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Post by Nan-S'cubie Mascot on Sept 9, 2004 16:59:17 GMT -5
Nan, Turns out "she" is a "he"--50 years old and resides on the Isle of Man (assuming all is the truth). Where is the Isle of Man? He just signed up as a member. Thanks for the correction, Sue. I tend to think all fanfic writers are women, unless they've clearly specified otherwise (and not always then: Mr Monkeybottoms, for instance, is female). I think the Isle of Man is off Britain (and part of it). A man who lives there would be called a Manxman, I believe. Also the origin of Manx cats, I think. Apropos of his joining, we have a number of excellent writers as members, I find...lurking here, seldom (if ever) posting. Reading through the membership roll is quite an education--all the familiar ficwriter aliases/names!
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Sept 10, 2004 18:11:35 GMT -5
countylimerick.prohosting.com/ats_nolimits/Angel Season 6, first episode posted Wednesday, and the writers look promising. Episode Number Title Airdate Writers 6.1 Flutter 09.08.04 The Brat Queen 6.2 Tremor 09.22.04 Wolfling and Mad Poetess 6.3 A Temp is Just a Temp 10.06.04 Kara 6.4 TBD* 10.20.04 The Brat Queen 6.5 TBD 11.03.04 Ros_Fod 6.6 TBD 11.17.04 Justhuman and Jane Davitt 6.7 TBD 12.01.04 Jane Davitt and Justhuman 6.8 TBD 12.15.04 Wesleysgirl and Wolfling * - TBD: to be determined Julia, somehow not linking to the story, which was possible two days ago.
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Post by Speaker-to-Customers on Sept 10, 2004 20:15:12 GMT -5
I think the Isle of Man is off Britain (and part of it). Off Britain, yes; part of it, no. Spealer-to-Customers
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Post by Patti - S'cubie Cutie on Sept 10, 2004 22:05:28 GMT -5
Off Britain, yes; part of it, no. Spealer-to-Customers Welcome, Speaker. *smile*
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Post by makd on Sept 11, 2004 23:26:29 GMT -5
Found another new, good writer: Speaker-to-Customers (a Kzin alias). I found her work at the Crypt, from which you can access her home page and more fiction, though it's *also* at the Crypt (don't ask, I don't understand, myself). She has a novel complete, Hungry Heart, that's the first part of an intended trilogy collectively entitled Pandora's Boxer. Her work is facile, brisk, imaginative, literate. Hungry Heart is an alternative Season 4 of BtVS with the assumption that Spike is fully accepted by the Scoobies and Buffy through being credibly thrown back in time, remembering nothing beyond, when he went to get his soul and become "what she deserves." The author has a tendency to make everything that's bad come out all right, but it's not saccharine, and every now and again the writing has an edge--particularly in her excellent take on the dream sequence in Restless. Here's the main page of the Crypt. Look for her name, then her website. www.the-crypt.net/speaker2customers is a guy, and his story, Working for the Yankee Dollar is delightful, totally delightful.
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Post by Onjel on Sept 13, 2004 12:01:21 GMT -5
Off Britain, yes; part of it, no. Spealer-to-Customers Hey, Speaker. Nice to meet you! ;D
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Post by Speaker-to-Customers on Sept 15, 2004 11:04:30 GMT -5
What I read. Everything Barb C writes, everything Caro writes. I've seen them recommended here before, they're almost the default, the benchmark against which everyone has to be measured and almost always fails to measure up. Enigmaticblue's Spuffy fiction. Delicate, subtle, dealing mainly with relationships and emotions. She's not great at action scenes, and I think her handling of Xander can be a bit wobbly, but they are delightful reads. "Et Lux In Tenebris Lucet", her retelling of Season 6 on the premise that Spike did save Dawn, and thus Buffy, but was permanently crippled in the process, is the one I started with and it got me permanently hooked on her. www.freewebs.com/enigmaticblue/storyindex.htmNihilistbear. Sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreakingly sad. I don't read her m/m slash stories, but her portrayal of Harmony in "A day in the life of someone just like me" is perhaps my favourite BtVS/AtS story of all, and her "Cold and Broken Hallelujah" is a bittersweet post-Chosen fic like nothing else anyone has written. divagations.diaryland.com/mine.htmlEverything at Indri's site "Blood and Weetabix", especially "Shagging Harmony Kendall". Spike POV, made my heart bleed both for Spike and for Harmony in a disfunctional relationship that is pragmatic and resentful but also oddly tender. www.notanothersite.com/indri/Helga von Nutwimple - I've seen her "As the Romans Do" recced here but in my opinion it's her worst BtVS story (good as it is) and her other WIPs, shelved while she gets on with "Romans", are better. Especially "Lover's Knot". Mommanerd's "Andrew" stories - "Who's been shaggin' in my bed" and "Sweet Submission" - are incomparably funny. They're at the Sandlot. Miss Murchison (author of "Chiaroscuro", which I've seen recced here) has done some superb non-Spuffy stories. In fact I'd rate Chiaroscuro as the worst thing she's done, and I liked it a lot anyway. home.mchsi.com/~missmurchison/fiction.htmlThe "London Calling" stories at www.myarseisnotpansy.co.uk/index.htmlwith the exception of Magpie's solo stories, which I can't get into. For light-hearted fun stuff BloodshedBaby (available at The Crypt) and SunnyD_lite (ditto). Plenty of others - e.g. Miranda, esp. "Quiet as a Mouse"; Terri Botta's "Here is Gone"; almost everything by Kantayra (although not "Haunted" or the Seventh Slayer series, and I couldn't get past Book One of "The Crimson Codex"); Kallysten when she's not dragging things out excessively; Elsa Frohman; Cousinjean; - all of which I think I've seen recced here elswhere. And I've probably overlooked somebody really obvious but that'll have to do for now.
