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Pick ONE, if you will (and a fandom, if pertinent):
A. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.
B. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?
C. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?
D. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?
E. Share one of your strengths.
F. Share one of your weaknesses.
G. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
H. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
I. Which fic has been the hardest to write?
J. Which fic has been the easiest to write?
K. Is writing your passion or just a fun hobby?
L. Is there an episode section of canon above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?
M. What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?
N. What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?
O. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?
P. If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?
Q. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
R. Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?
S. Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?
T. Describe your perfect writing conditions.
U. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
V. Choose a passage from one of your earlier fics and edit it into your current writing style. (Person sending the ask is free to make suggestions).
W. If you were to revise one of your older fics from start to finish, which would it be and why?
X. Have you ever deleted one of your published fics?
Y. What do you look for in a beta?
Z. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?
AA. How do you feel about collaborations?
AB. Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
AC. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
AD. Do you accept prompts?
AE. Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?
AF. How do you feel about smut?
AG. How do you feel about crack?
AH. What are your thoughts on non-con and dub-con?
AI. Would you ever kill off a canon character?
AJ. Which is your favorite site to post fic?
AK. Talk about your current wips.
AL. Talk about a review that made your day.
AM. Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?
AN. Write an alternative ending to a fic you've written (specify by title, link or general description].

My writing anniversary is coming up, so this seems a propos.

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it's squidgiepdx's birthday 11/12 and you know what that means -- blow jobs for everyone, of course! please post links to your blow-jobs in whatever fandom/pairing/format you like to celebrate one very special Captain Awesome von Baconpants!!

<3 <3 <3

spread the word! link back here!

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this seems kind of silly since everyone will have already read these if they were interested. well, the anomalies are interesting I guess.

My Top Ten Hits on AO3:

All For Grace 9660 (H50, Steve/Danny, PG, 7552 words) : The one where Steve goes full-on ninja to rescue Grace. The whole team + cast do, actually.

A.W.O.L. 9445 (SGA/SG-1, John/Rodney, PG, 7488 words) : SGA Sentinel Fusion. John is MIA presumed dead after Afghanistan and runs into this annoying physicist in a coffee shop in Colorado Springs and ends up saving his life.

Jack-in-the-Box 7447 (SHGoS, Holmes/Mary/Watson, NC-17, 11236 words) : After Holmes returns there are recriminations. And then changes, subtle and insidious. There may even be a plot afoot. If only Holmes were more of a detective.

Foothold 7351 (SGA/SG-1, John/Rodney, NC-17, 28490 words) : Sequel to A.W.O.L. This Guide/Sentinel thing isn't as easy as it looks.

Finding the Path 6030 (H50, Steve/Danny, NC-17, 13234 words) : Prof. Danny Williams is Deputy Director at the Foundation for Sensory Research, where Lt. Commander Steve McGarrett has just been admitted with Acute Hyperactive Sensory Syndrome.

Hug Ninja 5029 (H50, Steve/Danny, PG, 1358 words) : Steve is a stealth hugger. (I think it got so many hits because it was part of the HUG FEST.)

Wind Arrow 4854 (SGA AU, John/Rodney, NC-17, 14487 words) : Part of Fair Trade. Rodney gets bonked on the head.

Fair Trade 4579 (SGA AU, John/Rodney, NC-17, 18667 words) : John owns a roastery, Rodney builds science exhibits, Ronon is a surgeon and Teyla is a doctah. John is partially disabled. But he saved Holland.

Everything's Maika`i (Like I Said) 4557 (H50, Steve/Danny, PG, 1575 words) : This might be my best H50 story. Danny the existential poet! Not. Nothing much happens except Steve ices Danny's knee.

'Olu'Olu 3187 (H50, Steve/Danny, NC-17, 1349 words) : Danny teaches Steve a lesson in common civility. In which I coin the term "blowjob-fu." (Danny apparently has it in spades.)

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Hey kids: it's almost time for the Fandom Year in Review Meme, where we post our word count and answer some questions about the previous year in writing. ( Read more...Collapse )

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Many thanks to all who participated in the HUGFEST (and please, by all means KEEP HUGGING). I just had to make a recap post so folks could easily find all the wonderful hugs. You guys rock so hard.

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• gaffsie posted multifandom HUGGIFSPAM.
  
  
• sheafrotherdon posted Iowa Hugs (SGA, John/Rodney)
  --Danny and Steve pichug (H50)
  --Indescribable Tony-giffage (Avengers 2012)
  --Natasha and Steve hug (Avengers 2012 no spoilers!)
  --Steve/Danny naked hug (H50) AND!
  --Steve/Tony hug (Avengers 2012, no spoilers, but blushing! :)
  
  
• esteefee posted Hugs and a Side of Pepto (Avengers 2012 SPOILERS! Tony/Bruce)
  --Hold On (SGA, Gen)
  --John the sleep-hugger (SGA, John/Rodney)
  
  
• such_heights posted Mortal Peril hug! (Dr. Who, Amy/Rory)
  
  
• popkin16 posted a healthy hug for Rodney (SGA, John/Rodney)
  
