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Friday, May 12th, 2006
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7:34 pm - The Doctor Who Project
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Way back in 2004 (how time flies) I posted here that I was working on something for The Doctor Who Project. Since then I have produced several somethings for them and the first of these is due to be published in the not too distant future.
The Doctor Who Project is a series of fan-published stories picking up where the original TV series left off and detailing the adventures of an alternate eighth Doctor and his companions. Their new website has just gone live and several of these past stories are there for you to read (with the rest to be published shortly).
On Saturday May 20th, Season 32 of The Doctor Who Project begins and one new story will be published each Saturday thereafter until the season finale on July 8th (the same day as another season finale you may be aware of). Said final story - And The Clocks Struck Thirteen - is written by me.
I hope that you take a look at The Doctor Who Project and try some of the stories there (I haven't read much of the other adventures, but what I have read I've enjoyed). Above all, I hope that come July 8th you'll give And The Clocks Struck Thirteen a try and that it won't suffer too badly from comparison to whatever magnificent concluding episode Russell T. Davies has planned for us.
In the meantime, I'm going to try write something non Doctor Who for a change and then, when I've got that out of my system, I think I'll see what the Doctor and Mina have been up to...
current mood:  accomplished
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| Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
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7:55 pm - Rabbits
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This was supposed to have been posted on Friday, when it would have been more appropriate. Unfortunately, I wrote it at work and, when I tried to email it home it got blocked by the profanity filter (something I only discovered once I'd arrived home for the Easter break). So apologies for posting an Easter story the day after, but I figure I'm better off posting it now than hoping I'll still have it on file somewhere this time next year.
So, without further ado...
( Doctor Who and the Easter Bunny (Ten/Rose) )
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| Friday, December 23rd, 2005
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7:00 am - Happy Holidays!!!
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Apologies.
It's been over a year since I last posted, which is ages. It doesn't feel like a year, though, probably because of all the hectic things that have been going on. 2005 was... interesting and I shall share some of the highlights in another post (and hopefully explain why I've been absent for so very long.)
Anyway, in the mean time, I just wanted to wish everyone a happy whatever-it-is-you-are-celebrating-at-this-time-of-year and all the best for the new year.
If anyone's interested, I've written a Christmas story that can be found here. No Doctor Who, I'm afraid (wouldn't dare compete with RTD), but I hope you enjoy it all the same.
Happy Holidays! I'll see you in 2006.
Duncan
current mood:  chipper
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| Sunday, December 12th, 2004
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8:26 pm
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Now that was fun. I've spent the weekend at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final in Birmingham. I enjoy gymnastics and tend to go out of my way to catch it when it's on TV, but this is the first time I've actually attended a competition in person. It's unlikely to be the last.
( Highlights )
Anyway, I'd better get on and write this year's christmas story for work. It's due for serialization daily as of Wednesday so I ought to get started...
current mood:  hyper
current music: Chicago - London Cast Recording
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| Monday, December 6th, 2004
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9:16 pm
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| Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
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7:23 pm - Reasons to be cheerful...
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Haven't posted in a while (either here or on my website). There are reasons for this.
Reason 1: A couple of months ago, I was posting on here about the job I'd applied for and how I didn't get it. Anyway, the day after I found out that I hadn't got it, I was asked if I was interested in another vacancy that was coming up. At that time, the position had yet to be advertised, but certain people were already mentioning my name in connection with it. I won't go into details, but it has been a long and winding road from that first informal chat through problems with salary to the interview and beyond, but I got the job!!! Starting at the end of the month, I will become a Data Analyst (or possibly Data Expert depending upon which e-mail you read). It's a big responsiblilty - basically I'm in charge of the data everyone else has to work from - but I'm really looking forward to the new challenge.
Reason 2: I've been working on something for The Doctor Who Project. Visit their website for more information.
Well, I'm now back and I've resumed work on Gene Therapy. Expect the last six chapters soon.
current mood: accomplished
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| Thursday, September 30th, 2004
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7:00 pm - Regarding the job...
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I didn't get it.
I'll post more next week when I've got some distance from it. In the meantime, I am off to spend the weekend with friends, who will no doubt help me commiserate with some style.
Thanks to everyone for your support. You've been great.
current mood:  disappointed
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| Friday, September 24th, 2004
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6:51 pm - So...
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So, how did it go?
Well, I'm not too sure, to be honest. They asked ten questions - the same questions will be asked of all of the candidates - and I was able to answer them all, which must be a good thing, right? I was a little concerned by the leadership questions, because, having never been a manager, I haven't got a lot of relevant experience, but I managed to come up with some examples for them.
Now I just have to wait. Hopefully, I'll know by Wednesday whether or not I'm through to the next and final stage. We shall see...
current mood: hopeful
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| Thursday, September 23rd, 2004
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7:05 pm - Not long now...
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Just thought I'd stick my head over the parapet to let you know that I'm being interviewed for that Team Leader role I've applied for at 9.30 tomorrow morning.
Wish me luck.
current mood:  nervous
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| Saturday, September 4th, 2004
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10:35 am - Hong Kong Report - Day Two
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| Wednesday, September 1st, 2004
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7:04 pm - Hong Kong Report - Day One
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Well, I'm back from holiday. Much fun. And, while we may still be waiting for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) plib's report of her adventures in Scotland, I figured I'd better get on and post my account...
