Mer's Place

Title: Fall Line
Author: Mer
Characters: Wilson, House, some Chase
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2430
Summary: It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.
Author's Notes: Set pre-series (June 2004). Written for one of the Camp Sick!Wilson fic challenges at sick_wilson - I combined ACL on the prompt table with a summer activity. All mistakes are mine.
Disclaimer: All rights belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.

( Friendship with House had more hazards than a golf course )

Title: Calling the Moon
Author: Mer
Characters: James Wilson, Greg House, Lisa Cuddy
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~4100
Summary: Wilson has always kept secrets from House.
Author's Notes: Set in August 2001. Written for hannahrorlove, who generously supported the help_chile campaign. She wanted a particular universe, which she has already given her own brilliant stamp to in Blood Letting. Much thanks to elynittria and hannahrorlove for invaluable input. Any remaining problems are of my own making. Title and cutline from a song by Dar Williams.
Disclaimer: All rights belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio

( I covered the path where my life turned to lies/And the moon kept on rising. )

Title: Piece of My Heart
Author: Mer
Characters: Wilson, House, Sandy
Rating: PG
Prompt: #65 - Scream 100_situations
Word Count: ~2000
Summary: House deals with Wilson's reaction to Tucker's decision to go back to Ashley.
Disclaimer: All rights belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio
Author's Notes: Spoilers for "Wilson" and other parts of season six.

( If it makes you feel good. )

One of the books I've loved since I was a teenager for its cheekiness is Shrink Lits by Maurice Sagoff. "70 epic tales & heroic myths, dense theories & windy texts, oral traditions & really long novels - all reduced to 34 minutes reading."

In response to the thread that I couldn't help replying to over at hw_reqs (mostly because the longer=better correlation never ceases to annoy me), here is the prelude, based on The Elements of Style by Strunk and White.
( Principle number seventeen )

Since I wasn't able to participate in the first auction for help_haiti, and since the next one looks like it won't happen until later this month, I'd like to do what I can to help_chile.

My thread is here. Bidding closes on March 10.

Stealing from queenzulu, where I dithered too long, and deelaundry!

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request that I write a drabble* of any pairing/character of their choosing. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level.

1. queenzulu - Foreman, failing
2. hannahrorlove - House/Stacy, home cooking
3. seschat - The Doctor/House or brilliant!Wilson
4. deelaundry - House and Wilson, a warm embrace
5. kirili - House, music or LLB

*(defined in this case as anything that fits in single comment) I'm best with characters from House, but if I've seen it, I'll attempt it (it just might take longer).

On another note - I've been traipsing about Faunasphere, and one of the developers is definitely a House fan. One of the tasks is called "The Volakis Foundation" and requires you to find 10 pieces of Amber and take it to the Differential stump in aid of a cure for something that played off amantadine poisoning :) Needless to say, I'm desperate to finish that one!

Number of stories=19
Number of words=85,761 words

Not as many stories as in past years, but the word count is about par, which isn’t bad considering work has been all-consuming for the last six months and I was away most of September. Apparently, I'm getting less prolific, but more verbose.

Prompts remaining on the 100_situations table – 4 (so close, so close!). I have stories in progress for three of them, but I’m open to any suggestions for the last one, Scream.

( 2009 in review )

Thanks to topaz_eyes and eryslash for the virtually delicious cookies!

First Christmas party of the year today – the club staff/board lunch – which meant I got next to nothing accomplished at work. I did manage to play a little, however.

There's a fun exercise over at housefic_meta based on a contest recently held by The Times. The challenge is to write a story in just 140 characters, and you can read some House TwitFanFics here.

I can never leave well enough alone, so I decided to experiment with my submission, and expand a bit on the story (which I know is totally cheating):

( Bonnie & James: A Relationship in Ten Tweets )

Title: Tribulation (2/2)
Author: Mer
Characters: Wilson, House, Foreman
Rating: PG
Prompt: 100_situations: #14 - Chair
Word Count: 3788
Summary: Another late-night call leads to trouble for House and Wilson
Author’s Notes: A birthday present for elynittria, who still managed to save me from my most egregious errors.
Disclaimer: The characters of House belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.

( The aftermath )

Exciting news this morning! Kevin Loring won the Governor General's Award for Drama for his first play, Where the Blood Mixes! We workshopped and premiered the play two years ago and are putting together a tour next year, so this is a huge boost. And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. (On a personal note, he included me in his acknowledgements in the published version, so I feel like I have an infinitesimal part of a GG :D).

The play is gorgeous, one of the most moving pieces of theatre I've ever seen; funny and heartbreaking. There's one moment that devastates me even thinking about it. Anybody who lives in Victoria, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Ottawa, or Toronto should definitely see it when it comes through.