I Read Your Post and/or Story and Enjoyed It

I've been having fun over the past week reading all of the fabulous drabbles being posted at the mcshep_match Drabble Challenge, and I've even managed to sneak in some writing in between rounds of bar study flashcards. If you're in a drabble-y mood, definitely check it out! And you can be a mercenary drabbler for either team -- competition's neck and neck right now, so I'll nudge you gently in the direction of writing for Team Peace, but with 350+ drabbles already, both teams have made an excellent showing!

(Oh, oh, and check out the gorgeous Team Peace icon monanotlisa made! You can see the gorgeous full-size banner of the image here at her journal.)

Also, because you needed another bingo card post on your flist: ( checkitoutcheckitout )

Got a hankerin' for some Ruus wine or lemon (death) bars? Curious to see what Earth-equivalent ingredients tava bean and tuttleroot soup might include? Dying to know how to make a proper Salisbury steak?

Then check out De Re Coquinaria Pegasi, the extensive Pegasus galaxy/Atlantis Expedition cookbook, assembled by winkingstar and contributions from her minions. The cookbook contains dozens of recipes (including drinks, sides & salads, main dishes, and desserts), as well as photos, captions, and recipe-inspired fic (all gen or Teyla/Kanaan, which there needs to be more of in the world, IMO).

The above link takes you to the noticeboard post, which has links to the wiki-based online version as well as the download links for the PDF. I highly recommend looking through the PDF, which has 40+ pages of photos with captions that aren't on the wiki.

So check it out, try out some recipes, and if you've got your own ideas to contribute, we'd love to see them!

The Drabble Tree challenge is open over at mcshep_match, and everyone's welcome to join in the fun!  There are a bunch of drabbles up already, so there's a great chance you'll find something to inspire you.  (I've been having some maddening fun trying to keep myself at 100 words to express an idea.  100 words!  There's no room for parentheticals in 100 words!)

(. . . And now I've set myself a new challenge.)

Anyway, the teams this year are Home and Away, and you can play for either of them (though I recommend supporting the Home Team because it's made of awesome).  Go forth and drabble!

I just commented to offer my services as a beta over at sgabigbang.  Eeeep! 

I'd really love to get more involved with the fandom, and what better way than to help edit a fic of 40K+ words?  Plus, it'd be a nice change from editing law review articles, which are sadly lacking in gay sex (discussions of Lawrence v. Texas notwithstanding).

Posting the comment felt very much like trying to write an ad for myself--I had to make sure not to put in a cheery "Thank you for your consideration!" at the end, as I get the impression that sort of thing is a bit gauche.  (And ending with "Good luck with your stories!" to the writers who might be reading seemed, awkwardly enough, potentially condescending, and that's certainly not what I'm aiming for at all.  Just:  Damn, 40K?  Those are many words to put in order!)

So, Baby Step Into Fandom #3, completed!  Now begins the waiting to see if anyone picks me. </grade school gym class>