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Writer's Block: Winter wonderland

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:13:54 GMT

Do you long for snow during the winter holidays? Would you prefer to spend your holidays in the tropics or in a winter wonderland?

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I long for the days of my childhood when the sight of a snowflake (Dallas, Texas) would close EVERYTHING down. Schools, work, everything would close down. But alas, I live in Iowa where at least this dislocated Texan knows how to drive on icy roads. Snow, it used to be fun but now...well now...I hate it with a passion because of all the injuries one can incurr because of it, not only slipping on the snowy-ice and yes that's what it becomes, but from just shoveling the stuff. It's literally like lifting a half of a brick with every shovelful. None of my kids want to play in it, I don't want to kill myself trying to learn how to ski, sledding or any other thing that could end in a life ending head injury just because it's fun! Well, no thank you. I don't even like waterskiing, much less snow skiing which I have never tried out. No, I'd prefer to throw on just a good wind breaker verses dressing in layers for the winter.

Why the Sparrow Sings

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:13:55 GMT

Title: Why the Sparrow Sings
Author: Cersia5 Written for: sequence_fairy
Characters/Pairing: J/E
Rating: PG-ish
Warnings: Kissing, Religious themes, something someone might consider blasphemy or herectical but in a piratey context.
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Author's Notes: Sort of follows A Spot of Tea and a Dash of Rum
Summary: It's Christmas Eve and Elizabeth has devised a way to get Captain Jack Sparrow out his jail cell and back to the Black Pearl and Jack isn't very happy about it.

( Chapter One ) (Chapter Two)

Writer's Block: Honesty is such a lonely word

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:21:20 GMT

Do you think honesty is really the best policy when it comes to relationships? Is total honesty possible, let alone desirable?

Submitted By ryokimayuu

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Yes honesty is really the best policy. And it's been mine for almost 20 years of marriage. I rather know the truth and face the problem head on than to make everyone miserable trying ot hide a lie.

Short-Fic: All Your Base Are Belong To Us

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:43:53 GMT

Series: The Black Scrolls of Rassilon
Pairings: Fifth Doctor, Borusa (No Slash)
Story: All Your Base Are Belong To Us.
Ratings: All Ages
Warnings: Humor
Summary: What was written on the Black Scrolls of Rassilon? Here's several possibilities.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything

Holiday fic wishlist-The Gift of FanFic

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:05:40 GMT

By now most of you know that I'm a multi-fandom fanfic writer. One thing I would want for Chirstmas is well fic. Can't get enough of the stuff really. Now the parameters of my wishlist are these:

1. The pairing must pair the couple together within the rules of the relative universe and canon BUT I would like to see a novel approach of pairing them up in relation to fandom convention.
2. The pairing can be platonic but can lead into something ....else...at the writer's discretion.
3. Story length is the writer's discretion.

I will in exchange write a story for you if you like.

Pairings I would like to receive:

Jack/Elizabeth POTC
Jareth/Sarah Labyrnith
Data/Yar ST:TNG
Daisy Duke/Enos Dukes of Hazzard
Four/Tegan OR Five/Tegan OR Turlough/Nyssa (surprise!) Doctor Who
Qui Gon/Shmi Star Wars-TPM
Hawkeye/Maragret M*A*S*H*

If you have a request, post below and I'll try to write something that resembles a story ;)

Writer's Block: Hocus pocus

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:15:29 GMT

Have you ever purchased a lotion, potion, or pill that promised miraculous weight loss, perfect skin, or fantastic sex even though you knew it was (probably) a hoax?

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Warning cracky response. Should not be taken seriously.

No but I have observed that Captain Jack Sparrow recieved one Jar of Dirt and was told in not so many words that it would help him in his plight he found himself in with one Davey Jones. In the end it did not help one bit and Captain Jack Sparrow was forced to spend time in Davey Jones Locker as a result. A clear and obvisous hoax this was, yet, Captain Jack Sparrow most likely believed it was better to try this method than to use that suspiciously looking acne cream that most probably would only make things worse for him. Therefore, I have learned that when offered mysterious tailsmen such as Jars of dirt, most likely they won't prevent you from being sent to Davey Jones Locker and that one must try the acne cream as a diversionary tactic as you run away to live on land for the rest of your miserable life.

