mercury is in retrograde

 Well, it took a certain amount of wrangling with odd and inexplicable technical difficulties, but I think I've finally managed it!  Here's my first podfic recording--just a wee one to start off, but a very sweet, whimsical story by such_heights .  Enjoy!

every story has a start
Author:  such_heights 
Reader: ladymercury_10
Rating: PG
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Amy
Summary: The universe has become her playground, and she's never felt so alive.
Original text: every story has a start
Download: here (.mp3, 4.8MB, 5 mins)

Practicing with Audacity because I'd like to do podfic and man, do I feel weird about my own voice.  It never sounds like you think it does, you know?  

And then there is the issue of being an American in the Doctor Who fandom.  Would you find it weird hearing a story about English characters read with a Midwestern American accent?  Would it be even weirder if the story was in first-person POV, or if the first- or third-person POV character was male (since I am a lady)?

Do people actually listen to podfic, anyway?

 It took me an obscenely long time, but I now know how to work hyperlinks in HTML.  I am now having a field day with them.  

I've imported about half my fic to the AO3, where I am also ladymercury_10.  I also put a drabble up on Teaspoon that apparently I wrote a year ago and never uploaded.  I'll continue with the AO3 import...at some point--thanks to everyone who explained how to do it!

And because I'm still starry-eyed about my newfound HTML abilities, and because I joined docwholand (Team Dalek!) and had to make a sig tag, look at the (no doubt amateurish)  graphic I made!  The cap is from Sonic Biro and I did the editing in Picnik.

Title: yours to play the part
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Eleven/River, peripheral Amy/Rory
Word Count: 1507
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own no Who, as usual.
Summary:  River, the Doctor, time, and space.
A/N: A very belated entry in the spoiler_song 2010 Holiday Fic Exchange.  My anonymous requester asked for "River/Doctor, cliché," I believe.  My apologies for the unpardonably late posting (something went wrong with the exchange posting at the comm, and I never got around to posting it myself).  I'm not sure I filled the prompt, exactly, and it's probably a bit more h/c-ish than the requester was expecting, but I'm reasonably happy with it.  No spoilers; in fact, the section with Amy and Rory is a bit odd in light of the most recent episodes.  Title taken from Regina Spektor's "One More Time With Feeling."
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 ( Spoilers for the mid-season finale )

Have any of you heard of the podcast "Bridging the Rift?"  It's a Doctor Who podcast--I don't know much about it, but it seems to be reemerging after a bit of a hiatus.  The reason I've heard of it is because they recorded my story "Countable Infinities" for their latest episode.  I'm very excited!  If you're interested in checking it out, you can download the podcast for free either on iTunes or at the following link:

http://bridgingtherift.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/bridging-the-rift-audiozine-april-2011-how-series-5-affected-and-reflected-the-fandom/

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas if you celebrate.  And now, onward!

I thought the DW Christmas Special was disappointing.  Not enough Amy and Rory!  But Eleven was hilarious and adorable, as always (especially when pretending to be a babysitter), and it was kind of cute that Amy and Rory were playing dress up on their honeymoon. ;)  The S6 trailer looks great--I can't wait!

In the department of Christmas presents, my dear little brother got me a sonic screwdriver, haha.  And I got a bunch of iTunes credit--any suggestions for downloads?  My favorite artist right now is Regina Spektor, but I like a lot of folky pop and alternative and some electropop.  

Also, anybody play chess?  I am spectacularly awful at it, but I recently got a Chess.com account (free!) and would love to play against you lovely people.  Even better if you wanted to play a couple tutorial-type games so I could find out what I'm doing wrong, but I wouldn't expect that of anyone, of course.  They let you set your time limit and they have a chat function.  I'm Mercury_10 over there if you're interested.  :)

Title: Tightly Wound
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Eleven, Amy
Word Count: 465
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own no Who, as usual.
Summary: Falling off a cliff hurts.
A/N: A coda of sorts to Precipice.  Written for tasty_kate, who wanted fluff and snuggles. 

 

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So the math exam I was panicking about turned out to be much easier than expected...unless I did something horribly, horribly wrong and just don't know it yet.  But I think I feel good about it.

And I have some ideas for my spoiler_song Christmas exchange fic!  

AND I met the first-year student I'm mentoring and she is delightfully nerdy and also likes Doctor Who.

I think things are going to be okay this term. 

I am a creative writing major.  Math is my life now.  I feel this is problematic.  It is all my own fault. 

You'll have to forgive me if I start speaking  in Mathematica code.  I love the math department dearly, but this is a bit of an overload. 

I have no ideas for fic!  I've got some good prompts, but I'm just not writing.  Maybe some math prompts would help? (*looks pleadingly at eve11 *)