Yes, It was my favorite line from Batman and Robin. The movie was a flop, but damn that line cracked me up.
Ok! Posting time!!! I know you guys look forward to this each week. Not sure why, but my stats show you love these posts! So I will get started on what is going on in Kittyinaz Land.
First off, as thought the raise shields gif didn’t give it away, I, as well as my Beta team are taking a two week vacation. It was taking me a week to edit one lousy chapter. And since this coming week was Jury Duty, I was not sure how much I will be around. I hate jury duty in TX since it is a week long. No planning able to be done at all, since you have to call after 6pm each and every day to find out if you have to drive to 6 possible courthouses in my county. Not to mention you have to show up Monday and sit in a huge crowded room while they give this spiel on it being your duty, then they allow people to walk up and try to get out of their duty. Go figure.
So what will I be working on instead? Banners, my recommendation Database and relaxing some. Since I declared the vacation after the encouragement of my beta team, I slept much better last night. Hopefully this will allow me to reset myself enough to work on Editing. Now, I have given my betas the time off, but Meridian already hinted she may go ahead and publish IND. The only problem? I don’t have anything after it. So when I get back, I will be writing IND and trying to get ahead again. This is why they told me to go relax. I was stressing too much on the stuff to do, so I can work on my Original Fiction.
I am working on the Set You Free Banners. As I make them, I am doing a basic Bio on each of them. Name, Nicknames, Job, DOB Height, Hair Color, Eye Color, Build, Significant other, Parents/Makers, Children, Siblings, and Enemies. Very basic, and for those that read the interviews, it is often the ones that my interviewees mock. So I will make it easier for them, and let you guys have some basic information on them all. I give the information to 4Padfoot and she will play with it.
The Database is exactly that. I am inputting from the different sources all the stories I like. So far the only one not being used is the Doctor Who site, since they make it hard to pull up the original listing for the stories. I will try later, and we will see. But the other sites I read on are all working with me, and hopefully we will have a list for you. I know you guys hit up the list often on my site, and we are adjusting to this. The database will allow us to sort the information so much easier. I will be also adding Harry Potter to the recs, since I am now reading them. I wanted to be in the right frame of mind for writing my story, and this is helping me make sure I have everything covered.
I have completed one rough draft of a one shot, and have another in the works. I need to work on the one for Kelpie at least.
Reminders! Please use the Amazon Link, it REALLY helps, and since we seem to be in the business of pictures and stories, we even had to up storage stuff. Who knew? But I rather not have to worry about my hard drive crashing and losing the stories to it. Now they are stored online, and no worries. A very little thing, will help me out so much. I hate asking, but if I don’t remind people, I get nothing. ::sighs::
Crossover Haven is still up, and we need input everyone. Shoot, I would like input on things like this post, I have to be guided by stats and no comments to know if you like this stuff. So… Talk to us.
While playing today, I found some brushes and styles and made new banners. So here is the first one!
Yes! I wanted something to indicate the Person of the Week! And this week it is MistressJessica1028.
I found this woman when she came to my group, and had no idea when she started her stories. I loved them, and encouraged her to join in the chats in the group as I do any new person. But the time I got to know her well was when we were waiting for the Fanatic Fanfics to announce the winners for their award show. I was in it, as well as some of my Betas, and Eric IzMine.
I had mentioned that the Fangies were not going to be done this year and wished there was a Fanfic Award’s for the SVM/TB universe, since one had already ended without our favorite pairing being made Canon. We joked as we waited, and then MistressJessica said why not. The next thing I had happening was a group of ladies in a chat, and we started the process. It was a learning process to say the least, and working without rest for the nomination verification was common. Let me tell you. You learn more about people when you are under pressure than you sometimes learn for months.
MistressJessica came through, and shined. She made me laugh, and later she asked to be a beta. She fit right in the group, and often has me cracking up when I need it, and she sends me gems to read ahead of the time. Not like it helps, I am still pouring over her stories. And get cursed at for the ideas I seem to inspire. She is also great to bounce ideas off of.
So, thanks Jessica for everything!!!!
