Deviant Tales

I don't think I've squeed over a Yuletide story this much since the very first Yuletide - every single story I've received during last 4 years have been amazing, but this one was just perfect combination of scorching hot porn with a delicious kink filling.

Here it is: The Expendables, Barney Ross/Lee Christmas, Explicit - Man and Knife

First of all, thank you to the brilliant person who came up with the Yuleporn concept! Because this story ticked a lot of the boxes from my wish list, and perfectly - especially the knife play one. It's a clever take on knife kink, because it so clearly revolves around the relationship, and there's this beautiful intimacy that goes with it. Knife play is a trust game in any case, but I really like it how the author has written it as organic part of the relationship, and that it's Barney's kink, not necessarily Lee's. (I wonder if Lee has some kind of complementary gun kink - which makes all the gun vs. knife arguments in both E1 & E2 hilarious and way hotter :D)

Oh, and the banter! I love it that I just picker and kiss and picker some more. So perfect! And that Lee is a cheeky flirt, double perfect, and a nice boy (not good, mind, nice)... Nnngghh! My brain melted during the first thousand words. So perfect!

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Thank you for writing for me! I hope you have a great Yuletide, and I look forward reading your fic!
(And here is my entry at Yuleporn, if that's something that interests you)

( The 4 Requests )

Yuletide fic posted last night, woo! I've never let it go so close to the deadline before. I'm going to let it rest for a day and then take another look, play the game of 'Spot the Typo'. (Beta reader? What is that?). I will look for a better title too, I just slapped the first thing that came to mind on the fic, so I could post. My titles are the worst.

Also posted the XMFC Exchange fic, Wedding Ring Shuffle (see what I mean about the titles?). The recipient replied favorably, or at least the fic didn't make them violently ill or anything.

So now I have a solid C-time holiday, which means plenty of time to write and nothing pressing deadlines! Freedom!
I'm thinking Path (of course, I wish I could stop writing that), maybe a treat for YT, though I haven't stumbled on a request that sparked ideas. Then something for the Fandom Stocking, I'm trying to spot familiar names or interesting Avengers requests - feel free to point me to your list if you like!
And I'm really feeling like writing some dirty, nasty porn - DK is having a fill-a-thon, maybe I go see what's happening there.

Hopefully good writing times ahead! (it's way too cold outside to do anything else)

A/B/O Ladies fic, done! It was a 2K story like I expected. No sex but I kinda liked it as it was.

I have also received my Crossover Exchange assignment and at first I was drawing complete blank for some reason. I've been doodling some charts of possible character crossings and I'm starting to feel more confident about it.

Yuletide is still in research state, which is to say, I'm watching telly. It's a time-honored Yuletide tradition, after all. (The problem is, that the telly watching doesn't have anything to do with the writing, but let's not get hung up on that.)

And Path... Uh. Huh. Hm. I keep writing, but it just doesn't turn out finished. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. It's very frustrating. It's been almost two months since the last chapter, and that's far too long.

Of course I've been distracted with new, shiny stories that keep popping in my sleep-deprived head (suffering a bout of insomnia - more time to write if you skip sleep, but also, muddled brain).

I thought I should write Yuletide fic like ripping of band-aid; one, quick pull and it's done. Brilliant? Mad? Maybe both. Then I have plenty of time to enjoy my least favorite Yuletide thing; looking for beta. Have I told you how sad it makes me? It makes me so sad. No one ever wants to beta for me. Sad.

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Here are some ramblings about my requests. I hope they give you ideas for your fic!

My overall themes this year are AU's, shakeups and opposite things.

( The Requests )

Happy writing, have a great Yuletide and thank you for stopping by!

Welcome to the Yuletide 2010 tour!
( On the left you see... )

That was my part of Yuletide. In return I got three great things: two fics and one haiku.
Two of the fics were written from my Sarah Connor -prompt, and both fics give interesting insight into Sarah's life after John vanishes to the future. The fics are quite different from each other, but in line with the prompt nonetheless.

though the fig tree does not bud

After the Storm

On top of that, I also got this Madness treat for my Pushing Daisies -prompt about Chuck:

girl named Chuck

...And this concludes our Yuletide 2010 tour! Thank you!

Well that was fun. In a way.
I wrote my first Castle fic, and it was easy to write - basically wrote it in a day. Finding a beta was a bit tricky, like blind-dating with extra blindness. But the beta I found was very helpful and she also gave me the best feedback of all time.

Getting feedback from others has been equivalent to pulling teeth. No hits, not much of feedback, no recs, not much of anything. I expected more, quite frankly. But I'm amongst tough crowd, Castle was one of the Big Ten Fandoms - 30 fics, including treats. Mine is the last one hit wise, and I think I have the least comments as well.

Well, I think the recipient liked it (?) and that is all that matters in ficathons. And it is not like my fics are feedback magnets anyway. All good.

But the link! And another link, to my treat fic (my first K:tE fic? Milestone!)

My dad: Richard Castle

Mirror