This was my first Yuletide, and where at first I was worried that I'd have to write one fic to a deadline, I ended up writing three fics! Two full-length Lewis fics (Lewis/Hathaway Gen. Yes, gen, although I totally ship these two) and a Computer Anthropomorfic treat.

A Quantum of Solace for Lalaith was my assignment. I was flailing a bit at first as I didn't feel very inspired. I didn't find the fourth season overly exciting, and going by the dwindling activity in the Lewis comm, I'm not the only one. So I re-watched the first three seasons, and boy, am I ever glad I did! All the love and excitement came back full force! I got the general idea for the fic surprisingly fast. Since it could have worked both as a friendship fic or a shippy fic, I asked the mods what my recipient would prefer; hence me writing gen ;-) I was very quick to write the first draft (well, quick by my standards), but I got stuck a little at fleshing out some parts. I'm actually glad for the pressure the deadline provided so that I had to kick myself, come up with some ideas and finish the fic; I would probably have given up much to easily otherwise. Overall, I'm satisfied with the fic.

Still head over heels in love with Lewis, the dkwilliams' prompt regarding Hathaway's opinion about homosexuality, based on the episode Life Born of Fire, kept nagging me, resulting in Simple. At first, I envisioned a longer, shippy fic surrounding that scene, but I got seriously stuck halfway through. I think to make my original idea work, I a.) should have written in Hathaway's POV, which doesn't come as easily to me as Lewis' POV and which would have changed the nature of the scene in Simple completely, and b.) would have needed quite a few thoughts about religion and Catholicism. That's probably not my story to tell. Luckily I realised that the dialogue scene between Lewis and Hathaway could stand on its own if given a new intro and conclusion. I quite like how the result turned out.

Now for something completely different: My madness treat if [ $FLAMEWAR ]; then make love; fi. I got that plot bunny as soon as I saw the fandom on the nominations list; the story practically wrote itself. Making jokes about naughty-sounding Linux commands isn't a new idea, but I've never seen fic about it. Although I love this fic, I'm surprised about its popularity; after all, the fic is very geeky and I wouldn't have thought there'd be such a large audience for that.

I've posted my Yuletide story! Knowing me, I'll probably still fiddle with some of the wording in a few days, but apart from that, it's done and I think it's a decent fic.

Overall, after an initial moment of flanicking and asking the mods for a bit of specification from my recipient, things went quite smoothly. Reviewing canon and writing my fic reminded me of HOW MUCH I LOVE CANON; LOOK AT THE CHARACTERS! THE PLOT! THE SETTING! LOOK AT HOW... Why am I not allowed to talk about it!? *whines* Maybe I should write a treat for this fandom to distract myself...

OMG, you are writing in one of my tiny fandoms! For me! I love you already! Please, please, please: have fun with your assignment! I don't expect you to read my mind, and I don't want you to write something you feel unenthusiastic or even uncomfortable about. Really, every fic in my teeny tiny fandoms is a win! Yuletide is for fun and the collective squee!

I don't have any triggers and I am very hard to squick, but I ask that your fic does not contain mpreg, non-canon death of canon characters, non-con involving canon characters, or overly kinky sex. Other than that, go wild!

Okay, so if you already have an idea for you fic, that's great! Stop reading this letter, forget about my request details and go write; I can't wait to see what you come up with! *g* In case you do want some inspiration, though, here's what I have to say about my fandoms:

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I'm going to allow anonymous comments on this post, so feel free to ask me questions!

FANART-THAT-LOOKS-DRAWN-BY-A-FIVE-YEAR-OLD CONTEST.

Submissions have been revealed, but you can still enter! Do it, it's great fun! All fandoms, no skills required. It takes about 5 minutes to draw a pic, so there really is no excuse. :D

I love fanfiction, I love programming, I love Open Source... so of course I love the Archive of Our Own! I'm not sure if I'm going to sign up as a volunteer, mostly because I always seem to have too little time, but still I'm curious and would like to play around with the software and have a look at the sourcecode on my own. I have been poking around at the OTW websites and at the googlecode page where the project is hosted, but I can't find anything that documents how to start. I find that a bit sad, I mean, I don't need to be taken by the hand, I'm a computer scientist myself, and I really don't want to bother the developer people when I'm not seriously considering joining the team.

So, I've tried on my own, and I got at least so far as to see the front page of the archive software. :) ( Read more... ) Last edited 18 May 2010

Title: Importing Test Part 2
Fandom: Lewis
Pairing: Lewis/Hathaway
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: The plot thickens.
Note: MOAR TESTING! :)

The long awaited second part. The long awaited second part. The long awaited second part. The long awaited second part.

And another paragraph. And another paragraph. And another paragraph. And another paragraph. And another paragraph. And another paragraph. And another paragraph.

Title: Importing Test
Fandom: Lewis
Pairing: Lewis/Hathaway
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: Something I made for testing purposes.
Note: Yes, this is really only for testing. :)

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My second paragraph. My second paragraph. My second paragraph. My second paragraph. My second paragraph. My second paragraph. My second paragraph. My second paragraph. My second paragraph.