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Tadaa! A fic rec of a most unusual nature!

For a while now, Judy/metallumai has been working on a birthday gift for me: a sister fanfic to Cartographer's Craft, with my permission and encouragement. Normally I do not have a policy of giving official sanction to fics of my fic, simply because ordinarily the people who want to write in my universe aren't people I know, and it gets awkward to say oh, Sirius would never do this or Harry wouldn't speak that way. Judy is different -- she's a skilled writer whom I trust, she's been my friend for many years, and she gave a lot of input into the original Cartographer's Craft as a beta-reader and someone to bounce ideas off. I've been working with her every step of the way on this fic, giving input and discovering surprising things about the CC universe that even I didn't know. :D

Credit where credit is due: Despite my input, this completed fic is all her work, everything written by her and almost all of the Graveworthy family backstory created by her and merely vetted by me. Come Write Me Down chronicles the backstory to CC -- how Sirius and Ellis met, what the rest of the Marauders were up to, and why Ellis wrote Animagus Winter for his beloved. I consider it to be CC canon and in many ways to be Graveworthy canon inasmuch as the chimeric Ellis can have one. *grins* I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and I think you will too.

So, for your reading pleasure:

Come Write Me Down.

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I called in sick to internship today, since my back has been killing me and finally the pain flared up after a bad night of sleep. I've spent most of the day quietly on the couch, trying not to move my arms. For muscle strains/sprains, should I stretch or let it alone? Ice or heat? HALP. :D

I did some job-shopping today. I think my favourite of the day's offerings was the Director of Christian Leadership position. I asked R if he thought I should be a Director of Christian Leadership. He said I should apply as if I'd misread it and wanted to be the Director of Christianity. I told him I thought the position had been taken, and anyway they'd probably want me to turn water into wine which is such a pain.

I haven't got any writing done yet today, but while I was working on a better layout for the NaNo project I stumbled across some cool stuff:

DIY Steampunk -- how to draw steampunk machines.

The Real Jack Bakers are out there, and seem to be having the times of their lives building things like the Steampunk Ouija Board.

Companies are getting in on the act and making functional steampunk wristwatches. I'm torn between WTF and AWESOME.