too much with myself

[skoosiepants]

Ahoy, there! Wow, this feels weird. Um, okay, it actually hasn't been all that long, I guess, but it seems like it's been really long. Anyway, I've finished my novel thing, thank fucking fuck. Man, that took forever, right? It's about 56 thousand words, and I've been mainlining the Lemonheads - god, the Lemonheads, shut up, they're kind of fantastic, okay? - because my main character has a thing about Evan Dando, and I can't think of a title for the life of me. It's, like, freaking impossible to name. My working title is "Whatever" so that is no help at all, and starflowers has told me adamantly that I cannot actually name it "Whatever." Darn it. She's also trying to convince me to try and get it legitimately published - which will be so so hard - even though my main character swears like a sailor and is generally an asshole. A lovable asshole, but there it is.

WHATEVER.

There are things finally afoot again over at sodamnskippy. I will hopefully be participating in our Christmas gift exchange, we shall see. Also, we're in the Urban Dictionary (under "Skippy"), which I think is hilarious.

I have not seen Inception, however I can't stop reading the Arthur/Eames fic. It's all extremely amazing. I never thought I had a well-dressed man fetish before, but I just want to read pages and pages about Arthur's suits, is that weird?

I'm also reading Kakashi/Iruka Naruto fic. That--I have no idea how I got so very into that, since I have no sense of the canon whatsoever. I was just innocently trolling delicious for werewolf fic one day and came across a fun Naruto fandom one, and then I got sucked into a whirling vortex of ninjas, idek.

In three days I will be leaving for St. Thomas until the 5th. I'm very excited to get away from here and my zoo, even though they will all be missed horribly. I will be living it up under the sun, snorkeling, reading fanfic on my kindle, being pestered into hikes and fishing trips with J, it's gonna be awesome.

ANYWHO: I'm not actually here, this is all an illusion *wavy hands* (feel free to let me know what you've been up to anyway).

Comments

[trippypeas.livejournal.com]

DARLING.

I've missed you. Arthur/Eames is amazing forever..

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

I feel so cut off from everybody! It's very strange.

Oh my god, how much do I love them?! I could read everything and anything that they're in.

[aurora]

Oh hello!

(ARTHUR/EAMES FOR THE (SARTORIAL) WIN. ♥)

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

Hi! Arthur and Eames are wondrous and delightful!

[exmptfromsanity.livejournal.com]

I don't know why but the mix of Skippy and Inception in your post has me thinking Mike in one of Arthur's perfectly tailored suits. Oh crap... can I go edit my Holiday fic request...

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

oh geez, Mike in a perfectly tailored suit - Mike being comfortable in a perfectly tailored suit, that would be amazing, you should totally edit your fic request!

[danacias.livejournal.com]

Congrats on finishing your novel, and happy traveling!

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

thank you!!

[edincoat.livejournal.com]

If you don't get your novel published, I will cry, Skooze. Cry tears. Of woe. You have a delightful writing style, and the world at large needs to be exposed to it! Expoooooosed!

Congratulations on finishing it, and I hope you have a fun vacation ♥

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

awwww, thank you! it's completely ridiculous, but I think I'm going to try - at the very least it'll end up online for you guys at some point :)

[insunshine.livejournal.com]

UM. A NOVEL?!?!?!? I HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS, BUT GOODNESS, I WANT TO READ IT, LIKE A LOT. A LOT.

I can't believe you were holding out on me!

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

yes!! it's taken me MONTHS, and it's not even very long, and it's, like, a completely ridiculous coming-of-age, self discovery story which has very little plot beyond that, but starflowers seems to think it has depth or something :) I will totally let you read it if you want, after starflowers has pointed out all my holes and tangents.

[insunshine.livejournal.com]

I would LOVE to, you know I would.

[slowlikewine.livejournal.com]

I have pretty much been colonized by Inception fandom as well. Yep. The suits got me.

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

they're fantastic! I don't even like clothes, but that doesn't seem to matter anymore!

[left-of-weir.livejournal.com]

A novel \o/ I liked your writing in bandom and I'm excited for original fiction from you. I hope it gets published and soon, and I will order one off Amazon posthaste!

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

thank you!! I hope it goes somewhere, but even if it doesn't I'm sure I'll pop it online for everyone :)

[gweneiriol.livejournal.com]

*waves* Hey there! Congrats on the book and I bet it'll be awesome! Um, if you're looking for info on getting it published, and don't have the info already, you might check out my newsletter for links to e-publishers (the newsletters for m/m and f/f fiction but a lot of the publishers handle a broad variety of fiction). Here's the link: http://community.livejournal.com/origslash_news/

Also, who is Iruka? I know who Kakashi is but I've never gotten further then 1/2 the first season of the anime but now I'm curious. :D

Enjoy St Thomas! I've heard it's wonderful.

