FANFIC AUTHOR APPRECIATION DAY #3

[estepheia]

FANFIC AUTHOR APPRECIATION WEEK

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.

Previous posts: Day #1, Day #2

Apparently it's also Super!sekrit!Fandom Shame Day today, thanks to kita0610, so I'll grab the opportunity to rec and appreciate two authors who have lured me out of my comfort zone. I will rec someone who made me read *gap* RPS. (I am not dissing other people's pleasure here, it was just my no-go zone, that's all) Okay, so the story I am about to rec is more of a human AU than a Real Person Slash, but the characters bear the name of the actors who represent them, and normally that makes my hair stand on end. Anyway, I'm talking about travellingblind by sangpassionne and evilmaniclaugh. I very much appreciate the visual pleasure of James Marsters and Adam Baldwin in one story and I shall blissfully ignore the fact that their real names are used. I like the story, so there. And while I'm at it: sangpassionne deserves extra appreciation because she wrote the most wonderful Spike/Angel AU for me, a layered and plotty Wild West AU that is just totally wonderful: In the Rough. And this rec really has nothing to do with the fact that Josey is a fantastic friend, a treasured beta, and a wonderful person to chat with. If you think I only name her because we're chums, think again and try reading her drabble set Hellbound or her awesome story Follow me Down. Come on, I dare you.

My second rec for today goes to another collaborative team: itsabigrock aaaaand again sangpassionne. And there's no super!sekrit!shame in it. I am recommending Proof and all the other stories in their Coming to Conclusions S/A series. Both are of course fabulous writers in their own right, not just when they collaborate (although I have to admit that I'm a bad friend and haven't gotten around to reading all their earlier works). itsabigrock aka Tania has written lovely stories like Pinch Me (S/A) and Depressed There. I usually read her stories in her LJ, so I was a bit overwhelmed when I visited her archive and saw just how much she's written. *makes mental note to read more fanfic*

And since I'm talking about able collaborators: My final rec for today goes to ladycat777 who I had the pleasure to collaborate with on the 2003 Christmas series Who's Afraid or Red, White, Green and a S/X story called Checkmate. She greatly influenced my own S/X stories. I particularly love her Shadowverse stories and the Spike-turns-into-a-girl series One, Two, Three, Soul, and the hottest S/X smut ever Shush. Some of Ladycat's stories don't exactly hit my kink, but that's my loss. Not many people have her skill at slo-mo physical description. You practically see the characters move. There's something very Ridley Scott about the way she writes. She's also a great friend!

Okay, I recced ensemble fic writers, collaborators, and slashers, guess it's time to rec a few het authors tomorrow. :-)

Comments

[marcee12.livejournal.com]

Hey, you forgot me! I was a collaborator.

Once.

:)

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Yup, you were a fabulous collaborator. And a great beta. And you're greatly appreciated!!! *smooch*

[wackinessensues.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs sweetie! I've been debating doing a post too, but I'm such a bad reader lately the people I'm reading are the ones everybody's reading, lol.

I need to find a supersekrit author that nobody knows but me, that would be cool, LOL.

*also makes mental note to read more fic*

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, sweetie.

[sangpassionne.livejournal.com]

Thank you, darling. I would promise not to corrupt you any further but having popped your human AU and RPS cherry, I'm not sure what else is left to take.

*smooch*

And just so as you know, you're a damn good friend to me too.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Fuck, I don't think I have any cherries left. *snerk* Um, unless we're talking RPfem-slash with Britney Spears and SMG. *shrieks with terror*

Wow, what a love-fest.

*tickles you and runs away laughing*

[sangpassionne.livejournal.com]

LMAO. That's almost a challenge expect... No, even I'm not that sick.

*collapses giggling*

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

Aww. Thank you so much, sweetie :)

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Hey, you're welcome, honey.