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Post by Sue on Sept 15, 2004 19:37:43 GMT -5
What I read. Everything Barb C writes, everything Caro writes. I've seen them recommended here before, they're almost the default, the benchmark against which everyone has to be measured and almost always fails to measure up. Enigmaticblue's Spuffy fiction. Delicate, subtle, dealing mainly with relationships and emotions. She's not great at action scenes, and I think her handling of Xander can be a bit wobbly, but they are delightful reads. "Et Lux In Tenebris Lucet", her retelling of Season 6 on the premise that Spike did save Dawn, and thus Buffy, but was permanently crippled in the process, is the one I started with and it got me permanently hooked on her. www.freewebs.com/enigmaticblue/storyindex.htmNihilistbear. Sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreakingly sad. I don't read her m/m slash stories, but her portrayal of Harmony in "A day in the life of someone just like me" is perhaps my favourite BtVS/AtS story of all, and her "Cold and Broken Hallelujah" is a bittersweet post-Chosen fic like nothing else anyone has written. divagations.diaryland.com/mine.htmlEverything at Indri's site "Blood and Weetabix", especially "Shagging Harmony Kendall". Spike POV, made my heart bleed both for Spike and for Harmony in a disfunctional relationship that is pragmatic and resentful but also oddly tender. www.notanothersite.com/indri/Helga von Nutwimple - I've seen her "As the Romans Do" recced here but in my opinion it's her worst BtVS story (good as it is) and her other WIPs, shelved while she gets on with "Romans", are better. Especially "Lover's Knot". Mommanerd's "Andrew" stories - "Who's been shaggin' in my bed" and "Sweet Submission" - are incomparably funny. They're at the Sandlot. Miss Murchison (author of "Chiaroscuro", which I've seen recced here) has done some superb non-Spuffy stories. In fact I'd rate Chiaroscuro as the worst thing she's done, and I liked it a lot anyway. home.mchsi.com/~missmurchison/fiction.htmlThe "London Calling" stories at www.myarseisnotpansy.co.uk/index.htmlwith the exception of Magpie's solo stories, which I can't get into. For light-hearted fun stuff BloodshedBaby (available at The Crypt) and SunnyD_lite (ditto). Plenty of others - e.g. Miranda, esp. "Quiet as a Mouse"; Terri Botta's "Here is Gone"; almost everything by Kantayra (although not "Haunted" or the Seventh Slayer series, and I couldn't get past Book One of "The Crimson Codex"); Kallysten when she's not dragging things out excessively; Elsa Frohman; Cousinjean; - all of which I think I've seen recced here elswhere. And I've probably overlooked somebody really obvious but that'll have to do for now. We think a lot alike! For my original/initial list from ages ago see the first thread of fanfic listings, page 1, entry #10. Off the top of my head I'd also add Treacle and Elsa Frohman to those lists and Eurydice if I didn't mention her on the initial list.
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Post by makd on Sept 16, 2004 15:30:32 GMT -5
Stopped by to add another set of fanfic recommendations, with links: These are all stories about Historical!Angel - you know, after he was souled, and before he met up with Buffy. There on my LJ, www.livejournal.com/~makd, and the posting date is 9/15/04. Following that, I posted an essay on Historical!Angel, with a general nod to short stories and fic writers. Enjoy!
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Post by Nan-S'cubie Mascot on Sept 16, 2004 16:47:37 GMT -5
At Tea at the Ford, quite a nice Spike, Illyria story in which they're in London (after Not Fade Away), being hunted by the forces of Wolfram & Hart. Meanwhile, the USA is imploding in a persuasively American way. The tale is called "Home Front," and it's by Pip. It's a WIP, but 6 substantial parts have been posted at this point (9/16/04). Literate, with excellent dialogue and insight into the characters. Dunno precisely where it's going, but I'm definitely along for the ride. www.teaattheford.net/conversation.php?id=1285
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Sept 16, 2004 22:06:52 GMT -5
At Tea at the Ford, quite a nice Spike, Illyria story in which they're in London (after Not Fade Away), being hunted by the forces of Wolfram & Hart. Meanwhile, the USA is imploding in a persuasively American way. The tale is called "Home Front," and it's by Pip. It's a WIP, but 6 substantial parts have been posted at this point (9/16/04). Literate, with excellent dialogue and insight into the characters. Dunno precisely where it's going, but I'm definitely along for the ride. www.teaattheford.net/conversation.php?id=1285Oh, I am liking this, although the last update was 26 days ago, which makes me a little nervous. Julia, who is being made cynical, not by Italian school, but by unfinished WIPs
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Post by Sue on Sept 18, 2004 13:09:34 GMT -5
I would think most avid fanfic readers may have noticed by now, but Mary S. has begun posting additional chapters of "Journeys" at allaboutspike and the-crypt.net
As she explains in her author's notes the current chapters are drafts only, but she decided that since she hasn't written in ages it would be preferable to her readers to read the drafts to leaving the story totally hanging.
Sue
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Sept 18, 2004 23:17:22 GMT -5
This has some very subdued slashieness, but it's also a powerful character study with a soupcon of NFA action, so I'm recommending it both here and in Slash recs: archive.shriftweb.org/archive/29/sixfaith.htmlWillow and Faith in South America, dealing with reality and unreality. Julia
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Sept 20, 2004 16:08:33 GMT -5
www.octavesoftheheart.com/writerconarchive/bastard.htmHaving just discovered the Writercon fic archive, I was dissappointed that most of the stories are ones which have been recommended here before; then I found the above bit of Xander-at-the-Slayer-school, and it is a sweet, cute, and satisfyingly well-written mystery. Do go read. Julia, one of those that's all about the red herrings
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Sept 20, 2004 18:59:15 GMT -5
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