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( What's it all about, Alfie? )

Participatory fandoms include political slash, with a fangirlish focus on slashing John Edwards with just about everyone, so you can just get over that right now; House, MD, being a hard-core H/Ca shipper, but with a soft spot deep inside for W/Ca which I've yet to actually pen; and musician slash, previously featuring a prominent member (heh) of the E Street band and his bandleader, but I've now branched out into American Idol fandom as well. :)

Other interests: I've been known to read pundit!slash, esp. Jon/Anderson, Keith/Anderson, and Jon/Stephen; and have been toying with the idea of writing my own fic with Anderson Cooper, just for shits. David Cook is my American Idol -- Cookstro is better than Cake, Cohnstro is hot three-way love, and Dandy and the Flyboys are greater than everyone combined. Totally and abruptly an ardent fan of Torchwood, where the slash is built-in and up-front, and Cpt. Jack Harkness is tragic time-traveling love in chains. "Good Omens" fic, especially as written by vulgarweed, is love. I lurk on the Mac *hearts* PC slash community on El Jay, and it's true -- we really do see it everywhere.

IRL, I'm probably about as ordinary a person as you'll ever meet -- I'm not as crazy as I sound, I promise. :)

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( Would you like to see some fic recommendations? )

("Telling Stories" by Traci Chapman is this IJ's unoffical theme song)
( 'There is fiction in the space between you and everybody...' )



( My rating system: )

( Disclaimers!! )

Meme stolen from ficangel:

Post the first line from your 25 most recent fanfics and try to find a pattern.

( Here goes nothin'... )

1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10

made with the Icon Table Generator


XD

Icons #4-8 are based on manipulations made by the wonderful and glorious courts. Thanks for the brilliance, dear! *smooch*

Rules: keyword credit and no hotlinking. that's it.

Okay, here's the thing. Over on my Dandy slasher community on LiveJournal, I've gotten together with a writer named courts to try and get a 30-Prompt fic-prompt table together for the community, because she's working on a 30-prompt table of her own with the Cookleta pairing, and I thought since you can never have too much Dandy fic, well.. we should have one of our own!

I digress.

Anyway, courts is currently AFK for about a month, and I was getting bored and really haven't been feeling the next installment of the "Hard Lessons" universe fic that I started last week but have stalled out on.. so I thought, "Hey, I'll just go over to 100_prompts and case what their prompt tables look like..."

Well, turns out that they have 30, 50 and 100 prompt tables, and there's three of each quantity. (I found court's table, BTW :) But reading through them, there's no one table that I'd want to do in its entirety, because the prompts just don't grab me.

So, I made up my own. *faceplants on desk*

I went to this Random Number Generator, and created a chart of 30 random numbers from 1-95 (since prompts 96-100 are "writer's choice" on the 100-count tables). I took the first random number, and took that number's prompt from the first 100-count table; the second random number's prompt from the second table, the third from the third, and the fourth number from the first table again, and just kept circulating through until i had a random 30-prompt table of my own to work with.

(in the event that I had a repeated number, like #36 came up from the second table twice, I went ahead and took #37 instead - tried to keep it as random as possible.)

The table I ended up with is constructed out of pure angst.

And the sad part is? Just looking at it, I can already see a couple of potential story arcs.

For instance? The fic bunny that bit me at work today (*glances @ clock* er, yesterday).

I can't escape the angst.

I've already started outlining the fics for the bunny's arc.

Now, I've never done a prompt table in earnest before, so can anyone tell me: If I write a variety of ficlets that are pieces of another complete fic as a whole -- does each ficlet count on the prompt table? Or is it just the entire fic as a whole? The ficlets would probably be fleshed out into short "chapterlets" on their own, but they would all rely on the rest to tell the complete story, and I'd probably want to put them all into the same post...

Comments? Questions? Opinions?

For your edification, here's the Angsty 30-Prompt Table of DOOOOOOM.

( A truly randomly random random table )

Yet another angsty shipper-fic song...

