Mental Whiplash

[ithildin]

So today, I'm mentally plotting/writing the third part of my unintentional mini-series of the week. It's happy and fun and has an adorable brat of a Methos trying to win his bet with Duncan to get Triona to forgive him by the end of the day. And on the other side, until I went to bed last night (with a short break to watch Holby!), I was working on the next part of 'Fondly' which is currently dealing with evil, villainous mirrorverse Methos who's doing all sorts of terrible things to Triona.

I think I'm giving myself mental whiplash! Switching back and forth between the two is certainly proving to be an interesting exercise in writing. In a way, writing the happier stuff is helpful, because it keeps a fresh image in my mind when writing the not happy story of just what their relationship is, why they work as a couple, and the history they have.

Goodness knows they've had their up and downs (lots of downs!) over the centuries, but what's playing out in 'Fondly' could quite possibly be the defining moment in their relationship. It's good for me to remember they have a strong foundation. Brings a whole new meaning to 'for better or worse'!

Comments

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

I swear, I can never figure out what category to put your stories under for the newsletter. Are they all crossovers?

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Sorry! Sometimes, like the last two I wrote, I try and write something with nothing but HL characters so they aren't crossovers. A bit of a change every now and then.

Do you use mostly tags to sort things for the newsletter? I could start using a xover tag if that would make it easier. You have enough work to do putting the newsletter together without extra work in figuring out categories, so if it would help for me to add a tag, let me know. Certainly easy enough to do from my end.

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

Sorry to complain. I'll put them wherever you'd like them to go, or where you think readers would look for them. Labeling is an awfully sticky issue, so I tend to err on the side of least information.

The main reason I started separating out crossovers was because some crossover fans, reccers, and at least one crossover newsletter pick up links from the Flash and the separate category catches their attention.

When I'm picking things up, I look first at the header information and then check the tags if it's not clear what's going on. A note or sign in either location would let me know what you want.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Heck no, you weren't at all complaining! I don't know how you keep track of it all to start with.

I'll start adding crossover tags: xover forever knight, xover star trek, and so on, so they're more specific than just 'xover'. And in the long run, it'll probably be helpful to people poking around my LJ looking for specific fic.

Very glad you brought the subject up!