30th June 2003Okay, a lot of people have made the effort to harass me about updating so I owe it to them to harass them back. I don't know what that's supposed to mean, but I think it involves me giving in and posting something. I read the tagboard messages today and went, "Whoa," and "Hey, only *I* get to post genitalia on my board!" Anyway, I worked on
Tenebrae yesterday (a few people emailed me to give me a little push). I think I'm going to change the potential rating of NC-17 to R because I really don't think Buffy and Angel are ready to be with the bunnies at any point in the story. Even though I've actually written the bunny bit. As for Halcyon Days, the bunny bit has me stumped and I'm thinking of just cutting the smut short instead my usual long-and-drawn-out-ness. Whaddaya reckon?
To the people who have threatened that I'm going to lose readers - a) I'm sure I already have, b) it disappoints me but I won't hold it against them, and c) I probably didn't know they were reading in the first place.
Rain - I think I'm in love with you. You deserve a big shiny award for the song, too. Graci - was your birthday in April or earlier? Sorry, sweetie! Cookies for Britt, Eliyasa,
Kiki, Eternal Darkness,
Sneha703 and loftyheights.
28th April 2003
Nothing much to add except I made some minor, blink-and-you'll-miss-it changes to the first chapter of Living Space. It's been so long since I've read it, I was actually getting surprised about what was happening next. I didn't realise just how silly that story was. I skimmed the evil fic and couldn't remember any of it. And whoa, I didn't know Buffy and Angel got it on like *that*. It feels like someone else wrote it, it's so foreign. You see how strong my denial is when it comes to fics I'd rather forget.
18th April 2003
I was trying to read Fuel To Fire again (got through three paragraphs before it was hastily closed) and god, what a fuckin' *awful* fic. Everything is just...wrong, and the worst part is that I can't look at it long enough to attempt to fix it. Bah. At least I'm good at denial. Also, I'm sure I've said this already but I'll say it again - I love that some B/S 'shippers have been able to read Living Space (surprised, too). It's very cool.
Anyway, thank you again to those beautiful people who sent feedback for LS 3, I think I've e-mailed you all now - I appreciate it far more than you know. A shout out to Cass, Britt, Spinelli and Emily ;)
Looks like Halcyon Days will be the next thing out (I can't be bothered to think of another title so that one has stuck). It's the not-quite-sequel to Infinitely Gentle and is fairly smutty. It amuses me that I attempted a sad-ish (and non-smutty) fic with Hallowed and then just ended up fixing it up by writing some happy endings. I'm too sentimental for my own good.
4th April 2003
Posted more of LS 3 to the list. I'm trying to think of something else to say. I'm kind of stumped for words today.
31st March 2003
Added that Wes-fic I wrote a while ago. I still want to send out some of two new fics I'm writing ('Love and Bruises' and 'Halcyon Days' for now) but I can't cut them off somewhere appropriate yet. Any spot I try seems like I'm leaving it mid-sentence, you know? The same goes for LS, actually.
25th March 2003
I didn't realise it had been so long since I...*did* anything here. Hectic hectic hectic. That's the best excuse I can give. Have I been writing? <hangs head in shame> I'll make up for it, I promise. For anyone who wants to know about future LS (I'm trying to prove it still exists): moving in, more Parker, random domestic scenes, Buffy and Angel giving each other the good ol' silent treatment.
15th February 2003
I made a graphic for Living Space. I know. Weird. It seems like a sitcom, and Angel looks inexplicably happy. Ah well. Hopefully it'll supply some nice visuals. See here. I'm going to attempt to write more of it now; I'm thinking about sending a few more pages of part 3.
8th February 2003
You can now find the same Living Space part 3 that I posted to the list here. I think I added about two sentences. Don't hurt me.
1st February 2003
The lovely and generous Sarah offered to host this site, so no more ads and a very nice address. I can't thank her enough. As a result, I redesigned the site because it was starting to bore me. If there are any problems, don't hesitate to let me know. Wrote some more Living Space, but things are busy at the moment so the writing time has been cut to a minimum. One word: dumb.
27th January 2003
Hello, fellow fic-whores. I sent some new Living Space to the update list. I'm not too sure about it but I felt really shoddy because I hadn't sent anything new in months. I'm stuck big time on this story.
16th January 2003
I kept forgetting to put Tenebrae chapter 6 up here, but it's finally done. I'm getting antsy about posting new Living Space, but it's just not long enough to be any good. Still pretty much stuck on making the scenes flow, and basically wracking my brain trying to think of what to *put* in them. I may post what little I have to the list and probably here. I know it's been months and months, but thank you to those who still email me about it. It's nice to know people haven't forgotten!
31st December 2002
Last day of the year. Bit intimidating, I have to admit. I posted part 6 of Tenebrae to some lists and will put it up here soon. I posted something! I had it sitting on my hard drive for a long, long time, and chopped it up at the last minute.
Spikez - I feel awful about disappointing you, but I have always been a staunch B/A 'shipper and the vast majority of people who read Living Space are also B/A 'shippers. I don't mind B/S on a physical level, but I really wrote it to satisfy my own sentiments and hopefully, people who shared them. On the other hand, a few people have told me, "Please, no Buffy/Spike!" and I'm not entirely sure I can satisfy them to the degree they wish.
