Oh, good god. Shalott answered the Harlequin challenge -- with a Male Order Bride story.
It is, of course, highly entertaining. And hot. If, you know, you go for that sort of thing. And by 'go for' I do certainly mean porn.
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Consuela - Aug 30, 2005 9:57:43 pm PDT #946 of 10436
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Anne W. - Sep 01, 2005 7:32:42 am PDT #947 of 10436
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
This is a crazy-ass idea, inspired in part by debg's bake-a-thon (see Press). I'm not proposing anything just yet, but I want to see if people think this idea has merit or is a really, really bad idea.
What about a fic-a-thon to raise money for hurricane relief? A possible way this could work is that writers would volunteer to write two to three fics in specified fandoms. Fans could then request--on a first come, first served basis--fics from their favorite author/fandom in exchange for a pledge to donate $__.00 to the Red Cross or some other designated relief org.
Vonnie K - Sep 01, 2005 7:36:10 am PDT #948 of 10436
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
2005 Multiverse stories are out. [link] Woo-hoo!
I'm reading the one in which Ivan Vorpatril ends up running into the Serenity gang, and it's highly entertaining.
Susan W. - Sep 01, 2005 7:37:15 am PDT #949 of 10436
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Would original fiction be welcome? I have a plot bunny involving the NO of my era, and if I were a published author, I'd be talking to my editor about doing a benefit anthology, but as it stands I don't know what to do with it.
Anne W. - Sep 01, 2005 7:49:43 am PDT #950 of 10436
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Would original fiction be welcome? I have a plot bunny involving the NO of my era, and if I were a published author, I'd be talking to my editor about doing a benefit anthology, but as it stands I don't know what to do with it.
Hmm. I don't see why not. There's probably a way to phrase things so that someone would pledge on as-yet unwritten original fic.
Edit: Actually, one of my LJ challenge communities (contrelamorte) is actually a group of four related communities: one is for slash fic, one is for anime-related slash fic, a third is for gen-het, and another is for original slash (there was a fifth group for original het/gen, but it's gone). That might be a way to arrange things in a more or less central location.
Michele T. - Sep 01, 2005 8:36:05 am PDT #951 of 10436
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Susan, if you have an agent, or a friend who has an agent, or a connection at a publishing house, it's still a great idea to pitch professionally. The amount of time it'll take to get a book through the publishing system is still bupkes compared to how long NO will need the help.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 03, 2005 10:26:24 pm PDT #952 of 10436
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Betsy HP - Sep 09, 2005 8:15:24 am PDT #953 of 10436
If I only had a brain...
Go forth and read tafkar's Daniel/Vala fic, for, lo, it contains not a single sexual body part and yet it will make you break into a cold sweat.
Katie M - Sep 09, 2005 8:28:50 am PDT #954 of 10436
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Seriously. So much more porny than most porn.
Connie Neil - Sep 13, 2005 2:52:28 pm PDT #955 of 10436
brillig
I've been digging through a Harry Potter slash archive, and I am utterly boggled at the amount of Harry/Snape out there. The romantic Harry/Snape. No, I didn't read more than the summaries.
The archive even has a standard label for Out Of Character-ness. Oh, as usual, dear.