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laligin ([personal profile] laligin) wrote2009-01-28 04:26 pm

Research can be so embarrassing.

Do you remember Harkness, PI?

Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] ficfinishing, I have one scene left to write. The big, smushy, final declaration waltz off into the sunset scene.

So I went to the library to do some research and get it right.

By the way, Mills and Boon, a little variation in the titles would be very pleasing. The Greek-Italian Millionaire Tycoon's Secret Mistress's Wedding Baby Proposal of Revenge is all very well, but when every single book on the shelf is called that it's kind of difficult to differentiate.

Still, I did manage to find all four of the Secret Agent/Serial Killer/Supernatural options.

*headdesk*

Does Liverpool library just not stock the Nocturne set? (Oops, showing too much knowledge here... Gonna shut up and try finish this fic now...)

[identity profile] cowgrrl.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm impressed that you're actually finishing that story! :-)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I promised I would! And the plot wouldn't leave me alone...

(Hi there, how are you? Looking forward to March, and me owing you more ridiculous amounts of money? XD)

[identity profile] cowgrrl.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm thoroughly tired of this winter, and really looking forward to my week in England in March! I bought my plane ticket last week when I saw fantastic airfare. ($517 on BA. Nonstop.)

Now I just need to decide if I'm going to spend even more money on day trip to Paris to visit my niece. I should really post about this. Like, now. :-) Because I really do need to decide soon, while I can still get a somewhat reasonable fare on the Eurostar.

How are you? Is your new living situation (you moved, yes?) better than the old one?

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not a bad price at all. (Round trip, one assumes?) Can't help you with Paris... I know a few people who've been on day trips, but I've no idea how much it costs, how long it takes, or what. ^_^'

I haven't moved yet. They've lost the keys for the other flat, and think the girl who was there before might still have them. If it gets to February it's really heading towards not being worth the effort...
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
*points to icon* I can't wait for this to be finished. How long is it since you started it? It must be about 4 months now.

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I posted the first bit of it the night my laptop died, which was some point early September... Which makes it just over 4 months, yes. (: It's currently 16 thousand words or so, and I still need to add bits in to make it even more Mills and Boony... ;)
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
16,000 words of Janto/Mills & Boon goodness. *happy dance*

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
XD I'm glad someone's looking forward to it! That's always nice. ;)
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll be your cheerleader *waves pompoms* WHOOO HOOOO!

Gimmie a L! ;)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
L!

*dives at the keyboard* Support: it works!
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Glad to help!

Give me an A! (let me know when you get bored :P )

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
XD I don't get bored very easily, I warn you...

A!

*typetypetype*
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Fine with me :P

Gimmie another L! *waves pompoms again*

[identity profile] cowgrrl.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, that was round trip. :-)

I know the technical details on getting to Paris...it's other stuff I'm concerned about. I just posted, seeking advice from those who've been there before.

Sorry to hear you haven't moved yet. Yes, much longer and it won't be worth it at all. :/

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Another L!

:P
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Gimmie an I!

I'd do a cart-wheel but I'll break something :P

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I!

*attempts a forward roll and veers wildly off course*
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't forward roll either :P

Gimmie a G! *does star jump*

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Not in a straight line... I can't even do handstands against a wall. XD (And ohmigod I think I just found my ending in the first M&B book I checked. It matches so beautifully!)

G!
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! *bounces with happiness* :D

Gimmie an I!

[identity profile] kel-reiley.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
oh YAY! i await the finished product

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I!

(Now, just switch those names to Jack and Ianto, and the TOP SECRET SUPERNATURAL AGENCY to Torchwood... XD)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I will have to get it beta read once it's done, but even then it might make it this week... (:
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't blame you. I'm rewriting fairy-tales at the minute. Jack was just asking to be turned into Prince Charming :P

Gimmie an N!

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
XD YES indeed. I'm looking forward to that. ;) *sniggers* Oh dear, but I'd forgotten the hilarity these books always bring...

N!
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you get?! LALIGIN!!!!!!!!

I haven't read any Mills & Boon - note: must rectify - but I've read quite a few Jill Mansell ones, which sound similar.

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yaaaay! *dances*

Ahem. If you're going to go for it, there are bazillions of Greek Tycoons, but you *can* actually find some with a plot, it seems, particularly in the Silhouette set... And they're usually available for 20p or so in charity shops. XD Don't pay any more than that. It's not worth it, I tell you!

I feel kinda guilty now. I know too much. ^_^'
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
My local library has loads I'll have a look there. Got to go now, happy writing *waves pompoms one final time*

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-28 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Tata! And thanke for the support, much appreciated. ;)

[identity profile] odangoinblack.livejournal.com 2009-01-29 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
HOORAYS!

Kimmi let me read it last week and I absolutely loved it! I was laughing and reading my favorite parts out loud--which was something in almost every paragraph. xD

But I can't waiiiit! And I'm here cheering you on! <3

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2009-01-29 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
XD It's going to get a revamp, I warn you. All my research leads me to believe I haven't been... quite as focused on certain things as I should have been. (More angst! More emotional barriers! More random unnecessary description of physical beauty and physiological reactions! More He just couldn't help himself ... but why him? He didn't understand, and everything was moving too fast!)

Ahem. *snicker* Sorry. Shouldn't be too long, fingers crossed! ;) Glad you're looking forward to it!

[identity profile] snapshots-fics.livejournal.com 2009-02-02 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
YAY! I love it! =D Can't wait can't wait! <3