Well, I should have known that this would end up being late . . . although I knew better than to attempt to re-read all her stories-or even my most favorite of favorites-because I wouldn’t have been done for weeks, I should have anticipated that I would succumb to the temptation to revisit “just a few of them.” But since she’s written so very many ( Read more... )

After being late in my last two greetings, I'm going to jump the gun here, rather than risk forgetting to post after both school and a visit to the dentist tomorrow . . .

I only began to read _beetle_'s writing recently, having run into her work on bloodclaim. But she well and truly hooked me with the wonderful (and completed) "Awakenings," which can be found here ( Read more... )

Well, it had been my plan to use the “empty” time in early February-during which no one on my flist who declares a birthday on her infopage actually has a birthday-to post tributes for the folks who have no birthday posted. Then I find out that Connie’s birthday was yesterday! (I cheated and attempted to back-date this entry to the 13th, in hopes ( Read more... )

Which was, in fact, exactly a week ago, February 7. In my defense, I didn’t know when Martha’s birthday was, until I saw a comment that very day in her LJ, saffronhouse. Certainly, Martha is so well-known and admired as a Sentinel author that I could have just said: Go-read! ( Which you could do instead of reading all my weak excuses for being so very, very late, hidden here: )

Well, once again, it's nearly the end of the birthday person's day, but I still want to offer a heartfelt "Happy birthday!" to dancinghorse. This tribute is going to be a little bit different, because dancinghorse is actually a published author, under two different names. So, while I'm definitely going to recommend her fiction to you (see below), I actually want to ( Read more... )

Today's birthday tribute belongs to eliade. This is one of the writers on LiveJournal who knocks me out with her talent. Primarily, she writes slash, and I've followed her from Spike/Xander in the Buffyverse to Jim/Blair in The Sentinel to Jack/Vaughn in Alias and now to Rodney/John (and even Rodney/Ronan) in Stargate Atlantis. (She also wrote Jack/ ( Read more... )

I encountered danawoods over at, you guessed it, the place I began my immersion in the Buffyverse: http://www.allaboutspike.com. She was one of the writers I followed over to LiveJournal, so I owe her not only for writing some pretty darn fine fiction but also for tempting me into this wonderful ( Read more... )

Well, late in the day, but I'm still on the right day in my time zone . . .

Today's birthday tribute is in honor of the delightful makd. Among her claims to fame is, as I'm sure everyone knows, the compiling of fantastic, specific, detailed rec lists for BtVS/AtS fanfic. This is a very impressive feat, and it's invaluable to us readers, especially ( Read more... )

Here's to another of my favorite writers. (She also made me my very first icon, of my lovely grey guy. Obviously, this is not her major Claim to Fame, but it is indicative of her generous spirit and is much appreciated!) Speaking as a reader to fellow readers, if you enjoy character studies which consistently display versatility and quality, you ( Read more... )

(Okay, one of these days I'm going to do a better job of thinking through this time zone business . . . so it's more like "happy belated birthday" now ( Read more... )