( Lost in America )

Title: "We Walk Along Winding Roads"
Author: ilytheira, posting to the_flyboys and elusiveforever
Fandom: American Idol
Notes: Angst liek woah, but the author is promising imminent schmoop, so ♥

updated 8-7-08

Prologue (R)
Chapter 1: It's Like a Hurricane in Your Soul (PG-13)
Chapter 2: This Fear Within of What Would Happen (PG-13)
Chapter 3: I Know You Got That Fever For Me, Hundred and Two (PG-13)
Chapter 4: I've Got a Pocketful of Sunshine (PG-13)
Chapter 5: I’ve Fallen Quite Hard Over You (PG)
Chapter 6: And You Smile, Hiding Behind a God-Given Face (PG-13)
Chapter 7: I Don't Care What They Say, I'm in Love With You (PG)
Chapter 8: You Are My Song (PG)
Chapter 9: And I Must Conclude, All I Really Need is You (PG-13)
Chapter 10: Each Touch Belongs to Each New Sound (R)
Chapter 11: The Best Thing Is That It's Happening to You and Me (PG-13)
Chapter 12: It's the Real Thing that Keeps Me Hanging On (PG-13)
Chapter 13: Don't Go Wasting Your Emotion (PG-13)

Current WIP

Sample: ( Cut for length, *heh* )

Title: Scenes
Rating: R
Pairing: David Cook/Andy Skib (Dandy); Neal Tiemann/David Cook
Summary: Scenes from a friendship
Word Count: 3135
Warnings: Adult situations - one scene is more D/s gone horribly wrong, but nothing too drastic or graphic... give it a chance? :-\
A/N: IDEK anymore, I swear... I guess you could call it backstory for "Broken Trust" and a follow-up to Safe...

Starts in the near-present, regresses into the past, and ends in the immediate present -- sorry if it's confusing, but that's the way it came to me. *shrug*

III. Spring is set in 2008
II. Summer is set in 2007
I. Winter is set in 2006
...And the fall (Summer, again) is once again 2008.

Also? I have no idea how this damn thing got so long -- Winter just got away from me completely... *facepalm*

Disclaimer: Can be found here.

( And it's all right if you stay with me tonight, until the rain passes by... )

See this icon I'm using?

Well, apparently it's the winner of the LiveJournal cohnstro community's first ever icontest.

It's now the official default icon of the community.

*facepalm*

Who knew that my L33T Graphic Converter skillz would come in so handy?

Title: Safe
Rating: PG-13 for swearing
Pairing: Dandy!!
Summary: A bit more of the aftermath of "Broken Trust"
Word Count: 1722
Warnings: not much, really -- language?
A/N: *points @ summary*

No, really -- for some reason, I thought it would be a good idea to continue what happens in Andy's apartment after David shows up. For that matter, I started having additional thoughts about formulating the backstory of David and Andy's relationship, which can of course only end in tears... anyway -- *points @ summary*

Written very haphazardly and probably not very good, so you've been warned and all.

Disclaimer: Can be found here.

( whether you're wrong, whether you're right, I know it's hard... )

For those of you that don't know: Andy Skib is a former bandmate of David Cook's - they played in the Midwest Kings (a/k/a MWK) together in Tulsa; Andy also did song backing vocals and production work on Cook's "Analog Heart." Most of us were first introduced to Andy courtesy of Glozell -- seriously, how could you watch that and not fall in love? ♥ Anyway, his new musical project is called To Have Heroes, and we Word Nerds have taken on Word Hero alter-egos to support Andy's musical dream as well. Come join us! :)

Welp, the tohaveheroes community on LiveJournal just recently reached the 50-member (hee! I said "member"!! *girlish giggle*) mark yesterday, after only 33 days of existence!!

*tosses confetti* \o/

I've been making a few Skib icons here and there over the past month, but made a huge batch (omg, the euphemisms!! LMAO) while I was sequestered in Illinois, taking my sister to the Idol show there. :)

Figured this was as good of a time as any to make a Skibbles icon post, so here goes!

Most of these pics were located on FaceBook, and feature Andy's rather... expressive face... you'll see what I mean. lmfao

Teasers:


( You'll never go right if you're always wrong )

YAY, Mari's posted another fic from the "Black Bird Singing" universe!!! *BWEE!*

And the crowd goes wild OMG YAY! \o/

When the Dawn Cracks

*crosses fingers for more*

*hopinghopinghopinghopinghopinghopinghopinghopinghopinghopinghopinghopinghoping*

plzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplz.....

Title: "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
Author: ficangel, posting to the_flyboys and her InsaneJournal
Fandom: American Idol
Notes: Waaaaaaay-AU. Rated R by the author. Nominally a Flyboys-pairing fic, but Papa hasn't made an appearance yet. D:

ETA 6-19-08: Papa has arrived!

