The Concise Science Fiction and Fantasy month (consci_fan_mo) is back for another year! Yay! Post nicked off donutsweeper because I am both busy and lazy (Whitby has just finished and Vampire Ball is this weekend).

Originally posted by donutsweeper at here

consci_fan_mo is open for business and now accepting prompts!

What is consci_fan_mo you ask? The ultimate antidote to NaNo, it's "three ( Read more... )

It's all very well for the muses to be bloody restless, but when they start grumbling that takes the biscuit it does, especially when they refuse to offer anything in an effort to stop the grumbling.
( beware of grumbling muses )

Questions are here.

8 - Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.

Short answer - yes, and poke them with a metaphorical stick though sometimes they poke back

Rambly answer behind the cut ( clicky )

Title: Under the Radar
Author: A Lanart
Your prompt: Ace walks into a bar and meets... Methos!
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Highlander, Torchwood 4
Characters/pairings: Dorothée Gale McShane (Ace), Methos, Shiv (OC)
Rating/warnings: G. Warnings? My Torchwood 4 universe is rather cracktastic.
Word count: 1,266
Disclaimer: Anything you recognise is not mine ( Read more... )

Title: Bring on the Dancing Horses
Author: A Lanart
Character(s)/pairings: Ianto, Owen, OCs
Fandom and/or Prompt: Torchwood 4
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Warnings: None. Part of my ongoing Torchwood 4 Series.
Disclaimer: Anything you might recognise doesn't belong to me.
Word count: 1,582 ( Read more... )

Title: Street of Dreams
Author: A Lanart
Character(s)/pairings: Oc's, Ianto Jones
Fandom and/or Prompt: Torchwood. No prompt
Rating: G
Spoilers/Warnings: None; just a touch of crack as is fairly normal for my Torchwood 4 verse.
Disclaimer: Anything you might recognise doesn't belong to me. However, I take full responsibility for resurrecting Joseph ( Read more... )

Title: We Stand Alone
Author: A Lanart
Character(s)/pairings: Torchwood 4 team (OCs), Dorothée Gale McShane
Fandom and/or Prompt: Torchwood/Doctor Who; no prompt
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Warnings: none
Disclaimer: Anything you recognise probably belongs to he BBC
Title from the song of the same name by Covenant
word count: 1,240

Written for consci_fan_mo Day 4

A/N ( Read more... )

Title: Pretending to See the Future
Author: A Lanart
Character(s)/pairings: OCs only
Fandom and/or Prompt: Torchwood. No prompt
Rating: G
Spoilers/Warnings: It's got a good dollop of Crack but otherwise none.
Disclaimer: The Whoniverse belongs to the BBC and I'm sure the Oxford Pub belongs to someone too ( Read more... )

Title: The Perfect Drug
Author: A Lanart
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: Torchwood Team, ofc
Rating: G
Warnings/Spoilers: ummm none really. A bit of mary-sue
Summary: There's someone in The Hub who isn't a member of the team
Disclaimer: Anything you might recognise is not mine.

A/N: This piece of mary-sueish crack has never seen the un-flocked light ( Read more... )

Author: A Lanart
Title: Blue Monday
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Mostly OCs, mention of Captain Jack
Rating: PG-13 for swearing
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Torchwood belongs to Aunty Beeb.
Summary: The story behind how Torchwood 4 got lost.
Title from the song of the same name by New Order

A/N: I decided to have a go at the timestamp meme ( Read more... )