An incomplete index of my stories (including chapters and author's notes), which will hopefully be kept up-to-date and be easier to use than the tags. One-shots and drabbles are now (mostly) indexed by the tags.


All Their Sins has its own index.


( Harry Potter )( One Piece )( Fruits Basket )( Naruto )

I graduated! I'll miss it (some parts) but it's good to be done (for now...) So, we get a chapter of Tangled Webs, and I've started work on the next chapter of All Their Sins, which is the chapter I've been looking forward to since I started that story eons ago.


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Stupid Photobucket, limiting bandwidth so that my layout gets destroyed (realy should have rehosted -- didn't think of it at the time)
Stupid Facebook, changing their layout

I don't really know what to do with this, so I'm just posting it. Either I'll be inspired and keep writing, or it'll get to finally die in some sort of peace.

Title: Converts
Fandom: Gokusen
Rating: PG-13 for lots of swearing
Follows Return and Prodigal

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I'm growing suspicious of the internet.
Livejournal just replaced two of my userpics with ones I'd never seen before.
Facebook frequently rearranges and reposts old updates as though time is bending.

Does anyone know how to make a tinfoil hat?

As I've mentioned in the past, I'm moving towards writing a full-length original piece, obviously with an eye to getting it published. So now I have another question for everyone, whether they want to answer as a reader or a writer.

( It's long )

Y'all remember op_fanforall ? Well, I'm confessing to a couple more that I wrote, because they really don't need to be anonymous anymore, and they're not all that long.

Ice Princess
Prompt: Explore what the hell Dr. Kureha might be doing with all that money shes exhorting from her patients. (Because there seemed to be little trace of it in the castle.) Bonus points if there are no sexual allusions for once.

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Heritage
Prompt: Nami is Shank's long-lost, presumed-dead daughter/niece/sister. Well, they both have red-hair, right? Reunion time! (Especially if she's dating Luffy...)

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I haven't been doing a lot of writing lately, and most of what I've done has been for my big original thingy -- not that that's progressing all that rapidly. In any case, here's a little sequel to Glamour before I disappear again.

Glamour
Chapter Two
Relevant info: original work, PG-13 for swearing and innuendo.

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Which, if you're reading this, means you qualify.

How many characters can you deal with?

Whether it's reading or writing (novel length), what do you think is an acceptable number of characters so that, while there's depth and variety in the story, the reader isn't flipping back trying to figure out who everyone is? I mean, I think JKR's first book introduced at least 30, whereas Cassandra Claire might have topped out at 10 (I can only think of 9 off the top of my head) in her first. I mean, I have at least 70 in Tangled Webs (but most of them are canon characters, so there are already seven books of background on them).

I ask because I'm working on a big original piece, and I'm concerned that I might be pushing close to the limit. Any thoughts (as a reader or writer or both) would be hugely helpful.

So, very shortly after I posted Until We Burn here on my LJ, I recieved the rejection notice from the archieve it had been submitted to. Now, I'm not terribly surprised: there's quite a list of warnings on that story, and it's not for the faint of heart. That said, the rationale for the rejection has me somewhat puzzled about our social mores.
( Contains discussion of topics which are unsuitable for children. Also spoilers, in case you care. )

That big piece of original I've been working on? I've managed maybe a thousand words so far. It's tragic, really. This, on the other hand, I've been toying with for a while -- I've had the idea since I read Twilight (was not a fan, by the way) and I've been writing it on-and-off for the past two months. It's one of those pieces where you stop and go, "I can't believe I'm writing this." My first time writing shonen-ai (it couldn't properly qualify as yaoi) had the same sort of feeling. Being a girl meant I couldn't relate to the characters in yaoi -- not being a psychopath has stopped me relating to these characters. Still, I'm oddly taken with it.

It's been submitted to an external archieve, but they're taking a while validating it -- I can't decide if it's been lost in the queue, or they haven't decided if they're willing to accept it. I'm thinking lost, because otherwise they'd get back to me and say, "sorry, but we think you're nuts and want to protect the kiddies from you."

I never check the main page, but I feel like they must have redone the site coding in the last couple of months, because I don't think it was this much of a pain in the ass before. The cuts are doing something stupid -- I can't tell where they are, for one thing. Now I have to go in and look at the HTML, because if I try to type anything in that little grey box, the cut just divides itself in half. Yes, that's right: there's a cut above, and one below, and my post still takes up a million miles of people's F-lists.

And just now I discovered one of my chapters, something like 4000 words, is all centered. And it won't un-center. I'm not writing a fucking poem: is proper paragraphing really too much to ask for? So much anger!

Also, Coheed and Cambria is made of epic win.

Also also, I'm going to be attempting a full, novel-length original work (ie. an actual novel) in the coming month, so even though I finally have time due to classes being over, I'm still going to be a bit of a lurker. Just in case anyone was curious.

As does a swift kick to the rear, except in regards to things like All Their Sins (I know, I know. It's pathetic, isn't it?) Either way, the bribery reminded me that I had a chapter sitting on my computer, all nicely beta'd and everything, so why the hell hadn't I posted it yet? Also, much thanks to serendipity_50 for the lovely new story icon; Moose has been moved off to greener pastures, and been replaced with relevant characters.

Title: Tangled Webs
Chapter: Twelve (In which there is dubious logic)
Series: Post-Hogwarts
Chapter Length: 5100 words
Betas: Jenn, who's still willing to beta despite it all.

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For the moment, at least. I don't know why everyone complains about Week 12, for me Week 11 is always the worst. *sigh* Which is why I'm hiding on the internets, because then I can pretend I don't have a mountain of homework. Also, I can post. This isn't the one I wanted to put up next, but I still haven't finished that one -- and I kind of like this one, anyway.

Title: Rumours (Lines)
Pairing: Usopp/Kaya, I guess
Rating: PG for swearing, donchaknow

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Holy shit, it's an original piece! And it didn't break 4000 words... and I'm actually posting it somewhere... and the sky can start falling some time soon. While it does, I'll go back to what I was supposed to be doing, which is homework.

Glamour (PG-13)

( You know you're intrigued )

Fandom: Gokusen
Title: Prodigal
Pairing: eventual Shin/Kumi, maybe
Rating: PG15, for every swear that'll fit
Notes: follows Return (yeah, I figured out a title for that last one). Also, I made a bit of a mistake with the last one: the spoilers are for things that have, in fact, been scanlated. Chapters 14.3-14.8, done some time ago by the lovely people at Bishonen Project. Also, Uesugi is that guy that led the student council at that famous school, Aotoma. It shouldn't be spoilerish for anyone, unless you don't read the manga.

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