riptey

First, a little PSA: if you are reading this and you write fiction, go out and buy an extra flash drive. Put all your writing on it, and put it in a safe place. I did this, and my computer crashed two days ago. I'll need to buy a new one in a few weeks when I can afford it, but I didn't lose anything :) That's the good news, but the bad news is that I'll be even less able to write until I get my own new computer. I don't like writing on public computers, and I doubt anybody does. It feels way too weird.

Until then, make sure you check out dmhgficexchange on the 7th when they start posting gifts, because it'll be great and because I'm a participant!

I am pleased to announce that chapter 14 of Sucker Punch is finally done!  Well, sent off to the beta, anyway (thanks, kazfeist!).  I'll need to do a bit more editing once she sends it back, but it's almost 7,000 words, and I'm very excited to post it.

Since I'm so excited, I couldn't resist giving a sneak preview to my special LJ friends:

The whole thing should be up on FF and GE within the next few days.

I'm not sure how many (if any) of my readers actually check my LJ, mostly since I never update it, but I wanted to put this somewhere.  Here's as good as anywhere, right?

Anyway, I just want to reassure you that I will finish all my stories.  I promise.  I have plans for them, I have parts written, and all I need is some extra time to fill in the blanks.  I often write far in advance, so for some stories I have the last chapter written and hardly anything in between (Sucker Punch, Plasma, Friend Number Three).

I hope you'll be patient and enjoy what I've written so far in the time being, but I really can't afford to put fanfiction ahead of my classwork right now.  I spend my spare moments between work and school trying to get enough food and sleep to survive.  If any of you are going or have gone to university, you know how it is.

I also want to say that I love reading reviews, and I appreciate every one that I get.  Please don't think I've fallen off the face of the planet - I definitely haven't, and I haven't lost interest in my stories (except Slow Saint kind of, but hardly anybody read that one anyway).  In fact, I have ideas blocked out for two full-length fics after I finish these ones, plus a likely sequel to Sucker Punch.  This is my favorite (and only) hobby. 

I also especially don't have time to read any new fics, which is very sad to me, because I love reading other people's stories probably more than writing.  So if you are a reviewer who has asked me to take a look at your work, I have probably read your first chapter or something and not enough to leave a comment.  I will do more reading and writing on Christmas break.

I do hope to at least finish Sucker Punch before then, but sometimes we can't get what we wish for, right?

Thanks again for reading and supporting my work.

Hello, thanks for taking the external link!  I prefer to post my stories on ff.net, but this allows me to add links.  As I said in my profile, I'll be putting some illustrations up here soon.

I've had these soundtracks on my iTunes and in my head the whole time I've been writing these stories, and I wanted to put them up here in case anyone's interested.  In between working on different stories, I listen to these songs (and a bunch of others) to get me in the mood.  That sounded kind of lame, but it's true.

They are mostly grouped in order of relevance to the plot of the story.

Friend Number Three

1. "The Great Defector" by Bell X1 (I think this song may have inspired the whole story, because I kept hearing it on the radio around that time)
2. "The Rabbit, The Bat, And The Reindeer" by Dr. Dog
3. "Rain King" by Counting Crows
4. "Santa Monica" by Everclear
5. "Shelter from the Storm" by Bob Dylan
6. "Head On" by Jesus and Mary Chain, as performed by The Pixies
7. "Incinerate" by Sonic Youth
8. "Combat Baby" by Metric
And songs that appear or will appear in the story (minus a few to be revealed):
9. "Love Today" by MIKA
10. "The Magic Position" by Patrick Wolf
11. "Crimson and Clover," as performed by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
12. "Sweet Jane" by Lou Reed, as performed by The Cowboy Junkies
13. "Fidelity" by Regina Spektor
14. "Twist and Shout," as performed in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
15. "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson
16. "Voodoo Child" by Jimi Hendrix
17. "Mony Mony," as performed by Billy Idol
18. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
19. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness
20. "Hey Jude" by The Beatles

Sucker Punch

1. "Swamp" by Talking Heads
2. "Crazy Crazy Insane" by ApSci
3. "Why Don't You Come Over" by Garbage
4. "Black Swan" by Thom Yorke
5. "Spin Spin Sugar" by Sneaker Pimps
6. "Get Free" by the Vines
7. "Oh My God" by Ida Maria
8. "Man" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. "Car Song" by Elastica
10. "Angels" by Black Mountain
11. "Sour Times" by Portishead
12. "For Real" by Okkervil River (audio works, you just have to skip ~20sec in)
13. "Dream On" by Depeche Mode
14. "Passenger" by Deftones (ft. that dude from Tool)

Slow Saint

1. "Counting Down The Hours" by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
2. "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, as performed by Jeff Buckley
3. "Sister Jack" by Spoon
4. "The She" by The Breeders
5. "Paper Planes" by M.I.A.
6. "Airstream Driver" by Gomez
7. "The Slider" by T. Rex

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