Quill to Parchment Awards

I think you might have noticed my passing fondness (which, yes, was rapidly fanned into a full-blown obsession) for a certain German soap opera. Today is our birthday! Eskimo Kiss Project is one year old today!

I was going to gush about what an incredible, intense experience this has been (and I still might after I have my coffee), but right now I want to share my squeee! We're getting so much love there, including THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER EVER EVER!!!



Wish you all could see me beaming right now!!! (Or maybe not, it's probably kinda scary...)

Interesting article on AfterElton: Why are Women Interested in Gay Men? It's Not Because They Want to Sleep With Them!* Fortunately it dispels the myth that gay men/slash just appeals to straight women -- 38% of these polled identified as lesbian/bi/other -- and the explanations offered are a little more sophisticated than the usual "it's just like men liking lesbians." I'm less happy that the wording on some of the questions assumed heterosexuality (bad, AE, bad!) and were painfully American-centric, but some of the comments quoted manage to go beyond these limitations. All in all, pretty interesting read.


* Thanks to gealach_ros for the link!

Title: Reversal of Fortune
Author: unbroken_halo
Pairing: Severus/Bill, others
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1,251
Summary: Severus and Bill make an agreement.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and company belong to JKR Rowling. This piece of fiction was written for entertainment purposes only and makes no monetary gain for the author.
Highlight for Warnings: * BDSM, Doms playing together, blowjob, wall!sex*
AN: For irana! Ask and ye shall receive, love. *smoochies* I hope you had a fantastic birthday! Much thanks to eeyore9990 for the beta and the slash chat darlings for their help. Directly follows Wheel Of Fortune, so if you haven't read that you might be a little lost.

( Happy Birthday, darling! )

Ottawa is nice. Stable. Practical.

Montréal is not.

Montréal has shopping!

Mad crazy shopping that just sweeps you up and hijacks your credit card and you don't even care. Even department stores that you'd expect to be the same everywhere are sparklier in that city. Like the Bay. Even the boring old Bay, when it's plopped down in the middle of Ste-Catherine's, is suddenly magically filled with irresistible baubles and fashions that make me look fashionable.

Title: Harry Potter and The Charming Prince (Book Seven in The Bound Prince Series.)
Authors: slashpervert, with co-authors sayingsorry_hh and brknhalo241.
Betas: asm614 and Mini Mouse.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: ADULT
Genre: Romance, Smut
Pairing: Draco/Harry. Others (Mark to Read): One time - Harry/Draco/Fred/George
Book Length: 130,000 Words (41 Chapters)
Warnings (Mark to Read): Language, M/M Explicit Sex, Anal, Oral, Rimming, Bondage, Dom/Sub, SM, Jealousy, Consensual Non-Monogamy, Foursome, Mpreg, Exhibitionism, Character Death (not D/H).
Summary: Harry and Draco have the peace and happiness of which they dreamed. This is an extended epilogue to The Bound Prince series with “snapshots” of Harry, Draco and their children's lives in the ten years after book six.
Notes: sayingsorry_hh and slashpervert wrote the first draft of this volume in the winter of 2008-2009. sayingsorry_hh left the project then, but gave slashpervert and brknhalo241 permission to finish writing and editing the book without her. AU from Chapter 24 of HPB. BP books 1-5 written before the release of DH. This is book seven, immediately following Harry Potter and The Dragon’s Treasure. The beginning of the story, book one, is Harry Potter and The Bound Prince. Icon adapted by slashpervert from THIS ART by isinuyasha.
Disclaimer: This is a non-commercial work of fan fiction intended for adult audiences only. No copyright infringement intended. (Full Disclaimer!)

Chapter Number/Total: 40/41
Chapter Title: Sensitive Topic
Words: 3793 Words

( Chapter 40: Sensitive Topic )

Still not feeling the love for writing any tonight, so I thought I would go ahead and repost the fics I wrote for fall_fantasia. This is the first.

