[Reposted from here.]

Summary below! Needless to say, there are SPOILERS in this post and comments.

( New PoT, ch1 )

My involvement in subrosa_tennis is over. chouta_angel, if you wanted to run the round, all you had to do is reply to my f*cking e-mails, you know.

As of this moment, I am no longer a moderator of subrosa_tennis. Neither thephoenixboy or myself are in charge anymore, so please don't contact us about the challenge.

(x-posted to aiwritingfic and ann_applecore.)

ETA: *calms down a little* I'd like to say to everyone, THANK YOU for your support for the last three rounds of subrosa_tennis. It's been wonderful. I've been meaning to leave, and I guess the decision has been taken out of my hands. I'm not going back, but thank you for the great memories. ♥

I shouldn't be wasting time, I should be writing! Except that my brain feels like mush, and I don't feel like I can do any real writing because of this. So, it's time to procrastinate with year-end wrapping up memes...

( A year in fic )

Rambling on about the writing of Hotel Starlight, which was written for blind_go Round Six. I've got a lot to get off my chest, so this is going to be long, and is therefore cut in its entirety. It's not an apology, btw--I just wanted to say things merely because I need to.

( The Writing of Hotel Starlight )

Subrosa Tennis Round Five Guessing Post
The round five subrosa_tennis fics have been posted! If you can guess which fic was written by aiwritingfic, I'll give you your choice of any of the following prizes:
- Poetry postcard ("postcards from tokyo" tag)
- A fic of your own (... but there is no deadline and you might have to wait YEARS ...)
- Something to be narrated (short = good, but I will take anything up to the length of A Proof By Contradiction and no longer)
- Bragging rights ♥
- Something else (comment and make your request!)

Comment below with your guess as well as your choice of prize. All comments are screened. ^_^ This game closes when the official guessing closes as well. I will no longer give any confirmation until guessing closes, but feel free to change your guess any time up to the final reveal--I'll always take the last guess made. <3

Links that you may find useful in your hunt: Fic/Author Directory ♠ apples_for_me

To my four betas (you know who you are), you're welcome to make a claim here as well for being lovely hand-holders and beta readers. <3

[September 24, 2008: Finally started sticking dates on the prize prompts/requests to help me make sense of them. If you don't see your fic on here, and I said I'd do one for you, remind me. PLEASE.]

( cut for length )

Yes, if it's on here, I will remember it, and eventually it will get written, or I will come crying to you and ask you for an alternate bunny. Post a gentle reminder if any previously promised fic has not been listed above! ♥

Blind Go Round Six Guessing Post
The round six blind_go fics have been posted! If you can guess which fic was written by aiwritingfic, I'll give you your choice of any of the following prizes:
- Poetry postcard ("postcards from tokyo" tag)
- A fic of your own (... but there is no deadline and you might have to wait YEARS ...)
- Something to be narrated (short = good, but I will take anything up to the length of A Proof By Contradiction and no longer)
- Bragging rights ♥
- Something else (will comment!)

Comment below with your guess as well as your choice of prize. All comments are screened. ^_^ This game closes when the official guessing closes as well. As per an old clarification post, I will no longer give three chances, so only one guess is allowed. Feel free to change your guess any time up to the final reveal--I'll always take the last guess made. ♥

Links that you may find useful in your hunt: Fic Directory ♠ Plot Summaries ♠ apples_for_me

chaineddove, aishuu, ontogenesis, and readerofasaph, you're welcome to make a claim here as well for being lovely hand-holders and beta readers.

Reading this leads me to believe that bees disappear when the local habitat is uninhabitable. By uninhabitable, I mean genetic variations and mutations (whether natural or man-made via genetic modification) that are present in the environment that are not something a bee is programmed for. The part about DNA-destroying irradiation convinces me that the bees are too sensitive to changes in the environment, and it's finally gotten into their food chain in a way that makes it difficult for them to stay.

The question now is: where do they go? Do they die? Abandon ship and scatter in every and all direction? Migrate in a semi-orderly fashion somewhere?

Or perhaps when the presence of polluted genetic material becomes too bad, do they decompose spontaneously?

Some day this will make a good novel.

ETA: After reading about pollinator decline, I am even more convinced.

ETA2: Randomly while reading about the Mary Celeste, I wonder if things are American-only in some cases, or if Americans are just much better about publicizing this sort of thing than other countries. It can't be that this is an American-only situation--that's just weird and wrong. So it must be the spread of news.

... right?

As promised to schweinsty, the profiles for Uchimura and Mori. ^_^ Pointing out of mistakes loved/appreciated! Small font = my insertions/comments. If people reproduce this, please credit aiwritingfic and link to this post.

( Uchimura Kyousuke, 40.5 )

( Mori Tatsunori, 40.5 )