Day 4 – No words

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Friday will be the day that it will be nearly impossible for me to write.

With getting up early for work and getting home around six only to leave again at seven. And eat, shower, change my clothes in between there is not much time left in the day to write and that will be every Friday.  And also Grey’s Anatomy needs to be reviewed for the TwoCents on Friday.

But it’s fine, I will make up for it this weekend! Mark my words!!!

Day 3 – Where my story takes a turn that I didn’t anticipate

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If you are writing a story it can develop in many ways, sometimes you know beforehand where you want you story to go. And sometimes you have no idea at all.  These stories sometimes get their own life, something happens and it takes you by surprise. You didn’t mean to write it that way but that’s okay, that is what make sit fun.

And to agree with the icon I used for this post I somewhere along the line decided that Garcia indeed needs more screentime especially in my story. The woman is a riot that should be used as much as you can.

I didn’t expect this particular thing until I wrote, it’s funny how that works:

“Jayje! Oh! You have no idea how good it feels to receive a call from you! I missed this!” The red headed technical analyst chuckled happily. JJ could hardly get a word in when she noticed a stumbling sound in the background on the other side of the line followed by a very obviously; “Hush Derek, it’s Jayje … we’ll get back to this when I am done calling with my best friend who I haven’t been able to see or speak to in two whole months.”

Derek mumbled something which JJ couldn’t make out but she really didn’t need to ask when Garcia told him that he wouldn’t be interrupted now if he had done his job faster. Because then she would have let the phone ring and call JJ back when she was done.

“To much information, PG. I am still getting adjusted to the fact that the two of your finally got your act together.”

“You’re one to talk, I have been watching countless hours of video where the two of you where acting all lovey-dovey.”

“Pen, that was pretend!” JJ exclaimed loudly; “You just basically told me that I interrupted you and Derek while … ugh whatever.”

“Actually we were just cleaning up some of my stuff because Derek will not allow me to move all of my sparkly feathery crap into his house as he calls it.”

“You what?”

“Ehm… I didn’t tell you?” Garcia chuckled loudly; “My chocolate thunder asked me to move in with him.”

I didn’t meet my goal 1667 words today, I had to write my Criminal Minds review for The Two Cents and that took away a chunk of my writing time away. But that’s okay, I’ll get back on track this weekend.

Day 2 – So happy

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I am so happy right now, it feels so good to continue this story. It has been something that I have thought about for a long time. Before I decided to make this a Criminal Minds fanfic I had intended to make this a CSI fic, so believe me a long time because I haven’t been writing CSI for years.

Criminal Minds needs more girls nights out, and that is what I wrote today:

 

“Obviously something is going on.” JJ replied with a smile; “I just want you to know that we are here if you want to talk about it, whatever it is.”

Emily nodded and smiled at the blond, but she could never tell her what she had thought about. How do you tell your best friend that you think that she looks absolutely stunning and that you ravished her a thousand times in your mind. You don’t, unless you are absolutely sure that the feelings are mutual and even then you don’t say it out loud.

“I am fine. However I am not fine with this, my glass is empty.” The brunette spoke loudly in an upbeat tone of voice while a smile played on her lips.

“Well there is truly something to say for that, let me get us some refills and make sure that you don’t get lost in your thoughts again. We need you, it’s a girl’s night out and we can only have so many nights as it is. So you better make sure that you are here for the whole ride.”

Day 1 – The start

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Day 1 – Nanowrimo started, finally!

I have been looking forward to this day for so long and now it’s here all in all it went really fast this past month.

As I’ve said before I am going to work on ‘Forces of Nature’, which was the story that I wrote last year as well but I didn’t finish it. This past month I have been working on the plot, the development of the story and I am sure that I can come up with another 50 000 words for this story. Today’s target is in, the first 1720 words have been written. The chapter I worked on was mostly Garcia centered and that is a nice way to start.

My favorite sentence from todays chapter:

“I’ll be right there, Garcia out.” She quickly replied while she gathered everything she might need and quickly left her lair. Her heels resounded loudly on the walls as she strode down the corridor towards the BAU, she pushed the glass doors open and noticed that everyone had already gathered in the round-table room. Saying that always reminded her of the tale of king Arthur and the knights of the round-table. In a way their team were kind of like knight’s in FBI issued kevlar armor, who wielded their guns and badges to make the world a better place.

