets )
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda: chipper
- Groovy Tunes:Legend of the Seeker on TV
Um...yeah...it already has Jamie so there's one right off the top. :D
Everything else behind the cut to protect the speculation spirgins...
( Sky's Wishlist... )
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda: crazy
- Groovy Tunes:ST: TNG
And now...let's see what you all like to read. Behind the cut is a running list of anthology and branded title ideas. Pick as many or as few as you like.
Have fun!!
( Anthology and Brand Ideas... )
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitufe
- Feelin' Kinda:
bouncy - Groovy Tunes:California - Hawk Nelson
Greetings my fair flisters!
I have news.
Good news.
Exciting news.
The BEST news.
As most of you know, I've been editing in e-publishing for a while now…and I've decided to take the plunge and start a press with a friend of mine, angylinni.
I know! Scary and cool all at the same time, right?
So, without further ado…
Please allow me to introduce
Ellipses Press, Ltd.
As you can probably guess…I'm really excited about this. To start, we're going to focus on anthologies and 'branded' short story lines.
What the hell is a branded short story line?
Here's a nutshell definition: We'll provide a concept and some minimal background info and let the author run with them.
An example?
Absolute.
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda: ecstatic
- Groovy Tunes:Stargate Atlantis on TV
For the awesome nebakanezer!! I hope your b-day is a day of wonderful!
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda:
accomplished - Groovy Tunes:Legend of the Seeker on TV
For the fabulous i_am_girlfriday:
Hope your B-day is the awesome! Cheers!
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda: bouncy
- Groovy Tunes:The Avengers...Emma Peel Rocks!
To the one who shares a B-day with my brother...
starbuck042786 HAVE A HAPPY DAY!!!
And some cake. : )
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda: chipper
- Groovy Tunes:ST: TNG
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda:
sleepy - Groovy Tunes:Silent Witness on TV
Just a quick post to open up an entry I made before the show but kept private until after the finale aired.
Maybe it'll be helpful...maybe it won't...but I want to share it (and the edited to add parts) with my flisters.
Please enjoy. : )
Some thoughts on the bird imagery...
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda: satisfied
- Groovy Tunes:The sound of silence
I'd love to see it be something like Lee has to set the bird free...set Kara free...to shed her mortality. Yeah, it's tragic...but the idea that he has the power to give her peace, the only one with the power to do so, resonates for me.
Lee's a bit of a lonely soul anyway. Always seeking his next chapter, testing his strength against whatever challenge comes his way. Lee is a seeker. He's not content to settle (learned that the hard way) for what is...but yearns for what's next...just beyond his grasp. And Kara represents that in a big way.
It also tracks for me that he would set her free...she was never really his for keeping long term. She was his biggest challenge, the one thing that has always remained just out of his reach...yet he has the strength, power, wherewithal to let her go. Again...it's tragic, but it's also beautiful, poetic, epic and transcedent.
*sigh* I could live with this.
ETA: After watching...it didn't quite fit my scenario...but ugh...close enough. Cosmically fucked up timing. As noted: Tragic. Beautiful. Poetic. Epic. Transcendent.
And Sad. Very sad.
ETA II: But it's the beautiful kind of sad that satisfies me. I think because, as many have pointed out, Lee and Kara complete each other...but they learned they don't need each other to be complete. And the beauty behind that idea appeals to me. They helped each other finish their journeys. Kara needed Lee's steadfast belief in her and I think losing her as many times as he did...and this is where their cosmically fucked up timing comes into play...showed him the he can admit that he needs people but he'll also be okay alone. I don't know...maybe his contrary nature reads into that a bit, too. *shrugs* I'm sure I'll have more thoughts later. But for right now...
I think it ended exactly as it should...
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Groovy Tunes:The sound of silence
I've had so many things rolling around in my head about BSG over this back half of the final season. Some have been great…some not so much. But this past week? Has been extremely strange. Real life has me uber slammed and I think that's probably a good thing. It gave me less time to get involved in fandom throw downs which is probably for the best. I want to go out on a high note…dragging my case of Kleenex behind me…and let bygones be bygones.
That said…the thought that this is the end has been hovering in the background and under the surface, poking and prodding me to post. So, if you'll indulge me, I've got a couple of things I'd like to express before the final curtain falls…
Please follow me behind the cut…
( Rambly Stuff... )
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda:
apathetic - Groovy Tunes:BSG on the TV
Author: Monti
Date: March 10, 2009
Rating: M
Word Count:
Category: AU/PWP
Pairing: Lee/Kara
Warnings: Uh…smut, smut and more smut
Spoilers: Loose references to aired season episodes and deleted scenes…
Disclaimer: Just gently (well…mostly) using these characters. They don’t belong to me.
Summary: Random scenarios from random requests.
Author’s Notes: These will be stand-alone stories. The only thing they’ll have in common is the title and the fact they were requested.
Author’s Additional Note: This one is a special request for Pi…for her birthday. Follow up to In a Meadow and In a Moonlit Meadow. Beta provided by the awesome
aurora_0811</lj> ( In Sunny Paradise... )
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda: accomplished
- Groovy Tunes:TSCC on TV
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda: chipper
- Groovy Tunes:Underworld Evolution
- Current Digs:chair of solitude
- Feelin' Kinda: chipper
Okay…Roslin's back in the game…we hope. Things are getting very interesting…
Let's jump back in…
( The Oath Thoughts...part 3 )
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda:
silly - Groovy Tunes:Stargate SG1
And we're back…
Let's see how Lee really feels about Zarek being out, yeah?
( The Oath Thoughts...part 2 )
- Current Digs:Chair of Solitude
- Feelin' Kinda: amused
- Groovy Tunes:SG1 on TV