“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.”

[fan_elune]

I AM DONE WITH NANO!!!

Apart from the fact that some of those characters own a bit of my soul, and always will, and will never leave me as long as I have some fandom love in me.

But, I have just posted the epilogue on nano_fan, and I am DONE WITH NANO.

So it could have been edited better. Yes, alright. But then I'd have never posted it, and I needed to get it out of the way. It might have meant writing over 50,000 words in a month, but it's also borne down on me ever since and I've been unable to write much of anything else since. Now, at last, I've finished telling my tale of the Operative. Now I can let those characters rest.

the_grynne, thanks again for your incredibly valuable help on the Chinese. greenie_breizh and Frédéric, thank you for the input and the suggestions and the urging me on.

I AM DONE.

Now it's time to get back to writing, damnit.


EDIT: in the personal announcement section, happy birthday to heikki_cheren (or not, if you'd rather people still didn't wish it to you - take your pick!), and welcome to this world to Frédéric's baby niece, Kim. (I like the name, despite the horribleness that's Kim Bauer. Nice one!)

Comments

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm rather in a "Ok, let's see who wished me a happy birthday. Oh, the guys hitting on me and who don't interest me at all did, that's very nice though slightly awkward. Oh, the guys I'm supposedly dating or whatever with totally forgot. They bastards." kind of mood. :p
So, since you don't belong to any of those two categories... Thanks. ^^

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

...ha. I'm glad to contribute to a third category. You're welcome! Kim shares your oh-so-unfortunate birthday, how about that for a coincidence? It's very soap-opera-y. Or something.

I don't suppose you wanna add a drabble wish of your own to the list of birthday drabbles I'm supposed to tackle one of these days? (One of these days should now hopefully be sooner rather than later, because I've had enough of not writing and I will drag my muses back kicking and screaming if I have to. ...or, okay, I'll let Kronos drag them back kicking and screaming. Or maybe just screaming. He's so very good at making people scream.)

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

Yeah, third category is good. Third category is safe, too. I know someone who is SO gonna regret it next Monday. ("Why did you do a tiramisu. What? It's Manu's birthday???" *Everybody turns to look at him in a strange way* "Yes.".... Ah... Can't wait to see it. I hope the guys won't ruin it for me by telling him before I arrive. Mwahahah)
Well, among the billions of babies scheduled for this spring that I know of, I had lost hope for any of them to get born on April 1. So it was a rather good surprise. It's a rather good date, too, even though it's obviously not enough yet to get people to remember about it. Maybe she should have aimed for july 14 instead, but I assume her mother would have been quite pissed to wait for so long.


Ah, well... Last time it I won the right for a drabble, and eventually found an idea, I never got my drablle. And I'm not sure I would now have more ideas than I had last summer.
Gotta have to thing about it.
*looks up*
Gotta stop thinking about Kronos making J scream.
...
I mean, really.
...
Kronos, sweetie? Please go back at Fan's and leave my mind alone, thanks.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Ha! You'll have to let me know how it turns out.
And well, it's enough for some of us to remember. Because I didn't even have Semagic (or however you spell that) to remind me that it was! I'm rather proud of myself here. Heh.

It was something with Jos and Az, wasn't it? What was it again? I'll give it a go if you want.

*kronos looks up from making J scream, and smiles his shark's smile* I like it here. New people to make scream. Fan' won't let me hurt her other characters.

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

Well, it's compromised, seems there's problems concerning the tiramisu. Still, there's lots of potential for revenge. Mwahaha.
Congrats! You now offically have a better memory than... well, some people I won't name here. How does that feel? Wanna say something on the mike for all your new fans?

Yeah, I think it was. But I'm not in a Cagebird mood for the moment. Granted, I don't know which mood I am currently in, but... *g*

Hey! *removes J from Kronos' hands and stands between the two of them* Don't touch him! I won't allow you to do such a thing! *looks at Kronos* *grabs J and put him in front of her* Over his dead body!

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

I wanna thank my parents, my family, my friends, my dog, my spaceship and my left slipper. You guys, I wouldn't have made it without you!

Ha! Well now you're making it difficult. Let me know if ever you find out.

