FANFIC AUTHOR'S APPRECIATION DAY #1
Mar. 6th, 2005 11:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
estepheiaFANFIC AUTHOR'S APPRECIATION DAY
March 6 through March 13
Post to your LJ each day at least one of your favorite fanfic authors and why you love them, their work, and why they need more appreciation.
I thought long and hard about who to name and decided to name several - and to focus on authors who do ensemble stories.
Let me start with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mikelesq. Not many people will have read his stories because he focuses on stories that fill in gaps in canon. He is well-versed in canon, great at plotting, and gives excellent dialogue, but he does not write shipper fics. You can expect friendship but not romance when you read his stuff. He also writes lesser characters with aplomb. His fics are smart and funny. My favorites are: The Teaser Pony (Firefly), Half A League Onward (Xander, Halfrek, basement!Spike), and The Long Walk Home (Clem, Spike, Sophie).
Another author I have been openly admiring for a long time islordshiva, aka Kalima. Because she is not the fastest writer of the herd it's possible she is under the radar for some people. If you haven't read her stories, you should give them a try. I particularly love Nicolette Says Jump (Spike/Xander/OC) and Thick as Thieves (Spike & Dawn), but I adore Daemons Luminati (Spike/Buffy)
Okay, one more author before it's midnight and Sunday is officially over. I would also like to nameinlovewithnight. She is something of a recent acquisition. She started out writing relatively short BtVS and AtS ficlets and drabbles, but recently she's written a nice plotty Firefly fic called Homestead, which I've previously recommended. I like how versatile she is. I always admire authors who pull off gen fics with a large cast, because, believe me, I know how hard they are.
Right, tomorrow I shall try to recommend a few slash authors.
March 6 through March 13
Post to your LJ each day at least one of your favorite fanfic authors and why you love them, their work, and why they need more appreciation.
I thought long and hard about who to name and decided to name several - and to focus on authors who do ensemble stories.
Let me start with
mikelesq. Not many people will have read his stories because he focuses on stories that fill in gaps in canon. He is well-versed in canon, great at plotting, and gives excellent dialogue, but he does not write shipper fics. You can expect friendship but not romance when you read his stuff. He also writes lesser characters with aplomb. His fics are smart and funny. My favorites are: The Teaser Pony (Firefly), Half A League Onward (Xander, Halfrek, basement!Spike), and The Long Walk Home (Clem, Spike, Sophie).Another author I have been openly admiring for a long time is
lordshiva, aka Kalima. Because she is not the fastest writer of the herd it's possible she is under the radar for some people. If you haven't read her stories, you should give them a try. I particularly love Nicolette Says Jump (Spike/Xander/OC) and Thick as Thieves (Spike & Dawn), but I adore Daemons Luminati (Spike/Buffy) Okay, one more author before it's midnight and Sunday is officially over. I would also like to name
inlovewithnight. She is something of a recent acquisition. She started out writing relatively short BtVS and AtS ficlets and drabbles, but recently she's written a nice plotty Firefly fic called Homestead, which I've previously recommended. I like how versatile she is. I always admire authors who pull off gen fics with a large cast, because, believe me, I know how hard they are.Right, tomorrow I shall try to recommend a few slash authors.
