. . . and a special treat for the TS gen readers on my flist (and those slashers who enjoy an occasional change of pace). Here are four authors whose writings I've really enjoyed discovering over these past months. They are all slightly different from each other, but all have created realistic, intriguing stories (whether canon or AU or very AU ( Read more... )

Well, first of all, you have to love the name ( Read more... )

See, this is the great thing about research (as I’m always trying to tell my students): You go looking for one thing, and you end up finding other great stuff completely by accident. I set out to do my usual “re-read and remember all the reasons why you fell for this writer in the first place,” and then I discovered she had a whole ‘nother LJ ( Read more... )

Okay . . . since I’m not very clever about time zones, that’s going to be "happy belated birthday" in her part of the world, no doubt . . . but no less sincere for being a bit tardy.

I’m still enjoying the thrill of discovery with flurblewig. I only recently encountered her work, and I’ve been treating myself to bits of it, trying to pace myself rather ( Read more... )

And it’s another one for the Buffyverse . . . but definitely not Spander and not Spuffy, however much it may shock those who’ve got me (correctly) pegged as an anyone-with-Spike gal. The fact is, I’ll read any pairing (or no pairing it all), so long as it’s well-written. And thus I found liz_marcs. There are some really wonderful stories here, but if you ( Read more... )

I’m starting to feel wickedly self-indulgent here; since I’ve given myself the “assignment” to re-read my favorite stories by each birthday author before writing these tributes, I’m getting to fall in love with these wonderful writers all over again as I immerse myself once again in their work as I try to figure out how best to describe what is so ( Read more... )

Well, real life (i.e., the need to get work done and thus remain employed) is having the temerity to get in the way of my fiction reading, so I'm just going to wish a very happy birthday to doyle_sb4 today, before it's too late (it's still December first in my time zone, anyway!) and then steal time away from housecleaning ASAP to wallow in her writing and ( Read more... )

And now, back to the Whedonverse . . . or, more specifically, in terms of my “most favorites ever” . . . Angel and Wes as written by thebratqueen.

I’ll be honest: I never expected to like this pairing. ( But enough about me . . . . )

Another one for the Sentinel fans . . .

This birthday snuck up on me . . . so I haven’t had a chance to do my usual re-reading of all my favorite works by her before writing this tribute. (One of my favorite aspects of doing these!) Since I only discovered her a few months ago, however, my memories of what attracted me and why are pretty fresh ( Read more... )

I was going to flood julia_here with this, since she is starting to read Sentinel fic, then I decided to share the wealth. So, for recs, screencaps, transcripts, and other goodies, what I've found is ( here )