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[jadesfire]

I'm still umming over making any actual nominations for this (how do I choose between you!?!) but it made me smile and figured it might do the same for you:




The idea is to nominate people rather than their works, and is a lovely idea. I hope to have time for it soon!

On to the ficly stuff!

#1. I've had the grand total of two recs to take with me to Morocco. Now, I know you folks read more than that, so if you've seen anything at tardis_bigbang, sgabigbang or sga_santa that you loved, I'd appreciate the pointer! Audiofic recs would also be appreciated.

#2. My 2008 fic list is here. It's backdated* because it turned into a ridiculously long trundle through the year, with snippets and thoughts that I couldn't resist putting in there. So just a few stats for you instead:

*ETA: And updated, since I discovered that I'd missed 2 SGA fics!

Total number of stories: 48
Longest story: Resonance (45,916; SGA)
Shortest story: Research (100; SGA)
Total number of words: ~207,730
Average (mean) story length: 4348 words (the median is somewhere around 1700)
Numbers by Fandom: 21 Stargate: Atlantis, 12 Torchwood, 8 Jack Harkness, 4 Doctor Who, 3 others and a partidge in a pear tree

#3. The New Year Fic Meme

My best story(ies) of this year:
Moonrise, Bibula Harena, The Broken Places
My favourite story of this year:
Choosing nearly killed me, but I'm going to go for Five Times McKay and Sheppard Arrived Back In Atlantis Without Their Clothes, although I'd like the podfic version by rustydog, please.
Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
I've been overwhelmed by comments this year - people are astonishingly kind, thoughtful and generous. But I'll pick Resonance - long gen is always hard to get people to read, and this is seriously long gen.
Most fun story to write:
Board Wars, no contest there.
Sexiest story:
I don't have many to choose from in this category, but I guess Feels Like Home would have to be the winner.
Story with the single sexiest moment:
Genus: Wraith (The Who Are You Remix), which sounds like an odd choice, but I liked the 'overheard' moments that Teyla gets.
Hardest story to write:
Difficulties in Mathematics, because I so much wanted to get it right.
Biggest Disappointment:
Not managing to make my tardis_bigbang story into a Discworld crossover like I wanted to. I love the story I got, but the other would have been so much fun!
Biggest Surprise:
What Not To Buy. It's a fluffy little story, really, but has had a surprising level of interest.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story:
Things Unsaid, where Z and I pretty much laid out our views on Jack/Ianto.
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Definitely more. This was the year of the Challenges, not something I intend to repeat in 2009, for the sake of my sanity!
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2008?
AU. I always thought it was something I couldn't do, then becky_h gave me the prompt that became Port Call and I had a whale of a time.
Did you take any writing risks this year?
Yes and no. I signed up to write in a lot of areas that I'd never tackled before, which was good for me. But although I've written everything from silly crack to deep character study, I've managed to find my own writing voice through doing it, so in retrospect, it doesn't sound like much of a risk at all.
Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?
I'm going to do 3 challenges - tardis_bigbang, sgabigbang and sga_genficathon. Apart from that, I plan to work my way through my outstanding fic-ideas list and attempt some original stuff as well. I'd also like to write more collaborations, since I've found this year that I really, really like working with someone else on a story.
I'd like to thank the academy...
I have incredible beta-support. My abiding memory will be of rustydog and donutsweeper chatting happily in the middle of one of my stories in googledocs while I wrote around them. mad_jaks, stackcats, perspi bironic and most of my flist have also been there when I needed them, for which I can't thank them enough, and it's been a joy to work with some awesome artists, particularly in_the_bottle, who has the patience of a saint and genius graphic skillz.

But I must must must tell everyone how wonderful crystalshard and miss_zedem are. They hold my hand, turn around fics in less time than I would have thought physically possible and are always willing to listen to me wail and rant when stories go badly (which is most of the time). I couldn't write without them and have no intention of trying.


