*blows dust off microphone*  Hello? I know, other than the occasional fic, I've been very quiet. Part of that is the slow decay of LJ journals and comms. I'm well, though I've been somewhat distracted by family health issues. (Alzheimer's sucks.)

'The other purpose of this post is to ask around for a Britpicker. I have just finished a rough draft ( Read more... )

Ganked from Wendymr.

Pick 12 characters from any fandoms and list them before you read the questions that follow.

Here they are, listed alphabetically.

1.  Bruce Banner (Avengers)\

2.  Harry Dresden (Dresden Files)

3.  Jack Harkness (Doctor Who)

4.  James Hathaway (Lewis)

5.  Laura Hobson (Lewis)

6.  Leela (Doctor Who)

7.  Miles Vorkosigan (Vorkosigan ( Read more... )

So, I've just launched a series of DVD Extras to accompany my wingfic series, On the Wings of the Dawn. I'm not going to officially solicit prompts, because I'm not sure I can fill them, but I'd like to know what people are interested in. And maybe, if the Muse is cooperative...

Borrowed from PaperscribePut a number in the comments and I’ll answer accordingly ( Read more... )

Borrowed from half my f-list ( Read more... )

Today I got some wonderful news.  Since wendymr enticed me into Lewis fandom (known as Inspector Lewis in the U.S.), I've written ten fanfic stories, mostly drabbles (and one double-drabble).  The longest one is a 2k ficlet, The Martyrdom of St Sebastian.

This month, Lewis fandom is being represented on crack_van, the multifandom fanfiction rec comm.  Today I was ( Read more... )

Just a little over a year ago, dshael reported that polgarawolf had posted a Doctor Who story on fanfiction.net that contained text stolen from a variety of DW fan writers, including dameruth, cherryice, Joolz, and myself. On the theory that plagiarists are often repeat offenders, several of us went digging and discovered that a large number of her other stories (mostly Star Wars) ( Read more... )

Ganked from yamx.

If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
- Alfred Hitchcock

When I post a story, what do you expect to find?

Yes, I'm still alive and well, though I wouldn't be surprised if some people thought otherwise, considering how little I've posted in the past few months.

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So I joined drabble_las, my first time in in a Last Author Standing competition.  The prompt was "I'm not bad.  I'm just drawn that way.".  We had the option of doing a fandom-based drabble (any fandom) or an original fiction drabble.  I chose original fiction, because I wasn't quite sure how to apply that prompt to any of my fandoms.  There were 6 ( Read more... )