SNAFU. Done.

[icarus]

First rough draft of Beg Me For It part four, SNAFU is done.

It's very rough from about page 31-45. It needs to be fleshed out, transitions smoothed. One part needs to be longer, much longer.

But... I'm feeling sort of blown away.

It's done.

Comments

[melpemone.livejournal.com]

::glomps you madly in congratulations::

You're proof it can be done! Hooray! ::stares at own WiP with something akin to despair:: But seriously, congratulations. You should be really proud. Can't wait to read it. :)

[balfrog.livejournal.com]

congratulations!!
smoochies and virtual chocolates
xoxoxoxo
(in a purely selfish way- I've been waiting for this since
the hint that it might be close to done back in February)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

That icon is perfect. It's exactly how I feel.

Icarus

^^

[himiko-chan.livejournal.com]

Congrats, Icarus ^^

Hopefully you're talking about the good kind of 'blown away' ^__~

*looks at her measly 5 page chapter with despair* At times like these, I really wish I had your brain, Icarus ~___~ Strike that, I wish I had your brain, period.

Maybe then I could write something awesome *___*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Part five Stand In The Ruins has been done for over a year, so they can be posted at approximately the same time.

underlucius hasn't read any parts of the series, so she'll be doing the beta to make sure the story stands on it's own. (All the parts of Beg Me For It are supposed to stand alone.)

Wow. I can't believe it.

Icarus

[goseaward.livejournal.com]

YAY! Congratulations!

Poings!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you! My god. I've been doing research for and writing this story since last August.

Icarus

Re: ^^

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, 3 pages was long for me, until I did an RPG called An Audience With The King. It had a deadline and was really intense. My RPG partners forced me to crank out the work.

Icarus

Re: ^^

[himiko-chan.livejournal.com]

Right now, with my brain circled in knots, I want to pitch my story I'm working on. I think it's the lack of sleep talking, but the prospect of throwing it out is very tempting...

3 pages right now seems like a lifetime to me. And you said you had a deadline for this 'An Audience With The King'? Hmm... must read. Is it on your site?

*is interested*

[a-linz.livejournal.com]

YAY! Lol congrats ^^ Have I said before how much I loff you? *glomps*
I can't wait *dances excitedly*
How many parts are there going to be in total?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Well I feel loved now. ;)

It's gonna be six parts. But the good news is parts five and six are already done. It's SNAFU that was hard.

Icarus

[dont-callmebabe.livejournal.com]

*Bounces around the PC*
I knew that you could!!!

[cheshyre]

But... I'm feeling sort of blown away.
I'm sure that we'll be blown away too after you've polished it off.
Congrats! I'm looking forward to it.

[seelechen.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling sort of blown away

I'm feeling sort of super. I've been gleefully waiting for this for ages! Congrats!

[fortunova.livejournal.com]

Wow, congratulations! I'm so impressed by your tenacity; I'm sure I would long since have thrown up my hands and taken to drink. Or something. Er, yes. So excited to read it!

[femmequixotic]

Part five Stand In The Ruins has been done for over a year, so they can be posted at approximately the same time.

WEGETTWOPARTSALMOSTATONCEOHYIPPEEYIPPEEYIPPEEYIPPPEEE!!!!!!!!

Ahem.

I'm not excited. Of course I'm not excited. Bah on excitement. Congratulations, hon. *squeezes*

WEGETTWOPARTSALMOSTATONCEOHYIPPEEYIPPEEYIPPEEYIPPPEEE!!!!!!!!

[moshi.livejournal.com]

*throws a little party for you* That's excellent news, for you and us readers. I can't wait to see it! :)

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Yay you!

[lyricalnights.livejournal.com]

Woo! I'm excited.

Be sure to do something cheery in the next couple of days to keep the "post-partum depression" at bay.

[tjstein.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I'll bet that takes a load off, doesn't it?

Do you often write chapters out of sequence? And does it make it tricky to go back to a previous chapter because then you have to make sure all the characters and plot points get to where they need to be? I'm not much of a writer, but I can't imagine that would be easy. Of course, if you have a firm idea of how chapter 5 should be, I suppose it's better to get it out of your head and onto paper (or pc as the case may be).

Good lord, I'm rambling...

At any rate, I'm looking forward to reading it. *applauds*

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

Wow. I can only imagine the feeling you have right now. Cheers for having the tenacity to stick with it all that way, all over again.

[gives you a virtual and physically non-heard round of applause] ^_^

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been sooooooo close for so long.

Trust me, you're gonna want part five after this.

Icarus

Re: ^^

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I was writing with a truly outstanding Lord of the Rings RPG author who goes by the name of Piosennial. I've always considered putting it up on my site, but I'd have to clean it up a bit (and get Pio's permission). It was all OC's, occurred after the war of the ring, and my character was an older black man in his 50's from Harad.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm so thrilled. I have people in town now, so I have to wait till "the boys" go out today till I can work on it again, editing now. I did Kamikaze writing, so some sections need to be fleshed out. :D

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

This is it. Once SNAFU's up, Stand In The Ruins will go up a day or so later... and the series will be complete.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling sort of super.

Man. This has been hard to write. wildernessguru (a military analyst) challenged me to write a battle that he would believe.

Oi.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I would long since have thrown up my hands and taken to drink.

Yeah, I was close to that. I gave myself till this week to finish it, Nanowrimo-style. Now I just have to do some editing, the beta review annnnd...

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*Fweeee!* *Icarus throws confetti.*

I can't wait to see it! :)

I have company here for the next couple of days -- that's why I had to finish it this week, or else I'd lose momentum otherwise.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yay you!

Thank you. I was originally gonna cheap out and just show the battle in retrospect, but back when you beta'd Death Eater Rock you mentioned you wanted it and I realised... "aw, shit. The story really does need it, doesn't it?"

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Be sure to do something cheery in the next couple of days to keep the "post-partum depression" at bay.

Strangely, I'm not feeling that way this time. I don't know why. I guess it just hasn't hit yet because I'm still editing.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I often write out of sequence, just to grab the "wave" when something's going well. I have all kinds of problems as a result, but I think it's worth it. Usually it's not too bad, my "sketch" of the story usually keeps me on track plot and character-wise, I just end up needing transitions.

There is one major continuity problem between SNAFU and the next chapter, Stand In The Ruins, that's going to force a rewrite of Stand. It had been a year since I wrote Stand It The Ruins (wrote it last April), and I neglected to reread it before working on SNAFU. It turned out I needed a chase scene in SNAFU that I hadn't planned on. I'll also have to edit for tone I think. But I've already had to make changes to Stand In The Ruins to account for OotP.

I think Stand is a better story for having been written at the time the impetus hit. There are undercurrents in it that I'd forgotten about, that weren't in my notes but came out in the writing. I would have lost those if I'd written it today. :D

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Wow. I can only imagine the feeling you have right now. Cheers for having the tenacity to stick with it all that way, all over again.

Best described as "staggered." But I had a friend coming into town, and only a narrow window to work on it, so it was do or die.

Now I'm eager to get the editing done. :D

Icarus