my muffin hasn't had a cherry since 1939!

parentheses @ 2012-01-01T14:39:00

2012-01-01T19:47:53Z

In the midst of partying like it's 2012 (if by partying you mean catching up on Shameless, pretending to be Batman via playing Arkham City and waking up tired and in need of coffee shortly before church), Yuletide authors were revealed!

This was mine, otherwise known as The One Where Carly Writes Another New Fandom:

let nothing you dismay by austen
Fandom: The Hour
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Bel Rowley, Freddie Lyon, Hector Madden, Lix Storm
Summary: Christmas Eve, 1965: We interrupt your scheduled programming to bring you this breaking news. The threat of a rapidly spreading epidemic has the entire staff of The Hour spending a holiday in unexpected quarantine.

I will admit that this was a fandom I only considered signing up to write for but decided against at the last minute, only to get it as one of my prompts attached to something else! Basically, when my recipient mentioned zombie apocalypses in her request, even as a throwaway, I was hooked on the idea of doing something in that vein for this fandom. It turned out being slightly AU, but I'm super happy with how it turned out - and my recipient loved it too, which is ultimately the best thing ever.

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parentheses @ 2011-11-16T17:10:00

2011-11-16T22:33:19Z

Dear yuletide author:

You got me! Lucky you.

I'm not very difficult to please in terms of the fic I read and what I enjoy to read: in general and overall, I love reading fic that has a lot of snark and banter between characters (which should not surprise you, given that what I've requested is mostly in fandoms that are sort of known for that back-and-forth). I like fun, happy fic; I also like sweet-and-slightly-sexy fic, and am occasionally into angst, but in this case, it'd probably go further with me if things took a more positive turn. I love unresolved (and eventually resolved) sexual tension, but I also love established relationship if done right. Action/adventure, comedy, cracky fun; even tossing the characters into an AU situation (like apocafic) and watching them flounder around can create a lot of this. I love it when two people have feelings but don't necessarily say them to each other out loud. I LOVE road trip fic. Things can totally happen in a car, people!

Things that are sort of on my current list of icks at the moment: gratuitous violence and all that related imagery, and also any kind of character bashing, even if it may not be a character that I'm not particularly fond of. Let's just spread the love, okay?

And now, the requests. I'll probably come back and expand on these requests later on, but this is for linking purposes right now.

( Here, behind this cut here! )

I hope this offered a little more insight into preferences and why I picked what I did; if you want to check out my fic for more reference on how I treat my fandoms (and you're not already on my f-list), you can find most of it linked for public access here.

Thanks, and happy writing!
♥ austen/parentheses

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parentheses @ 2010-12-18T19:13:00

2010-12-19T00:26:58Z

Because it's Saturday night, and I'm sitting at home, bored, with nothing to do, so clearly there should be something like this floating around, right? I need to reactivate my writing mojo if I'm ever going to make some headway on those fic requests. Curse you, Yuletide. Anyway, I take no serious credit for this, the idea behind it is all inspired by stainofmylove, and is open to anyone and everyone who wants to participate:

comment fic meme

1. Post prompts, one per comment. Post one, post five, post ten. The more, the merrier applies here.
2. And prompt for a variety of fandoms.
3. Post ficlets in response to the prompt's comment thread.
4. Lather, rinse, repeat. Oh, and pimp to your friends. We like a big crowd.

( fic round-up )

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parentheses @ 2010-11-13T11:22:00

2010-11-13T16:37:55Z

Dear yuletide author:

You got me! Lucky you.

I'm not very difficult to please in terms of the fic I read and what I enjoy to read: in general and overall, I love reading fic that has a lot of snark and banter between characters (which should not surprise you, given that what I've requested is mostly in fandoms that are sort of known for that back-and-forth). I like fun, happy fic; I also like sweet-and-slightly-sexy fic, and am occasionally into angst, but in this case, it'd probably go further with me if things took a more positive turn. I love unresolved (and eventually resolved) sexual tension, but I also love established relationship if done right. Action/adventure, comedy, cracky fun; even tossing the characters into an AU situation (like apocafic) and watching them flounder around can create a lot of this. I love it when two people have feelings but don't necessarily say them to each other out loud (thanks for this one, amathela). I LOVE road trip fic. Things can totally happen in a car, people!

Things that are sort of on my current list of icks at the moment: since one of my fandoms kind of implies the gratuitous violence thing, right now it's just limited to any kind of character bashing, even if it's a character that I'm not particularly fond of. Let's just spread the love, okay?

And now, the requests. They'll be expanded on later, when I'm not in dire need of a shower before work.

( Here, behind this cut here! )

I hope this offered a little more insight into preferences and why I picked what I did; if you want to check out my fic for more reference on how I treat my fandoms (and you're not already on my f-list), you can find most of it linked for public access here.

Thanks, and happy writing!
♥ austen/parentheses

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BIG DAMN HEROES (DREAMWIDTH EDITION)

2010-06-23T22:22:55Z

Thanks to permission from ineffort (whose baby this totally and completely is; I claim no ownership), the commentfic portion of the Awesome Ladies Ficathon has been given a hosting on Dreamwidth!

Now, the rules (graciously borrowed with love and trimmed from the original post at LJ):

1. Post prompts! Given the nature of this ficathon, your prompt must focus on a woman. Format them as such: fandom, character(s) [+ pairings if any], your choice of prompt be it a lyric, a word, etc.
2. Answer prompts! Though you do not need one to write. They're there to serve as inspiration. Post away with or without one. Fics need to posted with the following subject line: fandom, character(s) [+ pairings if any], title, rating. Also more than one person can respond to the same prompt. Remember to include a subject line when you fill a prompt; it'll make it easier to find your commentfic when we compile a master list later on.
3. LEAVE FEEDBACK. Let the author know if you liked their fic, an angel will get its wings if you do, FACT.
4. Beware of spoilers. /sole warning
5. HAVE FUN!

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parentheses @ 2009-04-15T14:42:00

2009-04-15T18:43:08Z

Testing, testing.

Does anyone have any idea how to import one's LJ over here?

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