Fortress Of Good Fortune

2011 was the Year of the Big Bang! For the first time I participated in Big Bangs. :)

First, a Clexian mystery with spooky overtones: Bleeding Kansas for the smallvillebbang and the Clark/Bruce tale of struggle, grief and triumph in Waves Upon The Shore for the superbat_bb.

Hi, luvs! Well, by now you know that I posted Waves Upon The Shore, my superbat_bb entry. I've very excited!

I wanted to showcase my artist, min_taiwan. Her work is incredible! Click on each pic to enlarge and see the wonderful details, and there's her own entry here. I was blown away with the illustrations when she sent them to me. Make sure to let her know if you agree! :)

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Chapters 1-10

Chapters 11-16

Chapters 17-24


Title: Waves Upon The Shore (11-16/24)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Major Pairings/Characters: Ray Henderson, Clark/Bruce, Dick, Alfred, Lucius Fox, Perry White, J’onn J’onzz, Diana Prince, Jonathan/Martha, Ollie/Dinah, Jim Gordon, Barbara Gordon, Reverend Aloysius Abernathy, Linda Danvers, Lana Lang
Genres: Angst, Challenge, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Mystery
Rating: NC-17 overall
Warnings: (Ch. 6: Violence; Ch. 23: Description of disfigurement)
Spoilers: None
Beta: The wonderful me_ya_ri. All mistakes are mine.
Art by: The talented min_taiwan. Art can be found here.
Summary: When Bruce is permanently blinded, he and Clark must adjust to their new lives.
Dates Of Completion: July 25-September 11, 2011
Date Of Posting: November 18, 2011
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC does, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 23,139
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author's Notes: Written for the 2011 SuperBat Big Bang.
The basics of this idea was taken by a Bronze Age Imaginary Story (substituting Bruce for Lois): Bruce’s blindness and Clark’s accident. Everything else is my own, especially the ending, as I never did get the chance to read the second part of this tale. Someday I hope to find that issue! :)
This is NOT a deathfic, BTW, even it if appears to be.
All chapters can be found here.

(  Every day Bruce made his way out to the gazebo, listening to the ocean down below and the whisper of the last leaves as they fell from the trees. He had missed the glorious colors of autumn, but Clark had described them in loving detail. )

I think I'm starting to feel the holiday spirit! :) I'm looking over my decorations and will probably wrap presents this weekend. The only bummer is that all my spare cash went to storm clean-up so I can't send cards this year. It's the first time I'll have to bow out and it upsets me a little. :(

*sighs* Well, I can concentrate on writing holiday fic. I started my story for the WFGE today so hopefully I won't have to rush to finish it in time for Christmas. I should get my assignment for the Clexmas Winter Holidays Gift Exchange this weekend.

I'm excited about posting my superbat_bb story very soon! min_taiwan's art is incredible. Since LJ Scrapbook only allows a medium size to show in the entries, make sure to click on the pix so that you can see the incredible details!

One other thing: the story may appear to be a deathfic but it isn't. If it was I would have put that in the warning line. It's a serious, dramatic story with plenty of hurt/comfort and angst, but unless I write pure darkfic, I always like to mix in lighter moments and true joy. Life is rarely all of either happiness or sadness, after all. :)

I appreciate all the comments so far on my smallvillebbang story, Bleeding Kansas. When you work that hard and long on a story with a big word count, you really appreciate people letting you know if they liked the story. :)

'Tis done! The revising and typing finished today. :) The grand total was 20,888 pre-beta, so we'll see how many changes I end up making.

I started the history_bigbang on 8/4/11 and finished on 9/11/11, around 5 weeks in total. I'd estimated around 20,000 words for this one and I was right! :)

Days 33-39: (For The Days: 3 Chapters Completed) (Total: 17 Chapters Completed)

Written: (9/5/11-9/11/11) Update Posted: (9/20/11)

20888 / 10000 words. 209% done!

20888 / 20000 words. 104% done!

20888 / 25000 words. 84% done!

The grandest of the grand word count total for all three Big Bangs:

smallvillebbang: 26,558 (post-beta)

superbat_bb: 23,139 (pre-beta)

history_bigbang: 20,888 (pre-beta)

Total: 70,585

You think you're done reading about my colossal projects? Think again! I'm one of the writers for tmelange's A Dark Knight In Smallville Superman/Batman Fanzine. LOL! So once I start typing up those chapters, more updates! ;)

I think I already hit 10,000 words on that. *facepalms*

The boys are as pleased as punch to have only one more chapter to be typed up in this Epic! ;)

Now I'll concentrate on typing up the remaining chapters of the history_bigbang and writing my Halloween stories among other projects. I may actually be able to post a little more fic than I've been doing lately with all this Big Bang stuff! :)

I did pass the 20,000-word mark on this one, too, but I don't think it'll hit 25,000. Still, it's close to the word count for the smallvillebbang. Looks like I proved I could handle Big Bangs! :)


Days 41-44: (For The Days: 3 Chapters Completed) (Total: 23 Chapters Completed)

Written: (9/9/11-9/10/11) Update Posted: (9/14/11)

22090 / 20000 words. 110% done!

