There appears to be a Die Hard 5 in the works. I think, but I might be imagining, that Bruce Willis said something in one of the interviews on the DVD about the conditions under which he'd do another movie. I'd love to see more of Matt Farrell taking on the bad guys, perhaps even on purpose this time, but I would be even more excited to see Lucy come back in a slightly-less-kidnapped role.

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I don't think I've ever read a Danielle Steele novel, but this interview about her new book, Big Girl has me intrigued for once. I don't think I have any credibility talking about any of the things she's trying to address, so I'll just submit this without additional comment.

( interview snippets and no original thought on my part behind the cut )

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This is probably a going to end badly, but I had an idea spring up for a Generation Kill (Brad/Nate, I think) werewolf sort-of-AU last night. I think I'm going to drop what I have so far on that WIP filter I've never used, when I get back from dinner tonight. Because, seriously, every single thing about the thousand or so words I have so far is a type of thing I've never written before - military, werewolves, snippets of a fight scene, hospitals, and maybe some sort of nascent (or possibly not) government conspiracy funtimes. It's going to require research, what the hell?

So if anyone would like in on the filter to watch and/or critique the train wreck, let me know. I haven't written more than a couple sentences at a time in I don't know how long, so feel free to tell me what's wrong with my prose.

I'm either going to teach myself to write drabbles, finish my long fic, or die (metaphorically... though this could conceivably take me 60 years) trying. I might even write some of the minor-character stuff I've been pondering! Even the ones that are a really bad idea for me to attempt, like Gruber-childhood backstory.

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I'm going to backdate this and bury it, someday, but I figured there might be someone else out there who's looking to overcommit themselves, what with NaNo and holiday challenges, and all ;)

I'm trying to finish up a cliche bingo in the next... 2 days, and I'm sort of mucking around with it when I came up with this for the Harlequin AU square -

John McClane is tasked with retrieving his laird's intended from her family home, a ceremonial duty for an aging warrior who's uneasy in a new era of peace and prosperity.

Matthew Farrell doesn't trust anyone, not his sister's husband-to-be, not their neighbors and supposed allies, and certainly not the lone rough-hewn man sent to keep her safe on what Matt knows will be a dangerous journey.

When no one heeds his warnings of the threats surrounding them, Matthew convinces his sister to go into hiding on their family's estate so that he can impersonate her on the long journey north and expose the plot against them. He never anticipated that he would have to guard his heart as well...

And, found while clicking around YouTube today:
Remember Teddy Geiger? Yeah, me neither. I've got his CD somewhere though, from when my boyfriend was working at Best Buy and used to bring the demos home when they changed the displays. There is not nearly so much teen-drama-ready acoustic music in my life now that I'm not watching anything on the CW.

"If I could dim the lights in the mall and create a mood, I would."

give and take, Die Hard, John/Matt, pliant
originally posted here as part of the porn battle
reposted here for my convenience.


The best - the absolute best - thing about morning sex is a John McClane that no one else gets to see.

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That's what mature, writerly people do, yeah? Have indexes? Also, should probably repost things to my journal so they're not scattered all over the place outside my control. That sounds like a New Year's project.

Title: A Better Winter Holiday
Author: healingmirth
Pairing/Characters: John McClane/Matt Farrell
Rating: R (for language and sexual content, because I will argue that it is tasteful and appropriate!)
Summary: John employs a grand holiday tradition for the wrong reasons, but gets the right results. (You say “clichéd premise,” I say “cherished cultural icon!”)
Notes/Warnings: 5200 words. What with the massive travel delays, and the limping economy and whatnot, the week leading up to Christmas was something of a disaster, so I am officially calling a do-over on holiday cheer and am celebrating the 12 days of Christmas. I thought, "Hey, I will write holiday fluff!" Next time I decide to write fluff, I need a shorter idea. Or maybe I should have taken Tim Gunn’s advice about using my editing eye.

http://community.livejournal.com/hard4brains/83935.html

In celebration of...absolutely nothing, am having a Die Hard marathon. Christmas, maybe?
( are there still people who haven't seen these movies? )