Soledad's Journal

I've missed the nomination window of the MEFAs. Granted, I haven't written any new Tolkienfic for oh, two years or so? But I tend to have my old stuff nominated, just to be remembered in the fandom until I can pick up writing for it again. Well, I've missed the opportunity this year, and nobody in the yahoo groups where I'm semi-present posted a reminder. Too bad, but it can't be helped now.

Reading Torchwood fic on FF.Net is increasingly nauseating. Save from a few heroes like milady_dragon or aviv_b, the Gwack is rising; and so is Miracle Whip related drivel. And I can't even help even out things - the stuff I write is at the moment strictly episode-related AU, with a lot of original dialogue rewritten and used differently. It would be still enough for some idiot to report me and have my account yanked. I can't risk that. So I can't post my stuff to the Pit of Voles. Well, at least I don't get flames this way, either.

I'm so frigging depressed it isn't even funny. It's strange how little it takes to reach that stage in these days.

What can I say? The new year started off well enough.


Unbelievable, but true: I actually won a MEFA with a Hobbit story! Go figure! In the offical wording: Elf-root received First Place in Races: Hobbits: Bilbo Baggins. Go figure. I've neve dreamed of winning with a Hobbit story, there are so many Hobbit-writers who're much better known and definitely more popular than I will ever be, and yet... Heh! I'm completely baffled. Especially as some of my best stuff was nominated last year and failed to win. Fandom is strange indeed.

In other news, I've finally finished The Child yesterday. It's the third installment of the "Lost Years" series, and it took me years to translate from the original Hungarian/Geman mishmash into English. Mostly Original Trek, with a few cameos of the original BSG characters who are now established part of this universe.

This is a series based on the unfilmed ideas of the never-realised Phase II of the Original Series. I've already written five novel-length stories years ago, and "The Child" is the third that has finally been translated... well, thoroughly rewritten, actually, some plotlines taken out, others heavily modified, so it's almost a new story now. Had much fun with the intricacies of Deltan culture.

Previous parts are:

LY Ep 00: Crossroads, which is the pilot episode of the entire series, and takes part shortly after the last episode of the Original Series.

LY Ep 01: The Joy Machine, which is the first adventure of the Enterprise's second five-year-mission.

To the same alternate universe belong:
The Lost Warrior, taking place shortly after "Crossroads", which concentrates on Starbuck's fate,

and Mission to Daleth IV, set before "Crossroads", during the 3rd year of the Original Series.

These two latter ones didn't belong the original concept and were written directly in English, which is why they are a) grammatically less insulting and b) finished long before of the older stuff.

The "Lost Years" series represent the very first pieces of fanfic I've ever finished, some of it written ten, twelve years ago. They might not be my best or most original stuff, but they are the dearest to me - it's a nostalgic thing.

*points at brand new icon*
That I won with "The Young Knights.

*points at pretty banner*



That I won with "Emissary of the Mark".

In other news, on Monday it goes back to work. I am partly relieved that I can finally leave the flat, partly sad that the blessed peace is going to end. But I have to earn a living somehow, and considering the current state of our economy, I must be glad that I have a job to begin with.

...for the Stargatefan Awards with Choices and Plan Z. Go figure. Since I'm quite fond of both stories, I'm well pleased. This is the second time anything non-Tolkien-related of mine gets recognized... and I still don't know what happened with the nomination of Bad Karma, ultimately. Perhaps I'm just too stupid to find out... *g*

In any case, it's nice. Even if I don't win any award - which is likely, since I'm not a Big Name (TM) in the fandom, perhaps a few people will be inspired to read my stuff. And, if I'm very lucky, they might even drop me a comment, if they like what they read.

Lookie, lookie, what happened! I've actually won a Mithril Award again! For "The Last Stand", namely.



Hmmm... Who would have thought that my Orcses would be so successful. A shame that they got slaughtered by those nasty Rohirrim, after all.

And when we're about sharing joy, I forgot to post my MEFA button last time. Here, let's drool together (it was for "The Last Yule in Halabor", BTW):



Also, Gildor's Girls (=Edhellond members) did well at the Mithril's. altariel1, dolamrothdame and edge_of_ruin have got excellent results, and we still consider maglors_finch as ours, well, at least a little bit.

So - party???

I can barely believe it: Face of the Enemy has actually won in the category Best story focusing on Men! That's a first! Thanks to everyone who nominated one of my stories and voted for them!

Oh, and Finch won, too! Congrats, Finch!
And also congrats to wild_iris who did well in multiple categories.

I think I'll get drunk now or something like that.

Edit: Drat, I can't make the user tags work.

This story seems to write itself. Of course, it does help that part of it have been written in Hungarian (for other stories) for about a decade or so.

Anyway, here is the newest chapter:

http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1822393&chapter=4

In which Captain Vierchi finally manages to deliver the warning to the Romulan girl, and we get a deeper look into Rigelian society.

On a different matter, MEFA is going on nicely. So far, people have nominated few stories that would belong to my assigned genres of Romance, Mystery, Horror and The Hobbit. But I guess that will change. Nomination season has only begun yesterday, after all.

Since everyone seems to be handing out awards nowadays, and since we have less than 6 hours left from this particular year, I decided to give out my own awards, to two very under-appreciated group of people in fandom: the faithful, supportive readers and the selfless betas. *g*

Unfortunately, I have no artistic skills whatsoever, and I'm a complete fool when it comes to Web things, so all the winners get is my love and gratitude, whatever it might be worth.

There are no first, second, etc. places. The winners are listed in alphabetical order, for lack of any better solution. Are you curious who they are? Then look behind the tag!

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Having done this long-overdue duty, I can only wish all of you a happy new year, with more luck and success than 2003 has been.