Shameless stolen from brandywine421. And a bunch of others are doing it, too, but she was the first I saw... lol

When you see this, post a little weensy excerpt from as many random works-in-progress as you can find lying around. Who knows? Maybe inspiration will burst forth and do something, um, inspiration-y. As you shall see, I have plenty of IDEAS, the ( Read more... )

Last night I posted a one-shot, Hear Me, and while writing it I briefly considered, instead of the countdown mode I used (starting with 10 and going down to 0 and then just a line of '...') inbetween sections, using a horrible little counting rhyme that should be somewhat familiar since I totally stole it from a classic and then changed the rhyming ( Read more... )

Title: Hear Me
Author: Mara
Prompt: #014 - The Countdown
Rating: R
Warnings: Character death. Somewhat graphic imagery of blood and brains.
Summary: Sandy stopped first, startled, and put his arm out to stop Ryan, trying to push the boy behind him but not in time to stop Ryan from seeing the gun pointing their way.
Notes: Consider this a prequel to ( Read more... )

Title: Learn To Fly
Author: Mara
Fandoms: The OC/OTH
Prompt: #071 - Broken
Rating: R
Warnings: Reference to Character Death.
Summary: Brooke's new in Newport, and Ryan is completely broken.
Notes: The description of the Cohen pool being visible from a balcony of Marissa's old room in the Cooper house is totally made up, since as far as we know ( Read more... )