Introducing the Houseparty

I've been meaning to make a post like this for a while, just to give you all an overview of what goes on under my lid.

We'll start with the frequent ones, the ones who surface the most, lately. In no particular order:

( The Cast of Zanies who Share my Headspace )

Unexpected Day Off and "Changing of the Guard"

Deja-vu for last year... I'm pretty sure it was the last Saturday in July when out of the blue, I got a call from work that I didn't have to come in since they'd overscheduled or something. Well, it happened again today.

I used my time wisely: did a little housework. Watched "All Creatures Great and Small" on one of the local PBS stations (one of the stars of that series, Peter Davison, was the first actor I ever fangurled, this when I was the tender age of twelve). Started typing the next (very short) chapter of "The Smoke of Satan..." which I hope to finish typing/post tomorrow. And I drafted the whole first chapter of "The Changing of the Guard". Not to let out very many spoilers, but you'll see more of Chas in this fic, plus Mefistofel makes a brief appearance, as do Constantine's older sister Sharon and her daughter Helena, known as "Lenni". I'm riffing like -- heh! -- hell from the canon background details Jamie Delano created for "Hellblazer", but there's marked differences: Movie-verse!Constantine's family is a little better off and rather less dysfunctional (hey, the poor kid could see demons from the time he was really young: I didn't want to be *that* mean to him), but I kept most of the structural parameters. This should make it funny if I ever write the fic I've been threatening to, where the two versions of John Constantine collide...

( Cut for 'Hellblazer'-related rantage )