a respected man at his place on the mead-bench

( Work stuff. Snicker. )

In other news...
Tomorrow I work in the Club, which means a) I can't leave if it's dead, b) it's always dead, and c) nobody tips anyway. Also, it is Super Bowl Sunday and they have almost no flights even scheduled to begin with.

It being the Super Bowl means what people are travelling will be in the bars.
But it also means few will be travelling.

Anyhow. I anticipate a slow shift. So, i am going to print out Chs 1-5 of Viking Novel, and I am going to restructure them. The events will remain, but will probably be shuffled. And the narration is subject to change. I have been showing too little, and telling too much. My research on the period isn't solid enough. And my characters are shaky and inconsistent. So I have to do some serious staring at the whole thing to get it really banged into shape.

And then I'm going to post it up on my redesigned website, and it will be v.3 or so... And then my next chapters will be based off this better beginning, and I will be one more giant step closer to finishing this novel. It is my goal to have the project pretty well wrapped-up by the time Dave gets that piece of paper from RIT that says he's A Smart (and eminently Employable) Boy. Summer 2005, baby, is going to be a time of great achievement. (I damn well hope.)


I just watched Traffic, by the way. One of those lovely and bleak films. I can't believe that Benicio del Toro didn't know Spanish before he took that role. Man, think of how much money the government would make by legalizing and regulating pot. Just think of the money. Think of the criminals it would put out of business. And just think of the tax revenue. That's the only drug besides alcohol I've ever considered doing, but I wouldn't do it because I'd have to associate with criminals in order to get it, and that's just not worth it. No way, man. Pot in and of itself is probably nice and all, but I don't want anything to do with the people that get it.

Valentine's Pr0n

It strikes me that in a week from tomorrow it will be Valentine's day.
I have no plans for that day but I know I have the day off.
I have all sorts of ambitious writerly plans between now and then, but I was thinking that the day ought to be commemmorated one way or another. I will be posting Ch. 7 of Vikings Novel on that day, of course, it being a Monday, but unfortunately Ch. 7 contains nothing remotely Valentiney. (Bloodshed, yes. Kissing... well, I could maybe put some in. But probably not.)

So it struck me. I write all kinds of porn but seldom post it. So who wants some porn on Valentine's Day? (And I'd love if other writerly types would step up and post some of their own and make this almost meme-like in scale...)

I figured I'd take requests, since I have so many fictional couples in my head jumping up and down raising their hands. (Yes. Honestly. That's what they're doing. Right. Of course. Sure.)

So... A poll!


[Poll #432466]



Note: Results may not be binding: this isn't a democracy, but I do aim to please, sometimes. Some characters may refuse to get it on (especially the really rusty ones. Oh lord. I haven't so much as read the NaNo 2002 in at least a year. But those were among some of my first written erotica, the scenes in that story, lo these many moons ago. of course I'm not posting those; I'd have to write a new one), in which case I'll have to go with an alternate. But I thought I'd ask anyway. :)

Edit: Squee! People have voted! I'd've looked a right tosser if nobody'd voted.
Hm. People are LoTR fans. Innnnteresting. Actually, y'know, I've never written slash? Oh wait, i did once. I dare you to guess who it was. Hint: One of the participants is listed above, but the other is not. It was... dark.

also added: Oo, feel free to leave comments and dare me to do stuff (erm, in the fic. To make the characters do. To each other). There is nothing so freeing as being dared to do something.