fic blather. mostly.

[roseveare]

Part 1 of the Duke/Nathan WIP is going to be about 30,000 words. I'm on about 25,000 now and there's still the wrappup and the smut at the end to write. I don't know how the hell it got this long, because it doesn't really feel like I've done more than pick at it in 500 words bites, except for the smut in the middle which I wrote in one session, heh. I think there will be some trimming involved in the editing process. It has been kind of hard feeling like I'm selling this idea in the telling, because it's a bit wacky and out-there, so the journey might have been a bit more meandering than usual.

I was going to have Part 1 and Part 2 be the same fic, but if it's going to be this long I might have to think about it being a series. (I always get the feeling nobody reads the novel-length stuff...) A series of two.

I need to think of a title that uses 'Pinocchio' in it somewhere.

It's another Duke POV, fwiw, like Body Parts and Silencer. But this one is NC17 slash. Setting the balance for Unbreakable and sequels being entirely Nathan POV, probably. My brain does things like that. Also IDK why has Duke so far got all the gens? And all the kinda weird, funny, wtf ones, for that matter. Maybe it's something about his POV.

I have to decide whether to break and write something else when I've finished Part 1 or to dive straight into Part 2. The danger there is that Part 2 might never get written. On the other hand, if I get very frustrated with it by trying to carry on after the 30k slog through Part 1, it also might never get written. Plus it'd give Part 1 time to get typed and to simmer.

Question is what I could tackle in the meantime. Sea Change IV (pirates???)? Something Jordan (may still be too soon: just wrote three four counting the little one)? Something else? Sometime want to tackle Audrey/Duke/Nathan properly again. OR I COULD ALWAYS FINISH THE DAMN NOVEL AND/OR THE JESS MINION THING DAMMIT.

I kinda want Wade/Jordan/Nathan. It popped into my head today. It would not be a nice fic. OMG brain, why?

If I never write Part 2, Part 1 would still be a complete story. People might not necessarily find it a comfortable or happy story, but it'd still have a distinct ending.

Meanwhile in not-fanfic-blather: Watching season 4 of Boston Legal. Alan and Denny! ♥ And I am reading the new Simon Green Hawk & Fisher novel. And I might watch some more Walking Dead season 1 tonight because zombies and gore kinda encapsulates my feelings about Feb 14th.