Colouring Outside The Lines

Okay, it started off being so incredibly cute, and KV tweeted that she has a big part, so I'm blogging along.

( Maybe I should get a cat )

In summary, I kind of love you too, Criminal Minds.

Title: But The Stars Collide
Author: calleigh_j
Artist: eudaimon - mix to come soon
Fandoms: Criminal Minds/The West Wing
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairing: Emily Prentiss/Kate Harper
Disclaimer: anything you recognise is not mine
Word count: 13,885
Summary: A few months after the initial alien invasion, Kate Harper gets out of hospital and finds the efforts to save the world well underway, and a burgeoning relationship with a former FBI profiler
Notes: thanks to my beta for helping me get my words out; title comes from 'Aftermath' (REM); chapter quotes from 'Bullets In My Hairdo' (Finn), 'Don't Choose The Wrong Way' (Andy White), 'One Of Our Submarines' (Thomas Dolby), 'Airwaves' (Thomas Dolby), 'Karma Police' (Radiohead), and 'Aftermath' (REM)

Part One

( But The Stars Collide 2/2 )

Title: Any Other Way
Author: calleigh_j
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Pairing: gen, Marshall POV
Summary: a missing witness has Marshall reflecting on Mary and his relationship with her
Notes: written for inell for the help_haiti auction - hope you enjoy it!!; thousands of thanks to racethewind10 for a quick and brilliant beta job

( Any Other Way )

So, mcgarrygirl78 and I have been discussing the idea of having a smallish support group for people doing the au_bigbang. Obviously, there's the official support comm and that's great, but I know for me personally there are times when I'm not comfortable posting to a large comm if I'm having problems writing or just looking for some general prodding.

I was thinking maybe something along the lines of a weekly check-in - I know I'm going to need to be kept on track since my brain has apparently determined that I need to write something with an actual plot - and a network of people to ask for advice on stuff? Maybe even a mini support comm?

Any takers? Anyone on the f-list or anyone on the f-list's f-list (etc etc) who's doing/thinking of doing the au_bigbang and who thinks they might want to get involved in something like this, drop a line here. And pimp this post out and we'll see what kind of interest we can get.

Dear Yule Goat

Firstly, thank you for offering to write in whichever fandom it is we've been matched on. Please know that whatever you write, I will love because it's fic in one of these fandoms, about the characters I want to read about.

General things: I'm all about the girls (shocking that, I know, given the characters I've requested). Especially them with their own agency, doing their own stuff. Other things I love are AU fic (except vampire-based ones), dorky romance stuff, character-focussed fic, and banter. Major squicks are consent issues of any kind, graphic kink-fic, and character bashing. And in general, I'm not so much a fan of the boyslash. I don't mind background pairings but would prefer nothing central to the story.

So, for a little more about the specific fandoms, read on. Or don't - I'll be psyched to read whatever I get so if you have your own ideas, go with those.

( Fandomy thoughts under the cut )

So thank you for signing up for whichever of these fandoms you've signed up for, and I can't wait to read what you come up with. Honestly, I'll be happy with whatever you write so if none of these ideas speak to you, don't worry and just go with whatever works for you. And thank you again!

calleigh_j

Title: A Place For Me And You
Author: calleigh_j
Artist: enmuse
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairing: Rogue/Kitty
Summary: It isn't being in love that's the problem, Rogue thinks, but being in love with Kitty Pryde.
Notes: thousands of thanks to dis_inclined for her awesome beta work and enmuse for her gorgeous art

( A Place For Me And You, part three )

Part One
Part Two
Art and soundtrack

Title: A Place For Me And You
Author: calleigh_j
Artist: enmuse
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairing: Rogue/Kitty
Summary: It isn't being in love that's the problem, Rogue thinks, but being in love with Kitty Pryde.
Notes: thousands of thanks to dis_inclined for her awesome beta work and enmuse for her gorgeous art

( A Place For Me And You, part one )

Part Two
Part Three
Art and soundtrack

Title: On A Burning Beach
Author: calleigh_j
Artist: aoibhe
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairing: Emily/JJ
Summary: AU fic; when CIA Agent Emily Prentiss and FBI Agent Jennifer Jareau meet on a case in Boston, a connection is forged which may be more than just professional
Notes: thanks to racethewind10 for being the best beta in the world even though she's hideously busy with awesome things; idea for the case from jujuberry136 so thanks to her and everyone else who offered suggestions for exactly how to get Emily and JJ to Boston; title and first quote taken from the Crowded House song 'Nails In My Feet'; second quote from 'Fingers of Love' by the same

( On A Burning Beach, part two )

Part Three

Title: On Some Idle Tuesday
Author: calleigh_j
Fandom: Criminal Minds/The West Wing crossover
Pairing: Emily Prentiss/Kate Harper
Characters: various from both shows, but with a focus on the pairing
Rating: R
Warnings: none that I can think of
Spoilers: all aired episodes for both shows
Word count: 19,952
Disclaimer: the characters from both shows belong to NBC and others and are definitely not mine; title taken from 'Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen' by Baz Luhrmann; quotes from within story from Brandi Carlile and Inara George
Betas: twtd and llyfrgell
Summary: Emily Prentiss and Kate Harper meet in a bar; therein follows the progression of an accidental friendship to something neither of them ever expected to have
Artwork: [TBA]
Author's notes: a thousand million thanks to my betas; also thanks to racethewind10 and oparu for telling me I could do it; massive props to the organisers of this awesome challenge which finally got me to write more than a couple of thousand words and actually sort of like it

For a brief character guide, see here

( On Some Idle Tuesday, part one )

Part Two