Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Day One

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In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator.

I ran across this on pir8fancier's lj. She mentioned a couple of her Harry Potter fics and I thought omg, I wrote a couple of HP fanfics ages ago. Many many ages ago. Then I realized...I don't have any copies anymore! Anywhere! So I decided to hunt them down, and get them onto AO3 in case someday I ever want to read them again, or something.

It took a bit of hunting, but I finally found them! Fortunately both were written for fests. I can count on 2 hands the number of fanfics I've ever written (at least before the two fests I did this past year to challenge myself re writing short) - but these two I enjoyed writing very much. So here they are, saved forever now on AO3. Will get the others I found (a Torchwood fic, a Being Human fic) up on AO3 too.

Haven - a Harry/Draco fic. Draco Malfoy has been tried and convicted for his war crimes; only the question of his punishment remains.

and

Roots - a Neville Longbottom fic. After Gran's death, Neville uncovers a mystery surrounding his parents' past.

Both of these were written in 2007, so before all the books had come out. I recently rewatched all the Harry Potter movies and it made me miss all the HP fun (at least the little that I was involved in). I'm not currently in a fandom and rereading these have made me all nostalgic for the funtimes that being in a fandom brings.

The third fic for this challenge though is a fanfic that touched me deeply, because it was written about two men who were real life lovers, the composer Benjamin Britten and tenor Peter Pears.

Piano e forte

Both are long gone now, but they left behind letters, beautiful, touching letters of their love for each other. When I got them for Yuletide 2009, I was quickly swept up into their world and those letters - the content and the writing style - and absolutely adored bringing them to fictional life. Someday I would love to write a bigger story about them, or loosely based on them.



And hey LJ, miss you, miss all those who have left here (even though many I still have in other ways). Always think about pouring my heart out here, like I used to, but... just isn't the same anymore. Tend to keep things locked in my head these days. Hunting for these fics took me back to an old lj I had, and I hardly recognize myself in those old posts, the happy bouncy me of old. Kinda makes me sad. Have I let things change so much? Wish I could recapture those times, push aside those things that keep me from the good happy things. Anyway, looking ahead like everyone else to having a good 2014. And like lots of others, glad to put a mostly-stressful year behind me. 2013 wasn't all THAT bad though!

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[eurydice72.livejournal.com]

I hate hearing you sound sad. :(

[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is different, but I keep hearing from a lot of people on my flist that they are sad and where is everybody and I'm hoping that wee little memes thingees like this get people posting again. I wrote a long, long piece on why tumblr and A03 have destroyed community in fandom, but it seemed like whining so I haven't posted it. But yours is the SECOND LJ I've just read in as many minutes that said the same thing. Where is everyone? Maybe most of us are here and we're just not saying anything.

How's the writing going? I'm halfway through a mystery that I'm trying to sell late this spring. Not sure I have an agent anymore so will go hunting for one. Am going to Left Coast this year. Haven't been in literally something like five years, but am trying to see if I can sell this puppy. If I can't, I'll self-publish. You know that cosies are selling like gangbusters right now, absolutely selling like crazy (albeit in a horrible market). You might consider dusting off your mystery writing chops...

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

I am going to keep writing here more often (of course I said that last month but then got swamped). STILL, am going to try! I read around - lots of great blogs here - but just don't make the time like I know I would enjoy. I do have another post I want to write today - Nick sent me an article that truly hit home with me and I can't stop thinking about it.

LEFT COAST CRIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved that little con so much! Dang it! Maybe I can do it in 2015. Hmmm!!!! Good luck and I sure would love to hear how the con is, and how it goes for you. Agent drifted away, huh? :(

Self-pub cozies? Or cozie cozies. I always righteously proclaimed my Rachael was TRADITIONAL not COZY but lol it really was cozyish. :) I actually attended, along with some of my local writing peoples, the MWA University a couple of weekends before Christmas and it was SO much fun! Truly awesome presentations and Charlaine Harris taught her very first workshop (and it was a hoot), and I fell madly for Reed Farrel Coleman who writes the Moe Prager series - oh man, LOVE that guy. On second Moe story now, which was actually the first he wrote.

So yes - I've been side-eyeing mystery for awhile now (as I have a lot of things). 2014 is when I will stop side-eyeing and start doing. Would love to talk more about this. Let's have coffee - DANG IT! Wait! You are waaay over there! Pout!

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Wishing you a good 2014, too!

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Thank you, most amazing person ever!! (And I hope you are working on more Lhind. Please.)

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[sisik.livejournal.com]

I <3 you. That is all.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

I <3 you too, Sanzu!!! VERY MUCH.

[eldarwannabe.livejournal.com]

The balance between expressing things and locking them away is sometimes awkward to figure out. Good luck with 2014!

♥