update

[keiliss]

Drabble meme update: (remember that?) Three drabbles left to write, for Elfscribe, Red and Tal. They're right at the top of my to do list.

Writing: Min's fic is three quarters done, the one for Binky's awards - sorry, Elrond's awards - just needs a last line. I have half of letter 9, and a few other things grew an extra paragraph or two. All so I could go fill in the new word count and get my updated percentage. Give me a toy, paint it pink, and you can get me to do most anything, even write and enjoy it :D

I am always very uncomfortable writing more than one thing at a time, I barely manage the occasional stand alone during a multipart fic. No idea what happened here.

Husband hasn't had a cigarette for eight days. Eight, long, long, loooong days. I am so proud of him. Just be a shame if I kill him before he gets used to his new non-smoker status. I can't remember if I was as hard to live with when I gave up. Probably worse, lol. He's a lot more easy going than I am normally.

Still have to do my MEFA reviews!

If anyone's looking for a way to procrastinate, I'd love to know who your OTP (favourite pairing) is, and maybe why?

6021 / 50000 words. 12% done!

Yes. Need to type faster.

Comments

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

I've heard people weaning themselves off cigarettes are a nightmare to be around, but never experienced it myself up close. My old riding instructor decided to give up smoking a few years ago, but within a week all his work colleagues were begging him to start up again because he turned into a monster (but then again, most equestrian types seem to be smokers...I don't know if it's because they're out in the cold a lot and it helps keep them warm or something).

Hmm...I'm not even sure I have an OTP any more. Any two Elves I like written convincingly as a couple. As long as it's good and I'm fond of the charries, I'm happy.

I wish I had the self-discipline to write one thing at once! I always find it easier to start a fic than finish one - I rather envy your motivation levels!

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

He got terrible toothache and it rather took his focus off the cravings, I think, lol. Which is good as it's tiresome to have to creep around someone to avoid getting savaged. I didn't even feel I could yell back, because I know just exactly how it feels. You lose all control - well I did anyway.

I do wish you would write more, Eni. I always love your stories and the way you use words. As for me, I had to get motivated. I have so many unfinished bits and pieces here that if I don't set some rules, I'll end up in a corner rocking, and that's a bad way to feel about something that's meant to be done for pleasure *g*.

[beruthiels-cats.livejournal.com]

Glad to see you got a chance to update, have been missing you! *hugs*

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

Hey sweetie :) :) I've been bad at updating lately, I know. Time was I used to post a couple of times a week.

*hugs you*

[beruthiels-cats.livejournal.com]

Will be watching for you...whenever you get to turn up! *hugs*

[minuial_nuwing]

YAYS! **bounces in anticipation**

Congratulations to your husband - physically speaking, he should be past the hardest part. Psychologically, of course, it's another matter. I wanted to throttle my husband when we were in the process of quitting, and I'm sure the feeling was mutual. **grin** Almost 17 years ago, now, though, so it is possible!

I doubt there is any secret about my OTP (**points at icon**) as far as writing goes, though I am partial to Gildor and Elladan, too.

The twins because...well, it is hard to articulate why, really. I was appalled at the wealth of 'slut twin' fic, for one thing, and at the large list of stories which assigned Elladan the role of evil despoiler. I happen to be an Elladan-whore, as you are no doubt aware. **grin** Whatever the case, they took up residence in my psyche and show no sign of leaving.

Gildor and Elladan just seem to go so well together, at least with Elladan's incarnation as a slightly softer, somewhat sweeter youth. My 'Dan tends to be reserved and moody, so it is fun to write him in a different light. Gildor, I just plain adore. **grin**

When I'm reading, it really depends on who wrote it. There are writers whose name could convince me to read Sauron/Warg, though they are few, honestly. I am currently on an Elladan-Thranduil kick, and you have made me a devotee of Elrond/Haldir, which is odd, as I normally don't care to see Elrond slashed. Oooo, and Erestor/Gil-galad! I would dearly love to read that story. **smiles winsomely**

That was fun!

**hugs**

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

17 years? Wow, that's stunning!! I told him, thought it would be encouraging, lol. I'm not sure our marriage would survive both of us going through nicotine withdrawal at the same time though, would have been blood on the walls *g*.

*I was appalled at the wealth of 'slut twin' fic*

. Oh yes, that sounds familiar. I started writing Erestor/Glorfindel for very similar reasons. If you can't find fics showing the characters the way your heart tells you they should be, the only option is to write them yourself.

