craterdweller

The final Snowflake Challenge is to create my own challenge. I haven't listened to music as much as I used too, and I'm sure that has negatively affected my mental/emotional/physical well-being. Music has always been a touchstone for me, and I need to make more time for it - no matter what my schedule. So my challenge: To make a soundtrack(s) of my year. Maybe it will be a set of playlists or one giant one -- no idea yet. It is unfortunate that 8tracks shut down this month, as they were my preferred way of sharing playlists. Maybe I'll check-in with periodic tracklists to keep me going. Playlists FTW!!!

Today's challenge was to create a fanwork in your own space. Although I have a few fanfics in various draft/revision/ideas-in-my-head stages, none of them would have been ready for today. So I decided to turn to another medium - one that I used to do quite a lot of ... Icons.

Ever since I purchased my first Macbook with Retina display, I have lost my passion for the 100x100 px medium. I know I can change my resolution to a standard laptop while I work in PS but somehow it just doesn't feel right for me. I thought I'd try a few more icons today to see if I could get my mojo back--sadly the answer is no.

Putting these behind the cut as they are for the new Star Trek: Picard show. I don't think they are spoilery, but better safe than sorry.

( 5 Star Trek:Picard icons )

Behind once again, so a two for one today :)

Challenge 10 was to talk about a creator who inspires. The writers under the cut have written some of my favorite shows/episodes/novels. Nothing like a behind the scenes story about one of your favorite episodes or a call for folks to join in a writing sprint (jane) to help me focus on my own creative projects.

( creator(s) who inspire )

Challenge 11 is to recommend creative and fannish resources. Below the cut: 2 creative and one fannish.
( Resources to recommend )

Going to mix this up a bit and rec fandom creators on Twitter. Now if Twitter would stop messing with the way they display my timeline, my twitter world would be a happier place. Listed in no particular order.

1. Larkistin89 An amazing artist on twitter- mostly star trek and stargate but also candids of cast members.
2. rsundayr - tweets #DailyDistratctions of Sam/Jack clips with prompts.
3. XFchemist - stargate vids and artwork
4. samismymuse - Samantha Carter and Amanda Tapping gifs #365daysofamandatapping

Today's theme is goals. With a big move coming up next month and all that entails, I'm going to keep this list rather modest. Placing under the cut.

( 2020 Goals )

My fannish timeline

Does anyone even remember usenet and listservs? Or even Yahoo! groups? Well, my first fandoms were the X-Files and Star Trek:TNG on those archaic mediums. At first I just read fanfic- then I discovered x-files fan vids. One of my favorites was all the yummy X-Files men set to "It's Raining Men". That got me briefly into trying my own hand using adobe premiere elements. I made about a dozen Picard/Crusher vids and posted them to LJ where I made some lifelong friends. I also had my first exposure to the toxic side of fandom. I will never understand fans that feel it is okay to harass/attempt to bully others.

Livejournal introduced me to the wonderful world of challenges and omg the land comms (whedonland for example). The land comms nudged me to finally dip into writing fanfic as well as creating more icons/graphics. The whedon shows were my fandom of choice and then I started branching out into other fandoms: too many to list but landcomms and BTVS segued into Bingo/Prompt challenges and Stargate.

I tried tumblr for a bit, but ultimately wound up back at lj/dreamwidth where I found a few excellent writing communities. I'm still addicted to bingos and prompt challenges but I'm also heavily into NaNoWriMo and just writing for the joy of writing. 

Recommend a fannish or creative resource. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Stargate Timeline - Not only does it have airdates of episodes -- which can be helpful if you are trying to place something that happened in Stargate Atlantis in regards to what was happening say in Stargate SG-1 -- but if you click on a year, it will list all related Stargate events (character births/deaths, major events, actors/actresses affiliated with Stargate - click on 1969 for example).

Not necessarily fandom/fannish but a few useful tools that can be used for free (for basic use)

Toggl - Great if you say want to do word sprints or another timed task - Or if you want to track how long you spend working on something ...

Trello - If you like to make lists - or lists of lists  - I have one board that I track bingo, exchanges and other challenges I've signed up for, one board that tracks writing projects through draft versions, whether it is off to beta, or completed, one board for tracking which episodes I've screencapped - obviously I like to make lists, LOL

In your own space, post recs for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Always hard to pick only a few, so many excellent works out there, so I thought I'd focus on fics gifted to me. I've separated them by fandom - but otherwise they are in no particular order. I don't think you could go wrong with any of them.

Fandom - Doctor Who
A Variety of Valentines by ANGSWIN - The Tenth Doctor celebrates four very different Valentine's Days.

Fandom - Grimm
Tangled Web - by OhWilloTheWisp - Adalind tries to gather the courage to tell Nick that her powers have returned. But the risk of losing everything she has is too great, and she finds it easier to hide her nature than to Nick the truth. When the case Nick is working comes too close to home Adalind might not be left with a choice.

Fandom - Highlander: the Series
Pass/Fail by LadySilver - When Methos is charged with a murder he didn't commit, he needs Joe's help to solve the case before the police find out about the one he did.

Fandom - Stargate SG-1
The Sweetest Words by angelus2hot - Unspoken words are now out in the open.


Fandom - Star Trek: The Next Generation
neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words by sixbeforelunch - "Deanna nodded once to herself, adjusted her hair, straightened her uniform, and set out to conqueror the day. Nine hours later, she was ready to admit that the day had won."


Fandom - The Flash
Not So White by haldoor - Barry and Cisco take a break from fighting crime, along with the team; this is a slice of a conversation they might have if they ever visited the British Post Office in Antarctica