Well... after a pretty decent first week of school, I am trying to finish my August Heatwave story for 12days_of_clois. It'll be on the shorter side (closer to 2K than 5K), but I'm having a lot of fun with it.

Teaser, anyone?

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( That is if you really wanna know what it's about... )

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*grin*

And now that that's out there, I will feel compelled to finish it by tonight!

And now for a fic rec:

Yesterday I beta'ed Strays by professorjulia, a post-Dark Knight fic in 19 parts. The story is gen, and... well, let's just say that the ECQ got some surprises along the way! I'm pimping this because I don't think most of my friends' list knows this author (you may have read her story Sunday Fathers, though.)

The first part is up here at LJ and on ff.net.

Check it out!

Okay, so I've been reading, reading, reading steadily for 6 (is it 6? I'm losing track) days in the yuletide archive, and I came across one I had to rec to my fellow PD fans on the f-list:

Twice Upon a Time: A fourth-wall breaking tale in which the Narrator steps into his own story, with unusual results.

At that very moment (in the sense that the infinite encompassed all moments), the narrator was making himself a cup of tea.

I keep meaning to do a comprehensive recs post, but I am still only halfway through the fandoms I want to read!

ETA: Okay, so I took a page from several people's books, and made del.icio.us account to put the recs in. This is by no means complete, but it's a start. Good reading, kids!

Recs include: addams_family, adventures_of_pete_and_pete, arrested_development, batman_begins, batman_tas, batman_beyond, blackadder, birds_of_prey, bones, coupling_uk, flight_of_the_conchords, how_i_met_your_mother, mary_poppins, moonlight, northern_exposure, pretty_in_pink, princess_bride, pushing_daisies, runaways, scrubs, snow_crash, spider-man, twilight, wheel_of_time, wonderfalls

Edited to add authors and my lovely New Years Resolution story!

I got some fantastic gifts for my first Yuletide! Both of the stories are perfectly canon and written very well! Please go leave some love for these people: you don't need to be a Yuletide participant to leave a review.

First -- my assigned gift.  A hilarious Barney-POV How I Met Your Mother story, set in MacLaren's bar.

Second -- my Yuletide treat (an extra gift written by someone at the last minute).  A Scrubs fic with cute interaction between Janitor and Dr. Cox, regarding J.D.

Third -- my New Years Resolution story -- A lovely Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane ficlet! So cute!

Okay, so I don't know how many of y'all have just literally hours to sit on your butts and read fic, but I have two recs that I think you should read before voting at supes_mv_awards (Voting starts Sunday!):

Kal-El's Journal by Clairecheaux -- Holy crap, this is hilarious. Prepare for serious diet-Coke-or-Frappuccino-pick-your-poison-nose-snortage while reading.

Superman: Aftermath by saavikam77 -- The action in this story is edge of your seat amazing!

I had read most of the nominations that were from ff.net and LJ, but I'd completely missed out on the stuff at The Planet. Now I'm furiously trying to catch up!! So if you've missed out there, too, you owe it to yourself to check it out!

*hugs all the talented writers in this fandom, many of whom are dear friends*

Everyone, don't forget to "Watch" supes_mv_awards!!  We've had 13 people nominate, but we need more.  Keep pimping the community!

A random poll just so I can test out the settings of "Open to All, Viewable to None"

ETA: Spider-Man comicverse fic recs in comments.

I got a kick out of this little ficlet! :D

Samson’s Opposite or:
How Sylar’s Reign of Horror Was Ended by One Tiny Mistake

LOL!

ETA: And please check out this lovely one-shot by my friend ancarett -- "Til Morning. Yay for more Spidey fic!

I know I've been quiet this week... when there's no current story being posted, I probably will be. But I have been pretty busy reading, and I was sucked back into the world of Lois and Clark: TNAOS by ksarasara and mrsmosley recently.

Lois and Clark was actually the first fandom I ever read fanfiction for, about 10 years ago (when it was still a listserv), and I have always had a soft spot for it. I was pleased to find out that the writing community is still alive and well!

So if anyone is feeling nostalgic and in the mood for some great reads (in the order I stumbled across them - all summaries mine):

( L&C fic recs... )

I'm going to keep reading through these authors' stories, but does anyone have recommendations for other great L&C fic?