Quote of the Day

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:44:48 GMT

"Theory explains why practicality works."

Janice Wymore, MBA-Technology.

Drabblish: Sinking Ship

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:28:52 GMT

Title: Sinking Ship
Pairing: J/E, W/TD W/E, and a smiggen of N/E
Summary: Elizabeth decides to take the fate of her heart in her own hands. Post-AWE
Rating: G
Prompt: Charmed from the blackpearlsails com.
Warning: Pearl-napping
Word Count: Much more than a drabble.
Disclaimer: I still...own nothing.

( "This is the day that you will always remember as the day I captured your heart." )

Bad News....

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:16:08 GMT

Have some bad news for my friends who were going to attend this year's convention speciifically to see Mr. Davidson. It's on the second announcment.

Brave heart

Drabblish: Replacement

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:39:37 GMT

Title: Replacement
Summary: Jack has found a replacement.
Rating: PG
Pairing/Character: Jack Sparrow, J/E implied...heavily.
Word Count: 106...Boo!
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Prompt: Borrow from blackpearlsails

Jack’s stared at the bauble he had found his pocket. He had no idea when he had taken it. His fingers danced and pilfered on their own accord. He at times found himself with laces and crucifixes in his pockets that he must had taken from the women he had shagged the night before. Borrow? He never borrowed anything. He took. He stole and he pilfered hearts, minds and pocketbooks. The small piece of ivory dangled from a silver earbob before his eyes.

“Give nothing back.”

With a grin of satisfaction, Jack pinned it to his hat as a replacement of his lost piece of eight.

He was sure Elizabeth would eventually miss it.

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:35:40 GMT

Oohhh look what I found lurking in my photobucket :D I thought I had lost it.
Yes I made it.

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Revenge

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:06:20 GMT

Title: Revenge
Summary: Something's worth more than immortality...
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Jack (J/E), during AWE
Prompt: Black
Warning: Some may not agree with this portrayal of Jack or this line of thought. But after all...it is fiction.
Wordcount: Over 100
Disclaimer: I own nothing.

There was nothing more powerful than revenge that blackened the soul.

Jack knew this all too well.

It was a lesson he had learned over ten years time after he had sworn to himself on the beach that if he lived he would use the one shot he was left with on that bloody island to revenge himself and his ship against his mutinous first mate. Now, he watched in silence as revenge began to shadow another’s soul. The shining fire that once blazed in Elizabeth’s eyes had dimmed. Her purpose had changed. Beckett will not fall because of what he had done to his life, but because what he had done to hers.

If rumors among the crew were to be believed she had been the first one to speak up to volunteer to save his soul after his demise from the dark recesses of the Locker. He would in turn save hers from the burning in hell that revenge can be by eeking out her revenge for her on Beckett. Then and only then would they be square.

Icons

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:10:26 GMT

Title- Doctor Who Text Quotes
Author/Artist: Cersia5
Summary: Some quotes that made me giggle.
Pairing/Character: Five
Prompt: Misunderstanding of a catagory.
Rating: G for sillyness
Disclaimer: I own nothing

Note: There's only five so I won't put them under a cut.
Usual rules apply: No hot linking. Comment if you like and credit if you take.

Fanfic: From KAOS with Love

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:30:52 GMT

Title: From KAOS with Love
Summary: Mrs. Hilton has been alone for several years, until her strange new neighbor asks to borrow a cup of sugar.
Character/Pairing: 99's Mother/Siegfried
Rating: K
Warnings: Romance/Humor
Disclaimer: I own nothing.

"Vis is KAOS! We don't fall madly in love here"

Writer's Block: The Right to Privacy

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:22:24 GMT

Should some parts of celebrities' lives be off-limits to the public, or is giving up privacy a fair price for being famous?