#4. My WiP/fic agenda for 2009:

Challenges/stories I'm committed/committing to:
lostcityfound [deadline: Friday. I need to decide whether I'm going AU or going to make time to watch the last 2 episodes. *eyes 'to do before holiday' list* I'm thinking the former.]
sga_genficathon [March/April, from whatever prompt I get]
tardis_bigbang [April-ish probably, and I know what I'm going to write]
sgabigbang [Summer]
Drabble prompts from the flist [for Morocco]
Something for bironic for spotting me at sga_santa

Works in Progress:
SGA fic with perspi
5 AUs I'm not writing
SGA Crackier than usual
SGA Top sekkrit fic
SGA vid-inspired AU
Torchwood Jack/Suzie

Planned stories:
More in the 'Port Call' universe
Travelers backstory
The Watching Years (I think I found my macguffin for this at last...)

Anything else that I've talked about? I occasionally post mad-cap ideas or mention things in passing. If anyone actually remembers any of them, please let me know. Do I owe anyone anything? I'm sure I've forgotten something...

One of my resolutions for 2009 is to participate in fewer challenges. I've just got so much of my own that keeps getting pushed onto the back-burner by things I sign up for. If 2008 was about discovering my own voice, 2009 is about exploring it. I want to write more drabbles, take more flist prompts and generally dig a little deeper. My first LJ fic was posted 18th July 2006, and I feel like I spent the first year learning the mechanics of writing, the second year learning how to write like me, and I'm spending the third settling into it and just writing. It's a good feeling.

#5. bironic!!! I owe you a fic! Leave me a prompt (or, you know, request a WiP ;)) and I'll get right on it.

#6. I just had a dig through very, very old posts and stumbled across 2 original fics that I remember liking at the time. Both are what I think of as 'life sideways' stories, in that they're not quite fantasy, but there's no way they're the real world either. They're definitely candidates for polishing and doing something with - I'm so very much better at editing than the putting words on a blank page part of writing, that this is an easy way in.

*looks round* I think that's everything.

*pause*

I'd better get writing then, hadn't I?

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ETA: Unrelated to fic in any way, I have my first Slimming World group of the new year tonight. Before Christmas, there were rumours of a new eating plan, and I've just looked it up on the website. It's called "Extra Easy" and...well. It does look it. Potentially much less confusing than the whole Original/Green split that experienced members do on instinct and utterly baffles newcomers, and much more of a plain and simple "these foods are healthy" eating plan. Should be interesting to see what happens later...

Comments

[unfeathered]

I am very, very impressed by how MUCH you manage to write!

Do I owe anyone anything?

I may be imagining it, but didn't I request a follow-up to Beating Time for the Timestamp Meme at some point?

And I think I might have to do that review meme.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm one of the few people on my flist thinking 'must write less this year'. This year, I'm going for quality and stories I'm really happy with, rather than the endless challenge fics I churned out this year - I love them, but I'm greedy and want better!

*tilts head* I wrote Glimpse (http://heretoutopia.livejournal.com/45447.html) for that, didn't I? Although if I promised another, let me know...

[unfeathered]

Ah, so you did. My apologies - I can't think how I forgot that one, it was so brilliant! Though I really wouldn't say no to more... *g*

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Do I owe anyone anything?

I think I might've given you a prompt some time back, but I might be imagining that.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

207k. *boggles* WOWSA.

I didn't get a lot of comments on my bigbang either, I think in general they aren't read or aren't commented on, so maybe that's what happened with Resonance.

I can't help you with recs for sga bigbang, I only read 2 and yours was one. As for tardisbigbang, other than mine *bats eyelashes* if you like Harry, Pawn Crossing is fun and Eye of the Storm for some Martha Jones and her family goodness.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

There was definitely a drabble prompt which I have on my list somewhere.

And please don't apologise! that's why I asked for reminders - it's not been my best Christmas ever, and so much has gone out of my head in the last week. I've really sucked at the whole beta thing, sorry :S Will print to read right now!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*g* It scared me too! Especially since the Big Bangs are only...what? 70k of that? eep!

*nods* I think that's the case, although there's a bigger thing with Gen, especially in SGA, that I think I want to meta about at some point.

Ooh, those are recs, thanks! Stuff written by my flist gets written whether you want it to be or not :P but it's good to have a variety. Much appreciated!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I think I know most if not all of what you wrote in 2008, and how long everything was, and I'm still boggled by the final word count. It sounds more like a ten-year word count to me. *g*

I barely read off my flist, so I don't have any recs, I'm sorry. But (wait, I'm changing subjects, this shouldn't be in the same paragraph...) if you ever feel like talking more about the process of "finding your voice" - when/how you realized, what was involved writing-wise, what you think some specific characteristics of your writing voice are, etc. - I would love to read it! I found I could recognize your voice this year, but after reading Sic Transit Tempus first thing, I already felt like you had a recognizable voice, and that was before 2008.