Title: 'Meta' Carpus
Author:unbroken_halo
Pairing: Harry/Charlie, others
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1,132
Summary: There's just something about a man's hands.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and Company belong to JK Rowling. This fiction was written for entertainment only and makes no monetary gain for the author.
Highlight for Warnings: *bi-curiosity, innuendo, men having hawt sex! *
AN: For the participants and watchers of fall_fantasia. Last year, alisanne, eeyore9990 and I all collaborated on a fic for the fest. It fit in with the posting schedule and was well received so I decided to do it again this year; only I didn't bother to inform them I was doing so.

(  'Meta' Carpus )

So my writing list is dwindling, and yet, I still have no time for drabbles. I miss my drabbles but RL is not giving me a chance to breathe much less write and more often than not when I do write it is hurried. I hate that. Not only does it make me feel as if I am rushing someone's gift but it also makes me careless, and I hate that even more. Today, though, today is actually my day to myself and I just don't feel the urge to write.

( More )

Instructions:

Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."

• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity

• Update your journal with the answers to the questions

• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.

So, I left snapesgirl_62 the comment and here are the questions she asked.

( More than you ever wanted to know about Halo )

Title: Harry Potter and The Charming Prince (Book Seven in The Bound Prince Series.)
Authors: slashpervert, with co-authors sayingsorry_hh and brknhalo241.
Betas: asm614 and Mini Mouse.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: ADULT
Genre: Romance, Smut
Pairing: Draco/Harry. Others (Mark to Read): One time - Harry/Draco/Fred/George
Book Length: 130,000 Words (41 Chapters)
Warnings (Mark to Read): Language, M/M Explicit Sex, Anal, Oral, Rimming, Bondage, Dom/Sub, SM, Jealousy, Consensual Non-Monogamy, Foursome, Mpreg, Exhibitionism, Character Death (not D/H).
Summary: Harry and Draco have the peace and happiness of which they dreamed. This is an extended epilogue to The Bound Prince series with “snapshots” of Harry, Draco and their children's lives in the ten years after book six.
Notes: sayingsorry_hh and slashpervert wrote the first draft of this volume in the winter of 2008-2009. sayingsorry_hh left the project then, but gave slashpervert and brknhalo241 permission to finish writing and editing the book without her. AU from Chapter 24 of HPB. BP books 1-5 written before the release of DH. This is book seven, immediately following Harry Potter and The Dragon’s Treasure. The beginning of the story, book one, is Harry Potter and The Bound Prince. Icon adapted by slashpervert from THIS ART by isinuyasha.
Disclaimer: This is a non-commercial work of fan fiction intended for adult audiences only. No copyright infringement intended. (Full Disclaimer!)

Chapter Number/Total: 39/41
Chapter Title: A New Passion
Words: 2353 Words

( Chapter 39: A New Passion )

Conference sucked. My materials didn't arrive, so while all the other booths had fancy banners and slick handouts, I had business cards.

On the plus side, I bought sparkly silver and black tights and met Deniz Öztürk's younger brother. Which I know is crazy, Igor's not Turkish at all, but this guy was and he was the spitting image: same coltish arms, same lethally long legs, same lips... have you any idea how hard it is to talk business with someone that has those lips?

I haven't had much interest in the past in non-magical or cross-over Harry Potter fan fic that when I have tried to read them I found myself wondering things like "how is this still HP" or "what was the point of taking the magic away." With rare exceptions, I like my fan fiction so firmly grounded in canon that while alternative storylines but which stayed in the same HP setting worked for me but not the others. Until now.

This week, I have read three stories so well written, so absolute still Harry/Draco despite the change of circumstances, that they are now among my favourites:

Black Coffee on a Lonely Night by femmequixotic. Non-magical AU set in the U.K. If it weren't for rec (or the name of the author whose work I adore), I might have missed this one. And that would have been a terrible loss. As others have pointed out, it has an opening line that grabs the reader immediately but the rest of the story delivers as well. Masterfully written, intricately detailed, this fic would be one of my favourites in or out of HP fandom.

Blood and Brimstone by calanthe_fics. Steampunk HP. I love Wicked Gentleman by Glinn Hale, but you don't have to have read the book to love this story. It's a blend that not only captures the feel of Wicked Gentleman, but managed to blend it with Harry Potter in a way that is more than the sum of both and stands equally well on it's own. It's dark and sexy, and utterly beautiful.

