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1. I've had a sudden urge today to write something more for

nest_of_spiders, so there may or may not be James/Lily fic coming up later tonight depending on whether James co-operates or not, otherwise it'll show up next week.

2. Christmas exchange season is beginning to be upon us, hurrah! We'll see in time how many I end up signing up for, but sign-ups for

fem_exchange are now on, which I am very, very tempted by.

3. I'm offline until Monday, just in case anyone needs to get hold of me in the interim, but I think I'm up to speed on everything except one beta, who I must email, actually. *makes mental note*

4. So I finished watching Firefly recently, and am wholly infatuated with it all and shall be acquiring a Serenity DVD forthwith. In the meantime, I was wondering if anyone had any fic recs? Actually, I'm curious, anyone who's passed through that fandom, what ships etc do people write, anyway? There are, after all, a fair few to choose from. I've found that I've ended up shipping Kaylee with just about everybody, so if anyone knew of some good Kaylee fic of any flavour, that would be fab - or anything else, for that matter!

5. The postwar fic I'm working on is now a little less embryonic, but I sense I'm going to run into all sorts of problems, because this is rapidly turning into the sort of thing I don't usually write.

See, I have so many interlinking ideas on things I want to write about set in the first couple of years after Deathly Hallows that it seems logical to merge them all. But this takes me into hitherto uncharted territory, namely a longer story that probably won't turn out as a one-shot. However. Knowing me, I'm a bit worried about to best work that, because I know that a) I am not very good at plotting in advance, and will often get to end of a story and have to go back and tweak all that's come before, but also that b) I probably do not have the stamina to work on something that long all by myself, and would probably be better motivated if I posted it as a WIP.

So, hmm. People who have gone down the WIP route, fancy telling me a bit about that? How do you find that works for you, what keeps you going in a timely fashion, etc? In the meantime I shall be plodding along, although how I've ended up with Minerva as the POV character for the first scene when I didn't even realise she was going to be in this story much is a bit of a mystery.

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Re: #5 - *lo♥es*

:D :D

Well, I don't have any fics to recommend, but there *is* a TPB available of the comic mini-series that spans part of the gap between the end of the series and the beginning of the film. It's called "Those Left Behind", and maes for excellent reading.

Oh, and Welcome to the 'Verse ;)

Oh, that is what I like to hear, for it is already sitting in my Amazon shopping basket! And thank you, thank you, it is very good to be here. :D

Also - you, email, I owe, will do, yes, soon!

Not sure about fandom as a whole, but

musesfool &

luzdeestrellas have written v. good Firefly fic, so check out their tags. :))

I second this recommendation and add

thistlerose. Thistle write Simon/Kaylee, which Vic P does not.

I will have to check that recommendation out myself; Simon/Kaylee was my first ship, canon as it is. Thanks!

Ooh, thank you!

Ooh, excellent!

People who have gone down the WIP route, fancy telling me a bit about that?
I think it depends a bit on how fast you can write. The feedback can be a great motivation. For me personally, WIPs don't work. At all. I'm just too slow a writer. Even if I've plotted everything in advance, I just can't seem to finish anything in time. Or the plot doesn't work after all. So for me WIPs are just stressful. But I'm not sure if working on a story for a long time by myself would be easier.. [/rambling]

Mmm, they are quite stressful things, aren't they? Ho hum, I am still so indecisive.

Oh Firefly! How i love thee. Well, when it comes to shipping I am all for the canon Wash/Zoe which makes for saddness of course. I'm not as big a fan of Kaylee/Simon despite the canon just cause I think that Simon is too harsh and city-boy for a sweetie like Kaylee. I like Kaylee/Inaraa and Mal/Simon.

But I haven't really read much Firefly fanfiction. It's one where I tend to like most of the canon as it is.

HIdden in the Dark (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2772900/1/Hidden_in_the_Dark) is a short amusing Simon/Mal one if you are interested.

Eee, oh yes, Wash/Zoe is completely fabulous. :D And ooh good, I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking Kaylee/Inara is really awesome too.

Hee! That was indeed absolutely delightful! *beams* Thanks a lot.

Seriously, how very pretty is Kaylee/Inara, they are full of the pretty and sweet and aw

I know! And they should go dress shopping together and it would be adorable.