A meme, but first a rant
I've been listening to the music recs I received the other day. Thank you so much! I needed the change of pace.
This will probably mean nothing to just about all of you, but it needs to be said: Hal Fishman? You are an awful, annoying newscaster and you need to retire. If you dare interrupt one of the final Girlmore Girls with a fifty minute long rambling monologue about a fire that hasn't even burned down a single building, there will punishments. In the future, please remember it's not breaking news if nothing new is happening. Thank you. And really, please do consider retiring.
In other news--the kind I wouldn't interrupt quality television for, Hal--I was tagged by the lovely shiiki, who beta'd not one but two of the fics featured here.
WRITER'S MEME: Sometimes it's ok to pimp yourself out. Post a list of the top five favorite fics you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then tag five other people to do the same.
Subleties: This is my baby, my labor of love. It took over six months to get down, then I spent another month fine-tuning and changing the ending around. I got the idea while I was mopping the floor in the backroom of the restaurant I used to work at and originally I had it from Neville's point of view. But Neville wasn't quite right, so I threw Luna in and had them talking about subtleties. Then my computer crashed and I lost everything, so I was forced to start over from scratch. This time I did it in second person and Neville didn't make the cut. From there, it was just a matter of syntax and that didn't take too long. All those comparisons I made were things I already thought, and I actually have a rl oc version of the fic.
Boy Talk: I did this to recover from Girl Talk. Girl Talk will always have a special place in my heart (it's my longest and the first to get on checkmated) but I've never been completely satisfied with it. It could be better, more fluid. Boy Talk, however, I like. It did what I wanted it to do. Ron was so much fun to write.
A Different Sort of Bravery: I put a lot of thought into this fic and there's about five pages of backstory that I eventually set aside. I think Peter is a fascinating character and I wish he got more attention from the fandom. I can understand why he wouldn't, though. He's such an tragic, ugly character. Even though the other "bad" guys (Percy, Snape, Draco, Lucius, the big Lord V himself) are horrible, there's a sort of beauty to them. And beauty (even if it's selfish and harmful) is a lot more forgivable than utter cowardice. But I still think Peter can be redeemed. Or maybe at least understood a bit more. He's a tricky, awful little man and I hope we get more information out of JKR in DH. But I'm not even talking about my fic anymore, am I? Well, I liked writing it and even though it didn't get many reviews, the ones I did get put huge grins on my face. And really, I can't blame people for wanting to avoid Peter fics. I mean, he did betray the Potters. Asshole.
The Cupboard Contract: I held onto this fic for almost a year before posting it. I don't really know why. It was originally a H/G story. Ginny swooped in and saved her man. But then I fell in love with the idea of the three of the trio hanging out in the cupboard so I wrote Ginny out. I had so much fun with the dialogue. I love writing dialogue. This was the first time I wrote trio dialogue and getting the speaker tags done correctly was hard, but their interactions were just plain fun to put down on paper.
That Moves the World: This is my first romance. Sure, I'd hinted at relationships plenty in my other fics, but in this one I just went for it. Scared the living daylights out of me, to tell you the truth. I'm still overwhelmed by the response it got at cm. I wasn't expecting it. That's not to say I think it's bad, though. I'm very pleased with the fic. I like the colors and it made me so happy that some people related to the opening. I was describing my reaction to the news they couldn't treat my Grandma's cancer when I wrote that and it was so gratifying that other people understood what I was trying to say.
This will probably mean nothing to just about all of you, but it needs to be said: Hal Fishman? You are an awful, annoying newscaster and you need to retire. If you dare interrupt one of the final Girlmore Girls with a fifty minute long rambling monologue about a fire that hasn't even burned down a single building, there will punishments. In the future, please remember it's not breaking news if nothing new is happening. Thank you. And really, please do consider retiring.
In other news--the kind I wouldn't interrupt quality television for, Hal--I was tagged by the lovely shiiki, who beta'd not one but two of the fics featured here.
WRITER'S MEME: Sometimes it's ok to pimp yourself out. Post a list of the top five favorite fics you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then tag five other people to do the same.
Subleties: This is my baby, my labor of love. It took over six months to get down, then I spent another month fine-tuning and changing the ending around. I got the idea while I was mopping the floor in the backroom of the restaurant I used to work at and originally I had it from Neville's point of view. But Neville wasn't quite right, so I threw Luna in and had them talking about subtleties. Then my computer crashed and I lost everything, so I was forced to start over from scratch. This time I did it in second person and Neville didn't make the cut. From there, it was just a matter of syntax and that didn't take too long. All those comparisons I made were things I already thought, and I actually have a rl oc version of the fic.
Boy Talk: I did this to recover from Girl Talk. Girl Talk will always have a special place in my heart (it's my longest and the first to get on checkmated) but I've never been completely satisfied with it. It could be better, more fluid. Boy Talk, however, I like. It did what I wanted it to do. Ron was so much fun to write.
A Different Sort of Bravery: I put a lot of thought into this fic and there's about five pages of backstory that I eventually set aside. I think Peter is a fascinating character and I wish he got more attention from the fandom. I can understand why he wouldn't, though. He's such an tragic, ugly character. Even though the other "bad" guys (Percy, Snape, Draco, Lucius, the big Lord V himself) are horrible, there's a sort of beauty to them. And beauty (even if it's selfish and harmful) is a lot more forgivable than utter cowardice. But I still think Peter can be redeemed. Or maybe at least understood a bit more. He's a tricky, awful little man and I hope we get more information out of JKR in DH. But I'm not even talking about my fic anymore, am I? Well, I liked writing it and even though it didn't get many reviews, the ones I did get put huge grins on my face. And really, I can't blame people for wanting to avoid Peter fics. I mean, he did betray the Potters. Asshole.
The Cupboard Contract: I held onto this fic for almost a year before posting it. I don't really know why. It was originally a H/G story. Ginny swooped in and saved her man. But then I fell in love with the idea of the three of the trio hanging out in the cupboard so I wrote Ginny out. I had so much fun with the dialogue. I love writing dialogue. This was the first time I wrote trio dialogue and getting the speaker tags done correctly was hard, but their interactions were just plain fun to put down on paper.
That Moves the World: This is my first romance. Sure, I'd hinted at relationships plenty in my other fics, but in this one I just went for it. Scared the living daylights out of me, to tell you the truth. I'm still overwhelmed by the response it got at cm. I wasn't expecting it. That's not to say I think it's bad, though. I'm very pleased with the fic. I like the colors and it made me so happy that some people related to the opening. I was describing my reaction to the news they couldn't treat my Grandma's cancer when I wrote that and it was so gratifying that other people understood what I was trying to say.