iyaorisha's workshop

What I'm working on currently:

4/9/03: There is nothing that compares to really good feedback.

Among the flotsam and jetsam of today's fanfic-related email, I find a real jewel. "Scott" wrote me to say that he liked "Unmoved --the Fic", but there was one niggling detail. Apparently, the name I gave a very minor character "Nellie" would not have been given to a middle class female in the late 19th century because it was used as a slang word for a very low status maid. Go figure!

"Scott" didn't suggest any substitutes, but now I'm running a little contest for the reader who comes up with the best name for Deira's mother.

The name must be a) female, b) appropriate to late 19th century England, c) appropriate to the middle-class status of the character.

The name can't be a) one that's used in canon or b) one that I've already used for another fanfic.

The prize: I'll write a one-chapter 500 word deliciously dirty fanfic to the winner's specifications (well, there are some limitations --nothing involving animals or underage humans or people closely related by blood).

So, if you think you've got a name that would be perfect for Deira's mom, email me.

4/8/03: I decided to call the third installment of my "Unmoved" series, "Payback". I'm not thrilled with the title, but I wanted to post Chapter 1 as soon as editing was finished.

4/4-6/03: Worked on Chapter 2 of "The Devil's Workshop" for two hours and then decided to split it in two. I ended up with a Chapter 2 that I could live with and a Chapter 3 that I really loved.

Celebrated the decision by starting a new fic "This Woman's Work" which is set about five years in the future (i.e. AUS12.) and will probably be the "finale" for my fics.

4/01/03: I'm juggling 3 fics right now.

1. Editing the as-yet-untitled third fic in my "Unmoved series".

I'm not happy with the ending. All I will share right now is that Spike gets a job (!) and Buffy runs afoul of a brother-sister team of demon bounty hunters.

2. Writing the second chapter of "The Devil's Workshop".

Despite positive reviews, I feel like I worked myself into a bit of a corner with some details in the first chapter.

3. Storyboarding the next chapter of "Relating to a Psychopath."

Of course, Dru is going to reclaim her pet. It's just a matter of time.

I wrote this particular fic as a one-chapter deal, but it has grown in popularity beyond my wildest expectations. The biggest challenge is that I really see "Relating to a Psychopath" as fitting into S6 pretty seamlessly (i.e. I didn't write it as AU, but rather to complement the last four eps as Joss intended them.) Anyway, the best thing about storyboarding is that I love drawing little BtVS characters. (No, you can't see them.)

I don't find it hard to work on multiple storylines at the same time. Someone said I have a "random abstract" mind. That essentially means that I can multi-task and have a high tolerance for an untidy work area. It also lets me read multiple texts without getting confusing and, lately, work on more than one fanfic.

The downside is that this approach lets me procrastinate (a favorite activity!). For example, I hate editing. The second story in my "Unmoved" series should have been out of editing three or four months ago. Instead, I worked on writing or storyboarding other fics most of the time I was supposed to be editing the last three chapters. I finally forced myself to set everything else (including a fic I really wanted to work on) aside in order to edit the Epilogue.

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