ETA 7-5-08: INCOMING KIM CALDWELL! LMAO [oh no you didn't, Mari!! LOLOL]


Yay! Now that ficangel has completed "You Can't Always Get What You Want," she's free to work on this other "Mavid" series that she's been sitting on while she was focusing on that :)

OK, as I noted on one of my other Flyboy fic recs, I'm not real big on the whole vampire thing...I kind of tolerated the "Lost Boys" and "Buffy" movies, and have pretty much been "meh" about everything else vampire-ry since... But since it's one of my favorite Mavid authors, I'll give it a shake. :)

This fic has David as a vampire hunter, tho (along with nearly the entire cast of popular - and not-so-popular - previous and current Idols to boot!), and that has some seriously interesting angsty potential... :) You'll see what I mean. :(

Updated and completed 7-20-08

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12

Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17 Part 18 Part 19 Part 20 Part 21 Part 22 Part 23 Part 24

Story is complete.

Sample: ( Cut for length )

Title: Broken Trust
Author: machka
Dramatis personae: Cohnstro, with bonus Dandy friendship!
Rating: R (adult situations)
Warning: Angsty McAngst fic. Lots of cursing. BDSM gone bad.
Disclaimer: Real people exist with these names; but these here are fictionalized characters, and not the actual persons mentioned. Any similarity between the fictional version of the persons portrayed herein and the actual persons is intentional, but as far as I know, none of this ever happened, except in my mind.
Summary: Three words remembered would've made this work...but another was spoken because he forgot.
Word Count: 3532
Prompts: These things right here.
Author's Notes: OMG. So somehow that fluffy prompt turned in the angst fic from Hell. WTF, Muse?? I wanted pr0n, She gave me the mirror opposite of the fic I wrote last time, and no matter how hard I tried to reason with Her, She would not be budged. *shrug*

So anyway, this is not the same universe as the previous fic -- here, Michael and David "switch" as to who's the Dominant and who's the submissive -- that's kind of where things start to go wrong. :-/

Needless to say, this almost didn't get written, but annie2791 nagged me to do it anyway. Blame her. :P

For the Cohnstro LiveJournal community's fic contest, prompt 2.

Crossposted to the idolslash community on LiveJournal.

( Three little words would be fine )

...Cuz I think I just might.

...Apparently, I iz a winnar.



How the hell did that happen? O_o

'scuse me while I die now... x_x

Heard this on my roommate's iTunes today, and this would totally crack my shit up as a Tour!Fic...

( Kiss Me on the Bus )

This had to have been totally written about Cookie. Oh, fuck yeah.

And OMG the angst.

( Reasons )

Stolen from a total stranger on LJ:

Name a character(/person) from one of my fandoms and I'll give you either (a) three facts about them from my personal canon/fanon, (b) a reason he/she sucks, (c) a reason she/he rocks my socks, (d) five things that never happened to that character or (e) five people that character never fell in love with and why. You pick the character. I pick the letter.

Not that anyone's reading this here, but I've cross-posted to my LJ, and I'll cross-post any answers over here. *nods*

( fandoms: )

Okay, this is mainly for me to "file away" linkage to fics I particularly enjoy, but anyone so inclined is welcome to peruse...

For the record: The Flyboys are Michael Johns and David Cook from "American Idol" Season 7, a/k/a "Mavid". They're ttly doing it. LOL

So, the first of my recs is a WIP that's slowly eating my brain...

Title: "Easy Decisions"
Author: annie2791, posting at first to the_flyboys LiveJournal community and then to her own LiveJournal
Fandom: American Idol
Notes: Dominance games ahoy, so be forewarned if you don't like hardcore teasing.

Updated and completed 6-23-08

Part 1 (PG-13)
Part 2 (PG-13)
Part 3 (PG-13)
Part 4 (NC-17)
Part 5 (R)
Part 6 (R)
Part 7 (R)
Part 8 (NC-17)
Part 9 (R)
Part 10 (NC-17)
Part 11, pt. 1 (R)
Part 11, pt. 2 (PG-13)
Part 12 (PG-13)
Part 13 (NC-17)
Part 14 (R)
Part 15 (NC-17)
Epilogue (NC-17)

Series is complete.

Sample: ( It's a little R-rated. :) )

Title: Blind Trust
Author: machka
Dramatis personae: Cohnstro
Rating: NC-17
Warning: BDSM (with an emphasis on the D/s portion) in the context of an established relationship.
Disclaimer: Real people exist with these names; but these folks here are fictionalized characters, and not intended to represent the actual persons mentioned. Any similarity between the fictional version of the persons portrayed herein and the actual persons is intentional, but as far as I know, none of this ever happened, except in my mind. Dammit.
Summary: "There is no delight in owning anything unshared." ~ Seneca (Roman philosopher, 1st century A.D.)
Word Count: 5019
Prompts: The word "blindfold" and the phrase "be a good boy, and do what you're told."
Author's Notes: Um, hi. *waves* First time writing in this fandom, and I just gotta go and subject all y'all to an unbetaed 2nd-person-POV BDSM fic. My bad.

