The vast majority of fandoms that have taken sufficient root in my imagination to inspire fic have always been small ones. Couple that with the near-complete lack of any romantic pairing tags, let alone popular ones, and I've always been content with archive stats that would drive many fic authors of my acquaintance to despair. So the response to ( Read more... )

Am waffly about whether to sign up for fkficfest. (Sadly, yes, whether I can do justice to a 1000-word requirement by a July deadline is in fact a serious question. I realize many of you are perplexed by this. I raspberry in your general direction.) I'll probably sign up at the last minute, being, y'know, me ( Read more... )

First off, gleeeee! that with 20 participants, we ended up with way more than 20 stories. First there was the enthusiastic person who wrote one for each of his recipient's three prompts instead of choosing one. Then there were the "party favor" drabbles as a surprise from co-mods brightknightie and amilyn to all the participants who posted their contributions on time ( Read more... )

[xposted from fkficfest

Title: July 22, 1916
Author: wiliqueen
Recipient: brightknightie (part of the end-of-fest mod's surprise bonus)
Length: 1228 words
Prompt: Nick and one of his one-episode mortal friends... Mai Chung from "Cherry Blossoms"... So often, we come in at the tragic end of Nick's friendships. I would love to read an incident from the beginning or middle of one ( Read more... )

[xposted from fkficfest]

Title: Tea Leaves
Author: wiliqueen
Beta-Reader: amilyn and havocthecat
Recipient: nikfix1228
Prompt: Natalie, Nick, Janette. The tag to Cherry Blossoms.
Length: 1,994 words
Rating: PG
Warnings: None

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( It's a pleasure to meet you, Natalie. Nick has spoken of you. Often. We'll have to get together and... talk. )

brightknightie and amilyn, being very clever, have constructed fkficfest with rolling releases, so that instead of twenty fics all unscreening at once, we get two (or one, if it has to be broken into parts so as not to exceed LJ's posting limits) per day.

So I've been happily reading something new and cool every day this week, and today I hit the jackpot. brightknightie picked up the ( Read more... )

Okay, so my determination to have a draft of my fkficfest contribution by end of day yesterday? Not so much, but there was progress, and now there's momentum, and I'm no longer worried that I'm going to default due to brainlock.

Meanwhile, the musical memory-poking has been helpful, and had a side effect I should have expected but didn't. See, I've been ( Read more... )

First, an amusing (at least to me) observation: I remember when Jordache and Sasson were the must-have jeans I couldn't afford. Now they're sixteen bucks at Walmart, and a single pair of 6-long Levis is the Holy razzmfrazzm Grail ( Read more... )

Snurched directly from the comm, cuz I'm lazy that way...

Have you been waiting for the last minute? It's here! fkficfest sign-ups will close ... at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on Thursday, March 18, 2010. Drop by the rules and sign-ups post today to get into the game ( Read more... )

Yay! I've now officially signed up at fkficfest. Have youKeep in mind that I'm about the least prolific ficcer I know. If I can pull off this level of commitment, anyone can ( Read more... )