It struck me recently that although I no longer read slash, I miss slash conventions.
I like the people I used to meet there.
I'm also trying to figure why I almost never read slash any more.
1. Too many sex scenes all seem alike. I think it was when I was in the early stages of 'Life on Mars' fandom that I got totally fed up of short stories that
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I got myself a text-to-speech reader because I have to edit such a lot of my own stuff. Ghostreader (Mac) and TextAloud (P.C) are what I've got, both with very good (NeoSpeech) voices. Nowadays, I download my stories and others to my iPod and then listen to them just before I go to sleep. It's like having a bedtime story read to me every night!
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It jars me out of a story, without that being any reflection on the ability of the writer. (I like that fact that you use lots of characters including Selmak, whom I'm rather fond of)
If you fancy a long one in the past tense, try http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/Stargate/Library/P2P/index.html
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A couple of times, in a fit of frustration at my inability to find anything good for a particular pairing, I ended up writing it myself.
Despite being a slash writer, I've never actually been to a proper slash con. I'm not sure if I should, since most of my slash fandoms are for newer stuff (anime and video games, etc.) so I'm not sure if I'd fit in all that well.
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But I'd expect the conversation to be mainly TV fandom.
However, if I go, it will be mainly for the company.
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I find recs lists the best way to identify the cream of the available fic. It's not a foolproof approach by any means, but it does help.
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Not all slash has to be PWP - in fact, apart from a couple of recent challenges I don't think I've ever committed PWP without at least some character motivation/exploration. Though granted it's difficult to find the in-character plotty good stuff.
And you remind me that I'm supposed to be writing a (possibly slashy) sequel to Sharpe's Mission (I think I may have muttered something about having Colonel Brand climb dripping out of that well and whip Sharpe's arse...).
Just as soon as I've finished all these Potter and Holmes bunnies.
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I remember some excellent non PWP slash, I'm just too old to spend time looking for it now. I only ever read stuff that's recc'd to me now.
I'd love to read a Sharpe story by you...
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