Self-indulgence under the cut:
I remembered something about the show from watching it in the 80's: for some reason the 'barrow-boy' scene in Takeaway had stayed with me, as had some scenes from Involvement. But mostly it was a distant memory. Discovering it again was the most amazing, rapturous experience. I fell in love with the Lads again through the stories and life has never been quite the same since.
It was another 8 months before I started writing. I went to SinpOZium and was confronted by the prospect - but chickened out, big time :-)
Then I got an idea and...
Viking Drabble resulted.
Gotta thank
tboy for the first prompt :-)The rest of the year:
Good News Bad News
Wounded
Well Hall
Sleeping on the Beach
Fabrics
Plus
One for
summer_of_78 andA neverending crossover with the Famous Five - which I've been working on, but which seems to grow more tentacles every day!
Other stuff:
Me Do Crack!fic? Nah!
http://kiwisue.livejournal.com/33504.html
Drabble challenge (incomplete)
http://kiwisue.livejournal.com/36372.html
It was good to let go of my fear and show myself to the world. I learned a lot, met some very generous people (one in particular I will always remember). Went through some achingly bad months as well.
I want to keep writing. But I think I'm done with easy resolution, first-time stories. I want to be a better writer. I want to write Pros the way I first enjoyed them - dangerous, hard and not at all easy on the mind.
Will see.
