wips
Jan. 24th, 2026 07:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
runpunkrunSo I posted my Star Trek fic: Maybe He's Born With It (Maybe It's GlaxosEpsilonYor)!!
Going by file dates I started that one in 2020, so compared to all my other wips, it was relatively new. It took a lot of writing to finish because when I started it was really just a couple of paragraphs and then five handwritten pages. I quickly had a first draft, but it needed a lot of editing to connect the themes and refine Jim's voice. It's at the very start of his career as a captain and he's still a hot bro-y mess, and even though I found myself resisting his self-centeredness, I needed his actions to reflect that selfishness, and I think I hit a good balance of bro and personal growth. He can be taught! Spock, of course, is perfect. No notes.
Next up in my endless list of neglected WIPs: It should be my Pinto fic—which, as I recall, is all but done except for the last lines, fuck you, last lines—but instead, it's the G-rated Stargate Atlantis![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
kink_bingo non-sexual knifeplay fic about an extinct Satedan fruit. I gotta be me.
Looks like I last opened this in 2011 and it's basically complete. Let's gooooo.
Going by file dates I started that one in 2020, so compared to all my other wips, it was relatively new. It took a lot of writing to finish because when I started it was really just a couple of paragraphs and then five handwritten pages. I quickly had a first draft, but it needed a lot of editing to connect the themes and refine Jim's voice. It's at the very start of his career as a captain and he's still a hot bro-y mess, and even though I found myself resisting his self-centeredness, I needed his actions to reflect that selfishness, and I think I hit a good balance of bro and personal growth. He can be taught! Spock, of course, is perfect. No notes.
Next up in my endless list of neglected WIPs: It should be my Pinto fic—which, as I recall, is all but done except for the last lines, fuck you, last lines—but instead, it's the G-rated Stargate Atlantis
kink_bingo non-sexual knifeplay fic about an extinct Satedan fruit. I gotta be me.Looks like I last opened this in 2011 and it's basically complete. Let's gooooo.
Shingles vaccine
Jan. 23rd, 2026 05:07 pmsageSo I got jabbed Wednesday afternoon and the guy warned me the side effects would be bad, like notably worse than a covid jab. He said to expect to feel awful for 48-72 hours. And at 48 hours, I had a fever of 100F, a painful, itchy arm, no energy, and sniffles. (Though the sniffles might be allergies.) All of this is on the information sheet. And the second jab will be in 2-6 months. Happily, it was free at my pharmacy, though it would cost $57 at my clinic. (Weird.)
I'm so tired.
I hope y'all are doing well. Stay safe in the frigid cold. We're due at least a quarter inch of ice tomorrow. :(((
I'm so tired.
I hope y'all are doing well. Stay safe in the frigid cold. We're due at least a quarter inch of ice tomorrow. :(((
snowflake Day 12
Jan. 23rd, 2026 09:44 ammelagan
Challenge #12
Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life.
Fandom has taken me from lurking to full-on participating. It's given me life-time friends, a place to express my ideas, and comfort reads when I needed them.
I've traveled places I never would have otherwise. It's broadened my perspective, kept me informed, and made me laugh.
Here's to you, Fandom
runpunkrun
Author: Punk
Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series
Pairing: Kirk & Spock friendship
Rating: Teen
Content notes: No standard notes apply.
Size: 1,600 words
Summary: It's maybe the first real conversation they've had where one of them isn't accusing the other of academic misconduct or not loving his mom.
Read it on the AO3 or here »
( Maybe He's Born With It (Maybe It's GlaxosEpsilonYor) )
A/N: Thanks to
garryowen for support and beta. Good to have you back, dog.What I'm Doing Wednesday
Jan. 21st, 2026 03:30 pmsage( books: more Pratchett )
yarning
Went to yarn group Sunday despite an earlier migraine and had a pretty good time. Worked on a donation hat. I've been all hats all the time, working down my yarn stash, as I haven't had any kickbunny sales. I did sell 3 catnip-silvervine stuffed hearts. It's supposed to get down into the teens this weekend, with possible snow. I hope things will be clear for yarn group.
healthcrap
Friday: allergy shot. Tuesday: medical transportation assessment, which went fairly well. I'll hear whether I qualify in 2-3 weeks. Today: pharmacy & first shingles shot. I need to get labs done, but I should wait until the shingles side effects pass.
#resist
https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
I hope all of you are doing well and staying safe if you're in winter storm territory. <333
yarning
Went to yarn group Sunday despite an earlier migraine and had a pretty good time. Worked on a donation hat. I've been all hats all the time, working down my yarn stash, as I haven't had any kickbunny sales. I did sell 3 catnip-silvervine stuffed hearts. It's supposed to get down into the teens this weekend, with possible snow. I hope things will be clear for yarn group.
healthcrap
Friday: allergy shot. Tuesday: medical transportation assessment, which went fairly well. I'll hear whether I qualify in 2-3 weeks. Today: pharmacy & first shingles shot. I need to get labs done, but I should wait until the shingles side effects pass.
#resist
https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
I hope all of you are doing well and staying safe if you're in winter storm territory. <333
snowflake Day 11
Jan. 21st, 2026 01:49 pmmelagan
Challenge #11
In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5.