I don't have a reading preference, though I have characters I don't feel drawn to. I'm very picky about E/G and won't read things with evil Galadriel or Celebrian. And I have

very

strong opinions about Gil, lol. Like you, I have a couple of writers who'll tempt me to read the unlikely (Tal's a good example). I went through my first two years in the fandom reading literally everything -I even read an NC-17 Gandalf/twins fic. Now I think first, lol!

Erestor/Gil-galad? The story's all there, but it's so long I only ever seem to reach bits of it... There's more in the fic I want to try and write after letters. (if I'm feeling ambitious)

*hugs*

[weepingnaiad.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Been missing you! And, I should be leaving work and getting dinner on, but this sounded like so much more fun. OTP? It used to be Glorfindel/Erestor, but then Thranduil came along and sort of muscled in, and being the slut that he is, sleeps with everyone! :D Sooooo, maybe I don't have a OTP any more? That puzzles me, but I do think that if I find a story with well drawn characters and believability, I'll read and likely enjoy.

Good luck with hubby. I recently read an article in Scientific American that the actual 'brain craving' takes almost a year and a half to go away completely. It's why just one cigarette sets people right back into the habit.

*hugs*
WN

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

Ah, maybe you have an OTC instead - One True Character, lol!!! Do you like reading him as well as writing him? I find that I've written Gil so much now that I can't relate to versions of him where he's either not very bright or is the ugly person in the story, neither of which fits with the canon character who was able to forge the last alliance. Not that he has to be written as I'm used to him, just that he needs a kind of --- authenticity? Kenaz did a wonderful fic once with a Gil-galad who bore no resemblance to my picture of him, but I was in awe of what she had created.

Um… rambled on a bit there. I was just wondering if I was utterly weird here *blushes*.

A year and a half for the mental craving to be present sounds right, for me at least. I know I got really tired of having to deal with it - thought it would go after a month or two at most. Nine years on, I still think occasionally after a good dinner that a cigarette would finish it off perfectly… It's like heroin, there's no cure, you just control it one day at a time for life, I think.

That was depressing, LOL!

*hugs you*

[silver-trails.livejournal.com]

I have never smoked, so I can only imagine how difficult it is to give it up. =)

I have many OTPs, in many fandoms, but as I suppose you only want the Tolkien-related ones...

Elladan with Glorfindel
Elrohir with Orophin at the moment
Fingon with Maedhros
Caranthir with Namo and Vairë (that would be OTT?)
Arakano with Ecthelion
Ulmo with Salmar
Feänor with Nerdanel
Gildor with Lindir

I think I have too many (g)

[silver-trails.livejournal.com]

I forgot the why... Mostly I write these pairings (or threesomes) because I feel they can fall in love with each other. I'm not fanatic about the pairings, though. I love Min's Gildor/Elladan pairing, for instance. :)

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

One thing I am always a little in awe of is how prolific you are. You always seem to be writing something, and they are always different characters and situations, to say nothing of different fandoms. I have no idea how you keep track or where you find the time, because I know how busy your life is. I rather envy that, lol.

[silver-trails.livejournal.com]

(grin) I started with Armand the Vampire, and then I could not stop anymore. But sometimes I wished I wrote less and better. So I envy those who can concentrate on creating a beautiful story, even if it takes time. ;)

[red-lasbelin.livejournal.com]

I think at this point, if it's warm and the characters are real, I'll read a lot of things. Also has very little to do with smut anymore these days, I like UST and flirting and undercurrents.

I don't think I've ever gotten more involved in a story's pairing than with G/GG in Doubt though. Nothing will ever be like that, ever.

Used to swear E/G wouldn't be my OTP, but look what happened, it's everywhere.

Red

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

They sort of creep up on you, don't they? No idea how that happens :| G/Gg, I wish I could revisit. The time when I could I didn't because I was worried people would think that was all I could write (yes, someone said it and it stuck with me, stupid, right/) Hard to pick up and I worry so about getting them not quite right because they deserve so much better than that.

Practice, yes. I know :|

I love that icon, love the colour and warmth of it.

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

Smoking did not kill him but YOU did. Har.

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

Don't joke, it's no laughing matter right now :| If I were to kill him, I'd be without internet access for a very long time.

Wonder if I'd get away with pleading mitigating circumstances?

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

That icon creeps me out.

