Giles/Oz ficathon

[moosesal]

Title: Pages from Novels of a Life Together
Author: Moosesal
Pairing: Giles/Oz
Rating: NC-17
Beta: silvertedy - Many thanks as always for the amazing edit. Your feedback is incredible and your copyediting is astounding (and makes me embarrassed to be employed by the same publisher). Thanks again for "the full treatment". *g* Remaining mistakes are my all

Comments

[janedavitt]

So many lovely images and phrases in these; beautiful.

icing himself down like a teenager

cradled between them, thrusting lazily inside his tight flesh.

And that end..::happy sigh::

[moosesal]

I'm so glad you liked. And I'm so amused that you're the first to comment. I named Giles' cousin after you because of the lovely X/O fic you wrote. :)

cradled between them, thrusting lazily inside his tight flesh.
That's my favorite line in the whole piece and probably the only one my editor didn't change. Apparently she liked it too.

Thanks for commenting.

[janedavitt]

Squee! I noticed that but never thought it was a nod to me ::bounces around:: Cousin? Kissing cousin, yes? ::grin::

[moosesal]

Definitely kissing cousins. We could imagine that he did more than just a little fencing with one another. Afterall, they were both rule breakers. *wink*

[jedi_penguin]

I really liked that. The separate images, removed from time and continuity, seem to fit their secret relationship very, very well. This was an inspired example of allowing the story to dictate the form, rather than the other way around. Bravo!

[moosesal]

Thank you so much. Such lovely words. I'm glad you liked the format and the story and the way it all fit together.

[glossing]

I love this. I don't know why, but it's made me cry. The popsicle, and the squirting orange, and What kind of demon...?, and the memory of restraints, and...Jesus. I love drabblefic, and you, haiku-mistress that you are, excel at it.

I think it only helped that so many of the titles you used are not only my shelves as well but are among my favorites.

Thanks so much for this.

[moosesal]

Wow. You're feedback made my day. I'm sitting here working on my next "year of oz" story and feeling incompetent then I read this lovely feedback and feel boosted again.

I'm glad you liked the drabble set-up. I'd really been wanting to do one and as I was trying to think of story ideas some of these titles were just floating in my head so I went with it. They're some of my favorite books, too.

The squirting orange is one of my favorite parts of the story. It made me smile to write it, unlike Heart of Darkness which was so difficult. My biggest challenge though, was to not write the Giles/Oz of "It's Like Jazz" (not that they aren't wonderful). I wanted to be original. Hope I succeeded.

Anyway... thanks again for the lovely words. They really couldn't have come at a better time.

[allegraconbrio]

This is superb! I am so happy that I saw your post and came back to read.

I like the structure of the drabbles, and the titles you have chosen work so well with your words. A series of gems. Sweet, sad, evocative, and lovely altogether.

[moosesal]

Thank you, dear. See, sometimes it's good to try something new. *g* I'm glad you liked it. I'm really proud of this story, so it's been hard that not a lot of people are reading it (or at least commenting).

[kindkit]

I really love the structure of this--the linked drabbles give it both depth and movement, and the use of book titles is just perfect for the two of them.

Without hesitation Giles smiled, “Last year you stopped by here to pick up a book and you stayed.”

Oh! So lovely.

[moosesal]

Oh! So lovely.

As is your feedback. Thanks so much for the kind words. You and glossing do Giles/Oz so well that I was a bit nervous to even try the pairing. But I really enjoyed writing this. I'm glad you enjoyed reading this.