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

thank you! starflowers has been schooling me on all things publishing, for I know nothing; thanks for the link!

Iruka is, as far as I can figure, Naruto's Academy teacher? And he buys him ramen a lot? They seem to be close in fics.

[bibliokat.livejournal.com]

I like "Whatever" as a title!

OMG Kakashi/Iruka ROCKS! I'm sure you know, but just in case, thehoyden's Naruto fics are BRILLIANT. If you find any awesome ones not by her, I'd love to know:)

Have a fantastic trip!

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

I've read hers, they are all so great! I don't know what it is about ninjas that I enjoy so much :)

[nutty-moo.livejournal.com]

Why not title it Whatever!. I mean most coming of age kids would say that word. Plus imagine the book cover, blurred background of some kind of scene with a persons bodypart in focus and the word Whatever - A book that is not about pants...or is it. (I feel there should be a reference to pants)

Hugs to you for writing an original works. Always loved your stuff. Have a good break :)

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

she said it didn't make sense! I guess it really doesn't - it's kind of a like a title for something that doesn't have a title. I'm sure I'll come up with something eventually. hahaha a book that is not about pants, hee!

[nikerymis.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm a super-lurker who's been hanging around for a while--I think since the first bandom-SGA crossover fics, which seems like it was ages ago. ^__^ I never really got around to friending you because I'm a little bit (a lot of bit) terrible at that, but I'm doing that now. Which leads me to...

I'm de-lurking because I really, really love your fanfiction and I'd super-love for you to submit your novel to Less Than Three Press (http://www.lessthanthreepress.com). I'm one of the partners there, so I've got something of a vested interest (and you could count on one vote yes going in!). Our main requirements for story submissions are that they include slash and happy endings, which from what I've read of your fanfic, is pretty standard fare for you.

Also, if you decide LT3 isn't the right fit, for whatever reason, I will totally understand. ^__^ If you haven't been pointed in this direction yet, Duotrope's Digest (http://www.duotrope.com) is an awesome resource for searching out publishers who are accepting submissions and their requirements for submission. ^__^ Good luck! I'll be continuing to look and I'll definitely buy wherever you do get published!

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

wow, thanks for the links! I think I'm half terrified that if I send it somewhere someone can officially tell me it's total crap, but I guess I should at least try, right?

[nikerymis.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I hope they're helpful. ^__^

I highly doubt you'd get any negative reaction, especially if you go with a smaller press. I really do think you should go for it, if only for the experience (and I'm probably really weird in thinking that researching and submitting to different publishing companies might be interesting. ^__^;;).

Bout damn time!!!

[absolut-jmo.livejournal.com]

Yes, you do need to get it f'rls published! Also...don't kill me but I like the title 'Whatever'. Would make people pick it up.

Re: Bout damn time!!!

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

I like it too!! but Lissa says it doesn't make sense. I don't know, it's filled with whacky teen shenanigans, they say whatever a lot, how doesn't that fit? It's either that, or all I can think of are really obscure titles, like most of my fanfiction ends up with.

[blindmouse.livejournal.com]

Are you going to try to get a literary agent? Because you're certainly good enough to get a mainstream publisher, and an agent would know which ones might be amenable to this kind of story :)

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure, but I think that's what starflowers is having me do - send it to an agent. I know nothing about anything, she's doing all the legwork for me :)

[starflowers.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD FINE! Name it Whatever! Stop turning your legions of fans against me! It's a fine title!

Okay, my only concern is that, in a query letter, it might read funny.

The novel, Whatever, is a coming-of-age story about Michael Tate, loveable asshole, etc etc.

Instead of, like...

The novel, Michael Tate's Big Gay Christmas, is a coming-of-age...

Hahaha.

Please name it Michael Tate's Big Gay Christmas.

But if you're really attached enough to Whatever to get all these people behind you, ignore me and name it that, damn it!

Also... Oh. I am editing! Mildly distracted by Evan and Connor shenanigans, but working on it! It just seems such a waste of time since it's nearly perfect!!

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

hee, no, I just can't think of another title that I really LIKE, it's not that I'm so so attached to Whatever. I don't know, I'll just wait until it's all edited and then figure out something. HA, I should name it Gay Thoughts and Motherfucking Cheerleaders!