Thanks to everybody who commented on "Cinderella, Made of Steel," my Sarah Connor Chronicles fic for Yuletide 2008. It was the most popular of the stories I wrote, and the writing process was pretty interesting. So I thought it would be worth a DVD commentary. Rejoinders, arguments, discussion welcome; this commentary is as much about the ( Read more... )

It's reveal time!

This was my first Yuletide, and I went a little nuts. I wrote five stories. Yuletide's word counts are a little off, for some reason, so all the word counts below are mine:

For curtana: "The Metal from the Stars" (John Bellairs - Lewis Barnavelt series: 8,628 words).

For Catw00man: "Cinderella, Made of Steel" (TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR ( Read more... )

So I invited people to tell me their favorite stories I never wrote as an excuse for me to write a corresponding drabble (cyano, I'm still workin' on yours), and cmar_wingnut stepped up in style:

The bed romantically strewn with ammo was a nice touch in your amazing Hammer/Cameron love scene!
...SLEDGE HAMMER! crossover with TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES ( Read more... )

I had the oral portion of my quals today. I am now ABD.

To celebrate, the meme that I was planning to do last weekend before I got busy: Post a comment about a story that I have never written ("Hey, I loved that AU where Babs was an assassin!" "Man. It doesn't get better than Rex the Wonder Dog as the new Robin."). I'll do my best to give you ( Read more... )

The requested ficlets are finished. Though in a strange twist, my reaction to a prompt requesting Spider-Man and Mary Jane was to imagine them and J. Jonah Jameson in a crossover with Rex the Wonder Dog.

Sometimes I wonder if something is wrong with me. I mean, a Rex the Wonder Dog fixation like mine *can't* be good for you.

Blogging for a cause! Throw me something. Anything. A prompt, a pairing, a character name, a scenario, a fandom, and I'll write you a ficlet, *even if I know nothing about the fandom and have to make something up based on what I find in a quick search of Wikipedia and Google ( Read more... )

Title: "Pieces of the Dead"
Author: David Hines / hradzka
Dedication: for Marjorie M. Liu, aka webpetals, who loves Optimus so.
Author's Note: This story operates in TRANSFORMERS movie continuity with some tips of the hat to other formats. Thanks to brown_betty for a terrific beta.
Summary: Sam and Optimus take a road trip ( Read more... )

petronelle did a drabble exchange post here, and one of her ficlets posited Jason Todd, the second Robin, really enjoying being flown around by Starfire. The character combination and scenario tickled me, so I wrote a sort-of sequel, and liked it enough to post it here.

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In case you haven't seen it, petronelle is hosting a DCU fanfic version of the drinking game "Never have I ever." No drinking is involved, but quite a lot of writing is. I share some blame for the concept, but had no hand in the rules, which are quite clever. This could conceivably be played in any number of fandoms. Here's how it works:

1. Post a comment ( Read more... )

Title: "Minute of Angle"
Author: David Hines / hradzka
Author's Note: Set in and around ROBIN: YEAR ONE; those who've read it will recognize some of Chuck Dixon's dialogue.
Acknowledgments: For petronelle, because everybody needs another reason to love Jim Gordon. Thanks to nos4a2no9 for the beta.
Summary: Jim and Babs, in the early days. There are a lot of ( Read more... )