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Something I’m never sure how many other people notice is how much I like talking about writing. I like talking about where I get ideas from (the easy bit), how they get from being an idea to being a story (the hard bit) and all the other exciting pitfalls you have to get out of in the process of making it work outside your own head – but so I don’t sound completely self-absorbed, I should mention that I also love reading the same sort of stuff when other writers post it. It’s neat to get some sort of idea where others get their ideas from (and often as not, to find out everyone else falls into much the same pitfalls as you do). I’m never quite sure how many other people feel the same way about this kind of blather though – fortunately that’s exactly what LJ cuts are for.

( Catalyst: The writing of )

( Other stuff in the works (xxxHOLiC, Guilty Gear, Phoenix Wright, etc) )

This has actually been finished for a couple of days now, but the Internet connection from where we're staying is not the most reliable thing. Only one more chapter left to go on this now! (and with any luck, the computer will cooperate enough for me to get that up before I get home too)

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 10/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 2110
Previous parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

( Part 10: In which the world is reminded for the umpteenth time that the bad guys *never* put enough thought into safety before they start building these things. )

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 8/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 2830
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7

( Part 8: In which nothing is really explained, but a couple of enigmatic characters finally get to make their first appearance. )

Making good progress with the next few parts, so I've actually got a chapter up early for a change. ^_^ And unless anything turns out to need any unusually major revisions, I'd say I finally have a solid idea of how many parts I'm aiming for too.

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 6/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 1680
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

( Part 6: In which one of Ed's decisions demonstrates why only hindsight will ever be 20/20. )

Chapter 4, and the Elric brothers return at last!

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 4/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 2345
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

( Part 4: In which an unavoidable height-related faux pas is made, and the Tsubasa crew learn why making chimeras is not something kids should try at home. )

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 2/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 2430
Previous parts: Part 1

( Catalyst: Part 2 )

You know those fic requests memes you see floating around on LJ. They generally say something along the lines of:

"Give me a character / pairing and / or a short prompt / outline of a scene / crossover idea / a summary of a giant epic / your favourite cliché / a fic I’ve written before / some other prompt-ish thing, and I’ll write you a sentence / drabble / ficlet / list of five (or more) things / first part of the story / last part of the story / sequel / missing scene / alternate version / whatever."

I always wanted to try one, but now that I finally feel like it’s a decent time for me to try it, I’m having trouble picking one out of so many different variations. So instead I’m going to say: send me a prompt of any kind or combination in that list (or any other kind you can think of, really) and I’ll see what I can do about coming up with something to go with it.

I’ll probably be aiming for something sentence to drabble length, but since this is my first go at anything remotely request meme-ish, the basic plan is to just see what comes to me. Obviously, I can’t make any promises that I’ll necessarily come up with something for any possible request, but I’m happy to have pretty much anyone show up to request whatever – although I will warn people that prompts involving smut or particularly weird pairings are most likely to result in me staring at the screen feeling embarrassed for a bit, and then going to work on something else.

( Fandoms I've written for before - another one of these lists that is probably mostly for my own amusement )

Prompt at will.

Update from here, just because I like to keep track of these things.

( Six down, one struggling, four new challengers. )

I like to think I’m making headway.