Justifiable yada?

[nienna-weeper.livejournal.com]

Writing has eluded me. I have started so many things and then they just sort of trail off stupidly... Can't get Haldir out of the waterfall... Erestor is still hiding in the cupbeard... Mr. Stine is being standoffish, LOL!

Smoking and me? Oy. Smoked for 19 years, quite for 9 years... smoked again for 5, quit for 1, stared up again. It's soooo hard and I am in complete admiration of those who quit and stay smoke free because I haven't figured it out yet. :(

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's simple. You just need to entice Erestor out the cupboard with a nice honey nut pastry and shove him under the waterfall... It's a shame you don't write more.

Smoking - Min's gone 17 years. It's awesome. I've been clean 9 years now, but I know just how easy it would be to start up again. I think mainly we need a damn good reason to stop, and until you have that and really believe it, it's hard to let go. I do know there's nothing to put in its place, an after dinner smoke is its own special experience, and it beats chewing gum and pacing when you're stressed. Very, very hard to give up.

*hugs you tight*

[nienna-weeper.livejournal.com]

I just keep reading "It's a shame you don't write more."

*Smiles until my eyes crinkle*

Coming from you, that is a really special compliment.

*squishes you soundly*

[ennorwen.livejournal.com]

Boy, lots to contemplate here - but first off, congrats to your hubs and also to you!

Second - I've nearly finished Zhie's three ficlets and want to do a short one for the Celestial challenge, and then on to my Yuletide assignment. BTW, there is a "Kei" signed up there. Is that you?

Third - I just noticed McCullough's "Grass Crown" on your Info Page - oh Guh! I loved those books! Especially the earlier ones with Marius and Sulla - a part of Roman history I didn't know too much about. She just sucked me right in and I did read all of them.

Fourth - my OTP. Hmmm, so pedestrian, but yes, Glorfindel/Erestor - from the very beginning - I'm always discovering different interpretations though, and by God, I love yours. Exactly as I'd like to picture them - you have the nature of their relationship and banter down cold.

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

First - thank you :) No, I haven't killed him yet.

Second - you make me feel totally inadequate. Zhie's ficlets are on hold till the beginning of December, and then I pray inspirations strikes with a hot, hot iron. The Celestial challenge *whimpers*. I know what I want to write, whether it'll happen like that is another story. I'm currently stranded halfway through letter 9, know what I'm meant to be doing, words won't come. And no, I'm too scared to take on Yuletide, so it's not me. How strange that there should be two of us, both writers.

Third - I was in love with Sulla from his first appearance, lol. I was so glad she gave him a good ending. I love her books, her research is flawless and her characters and situations just step straight off the page.

Fourth - Erestor and Glorfindel. Heh, I spent a couple of years avoiding them as best I could, then they tempted me to try my hand at writing them as I saw them, not in the then-current fandom style (sweet little advisor/high school jock) Now I have to chase them out of stories that have nothing whatsoever to do with them, and I'm not quite sure how that happened, lol!!

And thank you :)

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

Oh way to go hubby!!!!!

Just enjoy the writing of the ficlets, sometimes they are just great ways of exploring lil bunnies :)

OTP... good question. :) Eum. *thinks*

Fëanor/Nerdanel: I always think of the passion they must have shared and that is always cannon fodder for material.

Maglor/wife, Curufin/Wife & Caranthir wife. I just love the fact that the professor never named them, it gives you so much room to write that canonical love and still can weave in something of your own.

Celebrian/Elrond:I've read some good fics featuring these two, although Spaceweavil's Alliance (http://www.openscrolls.net/fanfic/story.php?no=1181) remains my fav :)

Oh and Gilraen and Arathorn. So short lived and yet she remained faithful for so long... must finish writing that novel one day...

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do like your list, Fëanor/Nerdanel in particular! They always remind me of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry of England - the same kind of passionate relationship that produced a big and rather dysfunctional family and ended in the kind of acrimony only possible where there has been intense love. And that's a great point about the Maglor/wife etc situation. You can really fit the character to the type of story you want to tell - very useful.

Thanks for the good advice about just enjoying the ficlets. I've been a little tense about these three. They're all set in the same 'verse, so on some level I'm pushing myself to try and connect them up. I need to stop doing that and just write, lol.

It's great the way hubby's so proud of himself for getting this far, lol. Makes it easier to grit my teeth when he gets a bit edgy.

*hugs!*