Wow, I guess I should probably sling one of these up -- I've got most of my fic, but not all, up at my AO3 account if anyone's interested, but I figured I should have a post like this for my LJ, too. Also, my fandoms are like Tribbles -- look away for a moment and suddenly there are fifty more. *shakes fist fondly* Anyway, this list will definitely grow, and I am going to start it now before it gets too unwieldy  rounding all the little bastards up.

For the record, I absolutely ADORE podfic. If you're planning to do one of my fics, just drop me a comment or a PM letting me know, please!

I also adore friends, so seriously, friend away if you are inclined. <3<3<3<3<3

Also also: if I could have one lame superpower, it would be the power to NEVER MAKE TYPOS. UGH. If you see a typo or a mistake in any of these fics, please feel free to tell me! I would take being told as a huge favor, actually. :D

ETA: Please do not link any of these fics to any of the people involved! Thank you!

Okay, here goes:

( new fandoms, like tribbles, are also irresistible...  )

So, this seems like a good way to prod myself into being fannishly active and interactive again, though I am unsure how many days I can keep it up. In fact, I am already a day behind. But I love the idea of celebrating fandom and fannishness and ourselves, so, okay! Here goes nothing.

The challenge for Day 1 was this: "In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator."

Which, now that I have started, is much more difficult a task than I anticipated. There's that instinctive "NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO REC, ARGH" moment, but that is failing before I even start, so. DEEP BREATH. HERE GOES NOTHING.

( argh )


THERE, DONE. Now I just need to catch up on Day 2, and on my yuletide recs, and -- hey, hmm, maybe I can combine those things. Eeeeeexcellent.

And I am going to try to be less of an internet hermit! HOLA, FLIST, HOW ARE Y'ALL? Tell me about your holidays! Tell me about the fics you've posted that I've missed in my self-imposed LJ-exile!

Me, I have been up to: work, more work, visiting brimtoast in NYC, more work, Yuletide, TSN, Yuletide, etc etc.

I did not manage to finish my collection of Yuletide recs before the reveal, but hopefully they'll be up soon.

Writing things I have accomplished:

Three Yuletide fics:

Covenant, a Kings fic for sinuous_curve! Kings is the show of my heart, and Jack Benjamin in particular is one of my favorite characters of all time. I definitely plan to revisit this fandom again in the future.

Ad Aspera Per Astra, a Brothers Bloom fic for snarkydame! A character study of Stephen Bloom, set in a space AU, because I am ridiculous. This movie is one of my all-time favorites, and it was a joy to watch and rewatch and rewatch the film, taking notes and noticing all the arcs and themes and subplots. Delight.

Errant, a Drive fic for lynnmonster! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS FILM. I cannot express my love enough, and one of the best parts of Yuletide was finding other people that loved it too. Anyway, this fic is a crossover with Doctor Who. Yep. Maybe  I'll write a Kings space opera next, in keeping with the theme.

I had an amazing amount of fun writing all these fics, and the Yuletide stress, it's pretty much tradition at this point, right? Wouldn't be the holidays without it. AND! AND I RECEIVED THE YULETIDE FIC OF MY DREAMS: A Teenage Girl's Guide to Not Being Possessed by a Demon, by pirateygoodness. It's a Jennifer's Body, AU where Jennifer never gets demonified, and it is FABULOUS. The development of the relationship between Needy and Jennifer makes my heart sing. I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO READ IT AT ONCE.

I also managed to post chapters Eighteen and Nineteen of Fortune and Men's Eyes, which was mostly possible due to the encouragement/prodding of brimtoast. This fic is now approaching 65K and is only now really getting to the meaty part of the plot. What even am I. In other news, the glorious hapakitsune made yet ANOTHER cover, and this one is just so gorgeous and also makes me want to write royal wedding fic immediately. *sits on hands*

Hello! I already think you are awesome, (if you like one of these four fandoms, you are already my hero), and I want to state right off the bat that you should feel totally free to ignore my prompts and write whatever the idea works for you. But I know some people panic once the assignments come in, minds go blank, etc etc, so in that event, I am throwing out some ideas for you!

First off, I basically adore the canon for all four of my requests, so any fic whatsoever for any of them is going to take me into giddy paroxysms of joy. Here’s some general info about me:

• I am a giant nerd. Going into wacky levels of detail about paleontology, or demon lore, or the minutiae of biblical history -- all bound to delight me.

• I like: character-building, world-building, alternate universes, zombies, superheroes, banter, and all manner of fic ratings. Gen, het, slash or femslash, it’s all awesome. I love flirting and pining and UST and kisses and hugs and familiar married sex. Porn is welcome, but again, NOT REQUIRED. Should you be interested in writing me porn, though, the sky is pretty much the limit. I like kink! Exhibitionism! D/S relationships! Incest can be awesome, too! So long as both parties are sentient and consenting, I am pretty much happy as a clam.

• I also like: serious fic, humorous fic, epistolary fic, plot-driven fic, epic poetry, character vignettes.... whatever works for you, I can pretty much guarantee I will like it also.

• I do not like: character-bashing, non-con, bestiality, or misogyny.

ON TO THE SPECIFICS.

( AND THEN I RAMBLED )

So, I was part of the incredibly cool pod_together project, and now that all three of the collaborations I worked on have been posted, I figured I'd sling up some links here:



WHOO! And now to get those other fics finished. IT NEVER ENDS.