  
• lar_laughs posted They Deserve This Hug (Avengers 2012 SPOILERS! Natasha/Clint)
  
  
• ldyanne posted Operation Hug Rodney (3 parts) (SGA, John/Rodney)
  
  
• pollitt posted Steve, Tony and a front stoop (Avengers 2012 no spoilers)
  
  
• ceitie posted Steady (Avengers 2012 SPOILERS! Clint & Natasha )
  
  
• jendavis posted Trying to Find a Balance (3 parts) (SGA, John/Ronon)
  
  
• selenic76 posted Some days seem longer than others (SGA, John/Rodney)
  
  
• mific posted awesome manipped John/Rodney hugging picspam (SGA)
  
  
• squidgiepdx posted The Awkward Hug (SGA, Rodney & Laura Cadman)
  --Empty Nesters (Sports Night, Dan/Casey)
  
  
• sian1359 posted That Tiny Instant of All Eternity (Avengers 2012 SPOILERS! Clint/Coulson )
  
  
• dogeared posted Danny having feelings about a hug <3 (H50, Steve/Danny)
  
  
• lilyfarfalla posted a pic and a melty hug! (SGA, John/Rodney)
  
  
• popkin16 posted the mix that means home (SGA, John/Rodney)
  
  
• danceswithgary posted Fic+Art: Tree Huggers Anonymous (SGA, John/Rodney)
  

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR MORE!!!

(and let me know if I missed any!)

Folks you ready to make some hugs? Doesn't matter who, but it's IMPORTANT. Could be Rodney hugging Teyla or Danno hugging Chin. Tony hugging Bruce because man, it's not easy being huge and green. <3

Could be your favorite pairing hugging in warm summer moonlight (it *is* summer, isn't it? Feels like it) or best friend hugging a wounded comrade IDK I don't care HUGS WE NEED HUGS.

ETA: HUG ROUND-UP! Thank you all!





Can't we all hug along? Please spread the word!

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sixtail has started a meme: "A 100things that are canon about John Sheppard". Please climb on board and join the fun, because it would be awesome to make it to a hundred.

Mine is about Ronon, since I just finished re-watching all the Ronon eps. Start your own and join in ours!

100things that are canon about Specialist Ronon Dex:


1. He traded all his and Melena's belongings to bribe a position on Kell's staff for Melena so she'd get a slot through the gate during the retreat.
   
2. He could have gone too but he *chose* to stay and fight.
   
3. Before the wraith attacked his planet, Sateda hadn't been culled in two centuries.
   
4. Ronon took part in raids against the wraith even before Sateda was attacked.
   
5. The first time a wraith started to feed on him...it stopped.
   
   add more plz!

For squidgiepdx's Spring Fling meme: 'Tis the Season, ~600 wds of silliness in the Fair Trade 'verse.

Now a podfic read by wihluta!

well, I flaked (most appropriately) out of much of the challenge for various reasons, but here is my day 15 response:

In your own space, share a favorite memory about fandom: the first time you got into fandom, the last time a fanwork touched your heart, crazy times with fangirls (whether on-line or off-line), a lovely comment you’ve received or have left for someone.

I think my very favoritist moment in fandom was when I was working on the 2006 BASCon vid show with morgandawn. She had just finished mastering and I was proofing the DVDs against the insert in preparation of doing the artwork for the liners. I had read ahead on the sheet that one of the songs was called "I Put You There" and thought to myself, huh, I helped write the music for a song with the same name back in my old a capella group. Then when I reached the opening frames of the vid by laurashapiro, I happened to be on the phone with Morgan discussing I dunno what, comparative track volumes, I think, and she was there to hear me yell, holy shit, that's my group, that's our song!

The vid, jeez, was just an amazing recontextualizing of my friend's lyrics (which I already adored) and it was both a meta-vid and about a show I loved anyway (Buffy) so that was pretty much the best fandom moment ever for me, made even better when I got to meet Laura and squee and discovered she's as fantastic as you might expect.

Happy birthday a day early Laura! So lucky to have you in my life these past five years.

so...non-fandom interests? I have a few.

1. riding my bicycle all over this crazy town that I love. sure, there are hills, but I love them best, truth be told, love the way my heart goes BOOM BOOM BOOM, love the view from the top, love the wind in my face going down. love that I'm not using gas, or spending money on insurance or parking tickets, and that everywhere I go, it always takes the same amount of time to get there (except during rainy season when I have to strap on some gear, yeah.) LOVE my bike.

2. I make music with my baritone ukulele, write kooky songs and sing with my buds. here's a sample from my old band. my current duo is in hiatus until my partner gets out of med school.

3. I do pottery, high-fire ceramics, stoneware. stuff you can safely eat off of and throw in your dishwasher - I'm into functional not decorative, and the studio I go to has a lot of older folks who have been doing this for a lot of years. they are patient with us only-an-egg types, always willing to help us with our questions. here's a photo of my stuff from one of the firings.

4. I play softball, now that my shoulder is back in action. I play first base. I run very, very slowly, but that's okay, because I tend to hit to right field so I give myself time to get there. :)