I was tagged by _hannelore for the seven lines meme, aka "post 7 lines from page 7 or 77 of a WIP". I don't have any WIPs that long, so instead I'm posting a snippet each from three different WIPs that have been lounging in my drafts for varying lengths of time.

Harry Potter, Minerva McGonagall and OFC (a companion piece to this fic, written pre-Pottermore ( Read more... )

Dear Yuletide writer,

first of all, thanks so much for volunteering to write a story in one of these fandoms! I'm thrilled about the possibility of getting fic for one of them. I'd like to stress that optional details are optional, and it's totally fine if you go with your own ideas. But in case it might be useful to know a bit about my preferences ( Read more... )

Title: Defiance
Fandom: Earthsea
Character: Tenar's mother
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: I am not Ursula K. Le Guin.
Notes: Written for the minor characters challenge over at earthsea_fic.

( Defiance )

My Yuletide fic, which I'm reposting here for the sake of posterity. :-)

Title: Other Dances
Fandom: Earthsea
Characters: Tenar, Tehanu, Ged
Rating: G/PG
Summary: "Tehanu," she said, her voice muffled against Ged's neck. "She's growing up."
Disclaimer: I am not Ursula K. LeGuin; neither did I write this for money.
Notes: Written for Shell in the 2009 ( Read more... )

Dear Yuletide Writer,

first of all, thank you for writing for me! I love all of these fandoms so much, and just the thought of receiving fic for any of them makes me happy -- I'm sure I'll love whatever you decide to write. :-)

( Letter under cut )

Another ficlet out of absolutely nowhere... I may do Maurice next.

Title: Arha's Shadow
Fandom: Earthsea
Characters: Manan, Thar, Penthe
Rating: PG
Summary: Three people who love the Eaten One, each in their own way.
Disclaimer: This is based on Ursula Le Guin's work, and written entirely for fun.
Word count: 450

( Manan loves the child right from the moment she arrives, small and wide-eyed between the tall guards and priestesses. )

Title: Night Falling
Fandom: Earthsea
Pairing: Arha-that-was/Thar
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: This is based on Ursula Le Guin's novel The Tombs of Atuan; I'm only a fanfic writer.
Notes: Written for Challenge 14 over at earthsea_fic, using this quote: my heart's grown heavy, my knees will not support me / that once on a time were fleet for the dance as ( Read more... )

So, I was horribly insecure about this one, but
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Title: Crushing
Fandom: Earthsea
Characters: Kossil
Rating: PG
Summary: Better to be disliked than pitied, better to be feared than scorned.
Disclaimer: This piece of fiction is based on Ursula K. Le Guin's novel The Tombs of Atuan. No infringement is intended.
Notes: Written for the 2009 ficathon over at earthsea_fic, in response to prompt 9: "Everyone is the hero ( Read more... )

I was tagged by kellychambliss  to do this meme:

Name five fics or art that you’ve written and tell us what first inspired it, whether it was a visual image, a song, a prompt or something else entirely.

Thinking about this, it occurred to me that the process of writing often starts with some sort of sentence or line or phrase -- I suddenly think of a line which I  ( Read more... )