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Even betas are allowed to rest on Christmas!

And I just can't wait for more Sic Transit Tempus, yay!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

SGA is a tough fandom for gen. *nods*

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

oooh lists! But *wibbles* I have no laptop to carry around with me and read stuff while I am out :(


I have lost track - when do you leave for Morocco?

[hllangel]

I have a rec for you!

I've been going back over the SGA Big Bang, and found this one: See No Evil.

Really long, (nearly 90k, it took me two days to finish) and really well done. Enjoy!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hee. I was a bit startled myself! And that's actually without the 4 LFWS stories. Incredibly how it all adds up when you move from drabbles to ficlets ;)

Hmmm. When I go back to the early STT stories, they don't sound quite so much like me anymore, in a weird way. Re-reading, I think I'd characterise it as having a sort of wry, dry tone, which is kind of how I am in real life. And finding humour in every circumstance. That's very me :D I'll have a mull and see if anything else occurs to me...

I'm probably the only person intending to write less in 2009, but I'm definitely going to try to only write stuff I'm happy with. That's an essential.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hee. It'll still be here when Carrot returns!

We leave (stupidly) early on Saturday morning and I'll most likely be offline until the following Monday as we get back (stupidly) early on Sunday morning :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*beams* Grey is such an awesome writer - I'll definitely add it to my list, thanks! I was a bit nervous, because fork-in-the-road-style AU isn't always my thing, but I trust you :D Thank you!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

*fingers crossed*

I am beginning to think that tech is conspiring against me - I bOOked my car in for its MOT this morning and this evening, on my drive home, it through an electrical hissy fit at me and left me with no radio and no heater. Mysteriously they both came on againas I turned the ignition OFF :O

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

OMG THREW!!! it threw a hissy fit at me...

[aoife-8.livejournal.com]

I second that SGA Big Bang rec for See No Evil - I rarely read gen, but I'm so glad I read this story. It's a corker. I'll rec one other Big Bang piece as well - The Price That Life Exacts by Cathalin. I've only discovered her writing in the last couple of months and it's excellent.

http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=38

There's one other cracking good story that's very recent, it's from the latest SGA Secret Santa - a long piece called Liminal by Viva Gloria. Have you read it? It's awesome. I found it very haunting (it's set on the Essex coast in post-war 1940s Britain).

http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/179597.html

RE. the Slimming World thing - yes, I went off to my first class of the year tonight and was delighted to find I've only put on 1lb over Xmas which is excellent, I thought I'd out on about 5lbs! And we were introduced to the Extra Easy plan, which now I've sat down and looked at it, is basically what I've been doing for the last 3 months (I couldn't keep Red and Green straight in my head, so I kind of adapted them - which is what this new thing does). The leader told us they've done it for the new US market that Slimming World is breaking into, as they think it's easier to 'sell' - it's certainly easier to get your head round! I shall give it a shot and see what happens...

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THIS ICON TO PIECES! Yay ducky!

Warning, lots of links

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

La la la! Fictybits! Umm, well, so I kinda wrote down here more than just stuff from those fests, but since you said you needed lots of fic, hopefully that won't be a problem, eh? Sadly, I haven't been paying attention to podfic lately, so none of that, sorry :(

And in no particular order:

SGA from sga_santa or sgabigbang
The Phantom of the Laboratory (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/172067.html?format=light) (in two parts), a retelling of Phantom of the Opera.

Five Stories Jeannie Miller Tells (to Madison Miller and Evelyn Sheppard-McKay, and One Story That Isn't Hers To Tell) (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/181783.html?format=light) Bit angsty but with a happy ending. Very well told.

Mended (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/186980.html?format=light). From my comment on the fic: I think mostly at the understated-but-deeply-caring moments. You've shown relationships that are real and believable and I rather love this to pieces. Just, I think I'll go read some crackfic right now, something that tears less at my heart-strings.

My Other Car's A Puddlescooter. (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/174991.html?format=light) John gets jealous of Rodney paying attention to the Puddlescooter.

The Bumblebee Myth (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/167930.html?format=light) (Two parts) crack!fic where they are insects.

