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I should really go to bed ...

We're almost caught up on Supernatural; two more episodes to go. And I got both House and Numb3rs for Christmas, so which shall I watch next? Decisions ... :-)

I've been going through and polishing up some of my older original stories and posting them on my other LJ. Today's story is one that makes me giggle every time I read it: Henchmen, a tale of two out-of-work henchmen trying to make a living by other means. Flower arranging, say. *Hee*. I need to write more with them. If you like my sense of humor on the goofier SGA stories, then you may like this one.

It's kind of interesting to me, looking at these older stories, just how MUCH I've actually improved over the last few years. Heck, I've improved an awful lot just since I've been writing SGA. Surprisingly, I really do think that reading slash (which I'd never done before) has been good for my writing skills, because good slash uses language in a different sort of way not only from most genfic, but from most published novels as well. And I think it's having a bit of an impact on the way that I put words together, especially descriptive passages.

I'm actually starting to wrap up most of the ficathon stories. I have one drawing and two SGA ficathon stories to go, plus Derry's non-SGA one. Everything but Derry's story is started, and I even have some ideas for that. And work is really slow right now, so I can write fic at work -- which is always good for getting stuff done.

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Hey! So, I started reading your Henchman story, but I get the impression from the A/N at the top that it's not the first in the line. Can you point me to where you started? I just want to be able to see them a bit better, physically. That being said, I LOVED what I read. Reminded me a little of a fun author called Glen Cook, who to me writes a little like a mix between Rex Stout and Alan Dean Foster (everyone always reminds me of someone else...LOL!). Anyway, that's me saying I want to read more, so...where can I start? Or should I start here?

And speaking as someone who has definitely grown as a writer over the last ten years, I know the feeling of looking back at your old stuff and wondering at how differently you write now. I'm still not at your level in terms of phrase turning (i.e. your awesome wit), but I'm trying to get there!

I've never read Glen Cook -- but thank you! Now I want to look for his books ... hm, I have an Amazon.com gift certificate left over from Christmas ... and not at my level, MY ASS -- you write beautifully and you do gorgeous dialogue. :)

About where to start ... that is kind of a toughie, because I've been writing the stories in the order in which they occur to me, which is not exactly chronological, and certain key stories are still unwritten. They're designed to stand alone and be at least relatively comprehensible no matter what order they're read in. Of the ones that are completed now, this one is the earliest in the chronology, and this takes place after. (Obviously, I haven't been posting them in order, either.)

Also, if you want to know what Frank, Fleetwood and the bodyguards look like ... they're all characters from a graphic novel I've been serializing online. There's a good scene in this chapter -- the whole chapter loads at once and it takes a little while (just so you know); scroll down past the nightclub scene and you'll get to the Frank scene.

(Chronologically, the graphic novel takes place a couple of years after "Henchmen".)

Confused yet? *grin*

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