Dear Castle fic writers,

Please, please stop using "husk" as a dialogue tag. It does not mean what you think it means. (Hint: You do not want me picturing Castle shucking corn when he's trying to seduce Beckett. You really don't want to plant that image in my mind when I've read William Faulkner's Sanctuary. Trust me ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to recommend this Castle fic since the first chapter, but the last one just went up so I can do it now with a clean conscience:

Fluff. Rated T, 27K words, Castle/Beckett friendship and romance/UST. Richard Castle discovers something unexpected when he visits Kate Beckett one December night. SO sweet adorable, but not saccharine ( Read more... )

I don't know if these will be of interest to anyone except aggiebell90, but I've been promising her a list of Castle fic recs for weeks and reckoned it was about time I followed through. (Plus, as you will see if you click the cut tags, the list was getting pretty unwieldy ( Read more... )

Pandora's Box, chapter 2. jheanne, you can stop sending me death threats now. :-P ( Read more... )

Julia Spencer-Fleming fans:

I just discovered I'm not the only person to have written Millers Kill fic, and there's even a comm now! I can't recommend any individual fics (haven't read them yet), but both stardust_20 (try this tag) and jennickels ( tagged) have written fic, and the comm is russ_clare. I'm off to join as soon as I post this and can switch over to my fic LJ. :-)

This morning I went into the Goblin's bedroom to wake him up (as requested, so he could go for a run before it got too hot) and was greeted with the sight of more than I've seen of him since he outgrew Pull-Ups. As in, completely bare-assed naked, full moon at 8 am, not a stitch on him. Thank goodness he was sleeping on his stomach ( Read more... )

The Multi-Media Multi-Fandom Mash-Up Meme!

I don't usually pimp big fandom memes, but with this one half the fun (maybe evem three-quarters of the fun) is in coming up with plausible prompts. No doubt the fact that I'm already dabbling in a crossover of sorts is a factor. Have fun with it!

Thanks for the sympathy and commiseration and advice in re. my last post, y'all. I appreciate it. *loves*

I'm feeling twitchy and REALLY need something to tear me away from refreshing fail_fandomanon every couple of minutes, so how about some drabble/ficlet prompts? Nothing too detailed, please - say, an object plus character or pairing. Can be holiday-themed or ( Read more... )

Two excellent Vorkosiganverse fics I've read recently. Do NOT read them unless you've at least read the very end of Cryoburn, or don't mind being spoiled:

Sunset by philomytha. Rated PG, 1700 words. Aral and Cordelia have lunch.

Treatment for Shock by dsudis. Unrated (Probably G/PG), 1000 words. When someone did move, at long last, it was Roic.

It figures that LJ would go tits-up on the very day I have new fic to post. It seems to be working now, though, so have a link:

Title: Connubial Friction
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A year or so after their unusual courtship, Sylvester and Phoebe are happily married and, at the story's outset, expecting their first child. As Sylvester's mother warned ( Read more... )