The Daniel and Rodney Snark Fest of Pornographic Doom (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/159325.html?format=light) The Ancients were weird...

Happy Tails To You (Until We Meet Again) (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/178109.html?format=light) Why isn't prehensile tail fic as common as wing fic? (There's lots of really excellent turns of phrase in here)

A Clear and Different Light (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=53) Umm, evidently you're recording this as a podfic, so I'm assuming that you've read it. ;)


SGA from elsewhere
The Pegasus Airlines AU (http://star-language.livejournal.com/4985.html?format=light) by winkingstar. None are a part of a fest. I really like it. Quite sweet. John/Rodney. There's three fics in the 'verse so far (~11K total).

Starcrossed (http://community.livejournal.com/artword/53201.html?format=light) From artword. Lovely! Slightly cracky, but awesome :)

Destiny Revisited (http://lavvyan.livejournal.com/300323.html?format=light). Not part of any fest. Merlin/SGA fusion. Don't think it depends on Merlin knowledge. I think of it mostly as a character study of this Rodney. It has been recorded as a podfic here. (http://community.livejournal.com/merlinxarthur/370525.html?format=light)

Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/836526.html?format=light) (actually from sga_flashfic)

Rodney McKay as a Fallen Angel (http://lavvyan.livejournal.com/291520.html?format=light) not from any fest. This is one of those "This is a story I'm not writing, oops, now there's some words on the page"


Not actually SGA Umm, not actually Who-verse either. Ooops?
The Adventure of the Expert Cracksman (http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/67/theadventure.html). Sherlock Holmes. Lovely story. Could have been written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (only the story is less stuffy IMO than his work.)

Five Times Geoffrey Really Should Have Admitted That Darren is a Fucking Genius (http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/65/fivetimes.html) Fandom: Slings & Arrows, Fest: Yuletide. Nice, sweet, lots of amusing moments. Don't need to know the fandom or the canon (I don't and I liked it).

[hllangel]

It is AU, but you hardly notice it, to be frank. The characters are so well written and so true to themselves that it feels like it could have been the show. John and Rodney's interaction is spot-on, and I didn't see the end coming quite as fast as it did. It's very slow to build, and then all of a sudden, there's about ten things going on. And it ends in a near-real version of the SGA universe. Definitely worth the read. And going on my list of things to re-read on rainy days.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks. I've actually read 'The Price That Life Exacts' - I like Cathalin's style, although the story itself wasn't really my kind of thing.

That's a great rec from SGA Santa, thanks. I've got a few from the list, but not that one :D

The new plan does make a lot of sense. So many people were using their 2nd B for meat or potatoes, that it's kind of the next logical step. That's very interesting about the US market, though. I'm going to have a go when we get back from Morocco - as someone who's been doing red and green for years and years, it's hard to get my head around! Good luck with it - I'd be interested to know how you get on :D

Re: Warning, lots of links

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's awesome, thanks. I did get your other recs but didn't get the chance to reply to the comment. Those will definitely go on the memory stick for travel reading :D Thanks!

Re: Warning, lots of links

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

:) Well, I wouldn't want you to be deprived of reading! That would be horrible! (And thanks for letting me know about seeing the other comment.) Have a lovely time on holiday!

[unfeathered]

I am very, very impressed by how MUCH you manage to write!

Do I owe anyone anything?

I may be imagining it, but didn't I request a follow-up to Beating Time for the Timestamp Meme at some point?

And I think I might have to do that review meme.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm one of the few people on my flist thinking 'must write less this year'. This year, I'm going for quality and stories I'm really happy with, rather than the endless challenge fics I churned out this year - I love them, but I'm greedy and want better!

*tilts head* I wrote Glimpse (http://heretoutopia.livejournal.com/45447.html) for that, didn't I? Although if I promised another, let me know...

[unfeathered]

Ah, so you did. My apologies - I can't think how I forgot that one, it was so brilliant! Though I really wouldn't say no to more... *g*

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Do I owe anyone anything?

I think I might've given you a prompt some time back, but I might be imagining that.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

207k. *boggles* WOWSA.

I didn't get a lot of comments on my bigbang either, I think in general they aren't read or aren't commented on, so maybe that's what happened with Resonance.

