Beta celebration.

[icarus]

April 19, 2008. Seattle. A place you don't even get snow in January most years.

We had flakes the size of snowballs coming down over blooming magnolia trees, rhododendron and forsythia blossoms. It was really cool, and if I didn't know this said bad things about climate change (and possibly farming), I'd be delighted.

It still looked magnificent.

Thanks to the hard work and attention of my two lovely betas, dossier and rabidfan, Out Of Bounds is cruising. Also, I'm keeping my new rule "No Spamma-da F-list, man" and that has definitely opened up some time for writing. Also, it seems fewer people unfriend me. *snorts with laughter*

This week, three more scenes written.



Little Boy Blue in Mandarin Chinese

Little Boy Blue, Lucius/Percy (beware, chan-ish, if not explicit)

Comments

[whatifisaidno.livejournal.com]

That's.. a very sensual illustration. Considering how apparently innocent it is.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

She's got talent. It's an illustration for Beg Me For It (http://www.icarus.slashcity.net/stories/begmeforit.html) which she translated several years ago. She wanted to know about the subtext between Percy and Lucius, and yeah, she pretty much hit it.

[illicit-grace.livejournal.com]

OH WOW! yay. I am learning Mandarin. Reading this will have to be a project for this summer. Problem is, its in simplified characters. I only know traditional. Oh well, I need to learn simplified anyway...
Cool pic, too.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Little Boy Blue is relatively short. She's done two other translations:

Beg Me For It (http://icarus.slashcity.net/stories/begmeforit_chinese.html) and the final chapter of the Beg Me For It series, Scarred (http://icarus.slashcity.net/stories/scarred_chinese.html). I have no idea if she's used simplified characters for this as well.

And should you happen to study Russian (Ailine's Russian version of Beg Me For It (http://www.fanrus.com/view_fic.php?id=250&o=t) is reputed to be better than mine), Polish, Czech, Thai, or German, Be my guest (http://icarus.slashcity.net/fictranslations.html). ;)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. We've been doing a lot of work on the next chapter. It's pretty much done.

Possibly, maybe, could be posted tonight. :)