Fan Fic Author Appreciation Takes 2 and 3
Well, I missed updating my LJ yesterday, so I'm going to appreciate two authors tonight instead of just one. These authors are Erin--of Mercury Rising fame--and twistinside82!
Erin's fics are quite possibly the H-H-H-HOTTEST fics in the fandom! I constantly marvel at her ability to write B/J sex scenes that are exciting, believable and fun. She does not sound like a sex manual or like a guide on how to hook up a VCR (insert wire A into plug B kind of stuff). I highly recommend her site. Her 308 "reunion sex" fic is my favorite. I warn you though, you will have to turn on the air conditioner and take a cold shower after reading any of her fics. ;)
Twistinside82 otherwise known as the fabulous Liz, is my other choice for today. Her gapfillers for Gapfillerpalooza are consistently good--and only get better every week. I think I can safely attribute one of the most gut-wrenchingly amazing angst moments in the fandom to her in her gapfiller for 122 when a stunned Brian remembers Justin say "it was the best night of my life". Ugh! To understand the full impact of this--you must read that gapfiller immediately.
Thank you guys for your most awesome work!
I've been thinking about torture lately. LOL Did that get your attention? Actually, this torture comes in the form of insomnia. Ugh. I HATE getting insomnia. It usually happens to me once every month or two and my last bout came just a few nights ago. I went to bed feeling perfectly ready to drift into dreamland when suddenly this song, "Hold Me Now" from the 80's group the Thompson Twins came into my head and would NOT go away! Torture. Pure torture. For hours all I could hear was "Hold me now. All my heart. Stay with me! Let loving start. Let loving start." ACCCK it was enough to make me completely batty. On top of that, I got extra sensitive to everything--noise, light etc. I couldn't stand the sound of my own breathing and the floodlight that my neighbor at the apartment next door uses on her front porch seemed to just light up my room like a neon sign. Top that off with knowing that I have to get up at 5am for work and I was a basket case by 1:30am. Didn't get to sleep til 2:30. Decided to go to work late that day and it was the best decision I ever made.
Last night was a little better. First, I took some Sominex, so I was sedated. ;) Then I employed some meditative techniques to help relax myself. When the Thompson Twins song started up again I said, "I am going to accept this song into my head. It will flow over my consciousness like clouds. I will notice it, then let it pass." And you know what? Goofy as it sounds, it totally worked! (Well, the Sominex helped--but the meditation was a part of it, too!)
Tonight, my goal is to go to bed without the aid of sleep inducing drugs and hopefully sleep the sleep of the victorious!
Erin's fics are quite possibly the H-H-H-HOTTEST fics in the fandom! I constantly marvel at her ability to write B/J sex scenes that are exciting, believable and fun. She does not sound like a sex manual or like a guide on how to hook up a VCR (insert wire A into plug B kind of stuff). I highly recommend her site. Her 308 "reunion sex" fic is my favorite. I warn you though, you will have to turn on the air conditioner and take a cold shower after reading any of her fics. ;)
Twistinside82 otherwise known as the fabulous Liz, is my other choice for today. Her gapfillers for Gapfillerpalooza are consistently good--and only get better every week. I think I can safely attribute one of the most gut-wrenchingly amazing angst moments in the fandom to her in her gapfiller for 122 when a stunned Brian remembers Justin say "it was the best night of my life". Ugh! To understand the full impact of this--you must read that gapfiller immediately.
Thank you guys for your most awesome work!
I've been thinking about torture lately. LOL Did that get your attention? Actually, this torture comes in the form of insomnia. Ugh. I HATE getting insomnia. It usually happens to me once every month or two and my last bout came just a few nights ago. I went to bed feeling perfectly ready to drift into dreamland when suddenly this song, "Hold Me Now" from the 80's group the Thompson Twins came into my head and would NOT go away! Torture. Pure torture. For hours all I could hear was "Hold me now. All my heart. Stay with me! Let loving start. Let loving start." ACCCK it was enough to make me completely batty. On top of that, I got extra sensitive to everything--noise, light etc. I couldn't stand the sound of my own breathing and the floodlight that my neighbor at the apartment next door uses on her front porch seemed to just light up my room like a neon sign. Top that off with knowing that I have to get up at 5am for work and I was a basket case by 1:30am. Didn't get to sleep til 2:30. Decided to go to work late that day and it was the best decision I ever made.
Last night was a little better. First, I took some Sominex, so I was sedated. ;) Then I employed some meditative techniques to help relax myself. When the Thompson Twins song started up again I said, "I am going to accept this song into my head. It will flow over my consciousness like clouds. I will notice it, then let it pass." And you know what? Goofy as it sounds, it totally worked! (Well, the Sominex helped--but the meditation was a part of it, too!)
Tonight, my goal is to go to bed without the aid of sleep inducing drugs and hopefully sleep the sleep of the victorious!