First one is a music video. Love the beat, to the point, to the point I have ended up using it a couple times. And strangely, my mom and I watch it a lot for the horses.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OWj0CiM8WU]
OneRepublic – Love Runs Out
Yep, I am on a OneRepublic Kick. Sorry. But I got Damon for you!!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6m25YppOi0?rel=0]
Damon Salvatore | Counting Stars by DeNi22L
Here is for our Trubies, some good times. 🙂
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BggZbwN1zsY?rel=0]
Eric & Sookie – All Fall Down (OneRepublic) – True Blood by Silver Vintage Videos
I loved this movie, and this song to me is still Hatter himself. If you have ever read my story Alice and Hatter, this song was the secrets Hatter had to keep, and hated. Unfortunately, It’s a short version.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPC22n8b8qg?rel=0]
Secrets{Hatter} by A friend…I Hope
Another song of theirs I love, All The Right Friends. Though it is also reminds me of Alice and Hatter, but it was fitting for this fic too.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAh06S3kKAI?rel=0]
Tin Man || All the Right Friends In All the Right places [700+ subs!] by StarWarsNerd456
OK.. I am new to the Harry Potter Fandom, as in getting to watch videos and reading the fanfic (So far I am a HG/SB Shipper….) So I typed in OnceRepublic and Harry potter and got this return with over 1,492,773 hits. And WELL Worth every single one of them!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWKEXvtsWRE?rel=0]
Happy Potter | Marchin On by Dazzle Me7
That’s is for this week. Hope you enjoyed your OneRepublic night!
Since you’re asking for input I took a look at the Crossover Haven website. In all honesty I had not ventured there before because TB is my guilty pleasure and it would make no sense to cross over with the few other shows I do watch. I have been surprised in the past with a crossover story but I can probably count those on one hand and I only read them because it came at the recommendation of another author.
I don’t know if it’s an assumption or a general truth but I refrain from reading crossovers because I think I need knowledge of the other realm/show/book etc to properly understand it all. It would make a good feature on the site to label the story with the two fandoms and if it requires basic (a wikipedia summary will suffice) or extended knowledge of fandom A or B to understand it. There’s a big difference to a character that’s merely planted from one verse into the next or if it is a far more intricate submersion than that. I would even argue you don’t need to separate the different crossover duos by page, it would allow you to venture into unchartered territories without prejudice and help people discover something new. You would need some filtering tools and I have no idea how easy wordpress sites allow for that but it’s an idea. (I am assuming this is to function more like an archive/recommendation site as the Fanfiction Minions already notifies of crossovers)
There are some technical glitches on the site, some pages are password protected but maybe the help section isn’t accessible to non authors?
If I click on TB in the menu it immediately takes me to the first crossover page on the list instead of an overview of what’s out there. This will be annoying for tablet and mobile users as those dropdown menus are a pain to navigate if your internet has any speed or you have inept fingers. I assume this is because it’s still a work in progress.
The submission form is confusing. Is it meant for authors to fill in or for fans wanting to champion their favourite story? If it’s for fans it’s too much effort, there would be one story that comes to my mind to submit but if I had more than that I wouldn’t bother with the amount of time it would require. Then there’s also an email option but it isn’t as visible as the form. That right bar is generally ignored unless there’s a clear differentiation in appearance or one of those flashy things twitching at the corner of your eye.
People are using the comment section to search for lost stories. I’d say utilise this opportunity by making a dedicated page that operates as a forum to locate them. It fills up your list of stories at the same time, as far as I’m concerned it’s a win win.
For the rest, it looks great!
Hey if I could I would support all of ya, so you could write full time without real life suckiness getting in the way..but alas I live in jersey with hubby (head admin architect–I know it sounds made up) making the money and me taking care of kids, which means not poor but not wealthy, stuck right there in the middle making enough that jersey thinks we should give them more. Any-who nuff rambling. As I’m sure many will tell you no worries on updates, etc. We will be here waiting with open arms or is that eyes?!?!
Well that was just a wonderful surprise for a Sunday morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it! ::hugs::
My button is even better blown up like that!! 🙂
And yes my dear, I’m still cursing you because I’m working on the second entry for your contest this month! But you know it’s done with love.
Enjoy your vacation; try not to get lost in the mindlessness that is jury duty. It definitely sounds like jury duty is worse in Texas than what we have here in Maryland. My friend that just finished jury duty was telling me about her experience, and I have to say, I’m scared for our justice system if we allow the people she was serving with to be jurors. But look at it this way, you might get all kinds of interesting ideas for new stories . . . awww dammit!!!! I just gave myself new ideas based on the images in my head. When will I learn. . .
Lots of love!
P.S. – I have not checked out Crossover Haven yet, but I will since I will be posting my very first crossover sometime next month. 🙂