I can't help you with recs for sga bigbang, I only read 2 and yours was one. As for tardisbigbang, other than mine *bats eyelashes* if you like Harry, Pawn Crossing is fun and Eye of the Storm for some Martha Jones and her family goodness.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

There was definitely a drabble prompt which I have on my list somewhere.

And please don't apologise! that's why I asked for reminders - it's not been my best Christmas ever, and so much has gone out of my head in the last week. I've really sucked at the whole beta thing, sorry :S Will print to read right now!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*g* It scared me too! Especially since the Big Bangs are only...what? 70k of that? eep!

*nods* I think that's the case, although there's a bigger thing with Gen, especially in SGA, that I think I want to meta about at some point.

Ooh, those are recs, thanks! Stuff written by my flist gets written whether you want it to be or not :P but it's good to have a variety. Much appreciated!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I think I know most if not all of what you wrote in 2008, and how long everything was, and I'm still boggled by the final word count. It sounds more like a ten-year word count to me. *g*

I barely read off my flist, so I don't have any recs, I'm sorry. But (wait, I'm changing subjects, this shouldn't be in the same paragraph...) if you ever feel like talking more about the process of "finding your voice" - when/how you realized, what was involved writing-wise, what you think some specific characteristics of your writing voice are, etc. - I would love to read it! I found I could recognize your voice this year, but after reading Sic Transit Tempus first thing, I already felt like you had a recognizable voice, and that was before 2008.

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Even betas are allowed to rest on Christmas!

And I just can't wait for more Sic Transit Tempus, yay!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

SGA is a tough fandom for gen. *nods*

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

oooh lists! But *wibbles* I have no laptop to carry around with me and read stuff while I am out :(


I have lost track - when do you leave for Morocco?

[hllangel]

I have a rec for you!

I've been going back over the SGA Big Bang, and found this one: See No Evil.

Really long, (nearly 90k, it took me two days to finish) and really well done. Enjoy!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hee. I was a bit startled myself! And that's actually without the 4 LFWS stories. Incredibly how it all adds up when you move from drabbles to ficlets ;)

Hmmm. When I go back to the early STT stories, they don't sound quite so much like me anymore, in a weird way. Re-reading, I think I'd characterise it as having a sort of wry, dry tone, which is kind of how I am in real life. And finding humour in every circumstance. That's very me :D I'll have a mull and see if anything else occurs to me...

I'm probably the only person intending to write less in 2009, but I'm definitely going to try to only write stuff I'm happy with. That's an essential.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hee. It'll still be here when Carrot returns!

We leave (stupidly) early on Saturday morning and I'll most likely be offline until the following Monday as we get back (stupidly) early on Sunday morning :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*beams* Grey is such an awesome writer - I'll definitely add it to my list, thanks! I was a bit nervous, because fork-in-the-road-style AU isn't always my thing, but I trust you :D Thank you!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

*fingers crossed*

I am beginning to think that tech is conspiring against me - I bOOked my car in for its MOT this morning and this evening, on my drive home, it through an electrical hissy fit at me and left me with no radio and no heater. Mysteriously they both came on againas I turned the ignition OFF :O

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

OMG THREW!!! it threw a hissy fit at me...

[aoife-8.livejournal.com]

I second that SGA Big Bang rec for See No Evil - I rarely read gen, but I'm so glad I read this story. It's a corker. I'll rec one other Big Bang piece as well - The Price That Life Exacts by Cathalin. I've only discovered her writing in the last couple of months and it's excellent.

http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=38

There's one other cracking good story that's very recent, it's from the latest SGA Secret Santa - a long piece called Liminal by Viva Gloria. Have you read it? It's awesome. I found it very haunting (it's set on the Essex coast in post-war 1940s Britain).

http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/179597.html

RE. the Slimming World thing - yes, I went off to my first class of the year tonight and was delighted to find I've only put on 1lb over Xmas which is excellent, I thought I'd out on about 5lbs! And we were introduced to the Extra Easy plan, which now I've sat down and looked at it, is basically what I've been doing for the last 3 months (I couldn't keep Red and Green straight in my head, so I kind of adapted them - which is what this new thing does). The leader told us they've done it for the new US market that Slimming World is breaking into, as they think it's easier to 'sell' - it's certainly easier to get your head round! I shall give it a shot and see what happens...

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THIS ICON TO PIECES! Yay ducky!

