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An attempt at cheer.

Hooray for my f-list, and the new Harry Potter readers on Fiction Alley in this rather, (admittedly) miserable period in my RL. I've learned that death-in-the-family is really not one event. It's a domino-effect continuum. But I'll wax philosophical about that another time.

Thank you guys for sticking around as I flop about like a fish off the hook. And thank you to the Fiction Alley folks for having no clue about what's going on, and therefore reviewing stories I wrote four and five years ago. That's been great, to be in the middle of all this crap, pop open my email and find a review of Guy Talk, or Primer to the Dark Arts, or Cursed Artefacts For Sale or the Beg Me For It series. [livejournal.com profile] archae_ology for recognizing me in the SGA fandom as "that one who writes a lot of Percy stories" from Harry Potter. That was neat.

Feeling helpless to do anything? I understand. I feel just as helpless with [livejournal.com profile] wildernessguru's inconsolable father right now. I'm trying to write him a letter since with his hearing we can't call.

In my case, read my stories. That makes me happy when nothing else does.

What are my best fics?

In Stargate SGA, I think Necromancy For The Living, for its descriptions and the rare unvarnished but sympathetic portrayal of Caldwell.

The Stars Look Very Different Today is a short, painful deathfic, but it's stayed with me because it's one of those stories in fandom with a "sci-fi" feel; you get that they're in space, and that it's not safe out there.

The ones I re-read myself are Traces Through Time, the rather light but sweet gen-fic Power Napping. The other one I read (and wish it was longer) is Breeding Ground. Usually my humor fics don't get me to laugh since I know the punch lines. This one is an exception.

In Harry Potter, I think the Beg Me For It series is the most technically difficult story I've ever written. After that, a personal favorite is the exploration of moral grey areas and prostitution in A Moment Of Sin. I like Snape here, though, no, he's not a nice man.

First Signs Of Magic: Hermione Granger and Cursed Artefacts For Sale actually make me crack up.

I should put some SG-1 in there, yes? Like Colony Atlantis and the long cultural misadventure fic The Walls Of Jericho? Later. I'll add those later.

[livejournal.com profile] wildernessguru likes the Teyla-centric The Quick Bird On Hot Sand, the steamy SG-1 Shy Guy, and the Harry/Snape Primer to the Dark Arts.


How's that for a cheerful post? More or less? I'm trying.

Date: 2007-02-27 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winstonmom.livejournal.com
Hey! I've been missing your posts, I am happy you gave us a shout out!

Date: 2007-02-28 08:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Oh. Have I never friended you back? Sorry about that. You've been around a long, long time. I just... filled up at a certain point and couldn't friend anyone else back without cutting other people -- and I just couldn't get up the nerve to decide who should/shouldn't go. :) Just didn't have the heart for it.

I've deleted some people who've unfriended me so... *friends*

Date: 2007-03-01 05:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winstonmom.livejournal.com
*Feels very happy!
I have learned a lot of stuff by reading your journal, and I really like you for who you are :)

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