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Last modified Feb. 5, 2010.

NOTE: ANYTHING PAST FEBRUARY 5, 2010 IS POSTED AT ivory_charmed.

THE FANFICTION LOVE MEME


(click underlined words above to see my thread and gush about past works/cajole me into writing future works.)

This is how ridiculous stuff like this happens.

Have we talked about Nancy Drew Files 99? How I went to the bookstore the day it was supposed to be released and actually worked up the nerve to ask an employee if it had come in when I didn't find it on the shelf, and when it was handed to me I practically hyperventilated with joy? Yeah. That is all entirely true.

I can't remember how I ended up there but I found a lot of the near-late Nancy Drew Files original cover artwork on a website, and got excited. I collect Nancy Drew; I collect books and cassette tapes and CDs and Mad Libs and postcards. I could have COVER ART? Like, MINE?

So I got bored this past weekend and pulled up that site, that had a lot of the cover art available for sale, and... it was unavailable. Suspended. Which freaked me out a little. (Was it like the internet equivalent of a sketchy chop shop?) So I posted to the Nancy Drew Sleuths site, asking about it, and got a response the same day about it, so, awesome. Backup site link, hooray!

Then I asked if anyone knew who illustrated the early Nancy Drew Files -- let me give you an example.



See how rich those colors are? How amazing it is? Yes.

So someone emailed me off-list geeking out about Nancy Drew Files cover art (he has 35-40 Nancy Drew illustrations including Files) and now I'm frantically Googling, for example, Enric Torres-Prat, who did AMAZING early Nancy Drew Files covers, and...

And I want a piece of cover art. Like, now. Like I want to order it right now. (I would DIE if I could get the original art for 19, or 6, or 7 - I think having the art for 8 would make me sad since that's the book when Nancy and Ned break up - or 18, or 22. And don't even get me started on the prospect of somehow getting a Nappi cover.)

I am in awe of those Nancy collectors who post photos of their collections, and I think, I wish I had a room big enough to display all my books the way I want! And that I had the money and time to spend on the books and memorabilia. And the Halloween costume, which one of my fellow teachers swears she's going to find for me in some random antique shop one of these days.

(I dreamt once that I found the Nancy Drew halloween costume. And I wore it. And there was a Ned costume as well. Of course if I found the Nancy Drew costume, I would NEVER EVER EVER wear it, but, hee.)

So, I'm doing this. Hee.

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25,000 words. Any Fandom. Any Het Pairing.

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Timeline
Author Sign Ups - May 1st to June 1st
Optional Checkpoint - July 15th
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Art and Fics Due - September 25th
Debut Date (DD) - September 30th

FAQ here!

So. LJ is often being sad LJ.

I have an account over at Dreamwidth which I don't often use, but, more importantly, I also have a version of nancydrewfic over there. My posts are generally ridiculous/optional, but since a nancydrewfic summerfest is imminent, I've already set up intro posts at both places.

So, tell me who you are on DW (I am, of course, ndnickerson) and I'll friend you over there.

And, if you need a DW invite code, leave a comment or email me or whatevs and I'll be happy to give you one of my ten.

so, chuck tonight.

( spoilers for chuck 4x16 )

Rewriting History - A Comment Fic Meme


my prompts so far, which include spoilers!:

( AU prompts )

Okay, so, that sneaky shimmeryshine wrote me yuletide madness fic! And thus wins. (It's Legend of the Seeker, Richard/Kahlan: Here We Go Again.) It's lovely and sweet and hot and boy, do I wish we'd seen something like it on the show.

And my longer gift was, of course, First Chance of a Last Dance, Archer, Archer/Lana and Lana/Cyril.

I don't think either of them were recced, that I saw, which is a damn shame, because I loved them both. It's Archer! Lana being subjected to an intervention! And Richard/Kahlan! YES.

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What I wrote:

false dichotomy, Mad Men, ensemble, gen-ish, beta'd by fairy_tale_echo and htbthomas

Writing this fic was like trying to run uphill through caramel, for some reason. I knew where I wanted to go but I still needed help to get through it, so my betas, especially htbthomas, really helped out. While I don't think we'll see Sal again on the show, it would be fantastic if we did.

we stood so long we fell, Nancy Drew, Nancy/Ned, beta'd by htbthomas

This one was easier and faster, and any problems are my fault since I wrote it so close to deadline. I couldn't bring myself to write a dark angsty fic so this one ended up light and pretty happy.



For some reason I haven't gotten around to reading that much yet, but I'm sure I will in the near future. (How can I resist steampunk AU? Not easily, that's how.) Thanks to everyone who read and/or commented!

Merry Christmas, flist! I wrote two stories for yuletide (can't tell you which ones yet) and I've posted one so far for the nancy drew yuletide. I'm planning on working on some more during the break; it just took me SO LONG to do the yuletide. (but the recipient for that fic really enjoyed it, so yay!)

so, today mom and i did an excellent turkey. it's just under 10 pounds and we did 300 for 1 hour, 325 for one hour. hurrah! and i've made a pair of pecan pies, and we've done dressing, broccoli casserole, sweet potato casserole, deviled eggs, fruit salad, lemon curd bar cookies, pumpkin pies, congealed lime salad. i'll probably post some pics later.

anyway, if you've caught a few spare minutes, go visit nancydrewfic or yuletide and have fun! i will. later. once we're finished cooking. =D (i'm so looking forward to reading some more nancy drew stories after this morning's excellent story, the curse!)

fannish stocking! click here to leave me fannish goodings at fandom_stocking! =D