1. xf_is_love. Posting has started, and there's some great stuff up there. wendelah1 wrote a wonderful story about little Jeffery Spender, which happens to have an absolutely perfect last paragraph; bayloriffic wrote a lovely Rain King one-bed fic, which, as you may or may not know, is so my kink-of-the-moment. And maidenjedi has a solid and compelling Diana fic that is a The End ( Read more... )

A while back, I mentioned something about how I often read fic working similar scenarios or conceptual territory to things I'm working on--to see how other people are handling it, to see what other interpretations are out there, to see what I don't want to do. Someone, I forget who, said they'd be interested in seeing what I was reading as I'm ( Read more... )

I don't often make recs, mainly because I feel like my taste is so subjective--what I like about a story isn't often something that I'm sure will communicate, and I'm willing to tolerate poor writing that hits my narrative kinks, or that does something interesting.  (See, for example, my affection for Rachel Anton.)  But I keep mulling over a story ( Read more... )

1. This week's CSI was a loving homage to BSG, including a guest star turn by Kate Vernon, complete with the barest hint of a Canadian accent, and excellent, excellent cameos by RDM, Grace Park, and Rekha Sharma. The plot was that a TV producer who was about to produce a remake of a classic 70s sci-fi cheeseball space opera, Astro Quest, and was ( Read more... )

tlynnfic  's fabulous archive, How Will It End?, has been updated, and among the updates is a little interview with me.  (Since I am a massive egomaniac, I never miss an opportunity to talk about myself.)  In any case, it is all good stuff over there; HWIE is one of my favorite rec sites, and they also bring the pretty with their graphics.  So, hurray ( Read more... )

I liked a lot of the pornbattle stuff, I did. These are just things that stuck out to me, struck me as particularly hilarious or hot or as hitting a particular character nerve.  My preference is usually for plotty over plotless, for complicated characterization or a deep understanding of why people do what they do; I mean, yes, it has to be hot, ( Read more... )