2011 is almost over. Crazy talk. I'm planning for 2012 to be The Year Of A Lot Less Fic No Seriously I Mean It This Time, and if that's not cool with you, I will totally understand. I'm just pretty burned out on mean girls and banging my head against brick walls, and I figure that's as good a sign as any that I should just finish my fucking ( Read more... )

In keeping with the a cappella vibe we've got going, today I give you two tracks from this year's Sing-Off Christmas album:

Afro Blue -- Christmas Time Is Here
Urban Method -- I Saw Three ShipsAfro Blue is a jazz ensemble from Howard University in Washington, DC. They do a really gorgeous version of "Christmas Time Is Here", which you will ( Read more... )

I was in the breakroom with ophelias_heart and her husband at lunch today, and we got on the subject of fan fiction. As you do. So after I confessed that I have considered writing Yukon Cornelius/Hermey the gay dentist elf slash, and he confessed that he would consider reading it, he wondered if perhaps there was some Captain Picard/Charles Xavier crossover ( Read more... )

Little & Ashley is an L.A.-based duo comprised of Marcus Ashley and Annie Little. You may have seen Marcus on Some Random Crime Show, as he also acts, along with playing in another band. You have probably heard Little & Ashley in That One Kindle Commercial, or possibly That Other Kindle Commercial. Amazon's used two of their singles for their ( Read more... )

That's right, it's time for Yuletide. Time to wish for those rarest of fics, the ones you dream of every time you watch that movie or favorite old show or reread that book you loved as a kid. It's time to hope that someone, somewhere loves your tiny, non-existent fandom so much that they want to tell you a story about it ( Read more... )

+ I'm currently in the throes of hiring a new employee. My opinion about the entire process boils down to this: Do. Not. Want. It's taking up all my time and I'll be glad when it's over. Then I'll start complaining about training a new employee ( Read more... )

Currently I'm reading Gunn's Golden Rules, and here is what I've learned so far: Back when he was a little boy, Tim Gunn was Kurt Hummel. Except he didn't have a Burt of his own. I wish he'd had a Burt ( Read more... )

Yuletide:

Yuletide authors were revealed sometime shortly after midnight (I know because I happened to notice while I was posting the fic I finished yesterday) which means I can claim the six fics I wrote. First up, the fics I wrote for my actual recipient:

Together An Ocean (2987 words)
Fandom: Ghost Hunters RPFRating: General Audiences ( Read more... )

So, okay, Yuletide this year. I have already showed you guys my amaaaaazing Yuletide gift, From Beginning To..., a Benny/Smalls "The Sandlot" epic. But then! Then! Yuletide madness began, and my lovely Yuletide author posted not one, not two, but three missing scenes for my original story. YOU GUYS. There are road trips and weddings and ( Read more... )

YOU GUYS. Someone has written me nearly 17,000 words of Benny/Smalls fic for Yuletide. 17,000 words of The Sandlot schmoop! And I can't read it because I have to be at my sister's house all day and even while I'm there I still have a Christmas present to finish before my parents show up ( Read more... )