Books & Freckles

I forgot to link last night!

Title: Up to So Much No Good
Pairing: This is a little complicated. Harry's involved, and there are mentions of Charlie, Percy, Ginny, Snape, Kingsley, McGonagall, George, Hermione...
Theme: Costumes
Warnings: faux, or possibly real, sibling incest; anonymous sex
Words: ~1400
Rating: Quite NC17

I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/998398.html. Comments may be left here or there; you can comment there with OpenID even if you don't have an account.

At least one person can't see the comments on the Baseball AU fic most of the time.

Even if you don't want to read the fic, it'd be nice if I could know if it's just her, or if there's actually a problem to report.

Fic is here. It's long, but at the moment there are a handful of comments. If you don't mind clicking, could you let me know if you can/can't see them, and if not, if there's anything unusual about your browser/viewer/whatever? If there's any common thread, I figure that's something the support folks need to know.

I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/998084.html. Comments may be left here or there; you can comment there with OpenID even if you don't have an account.

Merls 2x07, The Witchfinder. THIS EPISODE.

( spoilers like to pop out at you from around corners )

14398 / 50000 words. 29% done!

I'm exhausted. Going to bed. Long day on little sleep doesn't make for good writing on Saturday, but I'm determined to crank out some more words after I get all my crap done for the day.

Title: Diamonds, a Club, and a Couple of Hearts
Author: Flora (florahart)
Artist/Mixer: elanorofcastile
Beta(s): Several people have read bits and parts; lauriegilbert has been the most involved culler of commas and shortener of sentences (half of which I defied her about anyway).
Series: Reboot/ST XI
Characters/Pairings: primary pairing is Kirk/McCoy; however, there is a Kirk/Gaila scene and Spock/Uhura and Pike/Number One are referenced.
Rating: NC17
Warnings: mostly just smut (het and slash), AU.
Word Count: ~23,500
Summary: Jim Kirk is a hotshot new shortstop in the Constitution League. His team is young, but they have a lot of potential, and oh by the way, the team doctor? Is hot.
Notes: Written for startrekbigbang. Baseball AU in which all the characters are human, and the setting is some nonspecific time between now and 2258. Lots of nods to various baseball movies mashed up with lots of moments from/rearrangements of ST XI. Lots of other nods to things from the Trek canon (of any timeframe/reality) and para-canon, such as character names and backgrounds. Concept is inell's fault.
Art: here
Fanmix: here

I have been hard at work! And I have to say, not one of my art pieces so far look like they were remotely drawn by the same artist! XD I've experimented with a lot of new things, so expect surprises :)

Progress so far:
Snupin Santa - done, waiting to be mailed!
Snarry Holidays - done, waiting to be mailed!
Snapely Hols - done and delivered!
HP Yule Ball - in outline form
Smutty Claus - not started
DmHG Fic Exchange - not started
HP Genfic exhange - half done
Wizard Love - waiting for assignment
HP Valensmut - not started

This is on top of my NaNoWriMo (currently at 8k, and I'm hoping to get to 12k tonight) and the Fic That Ate My Brain and Sold My Soul, aka Pain Management, a Snape/Hermione post-war BDSM fic. It grew from a short little smutty one-shot to a 5-chapter story with PLOT!

I posted to HP betas, but no-one's replied so far, so I'll try prodding the Flist. I need someone who's good with transitions. I generally can come up with some really decent plot and characterisation, but my strength is in short, emotionally-packed vignettes. So longer stories with one or more transitions can be a bit of a struggle. A beta good with Britishisms would be dearly loved as well!

All but the last chapter revolve around purely consensual het and BDSM, and a variety of kinks - not all the chapters are written yet so I can't tell you for sure what all will end up included. The last chapter DOES have some dubcon and torture and a bit of slash with other characters. Happy ending though, never fear!

If you're willing to work with me, please comment or drop me a line - I have gmail accounts to match my IJ accounts :)

+ Thanks to everyone who left me birthday wishes yesterday! Tweets, PMs, emails, v-gifts, facebook wall thingies, LJ posts and comments - I really rather love you guys. ♥♥♥♥ And I had a great day, btw. :D

+ miakun wrote me happy Merls fic what has Gwen/Morgana and OT4 at the same time! Go looky!

+ Yuletide signups! I'm excited but a little freaked out by them. I have the fandoms I nominated, but there are so many more to choose from and I don't know where to start! I'm going to think on it a bit more before I sign up for reals.

+ That's all for today. I have to give a presentation tomorrow at work, but I only have half a day to work on it because we all have to go to this award ceremony/holiday party/contract renewal celebration thing. Free food and the possibility of heading home early, always good.

I signed up for Yuletide today. WOOHOO!

Anyway, because else I will totally forget to write this...

I asked for Southland, Hunger Games, Castle, or Burn Notice fic, and this is my Dear Author letter.

( Hi! We share at least one fandom! )

I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/996719.html. Comments may be left here or there; you can comment there with OpenID even if you don't have an account.

\o/ Except none of that was actually written today. Yep, I totally slacked off and watched Paranormal Activity instead. Go, me! Oh well. I'm off tomorrow so I guess I can just play catch up with my word count then.

This post originally made at Dreamwidth.

(Crossposted to LJ)

I am looking for ONE site for uploading my Harry Potter fanfic *and* fanart. So I need a site that will accept ANY rating and ANY pairing, as well as art. T_T Not asking for much....just the moon, aye? @_@

But seriously, I promise a nice smutty drabble of 100-300 words, ANY pairing, your choice of a kink, in return for helping me find a site that can do this.

Or, Beauty and the Beast, part deux.

Last week was the beast, this week was the beauty, y/y? (also omg I rambled a lot.)