Forces of Nature – Nanowrimo 2011

Nanowrimo 2011

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In a week November starts and that means that Nanowrimo is just around the corner.

For those who have no idea what Nanowrimo is I would like to direct you to the FAQ pages, there is a Nanowrimo faq in which I explain in short what it is.

Anyway it is a writing contest in which you challenge yourself to write a novel in a month. It’s not about quality but more about quantity. I personally love writing, it clears my mind. If I don’t write I won’t be able to stop my mind. And therefore I have a hard time focusing on other things. I have written for a long time, as long as I can remember. I always used to write short stories, well something like that. But I really got into it when I started writing fanfiction.

The first year, 2009 I wrote 50 000 words. A Criminal Minds/NCIS crossover ‘Of past rejection and future loyalty’. It is a project that I am still working on, the subject is pretty touchy. I am not sure if it will ever see the light of day, it about a relationship between an at the time 16 year old Ziva David and a grown-up Emily Prentiss. They meet again fifteen years later when their paths cross during a case which NCIS and the BAU both work. Feelings were hurt and a lot of it has never been talked about. The subject of the story could rub people the wrong way, so I am not sure. But I am happy with what I wrote so far and I do plan to finish it.

In 2010 I started a Criminal Minds fic which I called ‘Forces of Nature’ . I based my story on two challenges I received years before, at the time I wanted to make it a CSI story but that never really worked out;

Challenge:

45) ‘Let’s Pretend’: to successfully complete an undercover operation/away mission, the partners must pose as (or are assumed to be a) couple.

Random phrase:

73) Include this line: “With my luck, when my ship finally comes in, I’ll be at the airport.”

I wrote 50 000 words but I knew that the story was not nearly done. I have gone over everything I wrote this past year and I have searched for things I could add, rewrites and edits of scenes. Because I have come up with more than enough ideas – to add another 50 000 words – I have decided that I am going to rebel this year.

For 2011 I am going to try to finish ‘Forces of Nature’. I want to add those other 50 000 words and finish the story. Well okay finish would be a big word there still needs to be some editing and revisions done but still I want to get it all done and start posting this story soon. I really like it and I am happy with what I started last year and I am sure that I can make it even better.

Nanowrimo is a race against the lock, fighting the deadline while it tries to sneak up on you. With 1667 words a day you can reach 50 000 in 30 days. And it is a huge victory if you reach it! Believe me I know because I did it twice and I’m about to do it a third time. My hands are itching I want to start writing … right now.

Criminal Minds – Recap & Review – It Takes A Village

It Takes A Village

So here it is my very first review for Criminal Minds on TheTwoCents.com.

Criminal Minds – Recap & Review – It Takes A Village

My first Criminal Minds review is one for the long-awaited season 7 premiere. I have to admit after watching Castle’s premiere on Monday and Law & Orders SVU yesterday the bar has been set pretty high. I was a little worried, I’ll admit that. After all how does one top emotionally charged episodes like that?

But to be honest in this case the answer, at least for me, was rather simple. Criminal Minds has one huge advantage on their side, not one but two fandom favorites are returning to their rightful place in the middle of their team, their ‘family’ and the job that they love so much.

Yes, this is the episode in which both AJ Cook and Paget Brewster return as Jennifer Jareau and Emily Prentiss. And after everything that happened last season, the uproar in the fandom when the news broke that AJ Cook and Paget Brewster were let go or cut down on hours to eventually disappear completely, hasn’t been in vain. Read more….

 

Updates

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Some secrets are worth sharing

In these past two weeks I have written two (for my doing) incredibly long chapters for ‘Some secrets are worth sharing’  in which a lot happened in regards to moving the story along. I know that this story has gotten really long, which was unforseen when I started it. But I have been enjoying myself writing it. Today I received a review in which someone asked me when Emily and JJ are going to share their secret with the team. Well I know that it is taking a long time – honestly too long even for my liking – but in the first chapter which was dated on Valentines day I stated that they had been together for almost a year. In the second chapter I went back to when they first started to express their feelings for each other.

