The Great Unsung Fic New Year's Party of 2006

[ithildin]

Or something like that [g]

There's the fic that gets recced and nominated for awards... and then there's the rest. If your fic, like mine, falls into 'the rest', then that's where the The Great Unsung Fic New Year's Party of 2006 comes in!

Here's the plan: if you wrote something in 2006 that you were really proud of, but you're pretty sure that no one other than maybe your mother read it, then rec your fic in the comments. Tell us a bit about it, and include a link, of course. And if you read something this year by another authour that you thought didn't get nearly enough love, then you can rec that too (If you aren't positive the story you want to rec was written in 2006, that's fine. It's not like I have minions that are going to go check!). Or you can rec your own fic and someone else's! And more than once too! I'm easy.

I figure it will provide some reading entertainment for those of us who aren't going out for the holiday, and spread some New Year love around for some of the lonely fic out there.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! So don't be shy -- your fic is counting on you!

Jan 1, 2007: I'm going to put a link to this over on the sidebar so I don't lose the post before I have a chance to work through the links. And to remind me so I repeat this in December with a little more notice and organization :)

And second note.. if you want to rec vids, go ahead. Let's spread unsung love all over.

Comments

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

neat idea! so I'll rec my poor lamented MV fic. Night Watch (http://community.livejournal.com/vice_fic/7010.html) and Reward (http://amonitrate.livejournal.com/59692.html) are personal favorites. For plottier fair, there's Staring at the Sun. See my fic index post.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I just read Night Watch. What a wonderful tragic story! Thank you for pointing this one out :)

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

gosh thanks. I'm glad you liked it. I haven't had a chance to look at the other stuff listed in your post, though I thought it was a groovy idea.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I'm slowly working my way down the list, and since you posted first... [g]

[brynnamorgan.livejournal.com]

Neat idea! I have one fic that got a fair reaction at ff.net and *one* review here in the LJ's. It's the one that Jay rec'd last spring. It's know as The Touch (http://brynnamorgan.livejournal.com/2006/02/20/) and was not only my first House MD fan fiction, but the longest one I'd ever written.

The Touch (http://brynnamorgan.livejournal.com/2006/02/20/) was extremely different from anything I'd read about my favorite cranky doctor, something I took great pride in. The fic contains elements of the supernatural and spiritual.

However, my feelings are that because the female lead was an OFC I didn't get the readership that a canon pairing would have. I have, however, received a *lot* of compliments, some from other OFC authors. One said that mine had set "The Gold Standard" for OFC's, which I found immensely flattering.

Judge for yourself, especially if you're a House fan. Then let me know what you think. :-)

Title: The Touch (http://brynnamorgan.livejournal.com/2006/02/20/)
Author: Linda/Brynna/Brynnamorgan
Rating: PG-13 to NC-17 for Graphic Sex and Language
Categories: Romance/Supernatural/AU
Characters: House/OFC
Fandom: House MD

Spoilers: A bit of "Three Stories"

AU because it strays from canon after “Honeymoon,” omits occurrences in some Season 2 episodes and takes place in the days prior to and including Labor Day, 2006.

Disclaimers: I do not own, possess, or claim the characters presented herein, House, the Ducklings, Cuddy, Wilson et al. That stroke of luck belongs to David Shore and the Fox Network. Does anyone seriously think I could be making money from this drivel?

The OFC (Other Female Character) of Sabrina Wallace, her band Whistle Stop, her son Michael, housekeeper Elaine and other fictional folks do belong to me. Steal ‘em and I’ll beat you over the head with my cane. ;-)

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I remember reading The Touch when you posted it. I enjoyed it very much. As I've said before, yours is about the only House fic I read :)

And OFCs rule! LOL

[captnofmyheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you Ith!! I feel I am DEFINITELY in the "other" category...as in waaaaaaaay down the list...but Im gonna take advantage of your generous offer anyway, and say "If It Were Not So" (http://libriscrowe.com/sharon/If1.html) by me and Jo Anzalone - this was our first attempt at RolePlaying a story, so the beginning is going to be rather choppy - choppy as in shifting viewpoints and overlapping- but I think it evens out in the end. I'd rec the story she and I are working on now, but its nowhere near finished...uuuunnleeeesss, you'd like to check that out - its called "My Heart in Stone." (http://libriscrowe.com/sharon/heart1.htm) We're loosely basing some of its plot on the faery tale "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" as well as local legend stuff from Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic.

[brynnamorgan.livejournal.com]

My beta-reader and online friend, trinitywildcat has written a series of fan fiction centered around Law and Order: Criminal Intent's Detective Bobby Goren and probably the absolute best OFC ever written, Sienna Tovitz. Trinity can plot like there's no tomorrow; her characters and situations are intriguing and believable.

Her fic is here at the LJ's but not very organized. A much easier route to go is at Freedom of Speech (http://www.w338puq3y.homepage.t-online.de/series.php?seriesid=42), where she's organized her fiction by series and order to be read. It's definitely worth checking out. :-)

The first portions of the series were written in 2005, the rest 2006, so I figure I could get away with posting it here. ;-)

Aw, thanks

[trinitywildcat.livejournal.com]

Hi

Thank you so much! I just found this thread or I'd have replied sooner. I couldn't have done it without your excellent beta-reading and encouragement.