( spoilers have definitely been hiding under your bed all this time )

So my boss got bitched out today by our DM on my behalf. Because even though I'm suppose to be spending 35 hours a week in my department, I've only been getting 32-33 hours a week and two-three days are spent on register, which means that my back room is not in the shape it should be.

And we got a truck today and I had four buggies of stuff outside my apparel room and DM shows up and says "What's all this?! D: D: D:" Dude, we just had a massive truck, you stupid fucktard, this is my freight. You know. The shit that I've got to get out, even though you want me to get all of the fall/winter shit clearance that's packed up?

I am displeased, guys. VERY DISPLEASED. I've got 40 hours next week (because this is how it goes: payroll is cut back again. And again, and again. We get behind. DM shows up and is unhappy. Gives us better payroll for a couple of weeks. Then payroll is cut again. I think you get it). Unfortunately, on Saturday (HALLOWEEEEEN~) I have to work 8-5. I was going to dress up but, uh, guess not. My costume is too hot to wear and work for that long. :(

However, NaNoWriMo starts in a couple of days and I'm feeling ALRIGHT.

This post originally made at Dreamwidth.

+ Has anyone tried the Write or Die desktop app? Worth the ten bucks? I like the regular version.

+ I want to share this vid, most recently picked up at deepad's journal.



Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie giving a talk about 'The Danger of a Single Story'


On reading, writing, and how the stories we're exposed to can shape our perspectives. It's eighteen minutes long, but more than worth a listen.

The problem with the single story is this: it robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasizes how we are different, rather than how we are similar.

Word. I would quote the whole talk back at you if I could.

+ Back at work today, feeling fine. It's wet and icky outside, though.

+ zahrawithaz reviews Beauty and the Beast (Merls 2x05). Or rather, the characters of Merlin do. Better than the episode in some ways. *g* I love Merlin to extremes, I seriously do, but this reminds me how many people I know on my own f-list who could write a better show than we actually have.

It's kind of weird/funny that the shows and source material that need the most help are always the ones with the big fandoms. As much as I'd love to be able to roll around in Being Human fic all day for example, I have to admit that it's just a better show, it doesn't need holes filled in with fic and such, so people don't flock to it.

+ Glee fic continues to be better than the actual show. Giving Quinn and Kurt and Sue etc. much better treatment. I do wonder if there's any fic about Tina or Mercedes, though.

+ randomneses alerted me to this bullshit yesterday: Howard University's Hilltop mag has a staff editorial that details the ways students can prevent getting into dangerous situations at night. Money quote:

As well as making themselves look like easy targets by distractions or lack of awareness, female students are often guilty of another serious offense-strutting through the streets of Washington, D.C. in badly chosen attire (...) If walking through the streets in seductive club attire isn’t a blatant call for sexual harassment, then nothing is.

Do I even need to rant about the ways in which that passage is infuriating? Because yeah, you really want to send a message to college kids of all sexes that girls who dress however the hell they want to are asking for whatever happens to them. Fuck that.

+ That's all for today, must finish coursework for class later, and oh yeah also, am at work. :P

+ I am home from work today. Know how on Friday I was wondering if I was coming down with something? I WAS. :D Starting to feel better now though; I think it's just a cold and not the flu or anything.

+ If any of you remember Geocities, check xkcd's page today. Serious lulz, and memories. Oh god, the stars and scroll text and comic sans. COMIC SANS. I remember when almost all the fanfic I used to read was at Geocities or Angelfire. Animorphs slash? What Animorphs slash?

+ Two things I am newly watching: Emma (which is now over) and Parks and Recreation. I like this adaptation of Emma better than any I've seen; it's gorgeous and delightful and actually pretty hilarious. I wasn't sure I'd like Jonny Lee Miller as Knightly, but I was wrongggg, he is wonderful in it. And Parks and Recreation is just endless lols. And my crush on Rashida Jones is epic. Reminds me to do that massive picspam of my favorite female characters.

+ Mad Men seriously made me teary last night. Did anyone else wibble like a complete fool? Because I did. Don and Betty, Don and Betty. GAH. ALSO GO JOAN. But also aww, Joan. I want so much more for you. And Peggy had one line the whole episode, but if you're only going to get one line, it should definitely be "I can't turn it off; it's actually happening!" <333

+ Congratulations to everyone doing NaNoWriMo next month! I'll be cheering you on whilst NOT DOING IT. But! I did join wrisomifu (short for Write Something You Miserable Fuck), which sophinisba and briar_pipe pointed me to yesterday. You basically commit to writing anything for ten minutes of every day in the month of November. Literally anything; in my case, fanfic. And usually, if I can strap down and focus for ten minutes on something, it stretches out much longer than that. If anyone else wants to join me there, just comment here for an invite.

OMG, xkcd. You will see the comic but not this funny if you see the comic via feed, so clickety. Probably only funny for today; the main site is a tribute to the closure of Geocities. Heeeeeee!

I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/994187.html. Comments may be left here or there; you can comment there with OpenID even if you don't have an account.

This week at bridge2sickbay we used prompts based on the gag reel which of course none of us have seen because its presence on youtube was contrary to Paramount's wishes. It was apparently a true-drabble-heavy week for me (six of ten are 100 even), and a Spock-heavy week (five feature Spock). Pairings all over the map, though, and some are gen. None are longer than 450 words; each is written in 20 minutes or less. Prompts at the top of each one, and note that the / in this context doesn't particularly imply a pairing, just characters. Sometimes they are pairings.

No real warnings this week, or at least, nothing that's not present in the movie.

( Everything from love letters to desk sex to time travel to a quick visit to Hogwarts )

I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/993925.html. Comments may be left here or there; you can comment there with OpenID even if you don't have an account.