In other news, I am slowly but steadily going insane thanks to hapakitsune idly posting a list of the ten fics he'd take to a desert island with him. TEN IS JUST AN INSANELY LOW NUMBER, WHO CAN POSSIBLY CHOOSE ONLY TEN. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. Hopefully I'll eventually whittle my list down to, oh, twenty, and then post the recs here. In the meantime, feel free to bombard me with recs to your favorite Harry Potter fics, as I am going through something of a revival.

In conclusion: HI.

I'm doing an Ask the Author post over at the Gen Kill comm, so this is your chance to attack me with questions about my stories/writing process/thoughts about the show, if, you know, you are interested! I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING, COME REASSURE ME. Though I'm also already rambling up a storm. If, uh, you want to read some walls-of-text, check it out! :D? :D? Come play? You'll have to join the comm to see the entry, but it's open membership and if you like GK, you should totally join it anyway!

Also, GK fandom is getting up to all sorts of more interesting shenanigans - there's a drabble party going on at we_pimpin! A kinkmeme going on over here (see oh_mcgee's amazingly filthy hot Brad/Ray fisting fill here!)! A fic-writing support comm is here! COME SIGN UP, GUYS, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

And gk_remix stories are still being posted! I just read the MOST AMAZING Nate-centric story by nightanddaze, All Those People That You Know, and it is brilliantly original and gorgeously written and fucking creepy as hell. CHECK IT OUT.

Okay. I will go try to get some actual, you know, writing done. My WIP folder is haunting my dreams, you guys don't even know. I actually dreamed Eduardo was a big bang mod that froze my LJ account last night, that is how bad it is. :| And then Mark left me on a boat and the boat sank, and anyway, I'll just shut up, but YOU GET THE GIST OF THE STATE OF MY BRAIN NOW. IT IS NOT GOOD.

I have been up to many things since I last posted! (Also, OMG you guys, I keep going and looking at the comments on the love meme and getting overwhelmed. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.)

A List!


1) Prince Wardo fic is now up to Part 17! The whole fic is now about 53k and nowhere close to done, but at least I have finally gotten Facebook online. Now actual, you know, movie-plot things can start to happen, instead of just rampant schmoop and awkward sex.

2) The extraordinary hapakitsune made a PRINCE WARDO POSTER! :DDDDDDD aaaahhhhHHHHHHHHH look at it! :DDDDDDD

3) I wrote a HP crossover for gk_remix. This sentence in no way conveys the extreme difficulties I encountered in writing said fic. I inadvertently picked a plot which apparently I was not at ALL suited to write. Seriously. Typing a sentence was like trying to wade through molasses with an evil monkey on my back yanking at my hair while dueling soundtracks of Averil Lavigne and Pink Floyd played in the background at top volume. IT WAS HARD.

But anyway! It is DONE. Late as fuck (sorry again, mods, I AM AN ASS), but after some speed-betaing by my amazing true loves, brimtoast and laliandra, it is turned in. It will be posted later this week, so. THANK SWEET FUCK. It is over and I can finally think about other things again.

4) I signed up for a multifandom challenge at pod_together! I encourage all people on my flist who are interested in podfic to check it out! It's a collaborative effort between readers and authors, with a story written specifically to be recorded. You can sign up solo and get matched to a reader/author according to fandom, or you can sign up as a group, working with specific people. I'm both nervous and excited. COME JOIN ME IN THE NERVOUSNESS/EXCITEMENT! :D? :D?

Also, if any of you podficcers/authors out there would be interested in doing a group sign-up, let me know! I cannot promise I will say yes, as oh god, I have so many time commitments already, but I am sadly very susceptible to temptation on this. Sign-ups end the 27th. :D?

Fandoms I'm offering (so far): Temeraire, Generation Kill (Brad/Ray, Brad/Ray/Nate, Ray/Nate, or gen), The Social Network (Mark/Eduardo), Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Jennifer's Body, Due South (Fraser/RayK), Lewis, Doctor Who, Haven

5) AHHH TSN BIG BANG AHHHH *clings to moogle62*

6) I have been working pretty much non-stop at the museum. Which, yay, work! And I have apparently been indispensable and my bosses like me! But woe, less internet time. :(


Anyway, this all adds up to my not having been around the interwebs much. How have you been, guys? What have you been up to? Do you have any super-awesome fic recs for me? HOW ABOUT THAT DOCTOR WHO, EH?

I have seen this all over my flist, and I wasn't going to join in, but. I am cranky and totally blocked on all my writing, and my work, and my life. And I have a headache and now I have to drive for hours to see my brother graduate, and be reminded of my own non-graduatedness, and, just. Basically, I am feeling full of self-pity and woe and could REALLY use some love and cuddles. So, uh. If anyone is interested in doling some out.

THE YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL MEME

My thread is here.

In other news, will be gone from most of the weekend. Will try to update Prince Wardo fic as soon as my drafts STOP SUCKING LIKE THE VASTNESS OF SPACE. Plant to unlock bandom fic in two weeks. Will try to finish various other projects at some point in between. That's... basically it.

Carry on being awesome in my absence, fandom. ♥

As someone involved in several RPF and semi-RPF fandoms, I'm going to go ahead and make a blanket statement:

Please, please, PLEASE do not link/mail/show any of my work to any of the people who've inspired these stories. Just. PLEASE DON'T DO IT.

I know the fourth wall is virtually obsolete, but I am clinging to the remains, alright? I am HUNKERING DOWN.

For the time being, I'm friends-locking some of the stories posted on my LJ. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience, but everything should all accessible on my AO3 account. This is a temporary move just to preserve my peace of mind.