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Write Every Day!

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:46:42 GMT

Sounds challenging, doesn't it? And, really it kind of is.

But what WED does is makes you think about your writing and in an incentive to actually doing some writing every day.

There is a WED group that wanders about DW who check in daily. It's a lovely group of folk who are all doing writing of some sort... The check-in process is mostly a 'did it!' and there's no tally of numbers or length or project or anything... just an acknowledgement that you wrote something today.

And that 'something' can be what we call an 'alibi' sentence. A single sentence that may or may not be attached to whatever your writing project may be. There have been days, where I've written "I wrote this sentence" and - voila! - that's my alibi sentence.

Anyone is welcome to join. This month, I'm hosting everyone on a side-community -- goddess_writes... that keeps the traffic off my main journal (although I don't post enough here as it is!). There's no joining or leaving formalities. Just leave a reply about writing to the daily post and you're in!

So wander over, join in and have some fun!

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Stuck Lock - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Sun, 24 May 2026 21:26:29 GMT

Title: Stuck Lock
Author: goddess47
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Word Count: 407

Summary:

"Thought you had this one figured out."

Notes:

For sga_saturday prompt 544-548 - puzzle

For DoMAYstic 2026 day 23 (I'm behind) - stuck lock

Stuck Lock on AO3

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The Cambridgeshire Agricultural Show - Harry Potter (PG)

Sun, 24 May 2026 20:44:18 GMT

Title: The Cambridgeshire Agricultural Show
Author: goddess47
Character(s): Harry Potter, Severus Snape
Pairing(s): Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: PG
Length: 500

Summary:

Harry had never been to an Ag Show.

Notes:

For harry100 prompt #544 - trophy

For Writer's Choice prompt #170 - sandwich

The Cambridgeshire Agricultural Show on AO3

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Pillows - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Tue, 05 May 2026 20:57:42 GMT

Title:Pillows
Author: goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 399 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For mcsheplets prompt #152 - sick

For DoMAYstic 2026 prompt - pillow fort

And I've stuck this in my Rule 5 universe; there's a link in the story

Summary:

"Umm... where did all the pillows come from?" John asked. There must have been two dozen pillows scattered around the room.

Pillows on AO3

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Rescue - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:34:37 GMT

Title: Rescue
Author: goddess47
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Challenge: 10 out of 20
Length: 491
Warnings: None

Notes:

For sweetandshort April 2026 10 out of 20 challenge - smoke

For mcsheplets prompt #151 - invisible

For sga_saturday prompt #540-543 - rescue

Summary:

John watched as Bates led the rescue mission.

Rescue on AO3

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Paternity Testing - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:40:46 GMT

Title: Paternity Testing
Author: goddess47
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Challenge: 10 out of 20
Length: 322
Warnings: None

Notes:

For sweetandshort April 2026 10 out of 20 challenge - uncomfortable

For mcsheplets prompt #149 - dodge a bullet

Still working on McSheplets prompts!

Summary:

John insisted on bringing the news.

Paternity Testing on AO3

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Feeding the Masses - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:08:22 GMT

Title: Feeding the Masses
Author: goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 486 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For mcsheplets prompt #150 - compromise

For sweetandshort March 2026 prompt - surprise

Summary:

"We can't keep this up much longer. My staff is exhausted, and we're running out of food quicker than we ever anticipated."

Feeding the Masses on AO3

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Sharing Secrets - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:36:20 GMT

Title: Sharing Secrets
Author: goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 518 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For mcsheplets prompt #119 - magical/eureka

Summary:

Rodney jumped. He hadn't heard John arrive. Damn. He needed to set up some wards.

Sharing Secrets on AO3

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Escape to the Beta Site - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:28:37 GMT

Title: Escape to the Beta Site
Author: goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagen
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 374 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For mcsheplets prompt #145 - whisper

I'm almost halfway through the 300 original prompts! I'm going to keep poking at them!

Summary:

It was hard to pass off a signal as a bird call if you didn't know what native birds existed on the planet.

