Some RL yay and yet MORE fandom *yawn*

I had a meeting today with the daily paper's main editor and some local charity people to do a series of about 15 human interest feature profiles this fall for Sunday papers September through November. It's my normal freelance rate, but it's extra money and better, it's a chance to write creatively, which I don't get to do much for money anymore (I do a lot of news and business). The editor actually called me two weeks ago and asked if I'd do it; I thought there'd be maybe a handful of us freelancers juggling stories, but as it turns out, he wanted just me to handle the project. I'm not saying I don't deserve the break; it just seems odd, since we have other freelancers who'd like the work too. I'm not a bad writer, but I'm not extraordinary at it, either. But I won't complain! My main concern is ensuring I don't write stuff that is so sappy or sentimental and formulaic that I send readers into Eyeroll Land off the bat.


( More thoughts on DMC and J/W and all that J/E stuff cropping up, as well as some faint bitching as to an annoying aspect of fandom 'pairing' stuff )

Fic Ahoy!

So anyway, I'm innocently trolling my f-list when what do I happen upon but a new lovely little bit of prose by tessabeth. It's just some R-rated POTC Turrow goodness, with massive spoilers for DMC; don't go to it if you don't want to know!


Jack sees him, again, open-mouthed and shocked and trembling at the glory of the first touch of someone else’s mouth on his body.


And for more inspirational meta, check out my past few fandom entries ...