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| PeaceHeather |
Author has written 10 stories for Sherlock Holmes, Avatar: Last Airbender, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, and Once Upon a Time. Squee! I won Best New Author at the Sunnydale Memorial Fanfic Awards! Here are two miniature rants disguised as helpful tips: 1. If no one in your story is actually getting sick or injured, and no one else is actually taking care of them, then don't label it hurt/comfort. Seriously. I am a h/c junkie. Almost nothing is more annoying than hunting for something to read, finding a story tagged hurt/comfort, that doesn't actually have anything to do with the genre. I say almost, because... 2. The very best way to write a songfic is: don't. I hate songfics. I know it's a matter of taste and some people like them, but I just really, really don't. At all. By all means, get your inspiration from wherever you want - certainly there are some songs out there that really capture a mood - but when you intersperse your story with song lyrics every two or three lines, it throws off the rhythm of the story without actually adding anything. If you want, use the lyrics to write your story, sprinkle them in there wherever it makes you happy, and then once you're finished - go back and delete the lyrics. Read the story through again and see if it doesn't flow better. I am trying to remember if I've ever read a songfic that didn't annoy the heck out of me, and I think there might have been one once, back in the 90s, but I'm not sure anymore. I have other mini-rants, but I promised myself I'd stop at two. Fanfic is awesome on so many levels. | |||||||
1. Trying Something New » reviewsCanon up until the last interaction between Emma and Hook in "Tallahassee", then veers off into "what-if" land. Yep, it's another "suppose Emma hadn't left Hook on the beanstalk" story. Why would she do that? How might things have gone differently if she had?Once Upon a Time - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 7 - Words: 10,909 - Reviews: 54 - Updated: 4-17-13 - Published: 2-1-13 - Emma S. & Killian Jones/Captain Hook2. The Truth About the Lost Boys reviewsOne-shot, in which Hook and Emma converse and Emma learns what Peter Pan and the Lost Boys were really like. This was an idea that hit me one night and wouldn't let go. Will most likely end up being completely different from whatever the show's writers tell us. For some reason, I choose to blame/credit Neil Gaiman for the places my mind went with this piece.Once Upon a Time - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,265 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 2-22-13 - Emma S. & Killian Jones/Captain Hook - Complete3. Found reviewsMy first foray into Once Upon A Time, picking up after Hook and Emma's conversation in the hospital and heading off-canon a bit from there. Hook has a visitor who claims to owe him a favor, even though he has no recollection of their ever meeting.Once Upon a Time - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 926 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 1-22-13 - Killian Jones/Captain Hook4. A Gift Unsought » reviewsPost-series, but only just. The Hellmouth is closed, and Spike is gone. A grieving Buffy does her best to cope, until she receives a call from one of Angel's people that turns her world upside down.Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 13 - Words: 41,486 - Reviews: 205 - Updated: 12-18-12 - Published: 3-2-12 - Buffy S. & Spike5. Unsung reviewsA person's greatest strength is often revealed when no one is around to see it. Post-Showtime, Xander and Buffy have a conversation. If you like, this piece can fit with Remember, Believe, and Rest, but it isn't necessary to read the two together.Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,573 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 10-4-12 - Buffy S. & Xander H. - Complete6. Remember, Believe, and Rest reviewsMissing scenes after Buffy rescues Spike from the First Evil. Because I love hurt/comfort, because I decided there just aren't enough post-"Showtime" fics in the world, and as a thank-you to those who read Distress Signals .Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,341 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 2-27-12 - Buffy S. & Spike - Complete7. Distress Signals » reviewsPost-series, post Angel. After angering a demon who wants something from him that he can't give, Spike is left helpless and pretty nearly hopeless too. How can he expect rescue when everyone he knows has either died or thinks he's still dead himself?Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Adventure - Chapters: 35 - Words: 95,838 - Reviews: 216 - Updated: 2-21-12 - Published: 12-8-11 - Spike & Buffy S. - Complete8. Rubber Ball » reviewsHow was Zuko to find his way, to create a place for himself among people who had no reason to trust him? It didn't help that the Avatar and his companions frankly bewildered him more often than not. COMPLETE 12-6-11Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 8 - Words: 7,773 - Reviews: 58 - Updated: 12-6-11 - Published: 9-27-11 - Zuko - Complete9. The Day of Holmes' Return reviewsWritten in 2010. The request was for a story where Watson "snaps" and really loses his temper. I figured "The Empty House", where Holmes returns after three years presumed dead, would be a good place to set it.Sherlock Holmes - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,113 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 9-10-11 - S. Holmes & J. Watson - Complete10. Ability, Neutralized reviewsOriginally posted to SH kinkmeme on LJ. Holmes is abducted, Watson needs to find him. Kink requests were longterm bondage, sensory deprivation, and entertaining stuff like that. No sex. Slashy subtext if you look for it.Sherlock Holmes - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 19,595 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 9-8-11 - S. Holmes & J. Watson
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