So I give you a little time-line, chapter 34 was ‘Thanksgiving’, I have just send chapter 36 and 37 to my proofreader which are the pre-Christmas chapters (which is a weird thing to write in August/September) which makes chapter 38 the Christmas chapter. A this point I think that there might be one or two Christmas chapters. Definitely one chapter for a work-related New Years eve party. And when we had New Year we are getting really close to Valentines day and believe me it won’t be long until the team finds out after that …

Nanowrimo’11/Forces of Nature

So it’s September and naturally things begin to itch again, that Nanowrimo itch. You want to start, you are so ready to start. It’s fun to see that people are returning to the forums even though they will be cleaned on October first. I’ve been thinking about what I should do but I am not really interested in writing a new story. However I am thinking about writing an extension on last years story ‘Forces of Nature’. I am now going through my story of last year to see if I have enough to add to that story to make it through 50 000 words. Otherwise I won’t make it and that would really suck.

‘Forces of Nature’ is a fanfic, Criminal Minds. It’s an Emily/JJ story but I am adding a lot of original characters and Emily and JJ will be working undercover. So they won’t be themselves and they won’t be working with the team the way they usually would. I guess that this story is the closest I have ever come to writing an original story.

The Pukkelpop drama

I love going to festivals. For the past ten years I have been going to Pinkpop and some other things. I love it I look forward to it all year and I know everyone does that. It’s a rush!

I was shocked when I read on nu.nl that there was a huge storm in Hasselt, Belgium where the Pukkelpop festival was just starting. At the moment of the storm approximately 60 000 people where there. A couple of tents got caught up in the strong wind and crashed to the ground. At first there were some rumors about six people who died. The number has dropped down  to two and lots of wounded people, some of them critically. I am shocked! It’s a horrible thing so many people who looked forward to this will now forever have this horrible memory etched on their brain.

Twitter is strong medium it can be used for bad but also for good! It’s heartwarming to see that people are using hashtags like #ppok11 or #PPOK  to let family and friends know that they are okay.

And #ppshelter #antwerpenhelpt #hasselthelpt #genthelpt if they have shelter for people who have nowhere to go. It’s heartwarming, truly.

Fanfiction update

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Wow! I’ve been busy!

I have updated ‘Some secrets are worth sharing’ chapter 33 and 34 are new. I hope you like them, let me know what you think!

Besides that I did an overhaul on my website. I have never much liked eFiction but since it was the only script around and I am not exactly a programmer there was not much I could do about it. But with some new plugins I have managed to get this wordpress blog to do what I wanted it to do. And I have started to move my fics from the eFiction archive over to this website. On the right side of the page you can see the buttons to the fandoms for which I wrote a lot of stories. Of course you can access all the fics that I have uploaded from the menu at the top of the page. It is a lot but I am not done yet!

Once I have moved all of the fics over to this website I will close the fic archive down. It doesn’t work for me and with this website I know that the updates can be done easily in the way I want it to work.

R.I.P Amy Winehouse

Twenty-seven years old, that age which for some reason has taken so many talented people. It’s strange how that happens … Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin among others and now Amy Winehouse.

In her case though it seemed like it would only be matter of time.  She abused substances for a long time appeared drunk on stage or didn’t even show up at all. A couple of years ago she would come to Pinkpop (the yearly festival I go to). And I was really happy because I love her music and I really wanted to see her live, however on the morning that she was supposed to perform the news broke: she wouldn’t come. No reason was officially given, Krezip the group that performed instead of Amy Winehouse gave us a good laugh about it by covering the song ‘Rehab’ – which we of course sung along loudly. Some rumors about her being sick were floating around but everyone kind of laughed about it and dismissed it with that all knowing smile. So unfortunately I never got to see her perform and I guess that’s an experience I can share with many people since she seemed to miss a lot of her concerts. Nevertheless this woman left some amazing songs which I hope will live on as her legacy. That is the least she deserves…

R.I.P Amy Winehouse