Pretty Cravings

In your own space, create a promo and/or rec list for someone new to a fandom

I've been in the Stargate Atlantis fandom since the beginning. I can't think of or come up with a better promo for my favorite OTP than the one done by Aja many moons ago

1. and then, randomly, there was a McShep Primer on your list

(LJ link https://bookshop.livejournal.com/958654.html)


Continuing on that theme...

2. Objectifying Rodney McKay (/David Hewlett): A Picspam

3. Objectifying John Sheppard (/Joe Flanigan): A Picspam

And if that's not enough. This pairing lends itself to crack AU's that leave me with a smile on my face.

4. The Epic Tale of Rodney & John, Two Girl Scout Cookies in Love

Challenge #12

Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life.

Fandom has taken me from lurking to full-on participating. It's given me life-time friends, a place to express my ideas, and comfort reads when I needed them.

I've traveled places I never would have otherwise. It's broadened my perspective, kept me informed, and made me laugh.

Here's to you, Fandom

Choose something you love and create a mini mood collection of three (or more) items that evoke your feelings about it.



McShep: A Theme of Two that will always have a special place in my heart.

And lastly, my love/hate relationship with Deadlines.

Challenge #8

Talk about your creative process.

Dear god, I wish had an actual process. Then maybe I wouldn't get 'stuck' so often. Better I talk about a common thread that gets the ball rolling.

It usually starts with a question. What if this instead of that? If that sparks an idea, I will sometimes jot it down on the wall. (Cling sheet). I really like doing this. I don't have to boot up my computer or hunt down a pen and paper.



Sometimes it's just random ideas that don't go anywhere, but often enough they do. That particular cling sheet turned into a story for Unconventional Courtship.

First draft is often on notepaper. It goes through a lot of changes and gets fleshed out on the first typed draft. I've found that taking the time to read the story out loud finds a lot of mistakes and plot holes.

Yep, gonna need a second draft.

And then there are the other kind of stories. Like the ones for written for the Fuck for Science! Challenge.
Those I'm just winging.

For Science II (NSFW)

So...eh. I had to reread the story and...what were we talking about?

Artwork! I dabble a little. It's a learning process. Boy, have I come to have an enormous respect for the work artists put into their art. It's hard.

I did like how this one came out though.

Tickets to Pegasus.

Top 10 Challenge: The category(ies) you choose are up to you. You can give top 10 Fics you read last year, the top 10 songs to create to, the to 10 guest stars on your favorite show, top 10 characters in your favorite book series, top 10... well, you get the idea.

(Can't think of 10 of anything? That's okay, 10 is just an abstract. It's totally up to you.)

Series I have enjoyed and happily reread.

1. Murderbot by Martha Wells

2. The Expanse by James S.A, Corey

3. Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith

4. Finder series by Suzanne Palmer

5. Sector General by James White

6. Discworld by Terry Pratchett (with a special love for Sam Vimes)

7. So you want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane

8. The Black Stallion by Walter Farley

9. Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

10. Excultus by Mottlemoth

This fanfic series blew me away. You don't know need to know a thing about the Sherlock fandom because this is a complete AU. In the 23rd century, two hundred years of genetic tampering has fractured humanity into subspecies.

11. Special mention: Bahamian-Style Mooring by syllic.

A story that no Shawshank Redemption lover should miss. This was the story I didn't know I needed until I read it.

I'm not ashamed to say, by the time I finished, my cheeks were wet.

These are just the ones off the top of my head. I've read--let's say A LOT and leave it at that. 😊📚

Challenge #4: Rec Your Last Page

Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!

Not including checking my email, the last pages I delved into were the comment pages of Snowflakes' challenge #3.

I've been making an effort to read everyone's entries and sprinkling comments here and there. So, I poured a cup of coffee and read some of the latest comments this morning. Would I recommend it? Hell, yes.

We're a worldwide, vast community made up of creative, opinionated individuals, yet we all have fandom in common.

Today, it led me to learning a little bit about Twi'leks. (It was referenced in a comment, and my Star Wars knowledge is pitiful, so naturally I had to look it up.)

Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom

(Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!)

No pets in my household. Fandom pets?

That would have to be penguins.



If you've ever been in the SGA fandom, this makes perfect sense.

*whistles innocently*