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[clo_again]

Leaving for Cardiff at 8am. -_- Impressed I am not. Probably means I should stuff some PJs and a toothbrush in a bag sometime tonight too but eh. Later.

In the meantime I have a request kind of stolen from svilleficrecs while I was journal-hopping earlier. I realised a few days ago that despite all attempts, I've yet to drag myself kicking and screaming out of my writing rut of the last... ten, eleven months shutup and that's not been helped at all by the fact I've barely been reading other fic. Time was I'd go through anything, Smallville, wrestling, Zelda and -- aside from my all-to-brief overkill on Ten/Rose a few weeks ago -- I've barely been reading anything. Which is whole magnitudes of terrible, so, to all the writers on my flist and writers passing through and that second distant cousin you vaguely think might've written fic once:

rec me the one story of yours that you think I should read. Regardless of whether you know I've read it, reviewed it, ripped it to pieces or whether it's in a fandom you don't think I'll have even heard of. Which of your fics should I be thinking of whenever I see your username? (I'll even open myself up to football, since I don't know who any of them are anyway and it'll effectively equate to reading original fic. This is an exercise in reminding myself what good fic should be.)

In addition to that, please rec me your very favourite fic. That one thing you always go back to and re-read when you're depressed or need inspiration or just because you love it so damn much, because it's pretty or it's well written or because it just pushes all your buttons in the right ways. If you have more than one, rec them all.

Slash, het, gen, any fandom, rating, pairing, squick, length... anything at all. I'm getting dusty in my secluded little corner of the internet. It's well past time I remembered there's a lot more out there.

Now, pack. Watch Laputa: Castle in the Sky. Do something useful. Hhmm, decisions.

edit: Actually I have to go to bed since I have to be up in six hours anyway. *mourns* At least I can sleep in the car. Purchance my next post shall be from Cardiff; breaketh not yon internet in the meantime and recceth me muchly.

I can't wait for that Shakespeare course. ^_^

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[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

Dammit.

what i think you should read

But you've read it all! Um... even though I love my Marat/Mardy pr0n, I think that Only Hope is probably the best thing I've written. Though I do adore my brownieverse, they're so adorable.

my favourite fic

I read this so many years ago - probably like, 6 or 7 - and it's still my favourite fic in the world. I adore it.

So, Blinded by White Light by Dasha K. Mulder/Scully, NC-17, future fic. So completely fantastic.

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

And *grins* obviously The Art of Baking, but I'm known in fandom for my brownieverse, and I don't just want to be remembered for that. Which is why I picked Only Hope.

[scoobydumblonde.livejournal.com]

I'm going to just assume you want links?

I know you've read this of mine before, but Renegades, Rebels & Rogues. And honestly? I think I might like the two prequels better than the fic itself. :-)

other people's fic? Hmmm, that's a hard one, but ... it's an original fic and a huge part of where I got the whole idea of beastality in By the Light. There's a whole series of them, but this is my favourite of all of them -- though I also highly recommend their Smallville fics.

[lossi.livejournal.com]

Haaaaaaaaaaaard.

My Story: http://community.livejournal.com/tennisslash/262492.html You've read it recently, but it's short ;)

Favourite Fic: I re-read your Datta extracts...maybe once every two weeks? :p But if we're talking other people? http://community.livejournal.com/tennisslash/21927.html This fic by magic_beans always kills me dead. It's just so...Tim/Andy and British it hurts and just...gah :p

[tasheila.livejournal.com]

(I'll even open myself up to football, since I don't know who any of them are anyway and it'll effectively equate to reading original fic. This is an exercise in reminding myself what good fic should be.)

Hee hee. I'll pretend that was for me. ;)

no love no glory (http://tasheila.livejournal.com/190639.html#cutid1) by me. This is Steven Gerrard/Xabi Alonso, and deathfic, which might squick you out, but it's the only thing I've written lately. There's one more but that isn't done yet.

commonplace (http://idees-fixes.livejournal.com/87426.html#cutid1/) by idees_fixes, Stevie/Xabi again, after England's WC loss. It has all the elements you've required. Susan's writing style is beautiful, and S/X are almost like Andy/Roger in the sense of Mr. Clueless falling for Mr. Sensible. :D