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I am of the opinion we should know enough about a person as much I would want them to know about me. For instance, I would not like anyone using my first name as if they personally knew me when they didn't. I find it rude and distrubing for someone to assume that they can. Though If I am talking to another fan I do use their first names at times in more causal conversations. I also tend to refer to celebrities by their titles and last name only, unless they are royalty where their title and first name is appropiate. I am not the kind of fan to yell "I love you Johnny," in as much as I would like to tell him: "I enjoyed your portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow, Mr. Depp". Keeping the relationship where it belongs, as one of his many admirers from a distance.

What celebrities do while during their off time is not really any my business as what I like to do in my off time is really none of their concern. However, being a 'star' does mean you must fan the flame of fame, which means you have to 'stoke' your presence in the community in order to get high paying jobs. It means you have to have drawing power...especially in the media, so studios at least know that some of your fanbase will be going to see your latest movie. How far does one go in revealing private moments , in my opinion, is up to us fans really. If you are disgusted upon the invasion of privacy that the celebrities receive, don't buy the magazines that continually uses invasive measures to get that exclusive 'photo' or story. As my grandmother told me when I was younger: "They put their pants on the same way we do, one leg at a time."

Drabble: The Cage

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:54:48 GMT

Title: The Cage
Summary: What the Pearl was to Jack Sparrow had suddenly changed... (Happens at the end of DMC)
Rating G
Pairing: Jack/The Black Pearl
Disclaimer: Still don't own anything
Prompt: Cage from blackpearlsails community.
Warning: Angst
Word Count: 100

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Writer's Block: I Love My Body Because…

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:51:54 GMT

Why do you love your body?

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I'm 6'2" and 220 pounds. I'm one of those people who you see scowling at you...you will run. That's why I love my body :D

Writer's Block: On the Road

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:47:02 GMT

What's on your perfect playlist for a cross-country road trip?

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I've got a jar of dirt

Writer's Block: Confidence Booster

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:50:58 GMT

What do you wear to feel confident?

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My pirate jeans! Savvy?

Poem: Ode to Chicken

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:43:03 GMT

Have a great laugh :D

Ode to Chicken

You crossed the road for reasons unknown;
And somehow ended up frozen in my home.
I like you fried, baked or nuked.
Why I love you, hell I don’t know, it’s quite the fluke.
You cluck, balk and crow…oh wait, that’s a rooster.
Some like to drop you out of open cockpits for a laugh booster.
You really don’t fly, you kind of fall;
Hell, it doesn’t matter, because I’ll kick you in the ba—
When I was young you caused me great pain;
Perhaps that's why now I’m quite insane.
But it doesn’t matter if you like the sun and the sand;
Because in the end you’ll be sizzling in my frying pan.

by Cersia5

P.S. Yes there will be fanfiction to this :D and no drugs other than a hearty dose of caffeine was used in writing this poem.

Writer's Block: Commercial Appeal

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:16:38 GMT

What is your favorite commercial from your childhood? Bonus points if you include a video of it.

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Not real commercial favorite

Real commercial favorite

Writer's Block: Memo to Myself

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:19:08 GMT

If you could travel back in time, what advice would you give to your younger self?

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Everything works out in the end!

Writer's Block: Jury Duty

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:33:52 GMT

Have you ever served on a jury? If yes, then what was the case and what was the verdict?

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No, but it used to be my job to help the defense and eventually the prosecution gather evidence for Courts-Martials. I'd never do that again. I'd rather work with computers and technology.

Writing: Balance issue

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:46:32 GMT

Many of you are familiar with my writing. I tend to make things either overly zany or overly angsty. In other words the whole story is purely ridiculous or too serious for my tastes. I seem to have a hard time striking a neutral tone in a story when I believe one is needed. Is this a common problem as far as setting the mood for a long story (more than four chapters) or is this specifically because I seem to specialize in short stories? Opinions? Ways to improve?

Writer's Block: Don't You Forget about Me

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:50:34 GMT

RIP John Hughes. In honor of the master of the teen movie, what is your favorite teen flick?

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Uncle Buck of course :D