thirty days of fanfic, day thirty
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jlh(list of questions can be found at day one)
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30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
I'm terrible about favorites--far too loaded a word. Here are links to four stories I've written and why I really love them and you might, too. The first three are pretty accessible even if you're not familiar with the fandom--and a passing familiarity with the universe of Harry Potter is all that's necessary for the last one.
A Dream That Could Not Last (LJ | DW | AO3)--An Idol AU set in London during the Phoney War and the Blitz (1939-40), and very accessible even if you never watched Idol. Het, slash and femslash, and lots of characters of color, plus tons of music. Includes dancing the lindy, snogging in air raid shelters, and horseback riding across a duke's estate. Oh, and fighter pilots. 97,000 words, NC-17, Ryan/Simon, Anwar/Kimberley, Carly/Amanda.
Why I like it: I wanted to write a period piece that had a diverse cast but dealt with that diversity while still being a primarily comic romance, and I think I achieved that. It was an ambitious story, and it did what I wanted it to do.
Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe (LJ | DW | AO3)--Star Trek Hollywood AU, where Kirk, with a crew that includes Sulu and Scotty, directs an indie film based on McCoy's script, with Spock and Uhura producing, starring Chekov, Gaila, and an old pro to be named later. Includes stripping to "Toxic", neurotic pregnant actresses, indie band t-shirts, snarky teenage daughters, and the entire Hollywood awards season. 71,000 words, NC-17, Kirk/McCoy, Spock/Uhura, with some other background ships.
Why I like it: It's pretty subtle, what's going on for these two guys and why they come together and why they do need each other. But it doesn't isolate them--they've got family and friends and coworkers and careers. On top of that is a big, silly, "let's make a movie and maybe we'll win an Oscar" old-fashioned Hollywood story.
Count Me In and Count Me Out (LJ | DW | AO3)--Cameron from Ferris Bueller and Duckie from Pretty in Pink. They had that perfect summer-before-college fling, and haven't seen each other in almost twenty years. 2600 words, R.
Why I like it: This story is about getting back something you've lost, through the eyes of a couple of guys facing their forties.
For Harry Potter, four linked stories. (And there are tons of one-off shippy stories that spin off from these central fics.)
Eight Ways From Sunday (LJ | DW | AO3) and With One Breath (LJ | DW | AO3)--6th year
Entr'Acte (LJ | DW | AO3)--The summer after the war
The Trick Is To Keep Breathing (LJ | DW | AO3)--Three years later
142,000 words total. GoF canon, ensemble, Seamus/Dean, Pansy/Parvati, Harry/Hermione, Draco/Ginny, Ron/Padma
Why I like it: More on this later, but I had a specific, tricky thing I was trying to do with the EWFS sequel, and I think I actually accomplished it, so I'm really, really proud of that story. And then there's EWFS, just about the first thing I wrote in fandom, ever, which set up the universe for all my other Harry Potter fic. If you like stories about friendship and romance and career and trying to figure out where you're headed when you're young, and also the effects of British imperialism on indigenous magical systems, then this is the fic for you.
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30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
I'm terrible about favorites--far too loaded a word. Here are links to four stories I've written and why I really love them and you might, too. The first three are pretty accessible even if you're not familiar with the fandom--and a passing familiarity with the universe of Harry Potter is all that's necessary for the last one.
A Dream That Could Not Last (LJ | DW | AO3)--An Idol AU set in London during the Phoney War and the Blitz (1939-40), and very accessible even if you never watched Idol. Het, slash and femslash, and lots of characters of color, plus tons of music. Includes dancing the lindy, snogging in air raid shelters, and horseback riding across a duke's estate. Oh, and fighter pilots. 97,000 words, NC-17, Ryan/Simon, Anwar/Kimberley, Carly/Amanda.
Why I like it: I wanted to write a period piece that had a diverse cast but dealt with that diversity while still being a primarily comic romance, and I think I achieved that. It was an ambitious story, and it did what I wanted it to do.
Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe (LJ | DW | AO3)--Star Trek Hollywood AU, where Kirk, with a crew that includes Sulu and Scotty, directs an indie film based on McCoy's script, with Spock and Uhura producing, starring Chekov, Gaila, and an old pro to be named later. Includes stripping to "Toxic", neurotic pregnant actresses, indie band t-shirts, snarky teenage daughters, and the entire Hollywood awards season. 71,000 words, NC-17, Kirk/McCoy, Spock/Uhura, with some other background ships.
Why I like it: It's pretty subtle, what's going on for these two guys and why they come together and why they do need each other. But it doesn't isolate them--they've got family and friends and coworkers and careers. On top of that is a big, silly, "let's make a movie and maybe we'll win an Oscar" old-fashioned Hollywood story.
Count Me In and Count Me Out (LJ | DW | AO3)--Cameron from Ferris Bueller and Duckie from Pretty in Pink. They had that perfect summer-before-college fling, and haven't seen each other in almost twenty years. 2600 words, R.
Why I like it: This story is about getting back something you've lost, through the eyes of a couple of guys facing their forties.
For Harry Potter, four linked stories. (And there are tons of one-off shippy stories that spin off from these central fics.)
Eight Ways From Sunday (LJ | DW | AO3) and With One Breath (LJ | DW | AO3)--6th year
Entr'Acte (LJ | DW | AO3)--The summer after the war
The Trick Is To Keep Breathing (LJ | DW | AO3)--Three years later
142,000 words total. GoF canon, ensemble, Seamus/Dean, Pansy/Parvati, Harry/Hermione, Draco/Ginny, Ron/Padma
Why I like it: More on this later, but I had a specific, tricky thing I was trying to do with the EWFS sequel, and I think I actually accomplished it, so I'm really, really proud of that story. And then there's EWFS, just about the first thing I wrote in fandom, ever, which set up the universe for all my other Harry Potter fic. If you like stories about friendship and romance and career and trying to figure out where you're headed when you're young, and also the effects of British imperialism on indigenous magical systems, then this is the fic for you.