Escape to the Beta Site on AO3

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Fandom Trumps Hate Bidding Open NOW!

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:22:22 GMT

I've put in an offering for Fandom Trumps Hate this year.

I'm offering the usual Stargate, Harry Potter, and Teen Wolf things... you can pick and choose what you might like.

I'm pimping myself and other Stargate fans who have made offerings. There are 12 offers for Stargate related works -- including poetic -- this year. Check them all out!

Check it out here: https://fth2026offerings.dreamwidth.org/tag/fandom:+stargate

Bidding is open until 8:00 EST on March 7... it's a really fast turn-around... don't wait!

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Going to Visit Uncle Mer - Stargate SG1. Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:57:53 GMT

Going to Visit Uncle Mer (4545 words) by Goddess47
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sam Carter/Jack O'Neill (Stargate), Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Madison Miller (Stargate), Jeannie Miller (Stargate), Jack O'Neill (Stargate), Sam Carter (Stargate), Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Additional Tags: Romancing SG-1, Romancing McShep, Child POV, Gateathon Works February
Series: Part 29 of Rule 5

For romancingmcshep 2026
For Romancing SG-1
For GateATHON Works February 2026 prompt - Child POV

Summary:

Suddenly, there was a white light and I got dizzy. I struggled to stand up, it was a good thing Mom had hold of me. Then another white light and I was throwing up. Those white lights were not fun.

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Any Excuse for a Party - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:50:40 GMT

Title: Any Excuse for a Party
Author: goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 125 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For mcsheplets prompt #139 - holiday

For romancingmcshep 2026

For Fluffbruary 2026 prompt day 20 - apples

I'm not spamming my flist with these, but check out Romancing McShep for more stories or the AO3 collection. My muse was working overtime and I have a ficlet a day for Romancing McShep! Fluffbruary is on Tumblr. Everyone wins!

Summary:

John had lost track of the holidays, but he suspected this was another Harvest festival of some sort.

Any Excuse for a Party on AO3

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Exploring Atlantis - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:39:21 GMT

Title: Exploring Atlantis
Author: goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 100 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For mcsheplets prompt #147 - virtual

For romancingmcshep 2026

For Fluffbruary 2026 prompt day 14 - wild

Summary:

"It's a holodeck!" John grinned.

Exploring Atlantis on AO3

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Fair Food - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:05:42 GMT

Title: Fair Food
Author: goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 273 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For mcsheplets prompt #127 - taste

For sweetandshort January 2026 prompt - gypsy

Summary:

If this wasn't an alien world in Pegasus, John would have thought this was an old-fashioned gypsy encampment.

Fair Food on AO3

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Rewards for a Good LIfe - Harry Potter (PG)

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:14:00 GMT

Title: Rewards for a Good Life
Author: goddess47
Character(s): Harry Potter, Severus Snape
Pairing(s): Harry/Severus
Rating: PG
Length: 500

Summary:

It was not what Harry expected when he woke!

Notes:

For adventdrabbles prompt Day 31 - New Year's Day

And many thanks to hard working mods for another great season. I will be sad to see this challenge end, but I think it's going out with a bang! THANK YOU!

All of the Advent Drabbles for this year are in a collection on AO3. Go to this one to find the other ficlets.

Rewards for a Good Life on AO3

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Encounter at a PT Office

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:38:06 GMT

So I was taking a friend (a fandom friend, which is important to the story!) to some doctor appointments since they don't drive.

We're sitting in the PT waiting room and the younger-than-me lady on the other side of the small room is proudly holding up a crocheted granny square. The colors are pretty and it's a good looking square. She announces that she has just learned how to do granny squares, getting the pattern and the tension correct for it. So there is some general 'good for you' murmurs but, well, it's a waiting room and we don't know you.

The lady's mom evidently finishes with her appointment, and they are getting their coats on.

