This year, as a way to spit in the face of Covid and Trump, I got a little bit of my HP writing mojo back -- enough to participate in four holiday fests.

Here's my entry for "Festive Fun" at rarepair_shorts -- a self-posting, non-anonymous fest that was low-pressure and fun ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, I participated in firewhiskeyfic, a fun gathering that involves drinking a lot and then, as long as one is still capable of typing, writing fanfic, preferably porn. I had long intended to join in the fun but had never managed to do so. But this round, a timely reminder from paulamcg (thank you, Paula!) got me focused. I poured some sparkling ( Read more... )

The ninth annual hoggywartyxmas fest is now history, and as usual, what a glorious history it was. Excellent as always. AND -- guess what!! There's going to be a Tenth Fest. That announcement means that Christmas has come already, and it's only early February ( Read more... )

( The Sweet Ending )

( The Bitter Ending )

( 1. Bitter, 2. Sweet, Part Two )

The next few posts will contain my entry for this year's hoggywartyxmas fest. I'd intended to write something short, and of course ended up with over 14K words. But compared to a novel, I guess that's short.

As always, my grateful thanks to therealsnape for 1. Beta, 2. Running the Fabulous Fest.

Title: 1. Bitter, 2. Sweet
Author: kellychambliss
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~14500
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Reveals have been posted at mini_fest, and I can now lay claim to the following fic. I confess to have been very late in submitting it (thanks again to the patient mods), but I didn't want to withdraw. mini_fest was one of the first HP holiday fests I joined, way back in 2009, and I have a soft spot for it. It's always a pleasant, restful, joyous gathering of art ( Read more... )

I'm a bit behind at reposting my fest entries this year. Here's my contribution to hp_halloween, the double-drabble fest that has been my Halloween tradition for quite a few years now. Written for my friend _hannelore, who asked for "fond childhood memories of holidays."

Title: Samhain's Child
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, OCs
Rating: G
Summary: Minerva and her ( Read more... )

Here's my entry for this year's wand_in_a_knot fest. The premise is really fun: each participant gets "tagged" by a previous participant and given a prompt. We then have 24 hours to create a story or art with an R or NC-17 rating. Any characters, any kink. So basically insta-porn. It's a really enjoyable challenge.

My prompt came from mywitch:

You're the ( Read more... )