Status report

A quick status update.

GHOSTSHOW is finished and I feel very good about what we did. I want to take a short break to recharge a little, then I'll have to get on the stick again and start my next project.

My current major writing endeavor is Brockhurst, the Downton Abbey-inspired WWI-era larp I'm writing. That will be what I focus most of my energy on over the next month. Means I need to set aside a lot of writing time.

I gave up processed sugar for Lent. I had gotten to the point where my body was craving it, which isn't a good sign, so I thought purging it cold turkey would be a good idea. It's actually been easier than I thought. The only real sugar craving I've had, hilariously, flared up when I was listening to Elementary's Sherlock Holmes talk about addiction.

I am a bit strapped for cash right now. A big heating bill and some unexpected car troubles have been a bit more than I can easily handle, so I will have to be careful for a while.

Think that's everything that's notable and important right now.

My Captain America fic may be non-canon soon... :-(

I’m really excited for Captain America 2 coming out. It occurs to me that there’s only a month left. I’ve gotten the impression that it’s going to be good story, and the conspicuous absence of the one factor I was prepared to be disappointed about gives me some hope that maybe even that won’t be an issue. I'm looking forward to seeing it in a big group of friends. And whatever else, I’m looking forward to gazing upon some lovely, lovely Cap beefcake.

The one thing I’m potentially disappointed about— and this is a really silly, tiny thing —is that my little fan fiction I finished last November may be rendered non-canon.

As you may recall, I wrote a short, extremely sappy story of about two and a half thousand words about the meeting of Cap and Peggy in the modern day after he wakes up in New York. I think I did a pretty good job of capturing the characters and the tragedy of the circumstances without overdoing it, so I’m pretty happy with it. It’s a scene I’ve really wanted to see, as I’m a big fan of the 'ship.

But I think that moment may be actually depicted in the upcoming movie. I believe they are having Hayley Atwell reappear to play her character at advanced age. I’d be happy to see it, as my interest in it was what drove me to write the story. But it will have the consequence of making my story non-canon, and in fact unnecessary. I’m weirdly sorry about that.

Ah, well. It’s better to have the films have more content that I think is good and interesting. Maybe we can make a game of seeing how close their version is to mine, how good a job I did at guessing how the encounter might go. That would be neat, especially if I get it right. :-)

If you’d care to read my fic before it is rendered obsolete, check it out here on An Archive of Our Own.