*kronos grins, and grabs J back with a glint in his eyes* Over his dead body. Times and times again.

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about the right slipper. What happened to it? :-( It seemed so happy and full of life last time I saw it. I can't believe it disappeared so young....

Er.... Oh, gosh.... *grabs cellphone and search for Duncan's number* Hold on a second, will you?

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

...actually the left seems to have disappeared as well. *gasps* Is it possible that - maybe - *gasps!* I think I haven't used any slippers in a couple of years. This would explain their rather conspicuous absence.

*kronos goes back to making J scream, whistling as he works*

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

That's such a terrible news. And yet such a good news at the same time, maybe they are safe! Did you fire them, or did they just quit? Ah, you can't find good faithful slippers nowadays... :::shaking head:::

*cast a quick glance through her fingers* Are you done yet?

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

"Ha! You'll have to let me know how it turns out."

Well... It was quite short, but I guess his face when someone at the pub handed me a wrapped present was kinda worth it. Later, he claimed he had actually thought about a present for me, but just totally forgot the date and wasn't even sure I ever mentionned it. Because my birthdate is so difficult to remember, ain't it?

Now.... I'm not sure seeing his face at that moment was worth getting that present. A stuffed animal. What's up with guys giving me stuffed animals for my birthdays??? Anyway, at first it looked all cute and nice and... But later, Christophe mentionned that from the guy who gave it to me, it may almost be the equivalent of a declaration. That he never saw him going that far with a girl.
I'm still hoping he was just kidding me (but then, it unfortunately sounds believable. Not that this guy could fall for me, but that giving such a present is a very rare and meaningful event for him. He is the one guy to be proud of being a virgin and not being interested in sex&co), 'cos at that point I just felt like hitting walls with my head. I just can't believe how things turned, it's so fucking not right and it makes no sense whatsoever.
I'm almost thankful for Y. to have decided to skip social SF events, otherwise last mondays could have been even more complex. Three guys hitting on me (more or less discretly) and two who achieved more.... Well, it still was 3/1, that's already WAY too much. Something turned wrong in the grand sheme of things, really.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

...heh. I shouldn't be so amused by all the drama, I'm sorry. Doesn't mean I don't sympathise, just, from an exterior point of view? It's worth a small 'heh'.

I'm sorry to hear about the whole might-be-declaration, though, if that's not something you wanted. And I sympathise on the stuffed-animal thing.

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

Well, from a not-exterior point of view, it's less and less amusing, it just ruined the whole thing.

Not, totally not wanted, as most of the others. Thanks for the sympathy, but actually that's maybe one of the positive thing, a souvenir from a happier time. Plus it's nicer than my cat, it accepts to be hugged and don't try to scratch me if I hold it. I appreciate that very much. Good little cub. *g*

[shadesofbrixton.livejournal.com]

SHIT. SHIT SHIT SHIT. Damnit. Arrrgh. This means I have to finish mine. Because I can't read yours until I finish mine or it will INFECT mine and then I'll never finish and I swear this makes sense and GOD DAMNIT where have the past six months gone?! Congratulations. Damnit.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Of course it makes sense. Why wouldn't it?

Anyway. The ironic thing is, I finished it partly to, you know, be done with it, and partly because of something you once said about proving to you and Katie that it could be finished. So, see, it can be done. Now you hurry up and finish yours because I want to read.

Also, I'm writing! I swear! I can't believe it myself! That Wat and Geoff and Philippa fic! Heeeeelp!

And I have found (let's thank elite very warmly for pointing me in the direction of maitheas's LJ gallery) new Alan pictures. Please to get online and squee with me about the arms and freckles thank you.

[the-grynne.livejournal.com]

YAY! Congratulations.

I've been a bit out of it lately; blame it on economics, I always do, it's drying up all my creative thoughts . But I solemnly swear that Carnivale story will get written.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

Sadly, I don't see how I could possibly blame economics. I'm blaming Nano, though, it makes as much sense as anything else. And I have faith about the Carnivàle story. If only because it took me that long to write AKT but I did. I know what it's like. I'm not worried. ;)