Snowflake Challenge- Day 1
snowflake_challenge Day 1
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. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Share what you've created. Be proud of your creativity.
I've been thinking a lot about what kind of writer I am, and what kind of stories I write. I do book marketing for my day job, and so I spend a lot of time thinking about where stories will be best received, and what pieces they're made of, and what a reader might be expecting. It's a little weird to turn that gaze on myself, because I can't write with my marketing hat on. (I did it the other day, actually, and it was horrible. I was starting a new story idea and I was like, "Ok, before you make this story decision, think about what would sell better" and I had to actively turn the SELL part of my brain off because that's not the way I write good stories, it's just not.) But I do like the idea of knowing what I write in a deep way, like, these are my stories, these are the kind of stories I love to tell and will keep telling. So I'm choosing the "Fanworks that define me as a creator" prompt. There shouldn't be any surprises here, but, well, that hopefully proves my point.
Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency - A story - a whole series - about identify, community, and figuring out you deserve love.
Buy Handmade - A story about finding love by first finding out what you love. A celebration of the power of creating and sharing what you make.
I went looking through the rest of my stories trying to find a third for this list, but there were too many that were pieces and not the whole. Found families; supernatural settings where quirky magical things can happen and where the ordinary is extraordinary; falling in love with people who share passions; being who you are, or transforming your way there. Deserving to be loved for who you are. These are the kinds of stories I write, and the kinds of characters I fall for. You can also read this entry on Dreamwidth (
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