Fic Planning

25 Nov 2010 6 Comments

by Nikkiin tv, writing Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

This probably isn’t much of a surprise, but I think about writing more than I actually, well, write.  Part of the problem is that I have so many ideas and bounce between them so rapidly that I don’t ever sit down and just write.  So I figured that if I make a list of the fanfic I want to write and post it to my blog, I’ll at least have a vague start on the fics.

As for why fanfic?  It’s easier to summarise in a couple of sentences.  No need to explain who and where, just what and why.  Also, I want to be writing my fucking comic and not novelling atm – it’s time for my yearly post-NaNo-you-suck-at-life depression.

It should go without saying that everything on this list is a WIP and that the longer the length is, the less likely I am to write it.

The fandoms, if you’re interested, are Castle, Gargoyles, Criminal Minds, Warehouse 13, Sanctuary and Lost Girl.  Every single fic but one (a Castle fic) listed is a crossover.  Yeah, idk, I’m on a crossover kick as of late?

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Castle Fic and Why I Cannot Read It

14 Nov 2010 7 Comments

by Nikkiin tv, writing Tags: , , , , , ,

As weird as this may sound, and despite my love for both fanfic and tv, there are some fandoms  that I just cannot readfic for.  And, well, you’d have to be living under a rock for you not to know that I really love fanfic.  I read it constantly.  For chrissake, I have downloaded fic and put it on my iPod.  And I’ve been doing that since I got a first gen iPod nanoback in, what, 2006?  Admittedly, that experiment didn’t last very long – the nano only would display x number of characters in a text file and, ultimately, it was waaaay more work that it was worth.

But, dammit, I had tried.

Nowadays I just save the page in html (or view source and c+v the appropriate code), boot out all of the page formatting and convert to ePub.  Or c+v into Word and convert to ePub.  Or take the supplied pdf/doc and convert to ePub.

I think you get the point – I really like ePub.

Not that point is the point of this blog – the point is that I can’t read fic for certain fandoms.  Only two fandoms, mind you – Castle and Lost Girl.

Wait, what?

Yes, those are my two of three of my most favourite of favourite shows currently on the air (the other, of course, is Sanctuary, which I also don’t read fic for, but that’s just because nobody writes anything I’m interested in).  I’m actually in both of those fandoms (well, ish - I’m not really in any fandom, I just lurk on the edges) and, hell, I’ve ever written Castle fic.  So why can’t I read fic for either of those fandoms, especially Castle?

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[Castle Fic] Advice

28 Feb 2010 2 Comments

by Nikkiin tv, writing Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Author: Nikki/aethre
Category: Humour, romance, Castle/Beckett established relationship
Word Count: ~1800
Rating: PG
Summary: Alexis asks Beckett for advice on a possible summer job – modelling.  Ryan and Esposito add their two cents and Castle shows up to stir up trouble.

For once, the 12th Precinct was quiet.  The dead heat of summer was pounding on the sidewalks and many of the officers dragging in the latest batch of scumbags had sweat darkening their shirts, but inside the building the A/C was working overtime and the internal temperature floated only a few degrees above room temperature.  The comfortable warmth made the usually alert detectives drowsy, including the normally wired Kate Beckett.  Even the quantities of caffeine Beckett consumed were not enough to counteract the warmth, late nights and the blessed lack of Castle, a combination that had Kate drowsing at her desk.

In fact, Kate had nearly nodded off entirely when she heard Alexis’ voice.  It sounded suspiciously like a cheerful ‘Hi Kate!’ but that couldn’t be right – it was two in the afternoon.  Alexis still had class and, barring a family emergency, Alexis would never skip class.

Kate’s eyes snapped open in realisation and her body tensed, ready to act, and she pinned Alexis with a serious stare.  “What’s wrong, Alexis?”

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dA Contest Experiment

23 Feb 2010 28 Comments

by Nikkiin misc, tv Tags: , , , , ,

As some of you (well, probably all ten of you.  Yes, I apparently have ten people reading my blog.  That is nine more than I had expected) are probably aware, I’m a bit of a masochist in regards to my creative ventures.  As you’re probably also aware, I can afford to – humble I am not.  I mean, christ, you’re reading the words of the girl who wrote crack!fic for the lawls and to piss off a fandom.  Sadly, I (mostly) failed.  I got one person crazy pissed at me, but she was a superfan of my other fics.  Yes, I was a fifteen year old writing crappy Artemis Fowl fanfics and I had superfans.  Superfans that stalked me for years.  Don’t ask me to explain it – I don’t get it myself.  Travis says it’s because I’m better at writing than I give myself credit for.  I, personally, attribute it to my ability to write for my audience… since my audience is myself and apparently there are people like me in the world.  That, and my rarely tapped ability to be charming.

So, yeah, ego.  An ego that was stroked for years due to being the one artist and writer in one group of friends and then further fueled by the interwebs.  Needless to say, I’m an excellent candidate for experimenting on creative groups – I have more interest in the numbers and what they represent than how they reflect on my own work.  Hence my current experiment on the Castle fandom regarding review to read ratios, speed of reading and quality of reviews between FF.Net and the castle_fic LJ comm.  I mean, hey, if I’m going to be writing Castle fic like the fantard that I am, I may as well get some data out of it.

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[Castle Fic] What Kate Wrote

15 Feb 2010 1 Comment

by Nikkiin tv, writing Tags: , , , , , , ,

Author: Nikki/aethre
Category: Romance with a touch of pwp
Rating: R
Word Count: ~2200
Summary: What Kate wrote… and what Rick read.  A spiritual sequel, of sorts, to Fangirl.  [Heat/Rook… and Castle/Beckett by extension]
A/N: While technically a sequel (interquel?) to a previous fic I wrote, it’s not necessary to read it first.  Either order, or just reading one or the other, will be perfectly fine.

Title: Tequila Sunrise
Author: CrumblingSpire
Fandom: Heat novels
Category: Romance
Pairing: Heat/Rook
Rating: R
Summary: Heat, Rook, a boring cocktail party and a convenient coat closet.
Author’s Note: Written at two am with a glass (or three) of wine.  You’ve been warned.

Nikki Heat smirked inwardly as she swept, fashionably late, into Rook’s magazine’s cocktail party.  The formfitting wine red dress, accented in gold, drew looks and the lithe, athletic form it cased kept the gazes on Nikki.  Despite all of the admiring stares, Nikki felt Rook’s eyes on her and she turned to face him with a saucy smile.  Rook’s Adam’s apple bobbed and he absently set his champagne glass on a nearby table.  The air between the two smouldered and the other partygoers unconsciously cleared a direct route to Nikki for Rook.

They stood facing each other, standing just a bit closer than polite society demands, and the tension crackled in the slight space between them.

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