I'm the driver, so I had brought my laptop to do some writing on Santa projects that need to get done. I happen to be working on a Teen Wolf fic at that moment. The chair is not the best for having a laptop on my lap, since it keeps sliding down. So I'm futzing with the story as well as being slightly uncomfortable with the laptop.

As she's buttoning her coat, the crocheting lady leans in slightly and asks, relatively loudly, "I'm sorry to be a bother but I can see you focusing on something. Are you a writer?" She was polite but she was also like 2 feet away from my knees (small waiting room!).

Caught by surprise, I nod and say, "Yes, working on a story."

She cheerfully asks what it's about.

Now. I've done the 'what is fanfiction' lecture in a lot of places but a PT waiting room wasn't going to be one of them. So I go with just, "werewolves".

BOTH the lady and her mom go, "Werewolves! How wonderful? Can we read it?"

Now my friend is in the corner laughing in her sleeve. Traitor!

I try the polite, "Well, I mostly write for myself." A relatively true statement.

"Oh! We'd love to read things for you," the crocheting lady says way too cheerfully. "It is so much better if you share your writing with others."

Scrambling, I finally say, "Oh, I do share with some friends. So it's okay." [Thank you, my internet friends!]

Then the crocheting lady asks what kind of werewolves, do they fully shift or only beta shift and can they do it any time or only on the full moon? I give her the Teen Wolf answers: both, and any time. She's pleased as punch at all of that.

They give a cheery, "If you ever want someone to read your stories, we can do that!" before leaving.

If *she* had said fanfiction, I probably would have gone into more details. But it was entirely startling and, as always, it happens too fast to have a good comeback.

My friend pointed out that the crocheting lady probably was on Tumblr and I didn't think fast enough to ask her about her shoelaces. But I'm suspecting she would have been pleased to have stolen them from the President...

But I did have to share! It was just too wild!

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Take Down! - Harry Potter (M)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:57:24 GMT

Title: Take Down!
Author: goddess47
Character(s): Harry Potter, Severus Snape
Pairing(s): Harry Potter & Severus Snape
Rating: M (for adult themes)
Length: 500

Summary:

They were fighting the good fight!

Notes:

For harry100 prompt #530 - undercover

For Writer's Choice prompt #141 - bare

Take Down! on AO3

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Waiting is Always the Hardest Part - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 20:08:19 GMT

I'm not going to finish Fictober but I'm poking away at it!

Title: Waiting is Always the Hardest Part
Author: goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 100 words
Warnings: hurt/comfort

Notes:

For mcsheplets prompt #115 - cold

For Fictober 2025 (on Tumblr) day 7 - "You'll have to try harder than this"

For sweetandshort October 2025 prompt - bullet

Summary:

John could do no more than wait.

Waiting is Always the Hardest Part on AO3

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SGA Secret Santa - Sign Up Open!

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 18:43:33 GMT

It's that time of year....

sga_secretsanta is now open for sign up for 2025.

If you're interested, check out the information on the community here: https://sga-secretsanta.dreamwidth.org/46743.html

Hope you can join in the fun!

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Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:29:38 GMT

Title: Just Because
Author: goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 100 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For mcsheplets prompt #114 - amnesty - gift

For Fictober 2025 (on Tumblr) day 3 - "I don't need a reason."

Summary:

Rodney does what he wants.

Just Because on AO3

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Trust - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:55:54 GMT

Title: Trust
Author: goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 100 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For mcsheplets prompt #110 - brave

For Fictober 2025 (on Tumblr) - "Just take my hand"

For sweetandshort October 2025 prompt - small

Summary:

Rodney just needed to be brave.

Trust on AO3

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Making Something from Nothing (Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1; Jack O'Neill, Miko Kusinagi)

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:13:52 GMT

Title: Making Something from Nothing
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1
Pairing/Characters: Jack O'Neill, Miko Kusinagi
Word Count: 490
Content Notes: none
Prompt: no_true_pair September 16 - Miko Kusinagi & Jack O'Neill - bring your own craft supplies

Meep! I forgot to post yesterday!