But hey! it's pr0n! What more do you want? :D

For the cohnstro LiveJournal community's fic-writing contest. Linked here.

ETA, 7-6-08: Thanks to everyone who voted for this fic! I've never won anything like this before! :D *blushes*

Cross-posted to The_Flyboys and Idolslash LiveJournal communities.

( Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~ Norman Macewan )

Title: "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Author: ficangel, posting to the_flyboys and her InsaneJournal
Fandom: American Idol
Notes: AU. An accidental meeting between a pop star and a paparazzo gives both more than they'd bargained for. ficangel's summary: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." [uh-oh... D: - Teh Reader]

Sequel to the much-beloved (by me, anyway) "Black Bird Singing," ( about which I had to say: )
Seriously, guys -- she is just that good, and this sequel is shaping up to be just as fucking amazing as that one, if anything can be judged by the first chapter and by her hints at what's to come... This time, we see their relationship from David's POV, and... well, you know how I feel about that, right? :D

Series is rated NC-17 by the author.

Updated and completed 6-16-08

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10

Series is complete.

Sample: ( Cut because... well, you'll see. )

Should be obvious by now -- the Flyboys are my OTP. The following are my favorite non-serial fics (!!!!? :-0 INORITE?) that have been posted to the Flyboys comm on LiveJournal.

Updated 6-12-08.

( cut because it's become rather a lengthy list... *facepalm* )

Emo!Dave gives me hives, I swear, but this is incredible - and so fanfic-inspirational... If I'd ever get my Muse to cooperate...

( Therapy )

Another WIP series:

Title: "Walking Dead Heartbreaker"
Author: lazydaisy501 (now 'skypipe'), posting to jf_and_sd
Fandom: American Idol
Notes: Vampire AU. Now, I know every fandom has its vampire AU, and normally I don't dig vampire!fic (in fact, if you'd told me even two months ago that I'd be reading a vamp!fic and LOVING it, I'd have laughed in your face before punching same), but...um...HEL-lo... this is shaping up to be a very interesting series.

The individual chapters do not have ratings, but overall the series is an "R" per the author.

Updated 6-5-08

Part 1 [Prologue]
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

Current WIP

Sample:

The door was guarded, but he knew how to get in. The hall stretched on for miles and each step brought the pounding of music closer and deeper into his ears until he was there and a sudden rush of heat and a bass loud enough to fracture his heart flushed through his skin and he gasped for oxygen.

Michael knew what he wanted and curious but not unwelcome looks were thrown his direction, looks he processed but meant nothing to him. The tiled floor was sticky under his shoes, hands grabbed loosely at his arms, his waist but he let them go, fluttered eyelashes and shoved them away.

Right to the back and the trembling in his hands grew worse and more difficult to handle. He had to be here, he had to. Michael began to panic, lose his breath and no, no this couldn’t be happening, he saw him. Sitting in a booth, one leg up on the bench, finger rubbing up and down a glass dripping of condensation. He was staring at Michael, with white eyes and Michael smiled.

David.

~from Part 1 [Prologue]

Title: "Why Two Straight Men Who Sleep Naked Should NEVER Share The Same Room"
Author: oldfilmsflicker, a/k/a "kaye," posting to the_flyboys and her LiveJournal
Fandom: American Idol
Notes: Waaaaaaay-AU. Rated R by the author, who reserves the right to script (you'll see!) PWP... which is, of course, fine with the rest of us... :)

And YAY!! more serial!fic. LMAO

Updated 5-26-08

Part 1
Part 2

WIP

Samples: ( Cut becuz uv secksie lulz, OMG )

Title: "Black Bird Singing"
Author: ficangel, posting to the_flyboys and her InsaneJournal
Fandom: American Idol
Notes: AU. An accidental meeting between a pop star and a paparazzo gives both more than they'd bargained for.

Series is rated NC-17 by the author -- IMO, the rating becomes effective starting with Part 7.

ETA: Okay, I just couldn't let this go without saying this, seriously... This is the most amazing fic I have ever read in any of my fandoms. I cannot believe the way in which the author uses words to such great effect, and the depth of emotion in those words just cut me so deeply... Good Goddess, it's unreal.

Seriously, even if you don't like slash (and there's really not that much actual slash in it, mind you), this fic is absolutely brilliant. It makes me embarrassed to even consider writing in this fandom myself, because anything I might write would absolutely pale in comparison to this fic. I love it THAT MUCH.

Okay, I'm done now.

Updated & completed 5-21-08

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13

Series is complete

Sample: ( Cut for length, *heh* )