Warning, lots of links

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

La la la! Fictybits! Umm, well, so I kinda wrote down here more than just stuff from those fests, but since you said you needed lots of fic, hopefully that won't be a problem, eh? Sadly, I haven't been paying attention to podfic lately, so none of that, sorry :(

And in no particular order:

SGA from sga_santa or sgabigbang
The Phantom of the Laboratory (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/172067.html?format=light) (in two parts), a retelling of Phantom of the Opera.

Five Stories Jeannie Miller Tells (to Madison Miller and Evelyn Sheppard-McKay, and One Story That Isn't Hers To Tell) (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/181783.html?format=light) Bit angsty but with a happy ending. Very well told.

Mended (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/186980.html?format=light). From my comment on the fic: I think mostly at the understated-but-deeply-caring moments. You've shown relationships that are real and believable and I rather love this to pieces. Just, I think I'll go read some crackfic right now, something that tears less at my heart-strings.

My Other Car's A Puddlescooter. (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/174991.html?format=light) John gets jealous of Rodney paying attention to the Puddlescooter.

The Bumblebee Myth (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/167930.html?format=light) (Two parts) crack!fic where they are insects.

The Daniel and Rodney Snark Fest of Pornographic Doom (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/159325.html?format=light) The Ancients were weird...

Happy Tails To You (Until We Meet Again) (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/178109.html?format=light) Why isn't prehensile tail fic as common as wing fic? (There's lots of really excellent turns of phrase in here)

A Clear and Different Light (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=53) Umm, evidently you're recording this as a podfic, so I'm assuming that you've read it. ;)


SGA from elsewhere
The Pegasus Airlines AU (http://star-language.livejournal.com/4985.html?format=light) by winkingstar. None are a part of a fest. I really like it. Quite sweet. John/Rodney. There's three fics in the 'verse so far (~11K total).

Starcrossed (http://community.livejournal.com/artword/53201.html?format=light) From artword. Lovely! Slightly cracky, but awesome :)

Destiny Revisited (http://lavvyan.livejournal.com/300323.html?format=light). Not part of any fest. Merlin/SGA fusion. Don't think it depends on Merlin knowledge. I think of it mostly as a character study of this Rodney. It has been recorded as a podfic here. (http://community.livejournal.com/merlinxarthur/370525.html?format=light)

Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/836526.html?format=light) (actually from sga_flashfic)

Rodney McKay as a Fallen Angel (http://lavvyan.livejournal.com/291520.html?format=light) not from any fest. This is one of those "This is a story I'm not writing, oops, now there's some words on the page"


Not actually SGA Umm, not actually Who-verse either. Ooops?
The Adventure of the Expert Cracksman (http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/67/theadventure.html). Sherlock Holmes. Lovely story. Could have been written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (only the story is less stuffy IMO than his work.)

Five Times Geoffrey Really Should Have Admitted That Darren is a Fucking Genius (http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/65/fivetimes.html) Fandom: Slings & Arrows, Fest: Yuletide. Nice, sweet, lots of amusing moments. Don't need to know the fandom or the canon (I don't and I liked it).

[hllangel]

It is AU, but you hardly notice it, to be frank. The characters are so well written and so true to themselves that it feels like it could have been the show. John and Rodney's interaction is spot-on, and I didn't see the end coming quite as fast as it did. It's very slow to build, and then all of a sudden, there's about ten things going on. And it ends in a near-real version of the SGA universe. Definitely worth the read. And going on my list of things to re-read on rainy days.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks. I've actually read 'The Price That Life Exacts' - I like Cathalin's style, although the story itself wasn't really my kind of thing.

That's a great rec from SGA Santa, thanks. I've got a few from the list, but not that one :D

The new plan does make a lot of sense. So many people were using their 2nd B for meat or potatoes, that it's kind of the next logical step. That's very interesting about the US market, though. I'm going to have a go when we get back from Morocco - as someone who's been doing red and green for years and years, it's hard to get my head around! Good luck with it - I'd be interested to know how you get on :D

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[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's awesome, thanks. I did get your other recs but didn't get the chance to reply to the comment. Those will definitely go on the memory stick for travel reading :D Thanks!

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[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

:) Well, I wouldn't want you to be deprived of reading! That would be horrible! (And thanks for letting me know about seeing the other comment.) Have a lovely time on holiday!