Cornbread and Sweet Tea by sor_bet. Imagine the Harry Potter story set in the American South instead of Great Britain. I couldn't do it. But sor_bet does so with such stunning clarity that I was captivated. This is an unusual and very well done story.

I keep meaning to update, but my life seems to consist of:

* dragging myself from bed to the coffee machine
* staring dully at work for a few hours
* falling deeper in love with AWZ (is that even possible?)
* cursing the technical difficulties that complicate sharing of said soap
* crawling into bed feeling like I'm behind on life
* rinse and repeat

I wonder if writing EKP descriptions and commenting on vids counts for WriSoMiFu. Because I'm writing fuck all else these days. The month's half gone and plot bunnies are happily breeding, but actually sitting down and harnessing them? Writing, why so hard?

What's keeping me going is discovering just how AMAZING some people are! Get this: When the backdoor we were using to snag our video files from RTL was closed, some fabulous souls stepped in, including one woman in Slovenia who spent her entire weekend figuring out a different way for us to grab them. I'm just overwhelmed by the thought that somebody would do that for people they don't even know. Not only that, but we had other people--in Russia, in the U.S., in France--all offering what help they could.

Fandom, you seriously rock my world!!!

Of course, now that we've got this new method, I'm obsessed with going back and redoing the poor quality vids we posted for a week. If I don't, that will haunt me forever. Just like ep302 still does after nearly a year...

The best thing I did this week was entice the lovely aldiara into marathoning the most recent EKP playlist with me. ( Soaking in the bubbles. )

OK, enough blather about AWZ. There are other things on TV, yes there are! Like Merlin, which if you block out the first four episodes and say this season started with #5, is having a pretty kick-ass year! And that messy ending, YUMMMM! Like Misfits, the most wonderfully warped superhero series imaginable. Like my beloved Beautiful People just starting its second season, and I've just got my hot little hands on a copy. Simon, I've missed you!!!!

And there is real life as well, much as I want to avoid it. I'm off to Montréal in the morning. Grrrr. Normally I'd be all over a trip there, but going to hear a bunch of MBAs rattle on? Shoot me now.

But I probably should pack at some point.

And stop being curmudgeonly, yes.

In my long rant of my life and why I suck, I mentioned I was having issues with my degree program plan.

Here is my letter to the the director of the Publishing Program and currently my boss (Independent Study/Internship in publishing).

( reasons why I should be allowed into the Master of Science in Publishing program )

So do you think I made my case?

Mom thinks that I should be a writer writing novels because of how good this and other papers I've written are.

BUZZ: Daniel Radcliffe Plays a Pothead?

Under the headline "Harry Pothead", Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe's mug is splashed across Friday's front page of a British tabloid – showing him in what can only be described as high-spirited party mode.

In the blurry photo, the actor is smoking what the Daily Mirror describes as a "spliff."

But Radcliffe's rep insists he's not smoking what the paper says he's smoking. "We categorically deny the allegations regarding Daniel Radcliffe published in today's Daily Mirror," the rep tells PEOPLE. "Daniel does smoke the occasional roll-up cigarette, but he was not doing anything more than this. We are considering our position and will be taking all necessary action in relation to such allegations."

The photo of the bleary-eyed Radcliffe, 20, also show him with an elaborate, elongated mustache painted on his face.

Party pal Wadia Tazi, 26, tells the Mirror: "Daniel was laughing and seemed to find it funny. But he didn't really look like he knew what was going on."

The paper says the party took place in a North London high-rise and was hosted by a friend of Radcliffe's sometimes girlfriend, actress Laura O'Toole.

