revelations

[ivyblossom]

Blue cheese vache qui rit is really, really good. *weeps* I was hoping it would suck, because it's more expensive. And you get less. But oh my god.

You know what. Ever since I finished Origins I've been working on this other massive ass fic, which is fairly widely distributed at this point even though it really shouldn't be. That massive ass fic is about 65K words right now, and is on chapter 13, and I'm mildly stalled on it for good, creative reasons that don't worry me. But. Here's the thing. That fic came out differently than my other fics did, because it wasn't being published in the same way, there wasn't as many people interested in how it was going, and I felt free to go back and change things. There's one character whose name changes three times within the story, and I still keep forgetting his damn name and I refer to him in conversation with snooks_ranting as "Bad Guy", or just "BG" for short. Oh, I'll fix all that later. It's just a name. Search and replace!

So now I'm writing a serial fic again, and good lord. You have no idea how tempted I am to go back and change things already. And I've only written a prologue. Not that anyone will really care, it's not going to be a fic I think most people will be interested in anyway, but suddenly I'm feeling the restrictions of serialization. It didn't bother me before because I never looked back. Hell, I've barely even read my own fics let alone go back over them. One draft, one read through if I'm bored, and that's it. I'm terrible really, I should be taken out back and shot for that kind of thing.

I feel very differently about this one. This tiny little story, comparatively. Where all my other fics take place over about a year, this one is going to be roughly two weeks. Maybe three, tops. I really dislike having to represent the passage of time, so I've decided that this is something I'd like to avoid if possible. So I'm going to try to write a long fic in a short span of time and see how that goes.

And while this is still an H/D fic, it's not going to be as H/D as Origins or something. It's just not. This is Ginny's story. I know lots of people hate Ginny, and that's fine, you don't have to read this. I'm tempted to just say it's not H/D at all so that no one will be disappointed. At this point, I'm just less interested in making Draco angst over Harry, I think he's a bit beyond all that at this point. There are things I'd like to cover, but...well, I don't know. It probably will be in this fic, but it's not the centre of it.

I'm not even sure at this point if it will even be femslash or not. Directly. The suggestion will undoubtedly be there, but I'm not sure how far it will go yet. Will have to see when I get there. You know what I mean?

Well, great. Just great. *weeps* I think I just saw a twinkle of the sequel to THIS while writing this post. Oh good lord. Just...shoot me now.

Comments

[osanna.livejournal.com]

I feel it is my duty to tell you that the vache cheese is very popular with the French community in Adelaide. So much so, that they refer to it as "le vache qui rit c'est le vache qui shi**".

[sheron]

At this point, I'm just less interested in making Draco angst over Harry, I think he's a bit beyond all that at this point.

Glad to hear that. Let it be Ginny story, but I hope we get glimpses of H/D, of some happy time for them, because the so deserve it.

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

now you know how orson scott card and terry brooks and terry goodkind and mercedes lackey and ursula le guin and so on feel :D be proud :D be happy. be a humongous-serial-novel fantasy writer~!

*pops the champagne* :D

Less H/D

[(Anonymous)]

I worship the ground you walk on, so you can do whatever you want in the new series...except having Draco and Harry break up since they already did that couple of times already. It's getting old ;).
As long as there are mentions of Draco and Harry being happy and in love, I would love to read a Pansy/Ginny or Pansy and Ginny relationship because I'm a Ginny/Pansy and Hermione/Pansy shipper(love your Left-handed, btw)--not nearly as much as a Harry/Draco shipper--one but one nevertheless.
Besides, since I'm also an avid reader of Cassie Claire, the last thing I need is two Draco/Harry angst stories. A heart can only take so much pain, and believe me when I say there were times when I was in PAIN when reading Origin/Haven/Belong. I'm glad you're giving them (and me) a break and exploring the relationship of the ladies. Then again, I'll probably grow attached to Ginny or/and Pansy and be in pain when they're hurting. *Sigh*
And did I mention that I worship the ground you walk on so you can write absolutely whatever you want (within reason, of course: no Hagrid/Hermione stories, please?). There's beauty in the way you write regardless of what you write.

Re: Less H/D

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

*weeps* thank you thank you thank you.

And no, I won't break Harry and Draco up again for the rest of that particular series. Never ever again. They angst about other things, and they can angst within that relationship, but they're not going to break up again.

Nope nope.

Right now they have a nice three bedroom house with a big garden, a cat, a tv, a microwave, and nice bedding. It's very boring, really. You can base a whole story on them!! LOL

Re: Less H/D

[(Anonymous)]

*blows kisses*
Hope (the previous anonymous user)

[microgirl.livejournal.com]

having only read the first two lines

There's blue cheese Laughing Cow????!! WHY DON'T I LIVE IN CANADA????!!!!

Or maybe France'd do. Being as it's much nearer :)

Excellent! Been looking for a reason to go back to France *grins*

[snowwmonkey.livejournal.com]

you can get blue cheese laughing cow?
gah i wish they did that in england

i'm really looking forward to reading your fic, Ginny fic doesn't bother me at all, i welcome it

Azure

[molliee.livejournal.com]

Tescos used to do a laughing cow type cheese called Azure. That was v. yummy.

Dunno if you can still get it though.

Re: Azure

[snowwmonkey.livejournal.com]

i'll have to have a look in our tesco over here, thanks for the tip ;-)

[taijasa.livejournal.com]

Couldn't you just write the whole thing under a sort of Work in Progress disclaimer? Do serial updates so we can see what you're working on/how it's coming...but leaving yourself the option to go back and change things if you want to, and then, once you're finished, post the whole Final Product at once?

I don't know. I don't really know how this whole writing thing works, so maybe that just doesn't make sense. And I imagine it could be kinda frustrating for the fans...

But then, it'd kinda be like we were getting double the Ivy goodness, and that couldn't be a bad thing.

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Heh I could...but it's fun to have it go out serially, and it's better for my own motivation if people actually care about seeing it. It makes me feel a bit more like I've accomplished something. I just need to stop dwelling and move forward. :)

Works for and against me...

*rubs noses*

Not a Ginny lover myself but...

[molliee.livejournal.com]

The 'Fuck you Harry Potter' Chapter in Belong was a classic. The prospect of *that* Ginny in a relationship with your Pansy is making me salivate.

Also, very much looking forward to Draco's reaction to Pansy's return.

I will be avidly following this story, but you already know that Ivy.