Link to fic: Making Something from Nothing (on AO3)

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Have you published books? Are you a real person?

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 17:20:56 GMT

FOR THE FOLK WITH PUBLISHED BOOKS:

I haven't, mostly because I wrote only fan fic and not original and, to be honest, I don't want to do all the marketing work one needs to do these days to promote a book.

But if *you* have published a book, check out this article about the suit brought against Anthropic stealing books to train its AI.

Full article here: https://authorsguild.org/news/what-authors-need-to-know-about-the-anthropic-settlement/

There is information to determine if you are part of the settlement and what you need to do to be able to collect money for the infringement.

If you're not sure if your book was stolen, now is the time to check it out. There are deadlines you will need to work within to see if you're eligible.

FOR EVERYONE:

The National Public Database has more information about you and yours than you want to admit exists. Here's a way to check and then get deleted:

How to remove your information from NPD
1. Search your name on nationalpublicdata.com.
2. When you find your profile, click "View Full Profile."
3. Copy its URL.
4. Go to nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html.
5. Drop the URL into the "Your Profile Link" field and click "Request Removal."
6. Enter an email address, and the site will send you an email requesting that you click to confirm deletion.

You'll need a separate email address for each profile you want to delete.

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Heading to Bed (Stargate Atlantis; John Sheppard, Rodney McKay) - PG

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:54:01 GMT

Title: Heading to Bed
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing/Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Word Count: 567
Content Notes: none
Prompt: no_true_pair September 5 - John Sheppard & Rodney McKay - first thing's first

Part of a series of ficlets I'm writing for no_true_pair Eight Character fest... It's set in my 'Rule 5' universe where Atlantis is cut off from Earth, but Earth is still there.

I'll post links to some of the 28 (!) ficlets, so not to spam you... subscribe to the AO3 collection to see them all.

Link to fic: Heading to Bed (on AO3)

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Spam is better in a sandwich... maybe?

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:54:48 GMT

We have, for reasons, a land line. And the hubby uses the number as the main point of contact for many of his (multiple) doctors. So, there's no getting rid of it at the moment.

Which means we are subject to any number of spam calls. Now, I know the folk on the line are just there to earn a living. It's probably not their fault that what they are doing is annoying.

We're also old enough to be getting social security and medicare, so that has its own level of spam calling. I know it's not that hard to figure out that Goddess47 is over 65 and has a phone, and she's getting medicare. I don't know what the callers are selling, but we get a lot of calls related to 'get a new medicare card' or 'new and improved medical benefits' and so on.

I've recently started to troll them back. I have a 'little old lady' voice I use when I answer the phone. (Yeah, the doctor's offices don't always have identifiers, so we answer the damn phone.) So I whine "Hello" and then see what they are talking about...

Then I go into my bit. I'm always cheerful. "I'm so surprised I'm still on your list to call! I talked to [pick a random name] earlier and he/she took all-llll my information. So I should be updated in your system."

That always throws them for a loop. If they protest that I'm not updated, then I do the worried, "But [random name] helped me just a little while ago. Do you know [random name]? He/she was such a nice person and so helpful. Maybe if you can transfer me back to [random name], we can all talk about what they did with my information!"

If they still persist, and most hang up on me at that point (success!), then I go on about how wonderful a person [random name] was and "you should take some lessons from [random name] on helping customers." No one gets past that and they hang up. Success.

I did have good luck one time with yet another call from the same place when they introduced themselves as some name like 'George' and, with my most enthusiastic tone, I leaned into, "George! How good to hear from you! I've heard so much about you!" Click. And the last time I heard from that particular spammer...

Luckily, I'm retired, so I can spend the three minutes trolling the spammers. I'm never mean to the people, like I know they're between a rock and a hard place, but I suspect (hoping?) there's a note somewhere that says "these people are crazy, don't call them"...

In the mean time, I'm faintly amused... I mean, I do a lot of writing and I'm having fun coming up with stories for these poor people.

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