I realise I won't make everyone happy.
29th December 2002
Been fiddling around with Tenebrae, trying to figure out where to end the chapter and how to make it longer, since that fic is so short. Still adding bits and pieces to Living Space, working on scenes and such. It'll happen. It will. I'm determined.
Erm...the Eternity Awards. Ta da. Thanks to FaithGirl for the lovely card - you can never go wrong with Amends. Nadezhda - a rural Russian town, huh? That sounds pretty awesome, actually, but I'm doing my best :) Promise.
Hope everyone had a great x-mas, safe New Years, etc.
16th December 2002
Sorry I haven't been around much, I think that's become fairly normal so you should all be used to it :P. I was surprised by all the messages at the tag board, everyone's been so great and supportive. I really appreciate the thought. Just a note: my fic is named Living Space, not Living Conditions, and I only say this because I don't want anyone to think I'm ripping off the Buffy episode of the same name. Otherwise, you can call my fic 'That Story With Buffy and Angel Where Stuff Happens' and I'd be cool with that.
I *have* been writing Living Space lately, so I'm hoping that I'll get a few potential scenes done sometime soon. It won't be chapter 3 (you know I'm having difficulties with that), but hopefully you might like it anyway.
I added Chrislee to my Recommended list, because she's a fantastic writer who is also one of the nicest people around. I'm sure you've seen her stories floating around, so bookmark her site if you haven't already.
Pia: I'm here, I'm alive :) I don't have anything for you to beta, because I suck, but it's always great to see you. Also, hi to Lisa, if she comes here, who sent the most glowing feedback that I really don't deserve because I haven't written anything. She made my day. So yeah, Lisa's a goddess.
3rd November 2002
I sent a Wes-fic to the update list, but I don't think I'll put it up here until I'm sure that it's finished. Or until I can't help myself and put it up here anyway.
26th October 2002
I don't think I've said this, but thank you to everyone who has checked back here despite The Pathetic Update Situation and for the great messages (Cass, Meghan, Serena, Pia, Gilly Bean...)
I know I owe you.
8th October 2002
I didn't realise this site was such an icky poo colour until now, because my screen seems to be calibrated differently colour-wise. Hm. I'll try to write B/A now, even though it's early in the morning (2am) and anything I write will just be some sort of cesspool of doom. Maybe I'll post some random things to distract you from the lack of Living Space (if anyone's actually feeling a lack of Living Space, like I am). This is your cue to utter a non-commital grunt and sneer at my adamant self-pity.
If I skipped the part where Buffy moves in to the apartment for a while, would anyone be troubled? Or would it be too disjointed?
Serena, I keep forgetting to email you. Sorry, sweetie.
22nd August 2002
Big, big thank yous to Jennifer and her mysterious judges for these His Girl awards: Infinitely Gentle got 3rd place in the NC-17 category, 2nd in fluff and 2nd in B/A/us; Afterglow was 3rd in fluff and 1st in B/A/us; Hallowed, Afterglow and Infinitely Gentle took successive places in Conventional Romance.
Okay, feeling a little masturbatory with the tooting-my-own-horn thing (see awards spiel above for those who saw 'masturbatory' and thought, 'Sienna's doing what now?'). Just felt I should link Jennifer for being nice.
Hopefully, I'll be posting a bit more of Living Space soon -- I sent it off to my betas and Pia kind of went, "Blechhgahgh. Cease. Desist," so things might be taking a little longer than I expected <g>. Ah, gotta love her.
27th July 2002
<propoganda>Visit Mexx's fanfic site Speechless because she's a sweetie and her site makes with the pretty. Also, a B/A petition to be sent to Joss from [email protected].</propoganda>
I'm working on a few fics at the moment -- namely, chapter 3 of Living Space. The details are getting a little weird and unnecessarily complicated, but I'm hoping that staring at it will magically solve the problem. There's a grand total of 1 B/A moment so far, if that succeeds in titillating you at all. I'm still not happy with chapter 2, so it might be revised. When I can actually free up some quality fic time, which won't be occuring in the near future. Multiple orga-- I mean, apologies. Okay, you can have both if you must <vbg>
In the works: a slippery, smutty human-Angel fic (it's currently stopped at a very delicate moment <g> I got sleepy, okay?); a Wes-fic because Wesley is edible; a post-The Gift fic that won't bloody end; and a sillynonsensicalselfindulgent thing named Between The Sheets (mentioned below). Tenebrae? What's Tenebrae?
11th July 2002
Added chapter 2 of Living Space. It's icky.
Fine. I'll stop whining about it. I found a potential fic I was writing, and there were beginnings of a plot, only I didn't include any notes about it. Therefore, I have absolutely no idea where the story leads, but Wes is all "Oh, yes, I can see how this might connect to such a demon," etc. I'm an idiot. Maybe it's been writing itself, and if I check back in a couple of weeks, more will be written. Intriguing.