If anyone would like to read the series, the updated link is: http://www.fos-ff.net/series.php?seriesid=42

"One said that mine had set "The Gold Standard" for OFC's, which I found immensely flattering."

I quite agree. "The Touch" was an absolute joy to read and beta.

Louise

An FK Recommendation

[studiesinlight.livejournal.com]

(Thanks to havocthecat for the link.)

This is a recommendation for something by someone else, in a fandom now so shrunken that I think most anything in it qualifies as unsung. :-)

If anyone's interested in Forever Knight fanfiction, the most thoroughly episode-like one I read (not that I've read everything) posted in 2006 was PJ's "The Art of Deception (http://www.come-undone.net/pj_stories/art.txt)," a third-season, PG tale, with all the cop-shop, flashback and personal pieces the series formula demanded. (The author's first language is not English, but she writes better in English than many with that advantage.) The story uses Nick's interest in painting, and makes room for every canonical character as an episode would (even Janette -- in flashback, this being third season; but no Schanke). Episode-like fanfiction is my favorite, and this story made me very happy.

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

I don't have anything to add to this list, because the new fics I read this year seemed to get plenty of love (S&H fandom is very, very emotive) and I'm not a fic writer, but I just want to say - terrific idea for a post!!

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think I'll try it again in 12 months [g]

[holde-maid.livejournal.com]

Among those of my stories that, I think, turned out rather well and yet remained practically unread, are my 3 Highlander-Pretender Drabbles (http://members.liwest.at/lernenanders/private/pret-drabbles.htm#1).

And I feel that Cali's and Mary's stories get too little attention.

For example, I love Cali's most recent effort on headaches - but she got several comments on that one, so, I'd better serve you this one: http://calime33.livejournal.com/40809.html?nc=3 (It might help to know Terri Pratchett's Disk World)

For Mary, a link to a few of her drabbles: http://crazy4rog.livejournal.com/12913.html?nc=2

[medie]

Better Alias/The Bourne Movies. Lauren as a Treadstone Operative.

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

A very cool idea, Ith!

Here is my two cents worth...

I would like to recommend my soul sister's pandora_1980first effort. It is called Taking The First Step. It is a Criminal Minds fic and is set during the current season. Pen offers to make Derek dinner. It can be found here: http://community.livejournal.com/20_est_relships/5920.html

The fic of my I wrote and was blown away by is Answered Prayer. I don't know where it came from and I'm going to blame its creation on toby_white_wolf because she likes angsty fic. It is a CSI:Miami fic and is set right after the episode Lost Son. Horatio comes to terms with losing his lover. It can be found here: http:/community.livejournal.com/fanfic100/2994034.html

Can't wait to see what else gets recommended.

[trialia]

Definitely in "the rest" on this one. I shall return and rec the unappreciated other-author goodness once I've gathered my links, but my own story? Cassiopeia, gen G-rated Elizabeth Weir & Teyla Emmagan SGA fic, written for the femgenficathon and reviewed by exactly two people - and those were single-line reviews. Depressing... Not the fic, but the amount of feedback. :P

Now, I shall go see what else is on this thread. ^_^ thanks for posting this, and happy New Year!

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

Since I am incapable of coloring between the lines, I want to rec a vid I made in 2006.

Crown of Thorns (http://keerawa.slashcity.org/vids/CrownofThorns.zip) - Highlander vid
Duncan MacLeod, a Dark Quickening, and love.

This vid starts with Duncan in Darius' church, after taking Sean Burn's Quickening. He's feeling terrible remorse over what he's done. In an effort to reconnect with who he is, and what matters in his life, Duncan remembers his past loves.

Debra, Tessa, Brian, and Methos get major play time, but so do a number of others. Of course, love and loss are inextricably linked in Duncan's life.

This is a fairly dark and angsty vid, but I find it ultimately uplifting. I never got much feedback on it, and I'm still wondering why.

*grovels* Download, watch, feedback? Pretty please.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Since I am incapable of coloring between the lines, I want to rec a vid I made in 2006.

LOL! Downloading now!

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey, I liked that! It was dark and angsty -- my favourite :) I'm glad you mentioned it here.

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Ithidrial!

I'm glad it was to your tastes.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Give me angsty any old day, and I'm there! :) I didn't even realize you did vids before today! If you have any other links you'd like to share, pass them my way! You're disgustingly talented -- awesome fic and vids!

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

*blushes*

My 5 published vids can be downloaded at http://keerawa.slashcity.org/.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Sorry it took so long, but I just watched the other two HL vids. Wonderful stuff!! Thank you so much for sharing the links here.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I probably should socialize at my own party [g]

First a shortish story I was very fond of, it was my 'anti-Valentine's' fic: First Sunrise (http://ithidrial.livejournal.com/1019.html). It didn't get a single comment, though my LJ was really new at the time, so that probably didn't help. The year is 2163 and it's set on the first morning on a new planet.

Then a longer story: Shattered (http://ithidrial.livejournal.com/1223.html). Again, posted when my LJ was new. As I mentioned in the year end fic meme thing I posted on Friday, this was my most overdue story, finally dealing with Methos' aversion to vampires, and with what Divia did to Triona. This one is a crossover, Highlander/Forever Knight. It's set in the same series as First Sunrise, but that one only has Methos in it. Shattered has FK characters in it as well.