Weekly check in

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone. Time for the weekly check in and it is just a quick one this week as I know all the writers are taking lots of deep breaths and relaxing after getting their rough drafts in, and the artists and vidders are getting geared up to stake their claims very soon.

So I thought I would just share a few links to resources I’ve found useful and/or interesting at various points.

UK Number One hits from the UK Singles Chart - use the drop down menus to take a look at the years.

Footy Facts: results, stats and records - have found this useful for research in the past.

History of lesbian, gay and bisexual equality - timeline from Stonewall.

So do you have any really useful resources that you’d like to share, or is there anything you would like to find out about that a comm member might be able to help with?

Comments

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Excellent resources for everyone! Brilliant idea, thank you for sharing!

Weekly Check In : Resources

[judesmk.livejournal.com]

These are great - thanks - and will be useful when it comes to tidying up the rough draft and adding in some more colour from the 1980s. I still can't believe that I submitted nearly 16,000 words with more to come. This challenge has certainly enabled me to put words on paper (well on screen) to a much greater extent than I ever have before. I've still got five or six chapters to get to the end - there may even be sex involved!! But at least it has a plot and an end. And I'm looking forward to going back over it to polish.

I hope the artists / vidders find inspiration in the submissions. I've certainly found the whole process inspirational.

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

Good resources--those sorts of little details really make a story for me. Instead of writing--Bodie watched football, something like--Bodie watched the match on telly, waving his Manchester United scarf every time they scored gives more of a picture for the reader.

Recently, I needed a movie to be displayed at a cinema. I just googled top ten movies of 1982. There's probably some minor difference between movies in the UK and US but the top ten of any year were most likely shown in both countries--like ET.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Bodie and Man United? THE HORROR!

Liverpool! :D

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

LOL! Hey, I just got up, it was the only team I could think of quickly. I don't watch American football, much less British.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

To state it clearly and for the record, m'lud, I was raised to be a Spurs fan myself, being a good London girl. That's Tottenham Hotspurs, *not* the basketball team. *g*

Of course I'm just assuming Bodie's team from where LC grew up.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

My pleasure, they are ones I always have around so I thought others might like a look as well

Re: Weekly Check In : Resources

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Really glad you like them, I know I have always found them useful so thought I would share. I spend far too much time of the music one and then tracking down the songs.

Am so pleased that you have found this inspiring and I know the artists and vidders are going to as well.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

I've used them in other places as well, and the music one in particular can get me thinking in the right frame of mind. The movies one is good as well, seeing the blockbusters is great.

[liriel1810.livejournal.com]

Okay, that Number One hits from the UK Singles Chart is very addicting! I'm sitting here, saying 'I remember that song! Whoa, did that come out that long ago? Shit, I'm old.' lol

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

I spend far too much time there as well, and then looking for youtube videos on them all.