Kate

This is from 'The Proposal', my Ginny/Lucius ficlet.

So, we've all seen that meme that's going around. The 100-word drabble one? Okay, I'll do it. I'm following Elle's example though and saying:

- I'll do at least the first 5 requests I get. If you want to request something after I have 5 requests, I might do it. I might not.
- I'm not promising exactly 100 words. It will be at least that much, but possibly more. I can be wordy.
- Keep to Harry Potter 'verse. I like other fandoms, but I don't write other fandoms.
- Give me a character or two, and a prompt, please. A prompt like a word or phrase. For example, 'scissors' or 'in the garden', not 'Draco and Harry meet on the Quidditch pitch five years after the final battle and they're both going for the snitch and Draco bumps Harry's broom'.

Have at it!

Stolen from persephone33, who stole it from sue_bridehead, who made it up.
All that you have to do is post the first sentence or paragraph from all your fics. I did ALL of them, posted and non-posted, finished, incomplete, probably abandoned. So yeah. Here's my stuff, much of which you may have seen before.

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I'll try to do a real update tonight. I need to thank people, catch up on comments, finish (or work towards finishing) the M/S scene for Caliga, post the S/S scene tonight (unless Snape wants to post?), and finish the bio I'm working on for Caliga character #2 - because I'm not obsessed enough with it already. I should also probably do some laundry and dishes. Maybe make dinner. *bursts out laughing* Who am I kidding? I'll order Chinese or something.

I'm working on expanding the Lucius/Ginny one-shot I did and I feel like sharing. No particular reason - I just want to. So, here's a little snippet from a little later on in the story.

( A future scene from The Proposal )

Regarding another WIP: The second chapter of my mail order bride fic should be finished soon.

Gilderoy Lockhart was not a nice man with a charming ego problem! Why are there so many people who are willing to overlook the fact that he was a total fraud who Obliviated people on a regular basis, and who was intending to Obliviate Harry and Ron and leave them to be killed by the basilisk? Come on, folks, quit writing him off as quirky! He was not a good man!

'Overplayed the evil a bit', my ass.

/rant resulting from a less than stellar review


In other news, I used half of my Avobath bath bomb tonight. Hurray for fizzy, fragrant, green bathwater! I smell very nice now. Not that I was especially stinky before, mind. While soaking, I plotted a Ginny/Draco (non-smut) scene for 'The Proposal'. *grins happily*

I miss Emmie, but I hope she's having a great time at the retreat this weekend.

Richard (my brother-in-law) made really yummy mac & cheese tonight. Tomorrow he's making stuffed cabbage. I love living near people I like who can cook!

Mer is at the Taylor Swift/Brad Paisley concert tonight.

Mer and I are having lunch with my mom tomorrow.

I watched 'Knocked Up' the other night with Richard (the BFish-type guy). It was pretty cute. I have 'Miss Potter' here, too. I should watch that soon.

... I can access LJ from work again. No telling how long it will last, but for now - HUZZAH!

So now I'm posting just because I can.

I cooked dinner last night! This is a rare event. Meredith didn't eat any, because Meredith is Meredith. Anyway, I made breaded turkey cutlets and rotini. It was lovely, though not pretty. My cooking skills are not great and even when I make something tasty, it rarely looks nice. I'm brought some of the leftovers for lunch. I cook AND I'm thrifty! Woo!

An inordinate number of my flisters are sick or in worrisome situations. Prayers for everyone! I'm handing 'em out like Watchtower pamphlets. (A Jehovah's Witness joke, if you are confused.)

Do you ever get those crazy urges to start dancing? I'm having one now. I want to pull out my iPod and jam. Unfortunately I've got no rhythym at all, so that combined with the fact that I'm at work makes this an inappropriate desire to give in to. Bah.

That stupid Lucius/Ginny plot bunny won't leave me alone. It keeps poking me and telling me what happens next. And it's a naughty little bunny. Lest you worry about my loyalty to Ginny and the other Malfoy male, Draco is having his say in this untold story, too. Quite a rivalry between father and son, let me tell you! While it's nice to have some idea where a story is going, I really don't need another work in progress. Why couldn't it be a good bunny and stay a drabble?

I'd better run. Hope you're all having a good day.

I'm spamming my flist to apologize to the folks on my lucius_augustus flist for all the posts. I'm still not done (Anniversary & Loyalties still need to go up), so bear with me as I get all my fics loaded please.

I'm also spamming to show off the fabby icons heyurs directed me to find. It's made by fading_melody and she has a fantastic variety of fictional boyfriends/fictional lesbian girlfriends/fictional manwhores/fictional friends. I've requested a Bill Compton one, though I am the only Bill supporter I know.

Well, the dryer is done de-wrinkling my clothes. I'd better go to work. The question is now: Do I stop for Starbucks, or save the money and avoid the fat content? I'll decide at the pertinent intersection.

ETA: I misidentified the icon maker's LJ name as faded_melody. It is actually fading_melody. Corrected above.

lady_rhiyana wrote me a timestamp ficlet! I asked for a Draco scene set 6 months after he married Ginny in Loose Ends. If you are familiar with the story, you know that Draco and Ginny do not see each other for years after they wed, so this is not a D/G scene. It is, however, awesome, and violent, and a little bit smutty (Bonus!). It pretty much embodies everything I love about Draco as portrayed by lady_rhiyana.

Even you hard core D/Gers should read it. Yes, Draco's with someone else, but it all turns out right in the end. *evil cackle*

Check it out! http://lady-rhiyana.livejournal.com/17514.html


OH! And I'm going to see OotP tonight! IMAX, baby!

This is a good day.

Now that I have finally turned in my long overdue exchange fic, I need to get back to work on my WIPs. The upside of the challenge was that I got to write a plot bunny that's been niggling at me for a long time, but I never had time for. One down!

First on the list is Anniversary, if for no other reason than so the youngsters at MNFF will get off my back.

Then I need to finish my smutty one shot. I'm hoping to get that done in time to post it for the HateSex! theme on smut_friday, which is August 10th. That gives me a month, and all I have left is the hard part! So, we'll see.

I've got a good chunk of DIM chapter 3 written, which I should hurry up and finish since I haven't updated that in over two years. The problem is I really have NO IDEA where I'm going with the story. It was the sort of thing where I started it really gung ho and then thought, "Oh, right. A plot would be good." I like it too much to take it down, though. It's sappy and OOC, but whatever. I still dig it.

Then, of course, there's the mail order bride story I started for Pud's contest last year. I have a rough plan for that one, but I don't have much done in the way of writing yet.

Other things that have been going on in my life:

- I truly think that Meredith is trying to drive me (and perhaps herself) to an early grave. It scares me to death that she'll be legally an adult next year. I really worry about her. There is a story behind this, but I'm not going to go into it now. Two people are very lucky I didn't hurt them, though. It was only through amazing restraint and the presence of the police that I was able to hold back. Yeah, fun times in Manassas!

- Picabo stayed with Richard and Tracey last week because James was going to be doing so much running around. Friday night while they were out she managed to unlock and open the door to their apartment and let herself out. Fortunately, a) she didn't encounter any other dogs while talking herself for a walk, and b) one of the neighbors I met on the 4th saw her and came to my apartment to let me know she was running around by herself. She came right away when I called her, and stayed the night at my place.

My nephew Pike's heroes are NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield and Iron Chef Bobby Flay. He's so cool.

OOTP is going to be playing in the IMAX theatre here, but I don't have tickets to see it there and they are sold out. Boo. Can you imagine? Jason Isaacs in IMAX? *sigh*