This story came about as a response to a discussion I was having with
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It's turning into a clean and chilly autumn, here. Several things make a post:

1. ( queer )

So ages ago I meant to rec the Damn, Fandom Is Good At What You Do fest, because I love that: one of my biggest narrative kinks is competence (and, now that I mention it, probably something that attracts me to people, as well). People just getting on with things that are difficult and vital because they love them and were born to do them - yes ( Read more... )

I've never been a big fan of October. It always seems like a halfway month that's not on the way to anywhere.

( work )

I suspect real happiness is getting up far too late on a sunny Friday morning, stumbling into the kitchen and finding a split croissant, with cheese inside, on the table, and just in case I didn't get it, a note propped on it saying "breakfast!".

So, three things make a post, right?

( lashings of ginger beer time! )

The Chrestomanci story I was working on. It's long and silly, but I had fun writing it. Also, it's a part of my ongoing resolution to write queer themes all year round and not just for lgbtfest.

amchau did the beta work; thank you, dear.

Fic:: Vicious As Roman Rule
by Raven
PG-13, Diana Wynne Jones' Chronicles of Chrestomanci, gen (and queerish), 8000 words. " ( Read more... )

I am sleeping very badly and suffering unexpectedly from jet-lag. I hate my brain. Hence my sleeping until three today, and doing nothing of any productivity. Graargh.

But, actually, I want to talk about something else. A while ago, yiskah recommended A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth's 1400-page novel about post-independence India, and reminded me I'd always ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to make this post for a while! Deep Space Nine, lovelies. People who really don't understand the silly Star Trek thing, look away now. (Except you don't get to make fun of me for it, I love science fiction and I love Star Trek and I am so done being ashamed of that.)

Deep Space Nine is the third Star Trek series. It's the only ( Read more... )

So, when lgbtfest prompts were open for submission, I submitted this:

2871. Sports Night, Natalie Hurley, Natalie is not guilty, conflicted or unhappy about her queerness - no matter how much her boyfriend, her faith and her parents get in the way.I didn't claim it myself, but I kept on thinking about it, and in the end this story happened. This isn't an ( Read more... )

Today's grand revelation: it's amazing how much more enthused I am about washing-up and cleaning when I'm having a party. Sigh.

Anyway! My lgbtfest story, for this prompt: 2942. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Ezri Dax, Ezri wasn't bisexual before being joined with the Dax symbiont, and now she has to adjust.

Fic:: Misremembering the Alamo
by RavenPG, gen ( Read more... )