Fanart, Fanfiction and Fangirling

My trope_bingo fic is over 5000 words and I'm not done with it yet. Wow. I wanted to stop it at a certain point, but it didn't feel right, so I continued. It's almost finished though, so hopefully I'll be able to post it soon.

I'm also collaborating with a mini TV-series! Last summer in LA I met an Italian girl who was attending the production summer workshop at UCLA (I was attending the screenwriting workshop), now she's working on this mini-series for a local TV (she lives a couple of hours away from here) and said they needed a "supervisor" who could give them some advice and improve the general feel of it and she thought of me. It's basically like being a beta-reader for a screenplay. I'll post the link if the episodes are viewable online too.

It's snowing again. And today and tomorrow it's election days. Please, keep your fingers crossed and pray that Mr B. doesn't win again. Sigh.

Still getting used to the time zone difference and waking up at 5 AM. Oh well, I figured I could use the extra time to get online before I go out. I'm gonna meet Nicole (unbelangbar) today! I'm really looking forward to it.

The workshop started last night and I'm so happy with it. Sure, I was shivering all the way through my introduction/presentation (and not just because of the air conditioning), but everyone was pretty nervous and it got better after the break. It's amazing how much I gathered from a single meeting, we focused on character archs and I already have a much clearer idea of where I want to go with my story. Of course it's just the beginning, but yeah, I can do it.

All right, I'll check a few things online and then have breakfast. With these, of course. Seriously, why don't we have these cereals in Italy, life's so unfair.

OMG I'm writing Steve/Catherine. :O Of course there's Steve/Danny implied and it's just a silly little thing, I don't even know if I'm ever going to finish it or post it, but still. Steve/Catherine.

Well, actually, there was a "Post a snippet from a WIP" meme going around recently, but I didn't have any WIP at the time, so I couldn't take part. I guess I could post a couple of lines from it now:

( Steve/Catherine snippet )

Would anyone be interested in reading it over if I ever decide to post it? *puss-in-boots eyes*

After last year's spectacular failure, I'm not taking part in NaNowriMo in 2011. Not that the failure itself surprised me, I'm a very slow writer and I knew there was no way I could dish out 50k words in 30 days, but I still thought I would write a little more.

But I haven't given up on that particular idea, I went back and re-read what I have so far, tweaked a few things and I'm planning on going on. My goal is to finish it, I don't care if it ends up 20k or 50k.

What I must work on, though, is a writing sample for that screenwriting workshop I'd like to attend next summer. According to the website, application forms will be online from January 2012, so I have all the time I need. But I don't want to keep procrastinating like I usually do and I've already started working on it. I know what I want to write, but I'm not used to the screenplay format, so I keep writing and rewriting scenes. And starting so early gives me some extra time, so I'd be able to think of something else if I don't like what I have.

So, yeah, baby steps this year. I can do it.

Also, I plan on wasting my evening/night watching Moonlight. Only 6 episodes to go! \o/ Oh, Mick...

I know I haven't written much lately, and most of it was drabbles or ficlets, but I've seen this meme and I'm curious:

If you had to pick one fic of mine that is the one you identify with me, what would it be?

I guess I could ask the same question about fanart as well...

OMFG I wrote a Holmes/Watson PWP. *shifty eyes*

Why do I have to struggle to write 500 words for my pseudo-NaNo project, while today I dished out 1262 words of gratuitous porn within a couple of hours? Sigh.

This is the first time I've written in the Sherlock Holmes fandom, well the second if we count the Sherlock ficlet I wrote a couple of months ago, and I'm terribly nervous (even if it's just a pointless PWP for the shkinkmeme), could any of you take a look at it before I post it? Please? *puppy eyes*

My God, I'd never thought writing 1400 characters would be so difficult. Not words, mind you, just bloody characters. That may depend on the fact that the piece of news was really tiny; or that two of our neighbours decided that today would be the perfect day for coming over and arguing very loudly with my parents, making it impossible for me to concentrate. Fffuuu-

Anyway, hopefully those 1400 characters will be published as my first mini-article on the local newspaper. (And no, it's not the one about health, that one got delayed.) I should write another one as well, but I still haven't received the infos I need.

