Yesterday, I found a whole bunch of good stories unexpectedly. They were written by me. It turns out I may not be completely hopeless as a writer after all.

So that inspired me to type up the politics fic I wrote on Monday, which will be up at necreavit momentarily. It's here. XF/Polific.

I actually finished and posted a story! And the Sox might win the series tonight! And there's a full lunar eclipse! And less than a week until we know one way or the other whether the system is worth saving, or we should start hoping for violent revolution and collapse! (Currently I'm undecided.)

On that note, I've finally gotten around to friending two wonderful Republicans whose journals I've been stalking for awhile. ladyofchulak writes political fic and frey_at_last writes X-Files, so this shouldn't scare them away, right?

In other news, HOBBITS!

I knew the Red Book was real!

Also, this is scaring the bejeezus out of me right now. (I should probably add that the part freaking me out is not so much that she was investigated, because okay, it's a overly paranoid policy but it's not new. What's freaking me out is that she might be facing consequences and losing some of her rights *just because she was investigated*. And if she could be, so could most of us, if someone decided we deserved it; we've all said stupid things on the record.) (More edit: Also, having read some of the discussion, wouldn't that be a cool job? Or for a character in a story? You get to go around dropping in on everyday, thoughtful people all over the country, many of whom are scared or pissed at you, talk them down, have a nice chat and a cup of tea. If I *needed* another novel idea I'd have one. The warrantless searches are still scary however, as is the no-fly list, as they have always been.)

Conflict of Interest
FANDOM: X-files/ political fic crossover
AUTHOR: Melannen@yahoo.com
ARCHIVE/FEEDBACK: Yes please.
KEYWORDS: Mytharc. Crossover. Marita/Alex.
SPOILERS: All Mytharc. The G. W. Bush administration.
RATING: Call it PG, for politics, evildoers and kissing
LENGTH: 2500 words
Notes/Summary: Remember the old, innocent days, when people were looking forward to an administration of honesty and openness and the most we had to worry about was arsenic in our drinking water? Yeah, me too. The science here is dodgy but plausible; the mytharc stuff is all true; the politics are as bipartisan as I could possibly get, and I'll hopefully end up writing something equally cynical about President Kerry.

Conflict of Interest

( A Most Disquieting Briefing, or, That Explains A Lot )