Title: Pandora
Pairing: Jack/Brian Kinney (crossover with Queer as Folk, US version)
Warnings/Rating: NC-17, slash; no episode-specific spoilers.
Summary: It's been a long time since Jack has met someone like Brian Kinney. (Approx. 6100 words.)
Notes: Huge thanks to astolat and elynross for their help. Their awesomeness cannot be overstated.

"You're hot, and I ( Read more... )

Title: Distraction
Author: Melina
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Jack thinks he knows what Ianto needs.
Notes: Yuletide NYR 2007 for kaneko. Approximately 5000 words. Spoilers through 1x04.

Many, many thanks to astolat and elynross for the great story advice and editing, and to basingstoke and misspamela for the cheerleading.

Can also be read at the Yuletide archive.

( Distraction )

I forgot to post about my own story :)

Title: Warrior's Work
Recipient: lilacsigil
Fandom: Naomi Novik - Temeraire series
Rating: PG
Summary: In 1798, Jane Roland and Excidium fight in the Battle of the Nile.

The title was very nearly "How Jane Got Her Scar" but that felt kinda clunky.

Thanks, as ever, to hafital and killabeez for the beta reading, and especially for ( Read more... )

On my 2005 Yuletide story, Qui Tacet Consentit"From: Andrew Garth ( Read more... )

Based on the discussion here, I thought I might experiment with the idea of a post to make giving feedback easier ( Read more... )

Not only did I get to write for a friend, I got to do research, whee! And I don't want to lose my notes, so I'm saving them here.

( Seriously, only of interest to Rome and/or history geeks... )

Whee! I really love the fandom I wrote in this year, and that I got to write for a friend, movies_michelle:

Title: Qui Tacet Consentit (Silence Gives Consent ( Read more... )

Title: In A Handbasket
Author: Melina
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Van Helsing/Carl
Feedback: Is nifty. Comment here, at Yuletide, or email melina123 at livejournal.com
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: Carl and Van Helsing's journey home had been quite uneventful. Until now.

Author's Note: Written for the 2004 Yuletide Treasure challenge for alarielle. Many ( Read more... )

Stories I wrote this year: 12 -- 11 LotR and 1 Yuletide.

My favorite story this year (of my own): Twilight, because I am a sentimental idiot when it comes right down to it.

My best story this year: The Healer's Gambit. For once, I actually did plot! Go me!

Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: The Healer's Gambit, the pre ( Read more... )

From, uh, everyone:

If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fanfiction or NaNoWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favourite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the ( Read more... )