DVD commentary on "Not an Argyle Socks Kind of Guy", as requested by penwiper26. The story is quite short, features Giles/Xander, and alludes to smut but contains little itself.

( Socks? Yes, socks. )

So, woah! "Apples, Oranges, and Pears" is unbelievably nominated some more. This time it's the Happy Endings Awards round 3I was telling Mr Pedia the other day that I need to figure out what people liked about that story so I can bottle it. Hee! My theories are: 1. Xander. 2. Funny. 3. Xander. 4. The summary line at the end of each section. 5. ( Read more... )

So, hey! The Fang Fetish Awards are doing a "best of" round, where winners and runners-up from previous rounds are up for more kudos.

Note that khaoschilde's G/B story "Greater Good" is up for voting in the "all pairings" segment. And that "Apples, Oranges, and Pears" is in the light-hearted category (where it firmly belongs!) in the vampiric segment. And ( Read more... )

Title: Not An Argyle Socks Guy
Pairings: Giles/Xander
Rating: FRM for sexual situations
Notes: 1300 words. Immediately follows "Apples, Oranges, and Pears".
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership and am making no money.

( Giles was off seeing some shaman about a demon. )

Hey! "Apples, Oranges, and Pears" was runner-up in round 5 of the Fang Fetish Awards in two categories.

First category: Best Gen and other pairings. The winner was Out of Africa by spikendru and my fellow runner up was the ouch-inducing and excellent "Cuckoo in the Nest" by liz-marcs.

The other category was Best Fluff/Lighthearted, which this story certainly was. ( Read more... )

Woah! Apples, Oranges, and Pears has been nominated in round 5 of the Fang Fetish Awards, Xander's Corner, in the gen/other pairings category. (What, not enough Giles/Xander for its own category? I think we better get this fixed!)

Thank you to whoever nominated me! I'm thrilled the story is making people happy. That's why I do it.

Postmortems! Where I figure out what I learned from the process of writing a particular story, what I did well, and what I could have done better.

( The request, and intentions... )

Title: Apples, Oranges, and Pears 2/2
Author: Antennapedia
Pairings: Giles/Xander (Xander/Faith, Xander/Larry, Giles/Ethan mentioned)
Rating: FRAO
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership and am making no money.

Continued from Part 1.
( Xander went out with Larry again... )

Title: Apples, Oranges, and Pears 1/2
Author: Antennapedia
Pairings: Giles/Xander (Xander/Faith, Xander/Larry, Giles/Ethan mentioned)
Summary: How it happened when Xander got thrown out of his house just minutes after he turned eighteen.
Rating: FRAO
Warnings: Xander is still in high school, though he’s 18.
Notes: Betaed by secondalto, who unstuck me. ( Read more... )