Corner of Bourbon & Division

Okay, august_writing is here, and I am uninspired.

So, flist, any suggestions? Story ideas, heck, I might even try my hand at fanfic (I don't do it much, but that's because I don't usually feel comfortable in other people's sandboxes).

I will do drabbles, poetry, full-fledged fiction, anything. Just give me something to start with. :)

Thanks!

Jan's August Writing Challenge: Write something every day in the month of August.

Sounds tough! What do I have to do?
Write. Something. Anything. Any length. Prose or poetry. Every day. For a month. And share it.

Sounds cool! How do I sign up?
Join the august_writing community if you're not already a member
Link to this post in your LJ so that we can get as many people involved as possible
Post either your writing, or a link to your writing to the community every day in August, starting on Wednesday, August 1st, 2008.

Sounds simple! Are there any other rules?
Nope. Well, not really. It has to be creative writing - prose or poetry, of any any length, on any subject. Stuff you would normally be writing anyway counts (so, for those who write serials, that counts) but stuff you write for your job doesn't. But it can be anything. Short fiction, short-short fiction, essays, character studies, stream-of-consciousness, writing exercises (I post a different writing exercise every day during the month of August for anyone who would like to use it), sections of a larger work you have in progress, etc. Anything at all, so long as it's a piece of writing that you did that day. It would also be really cool if you could read and comment on a couple of other posts every day.

+++

Phnee here: because ai731 is moving at the very end of August, she has asked me to be one of two co-moderators for this year, exceptionally. The other moderator will be announced in due course, once it's confirmed. I am honoured and very excited to be taking up her mantle, however temporarily, and I can only hope to deliver the same energy and devotion as she has all these years.

So I hope that all the writers on my flist will join us once again (or for the first time) and flex their creative muscles this coming August!

Well, the migraine has subsided somewhat, thanks to lots of migraine candy and a tepid bath. Nothing got accomplished today. *sigh*

Pan-Pan, I have discovered, is terrified of thunderstorms. He hides under one of the chairs in the living room when the thunder crashes. Poor bunny. He came out and cuddled with me when I called to him, though. I don't know why I was surprised: Pan-Pan is the world's biggest chicken.

I am thus far all caught up on august_writing. That's all I can say for today.

It's July 31st, so I'm not too late to be posting this announcement here. ai731 is running her August Writing Challenge again this year. I highly recommend it for all my writer friends out there: last year was a blast, and this year promises to be even better, as tons and tons of people have joined!

Here's what she wrote in her introductory post:

Jan's August Writing Challenge
Write something every day in the month of August.

Sounds tough! What do I have to do?

Write. Something. Anything. Any length. Prose or poetry. Every day. For a month. And share it.

Sounds cool! How do I sign up?

Join the august_writing community if you're not already a member
Link to this post in your LJ so that we can get as many people involved as possible
Post either your writing, or a link to your writing to the community every day in August, starting on Tuesday, August 1st, 2006.


Sounds simple! Are there any other rules?

Nope. Well, not really. It has to be creative writing - prose or poetry, of any any length, on any subject. Stuff you would normally be writing anyway counts (so, for those who write serials, that counts) but stuff you write for your job doesn't. But it can be anything. Short fiction, short-short fiction, essays, character studies, stream-of-consciousness, writing exercises (like last year I'm going to try to post a different writing exercise every day for anyone who would like to use it), sections of a larger work you have in progress, etc. Anything at all, so long as it's a self-contained piece of writing that you did that day. It would also be really cool if you could read and comment on a couple of other posts every day.

Last year's was a heck of a lot of fun for everyone who joined in, whether they managed to finish or not. I loved reading everyone else's stuff, and I learned a hell of a lot about my own writing. I'm really looking forward to seeing amazingly creative output again this year.

Beyond the Pale is back, for three more installments. There won't be anything new for a few days, unless inspiration strikes again. I'll be writing other things, that you can read either at secret_history or in august_writing.

Part 25.

Part 26.

Part 27.

Four new installments are up for your entertainment! More tomorrow, if all goes well.

So, in order we have:

Part 21.

Part 22.

Part 23.

Part 24 (which is an interlude).

Happy Trails!

Beyond the Pale is back! Part 17 is up at secret_history, and if we're lucky, I might get Part 18 up too, a bit later tonight.

As usualy, comments are welcome.

Beyond the Pale is up!

You can see Part 15 here.

Happy Trails!

I'm off to bed.