Daily Mirror's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoned

Title: Harry Potter and The Charming Prince (Book Seven in The Bound Prince Series.)
Authors: slashpervert, with co-authors sayingsorry_hh and brknhalo241.
Betas: asm614 and Mini Mouse.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: ADULT
Genre: Romance, Smut
Pairing: Draco/Harry. Others (Mark to Read): One time - Harry/Draco/Fred/George
Book Length: 128,000? Words (40+? Chapters)
Warnings (Mark to Read): Language, M/M Explicit Sex, Anal, Oral, Rimming, Bondage, Dom/Sub, SM, Jealousy, Consensual Non-Monogamy, Foursome, Mpreg, Exhibitionism, Character Death (not D/H).
Summary: Harry and Draco have the peace and happiness of which they dreamed. This is an extended epilogue to The Bound Prince series with “snapshots” of Harry, Draco and their children's lives in the ten years after book six.
Notes: sayingsorry_hh and slashpervert wrote the first draft of this volume in the winter of 2008-2009. sayingsorry_hh left the project then, but gave slashpervert and brknhalo241 permission to finish writing and editing the book without her. AU from Chapter 24 of HPB. BP books 1-5 written before the release of DH. This is book seven, immediately following Harry Potter and The Dragon’s Treasure. The beginning of the story, book one, is Harry Potter and The Bound Prince. Icon adapted by slashpervert from THIS ART by isinuyasha.
Disclaimer: This is a non-commercial work of fan fiction intended for adult audiences only. No copyright infringement intended. (Full Disclaimer!)

Chapter Number/Total: 38/41
Chapter Title: Playing to Their Strengths
Words: 3758 Words

( Chapter 38: Playing to Their Strengths )

Repost of my story from ownficfest on LJ. I really loved how this turned out.

Title: All In The Family
Author: unbroken_halo
Recipient: elfflame
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Harry/Remus
Rating: NC-17
Warnings (if any):Highlight for Warnings: *AU, non-canon compliant from Book 6 but borrows some canon from Book 7, wanking, UST, oral sex, handjob*
Wordcount: ~11,300
Summary: A threat against Remus sends him into hiding... at Harry's home. Meddling children, intense situations and close quarters give rise to feelings long suppressed.
Author's Notes: elfflame, I hope you enjoy the fic. I had a ball writing this version. Someday I may post the other four attempts as well. *g* My undying gratitude to the slash chat ladies for listening to me bitch, moan, and complain. But most of all, a special thank you goes to eeyore9990 for her enthusiasm, faith in me, and several smacks to the back of my head when I needed them. The fic is the best it can be because of her, and any mistakes you find now are because I just had to fiddle with it one last time. *g*
( All In The Family )

My car is trying to kill me.

My car is an oldsmobile alero and unlike the Toyotas there is no recall on it.

However, yesterday my mom was driving it and the accelerator got stuck. She put it into neutral and pulled off to the side and was able to drive it home.

I got in it and the fucker revved up to 2rpm while I was in PARK and then when I slammed on the brake it didn't get below 1rpm. I was luckily still in park and thus hadn't crashed into anything.

I turned off the car and came in and told my mom. She test drove it. It was fine. I got into the van (that still has the desk I went to College Station and picked up in August) the shocks are shot on the fan so I have to take it easy. As I got in I noticed that the top to the desk is falling apart and as I was driving it down the driveway it got worse.

This on top off all the other shit going on (i.e. my mental break down and virtual cry a few hours earlier) and the fact I can't take the truck because the inside lights don't work and you don't know how fast you are going, I decided 'fuck it' this this is an omen.

All this bad shit.

I'm not going to go class in which all we are doing is work I can do from home. Fuck it.

So I sent off an e-mail informing my professor of what happened. I might have a used a bit of hyperbole in order to make the situation sound a little more worse.

Oh btw, my car is still smelling like gas. So we know I have a leak somewhere but we can't find out where! In addition to my cruise control and various shorts in my car.

In other words, my car is trying to kill me.

p.s. Mom informs me it did not happen when she was driving but when she was moving the car from drive to neutral to park in the driveway as she was parking it.

Oh well.

I still think my car is trying to kill me.

And thus, tomorrow, on my great 26th birthday, I will driving my car to the mechanic's.

This is real life stuff and for those of who read this or care to read this journal anymore, I thought I should just let you know.

So I'm cutting this.

( cut )

Pet the dragons, please, but mind the teeth. Thank you!

My scroll and hatchlings: ~*~ ~*~ ~*~