Snowflake challenge, day 1: self-reccing

Self-reccing for akamine_chan's snowflake challenge. Since I'm doing my year's end review soon, I'll pick a couple of works from previous years, one for each type of fanwork I've done.

Fic: Missing Pages: Caroline leaves something behind. Written for ds_flashfiction's diary challenge. due South, Fraser and Caroline gen, 1000 words, PG (AO3 link)

This story made me cry when I wrote it. It's about Fraser finding his mother's journals, and there's also a scene with Dief that I love.

Podfic: Sometimes on the Rarest Nights by clionaeilis (Gosford Park, Mabel Nesbitt and Ivor Novello gen, G, 48m)

This is quite a rare fandom, and I have to admit that I haven't actually seen the movie it's based on. I still love the story, though--it's a story about a friendship, about two people being quietly good for each other through the years, and it warms my heart. It's also an epistolary story, and I love to podfic those. There's something about reading a letter which allows you to get into the letter-writer's POV in an interesting way, and I loved reading Ivor Novello (although I have no idea if I sound like the actor in the movie, or like the real man, for that matter).

Filk song: The Mountie and the Skogsrå: A Fraser/Victoria ballad, based on a traditional Swedish medieval ballad. due South, PG-13

This kind of music is very close to my heart--I've listened to and sung Swedish folk music since I was young, and I loved bringing it together with the due South world.

Reveals!

My Yuletide story was written by Borusa and my dSSS story was written by dessert_first. Thank you so much, both of you! I loved both my stories. ♥

Besides my two main gifts, I also got a Paksenarrion drabble that I loved! It's got just the elements I wanted in a Paksenarrion fic. Also, it was written by keerawa, which I suspected. Thank you!

For due South Seekrit Santa I wrote Slow Burn (Fraser/Thatcher, 5,700 words, NC-17) for wintercreek. It was fun to write, and I especially enjoyed writing the porn. I did kind of lose confidence in it towards the end--I don't know why exactly, maybe it was just the natural up and down of my writing brain--but malnpudl got me back on track. akamine_chan also gave me feedback that improved the fic, and I am grateful to them both! ♥

For Yuletide I wrote The End and the Way (Left Hand of Darkness gen, 12,200 words, PG-13) for bliumchik.

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2011 Yuletide fic: "The End and the Way"

Reposting my 2011 Yuletide story here for back-up archiving purposes.

Title: The End and the Way
Fandom: Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness", original characters
Rating: R
Length: 12,200 words
Notes: Happy holidays, bliumchik! I hope you enjoy this. Your request was very inspiring--I got the idea for this story about ten minutes after reading your Yuletide letter, and then the story ate my brain! I'd like to thank my betas Exeterlinden and Karanguni, who were both very helpful in offering feedback and encouragement.
Disclaimer: I am not Ursula K. Le Guin and this is not written for profit.
Summary: On Posthe Tuwa of the Year One in the reign of Argaven XII, Harny Sord of Gernahan gave birth to a pervert.

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2011 dSSS fic: "Slow Burn"

Reposting my 2011 dSSS here for back-up archiving purposes.

Title: Slow Burn
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Thatcher
Rating: NC-17
Length: 5,700 words
Summary: They hadn't done anything more than kiss, so far. Meg figured they were both being careful and feeling their way through this, scared that it might mess up their working relationship.
Notes: Wintercreek, I hope you enjoy this--I certainly enjoyed writing it for you. Happy holidays! This is set somewhere in the last half of season two. I'm very grateful to akamine-chan and Malnpudl for beta-reading!

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