( Read more... )
current mood: cheerful
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| Sunday, August 22nd, 2004
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7:55 pm - And one of the reasons I haven't been on-line lately is...
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I've applied for a promotion.
My manager is moving on to other things (in a strange and terrifying area of the building know only as The First Floor) and I have applied for her job. This, of course, means updating CVs, preparing for interviews, etc., etc.
Had to sit some psychometric assessments on Friday. I think I did okay...
Anyway, enough about me. There's Olympic gymnastics on TV so I'm going to go and watch that for a bit. Did anyone else see the All-Around competitions last week? First Paul Hamm clinches it with the last performance of the night on the High Bar then Carly Patterson does the same the following night (though her final performance was the floor exercise). Nail-biting stuff.
current mood:  stressed
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7:42 pm - A taste of things to come...
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Haven't been on-line much of late. This is due to a number of things about which I hope to be able to post here soon. I hope, when you know what they are, you'll forgive me.
For those waiting for the next installment of Gene Therapy, I plan to resume work on that next month and keep going until we reach the end this time. I think there's about seven chapters to go.
And, while we're on the subject...
After Gene Therapy comes Ripples. This is a sci-fi story with space ships and robots and that sort of thing.
(Chronologically, Neopolis 5 and Don't Let Me Get Me, both of which are already posted on the website, follow Ripples.)
Then there's The Garden of Intelligence. This is set in ancient China and is inspired by plib's suggestion of a story where the Doctor and Mina visit the zoo.
Then we get Rite of Spring. Where was Mina while the Doctor was involved in the events of Faerie Tale (also already up on the site)? This story answers those questions and acts as a sequel of sorts to Bleak Midwinter.
Finally, what I think of as "season one" concludes with Parallel Lives, a story about which I'm saying nothing.
"Season Two" kicks off with a story explaining what happened to Mina in the gap between Dracula and her first meeting with the Doctor in Shadowfall. And if you want to know what happens after that...well, you'll just have to keep reading.
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| Thursday, July 29th, 2004
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7:04 am - New chapteryness
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Just a quick post to let people know that Chapters Ten and Eleven of Gene Therapy are now posted both at my website and on fanfiction.net.
Will return later this week with other news, but right now I have to leave for work...
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| Sunday, July 18th, 2004
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9:35 am - Off on holiday again...
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Well, not quite yet, but all the bookings are now confirmed and the passport has been renewed so, barring meteor strike, I will be going to Hong Kong at the end of August. Should be fun.
Wasn't planning to go on a major holiday this year, but, thanks to my gran, I have a little more money than I thought I had. My brother, who never seems to have any money of his own, asked for her help in paying the deposit on his new house and, out of some misguided sense of fairness, my gran chose to give me the exact same amount. Thanks, gran.
Anyway, I'm off to get some snack food now so that I can spend the rest of the day shut away writing. What's the point of being a starving bohemian writer when you can be a well-fed bohemian writer instead...
current mood:  bouncy
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| Saturday, July 17th, 2004
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7:03 pm - Anyone remember that I had a website at one time...
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Thank goodness for Dad's with laptops. I could complain about this internet connection (which cuts out on me at the most inconvenient times), but an unreliable internet connection is still better than no connection at all.
Anyway, I'm just posting to let you know that Episode Nine of Gene Therapy is now on-line, both on my website and on fanfiction.net. What with the computer at work eating my disks and the computer at home blowing up, this is the umpteenth time I've rewritten this chapter, but it's on-line now so I don't have to worry about it anymore. Unless someone deletes the internet, of course...
current mood:  productive
current music: The Who
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| Tuesday, July 13th, 2004
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7:20 am
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My computer has gone pop. It has died. It is an ex-PC. So if I don't seem to be doing much on-line, that's why. I'm trying very hard not to think about how much data I've lost, mainly because I'm still hoping it might be recoverable (self-delusion is a wonderful thing...). In the meantime, however, I've posted a new Doctor and Mina story up at Teaspoon and you can read it here. Hope you like it...
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| Monday, July 5th, 2004
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10:04 pm - Demon - Part the First (and Second)
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You know, I did say last night that I would write more about the Demon game. Well, I'm not going to - not here anyway.
If you are interested, however, may I direct you attention to the Demon website I've set up (with the aid of plib), Jophiel's Requiem where the first two installments of the first story have now been posted...
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| Sunday, July 4th, 2004
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11:00 pm
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Have just returned from another BWOG (that's Big Weekend of Gaming for those not in the know). There was Mage, there was Exalted and there was Demon. Demon is the new campaign I've started running and it's great fun. Well, I think so, don't know about everyone else. Will write more about it tomorrow (probably), but it's late and I'm tired and I'm back at work tomorrow. (That last generates no enthusiasm whatsoever.)
Sorry I haven't posted for a bit. I have been busy on "secret Doctor Who projects". I would tell you about them, but, well, they're secret. Suffice to say that there is something in the pipeline. (I'd like to say it's something good, but I don't have quite enough ego for that. Yet.) May write another short story for the journal during a lunch break this week, if only because there's only so many times one can walk around the airport...
Which reminds me, I really have to post that last story on Teaspoon at some point...
current mood:  tired
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| Tuesday, June 15th, 2004
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7:51 pm - A Final Sunset
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amused