Oh, my. Where did all these cobwebs come from?

It has been a while since I've been here, hasn't it? But in my abscence I did manage to complete and post my third Magnificent Seven story, which is my first venture into the ATF AU. And I like that AU quite a bit. Link to the story to follow.

On a non-Mag7 note, it's only 49 days til I get to meet up with some friends from the Combat! fandom!!! I'm so excited!!!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5088976/1/Cat_and_Mouse

Because my snarky muse showed up instead

Because it's been far too long since I wandered in here last

I've been ignoring this blog. Not intentionally, mind you. There just hasn't been anything interesting to post here. I'm sure no one cares that my lilacs are blooming. Well, unless it's Hamlette. :D And as this is intended to be a Mag7-centric blog, that subject is a bit OT.

So I'll post this: I was nominated for a MoM award in the Best New Author category. If you follow my lj, you already know this, and I apologize for repeating myself. And in a twist worthy of one of Lanyn's stories, I'm also a judge for the MoM awards. Not in my category, naturally. But a judge, nonetheless. It's going to be a tough decision, deciding who has the best work out there. The Mag7 fandom is chock full of outstanding writers. But I believe myself to be a fair and honest person, and I shall endeavor to do the job to the best of my ability. That's all anyone can ask, really. Do your best.

And of course you know I'm going to add a picture now. Either one of Ezra or his portrayer, Tony Starke.

Feed the writers

I fell in love with The Magnificent Seven when I saw the show way back in the late 90s. I never dreamed that it would have such a huge following so many years later, but I was thrilled to discover that it indeed does have such.

There is a Yahoo group called "Mistresses of Malarkey", and they hand out awards to the Mag7 fanfic writers each year, in categories too numerous to mention in this post. I am a member of this group, and was asked just today if I would like to be on the awards staff. I was honored. There is some really terrific fanfic in this fandom, and it is nice to see the authors rewarded for their hard work. As a writer myself, I know what it's like to pour your heart and soul, not to mention time, into your work and have it basically ignored. It's not a good feeling. At all.

So to the ladies of MoM - YAY!!! Thank you for taking time to honor our fellow writers!

Sick

I learned the hard way that when you have a fever, you should never try to write whumpage. It ain't pretty. At all.

Many thanks to my Californy friend, Ricochet, for passing this crud across the country, via the phone line. I owe ya one, sis.

Now I'm going back to my comfy couch and crochet. Doesn't require a lot of brain power, but keeps my mind and hands busy and I forget how rotten I feel.

Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls!

Isn't it wonderful when you're agonizing over a particular section of a story and from out of nowhere a very important part, which you previously had no idea was so important, just clicks into place? Makes one feel like springing from their chair and doing a seriously goofy happy dance!!!

Note to self

Remember to put up traps and alarms around the perimeter to stop wayward EPB's from infiltrating the compound. Argh.