I also got my hair cut today. It's good to have straight hair every now and then. *strokes hair* And I had to drive my mother around for some shopping. That means I haven't had any time to work on my not-really-NaNo-project at all. *headdesk* There's NO WAY I'll be able to write 50,000 words (there's a reason why I'm so fond of drabbles: I can't write long stories!) I'll be happy if I can just finish the bloody thing.

Here, have a counter thingy, courtesy of Write or Die.



Feel my fail.

My first article for the local newspaper will be about health. The subject is a bit general, but at least I know what I'm looking for. And I have an acquaintance who could help me find information for another article, I hope I can gather enough before Tuesday (when we're all meeting again), so I'll talk to the chief editor about it, he said he's open to suggestions.

Half of the new photos on Farin's website were taken in Italy. Farin, how dare you come to my country and not tell me anything!

Apropos photos, I love this one:


Click it! It gets bigger!

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like an engagement photo? Or rather, a "behind the scenes" of the shoot. >_>

Sooo, I finally finished that Sherlock ficlet and would like someone to beta-read it before I post it. It's about 980 words, rated PG and with just a hint of slash. I haven't had a beta reader in years (well, duh, I mostly write drabbles), but I'd really appreciate an opinion on this, writing for a new fandom always makes me nervous. =/

Also, I think schonste will like this:

Looking at pictures from last night on the DÄOF forum makes me so envious. ;__;

*don'tbegreedydon'tbegreedydon'tbegreedy*

*sigh*

Today I sent a story to the Arthouse Tacheles in Berlin! They're organising an event with Italian artists and are looking for artists, musicians and writers. They're never gonna choose me, but I decided to give it a try anyway and sent a story I wrote a long time ago, but that was completely rewritten for the occasion. Keep your fingers crossed for me! >_<

And now: rant time! A few weeks ago I wrote about a super secret graphic commission I got. Well, since it's over I guess I can talk openly about it now. I'm collaborating with the Democratic Party for the local elections and they asked me to draw their logo. I accepted and asked them if they had already something in mind, like certain colours, certain symbols etc. They said I could do whatever I wanted. After a quick brainstorming with one of the guys who are in charge, we decided to do something using either white, green and red (the Italian flag colours and the colours of the national Democratic Party logo) or something with blue and green, our town's colours. I did a quick sketch when I got home that night. The next day, the guy calls me and says "Say, can you finish the logo tonight? We want to send it to the local newspaper." I panicked a little and told him I had only done a rough version of the white/green/red one, if he gave me more time I could do a few different versions so they could choose the one they liked best. He said not to worry and to just send him what I had. The next morning I get an email from another of the guys saying not to use white/green/red, but blue, green and orange instead. Orange? Whatever, that's your logo, not mine. I come up with a couple of versions at work (luckily there wasn't much to do that day) and send them over. He's not really convinced. I work on them some more at home and send him the new versions. He says maybe they'll wait and send the logo to the newspaper the following week, so I'll have more time to work on it.

And that was it. I asked him about it the next time I met him and he said they still hadn't made up their mind. Then a few days ago they sent me another email asking me if I could fix another logo, changing the name of the candidate and turning "President" into "Mayor". I did and sent him the finished pic. After a couple of days I wrote to him asking if the second logo was all right and if they had news about the first logo. He replied the second one was great. As for the first one, they decided to have it done by a professional graphic designer.

Now, the first thing I'd told them when they asked me to draw their logo was "Are you sure? I'm not a pro." They were sure. I also told them that if they didn't like it they just had to tell me, it wouldn't be a problem, I wouldn't get offended. But now I'm quite annoyed. I mean, you want to go and get a pro? Fine, just tell me. What if I had wasted nights working on it? I'm doing you a favour here.

Whatever. I'm going to the theatre tonight, that will definitely improve my mood.