Nominee of the Day: shuldham

[keladry_lupin]

As is my usual practice, I reserve the right to be as fair or as prejudiced as I want when it comes to pimping fics. I try to find fics I like whose authors don't have LJs or don't seem to be widely known (not a lot of reviews, for example).

I don't know how shuldham stayed under my radar for so long, but her fics are quietly beautiful. Here's a

Comments

[lady_rhian]

This is so good of you to do! Thank you for bringing our attention to such deserving writers.

[keladry_lupin]

You're welcome! It's fun to pimp stuff. I know I have a few hundred people on my flist, so there are lots of SSHG fans who listen to me (when they feel like it). Fics like The Love You Take, Sage, and Second Life are so immensely well-known -- and their authors so well-loved -- that they don't need me to blab about them, even though they're very deserving. But someone who doesn't seem to have an LJ deserves to be represented, too.

*is a champion of underdogs*

[lady_rhian]

You put Sage in that list? *blinks* Thank you, love! *glomps*

I absolutely agree with you. You have inspired me to pimp some really excellent stories that aren't on the Obvious Nominations List... I don't read nearly as much as you do, but there are some outstanding pieces that need to be seriously looked at this round. (I don't have nearly as many on the f-list, but I'll go the "a few votes can make a difference!" route... :D)

And it's just hella fun to have an excuse to re-read everything!

*hugs you*

[keladry_lupin]

I'm dreadful at reviewing, but Sage really is one of my favorite post-DH fics.

I started out this pimping thing when the first round of the Awards geared up. It was a bit more important to ferret out the overlooked stuff, I thought, since the oldest SSHG fics had been written four or five years before. Many of those authors have since moved on. It didn't really matter in the end; The only fics that I pimped that made it to the final nominations list were by authors who were still in the fandom, like Subversa. There are some quality fics out there that weren't acknowledged as I thought they should, because their authors have gone on. But I felt like I'd made a decent effort anyway.

[bambu345]

What marvelous fic recs, my friend. I've just read them all and I left a couple of reviews. Thank you.

And, oooh, what a pretty new layout you have.

[keladry_lupin]

You're welcome, my dear.

I went looking for a seasonal layout last night, since Halloween was close to being over. I felt like making a change, and I didn't want to go back to the same blue sky and green hills, pretty as they are.

[bambu345]

You know, I think the pinky beige is such a soothing color, and the kanji character in the background is really gorgeous.

I'm sure you're going to like it.