22090 / 25000 words. 88% done!

Whoo hoo! I just finished the first draft of my superbat_bb! *dances* It looks like once all the chapters are typed up that it'll easily surpass 20,000 words. After 17 chapters I've got 17,000 + words already written, with 7 more chapters to go. It might reach the 26,000 + word count of the smallvillebbang, which has been beta'ed and the artist I'm working with has her copy. :)

I'm on the last chapter of the history_bigbang, too. I think that'll be somewhere around 18,000 words, though it could hit 20,000, too. I'll know more after all the chapters are typed up.

I'll probably be writing a little Rainbow's Freedom in between concentrating on Halloween fic and a zine project, so there you go. Gotta ride the Muses while they're hot! ;)

*headdesks*

It looks as if my superbat_bb might reach 20,000 words before this is all over! Yikes!

What scares me is that the history_bigbang is keeping up with it in word count in my notebooks. I haven't typed up as many chapters for that one yet, but it'll be close.

I think I may be able to wrap up both in the next two weeks and then get started on some other projects that have deadlines. Yeesh!

Days 10-15: (For The Days: 1 Chapter Completed) (Total: 5 Chapters Completed)

Written: (8/13/11-8/18/11) Update Posted: (9/6/11)

6031 / 10000 words. 60% done!

6031 / 20000 words. 30% done!

Days 32-35: (For The Day: 2 Chapters Completed) (Total: 15 Chapters Completed)

Written: (8/28/11-8/31/11) Update Posted: (9/6/11)

14854 / 10000 words. 149% done!

14854 / 20000 words. 74% done!

Well, the weather is gorgeous today! Always after a storm. :)

I've been contemplating my ficcish plate, and have decided that I might go on hiatus with Rainbow's Freedom for awhile. Note that does NOT mean Arc 8 will stop being posted, just that the first draft of Arc 9 is going to be set aside for a month or so. I'm in the homestretch there, and have at least six more chapters to write, but I'm beginning to stall a little, which generally means time for a break. My last hiatus was from revising/posting, not writing the first draft.

Also, my Big Bang commitments need more attention. I work on the both of them every day, but can go faster if I set aside the Epic. :) I truly don't think I'll be signing up for so many in the future, but I might keep one per year if I have a decent plot that will fit the minimum word count. I have other projects I'm committed to, also, so it's time to complete some of them. My goal was to see if I could successfully finish a Big Bang, and I've done that with the first of the three, and hopefully the remaining two.

The superbat_bb is half-finished, and I've plotted out at least eight more chapters. There will probably be more, but I have to see how the flow goes.

The history_bigbang is a shorter one. I haven't plotted it all out yet, but I'm guessing right now that at least four more chapters will be written, and most likely more. This was always going to be the shorter of the two, anyway, and it isn't due until January 1st, so I'll be certain of finishing.

In between I should be able to write short pieces to keep my Muses happy. :) I also need to start some Halloween fic, too, though the DC Comics entry is all taken care of with my Clexian smallvillebbang. :)

Once superbat_bb is done, I can ease up on the throttle a little. :)

Who needs nanowrimo when I've already hit 50,000 words (or soon will)? ;)

It looks like Irene is moving away from my neck of the woods. Whew! *wipes brow* Sorry to have been such a nervous nut, guys, but my nerves have been on edge for other things and it just all snowballed. Anyway, so far so good with only minor damage. *crosses fingers*

I've been busy all day at the computer reading, writing, and typing, so here's a little update:

history_bigbang

Days 5-6: (For The Days: 1 Chapter Completed) (Total: 3 Chapters Completed)

Written: (8/8/11-8/9/11) Update Posted: (8/28/11)

2866 / 10000 words. 29% done!

2866 / 20000 words. 14% done!

superbat_bb

Days 17-20: (For The Day: 1 Chapter Completed) (Total: 10 Chapters Completed)

Written: (8/12/11-8/15/11) Update Posted: (8/28/11)

8838 / 10000 words. 88% done!

8838 / 20000 words. 44% done!