Requests I've filled:
Comments and hits on fanfic, some icons, and a request for a picture of a deer.
Just want to add a thank you to everyone who filled a request on my wishlist. ;;;;flailyhands;;;;
snowflake Day 10
Jan. 19th, 2026 06:52 pmmelagan
Choose something you love and create a mini mood collection of three (or more) items that evoke your feelings about it.
McShep: A Theme of Two that will always have a special place in my heart.
And lastly, my love/hate relationship with Deadlines.
snowflake Day 9
Jan. 17th, 2026 02:19 pmmelaganTalk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works.
This is a fluid situation and it can really depend on the fandom and fandom pairing.
That aside, some of my favorites are:
Sentinel/Guide
Accidental baby acquisition
Gay for you
Found Family
and rounding this out to five -
Vampire AU
(Needed to add that last one since I wrote 23,000 words of it.)
snowflake Day 8
Jan. 15th, 2026 11:03 ammelagan
Challenge #8
Talk about your creative process.
Dear god, I wish had an actual process. Then maybe I wouldn't get 'stuck' so often. Better I talk about a common thread that gets the ball rolling.
It usually starts with a question. What if this instead of that? If that sparks an idea, I will sometimes jot it down on the wall. (Cling sheet). I really like doing this. I don't have to boot up my computer or hunt down a pen and paper.
Sometimes it's just random ideas that don't go anywhere, but often enough they do. That particular cling sheet turned into a story for Unconventional Courtship.
First draft is often on notepaper. It goes through a lot of changes and gets fleshed out on the first typed draft. I've found that taking the time to read the story out loud finds a lot of mistakes and plot holes.
Yep, gonna need a second draft.
And then there are the other kind of stories. Like the ones for written for the Fuck for Science! Challenge.
Those I'm just winging.
For Science II (NSFW)
So...eh. I had to reread the story and...what were we talking about?
Artwork! I dabble a little. It's a learning process. Boy, have I come to have an enormous respect for the work artists put into their art. It's hard.
I did like how this one came out though.
Tickets to Pegasus.
What I'm Doing Wednesday
Jan. 14th, 2026 03:13 pmsage( books (all Pratchett) )
yarning
Listed Rockstar Lestat & older Daniel Molloy made to order art dolls. Finished and listed the teal bunny from last week. Worked on donation hats & gave them to my children's shelter contact at yarn group on Sunday. Had a good time there, working on another hat. Sold a valentine catnip heart.
healthcrap
doc appt Friday, where I asked for a referral to get a shingles shot. Doc appt Monday, where we talked about my weird blood cells. I am still titrating off the med I'm slowly quitting.
#resist
#50501 Jan 20th Free America Walkout. 2pm local time.
I hope you're all doing well! <333
yarning
Listed Rockstar Lestat & older Daniel Molloy made to order art dolls. Finished and listed the teal bunny from last week. Worked on donation hats & gave them to my children's shelter contact at yarn group on Sunday. Had a good time there, working on another hat. Sold a valentine catnip heart.
healthcrap
doc appt Friday, where I asked for a referral to get a shingles shot. Doc appt Monday, where we talked about my weird blood cells. I am still titrating off the med I'm slowly quitting.
#resist
#50501 Jan 20th Free America Walkout. 2pm local time.
I hope you're all doing well! <333
snowflake Day 7
Jan. 14th, 2026 09:26 ammelagan
LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.
1. My blue hair.
2. The variety in my fanfic. Yes, my works are almost exclusively McShep. But with that in mind, I've made them laundry machines put them in the 1940's and and explored canon possibilities
Apparently, I have no shame when it comes to these two.
3. I'm a patient listener.
snowflake Day 6
Jan. 12th, 2026 01:27 pmmelagan
Top 10 Challenge: The category(ies) you choose are up to you. You can give top 10 Fics you read last year, the top 10 songs to create to, the to 10 guest stars on your favorite show, top 10 characters in your favorite book series, top 10... well, you get the idea.
(Can't think of 10 of anything? That's okay, 10 is just an abstract. It's totally up to you.)
Series I have enjoyed and happily reread.
1. Murderbot by Martha Wells
2. The Expanse by James S.A, Corey
3. Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
4. Finder series by Suzanne Palmer
5. Sector General by James White
6. Discworld by Terry Pratchett (with a special love for Sam Vimes)
7. So you want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane
8. The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
9. Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
10. Excultus by Mottlemoth
This fanfic series blew me away. You don't know need to know a thing about the Sherlock fandom because this is a complete AU. In the 23rd century, two hundred years of genetic tampering has fractured humanity into subspecies.
11. Special mention: Bahamian-Style Mooring by syllic.
A story that no Shawshank Redemption lover should miss. This was the story I didn't know I needed until I read it.
I'm not ashamed to say, by the time I finished, my cheeks were wet.
These are just the ones off the top of my head. I've read--let's say A LOT and leave it at that. 😊📚
Romancing McShep Happy-ending Fest 2026
Jan. 12th, 2026 10:31 ammelaganComing your way in February!
Romancing McShep. Celebrating the pairing of my heart.
Pimping banner! (artwork bycassiope25)
Info link
Romancing McShep. Celebrating the pairing of my heart.
Pimping banner! (artwork by
cassiope25)Info link