I just submitted one. Actually two, but went back and wrote the second one in a hurry, because I completely missed the post with the specific challenge in it.
Duh-OH, deb
Willow: It feels like we're going around in circles. Xander: Our circles are going around in circles. We got dizzy circles here.
'Sleeper'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
deborah grabien - Apr 14, 2004 9:49:53 am PDT #3949 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Amy - Apr 14, 2004 10:17:07 am PDT #3950 of 10001
Because books.
I just joined. This should be fun. One hundred words is probably the most I can write at the moment, with Princess Crankypants not napping much...
Astarte - Apr 14, 2004 11:15:47 am PDT #3951 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Sounds like a great idea, Steph. I'm in.
Steph L. - Apr 14, 2004 11:24:03 am PDT #3952 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Make sure to check the actual journal also, and not just the info page, because I posted the first challenge already, even though it will normally be posted on Mondays. Provided I remember.
Astarte - Apr 14, 2004 11:46:29 am PDT #3953 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
I did my first drabble.
Go me! I got my words out!!!
deborah grabien - Apr 14, 2004 12:29:08 pm PDT #3954 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
You sure did, and they're damned good words, too.
erikaj - Apr 14, 2004 1:05:26 pm PDT #3955 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Still thinking. And under the influence of Demon Fanfic too.
deborah grabien - Apr 14, 2004 10:06:51 pm PDT #3956 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Teppy, it just occurs to me - should we post them here?
I mean, fic gets posted in the fic thread; should your original fiction drabbles be posted here?
Steph L. - Apr 15, 2004 4:38:57 am PDT #3957 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
You could post them here if you want to; I tell you, it's not "my" drabble community. All I did was set it up, and I'll post a challenge once a week.
I'm just thrilled to see that people like it, and that it's getting people to write. (Which reminds me that I need to write my own drabble.)
deborah grabien - Apr 15, 2004 7:57:35 am PDT #3958 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I think posting them here would be a good thing; people without livejournal could read them.
I've done two. One's a non-specific, one (dayum!) my first Ringan and Penny that isn't between hard covers. And I've only just realised - thematically, they're opposites, sad'nglad.
Over
This is almost over.
She moves her coffee cup, imprecise little twists. It's nerves, nothing more. She knows it irritates him; once, a day or an hour or a century ago, she would have stopped, apologised. That time is long past.
He pushes his plate away. This is a travesty, a joke. He looks at the papers in the centre of the table. Just paper, and a pen. They might as well be a flaming sword.
She lifts her eyes. There's nothing in them to make him stay.
He takes up the pen, and signs the divorce papers.
Over, now.
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Breakfast in Glastonbury
Penny sits across the breakfast table, her cloudy hair tousled, her feet bare.
“Tea?”
“Mmm.”
Ringan pours her a cup, adds sugar and cream. Her storm-coloured eyes are still misted with sleep. Her life in the theatre has made her a night owl; she’s never been quick to wake in the morning.
She sips the tea, and smiles at him. He regards her across plates and cups and sheet music, remembering other mornings like this one. Realising that, no matter how many there may be, there will never be enough of them, he leans across the table to kiss her.