I was tagged by a couple people in a row ( @jhelenoftrek and @muldyfi ), so here goes.
Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you’ve written, then pass on to at least five other writers.
i’ll preface this post by saying sometimes i kinda boggle at the fact that it’s been 20 years that i’ve been writing because there are times it doesn’t seem that long ago! so in no particular order...
(aka the one I always get yelled at about, lol) this angsty AU was born of a chat prompt in which my friend purpledog pointed out Chakotay wearing four pips when Kes first saw him in “Before and After”. from that innocent comment came what I think is probably the biggest feels-killer I’ve written to date...from a former angst-hater no less. or in the words of one AO3 reviewer: “just leave me here to die...i mean cry”
my first and longest seaQuest story. the grieving lover of the disgraced Captain Stark works to seek revenge on Nathan Bridger. Nathan and Kristin were the forefront of the story, but pretty much the whole crew got to play a part along with my batch of OCs. action, dramatic angst, romance and even a dark vision play their part. 53K words, sixteen chapters and it took two years to write it. I think I had the most fun with the research--everything from random bits of WWII history to the Aleut language.
yes, it took me 20 years to write a “Resolutions” fic. I suppose I was too busy reading everyone else’s and writing other ideas! unashamedly PWP but it turned out exactly as I wanted it--the rainstorm background descriptions a perfect backdrop for the smut.
(I’m obligated to add that it also took me 20 years to notice that the Legend made KJ cry....in my defense, my eyesight sucks and I lived for years with a crummy tube TV and a VHS tape that was wearing out!)
this is the first “long” story I wrote (roughly 16K). Visiting friendly aliens leaves KJ comatose and Chakotay voluntarily going through a religious ritual in order to save her soul. This plot came from me offering up a “Flip Sacred Ground on its head and make it J/C” plot on VAMB--and then I couldn’t stop thinking about the idea and had to do it myself! it’s one of my older stories (written ten years ago) and, while its age now shows somewhat, I still consider it one of my favorite works.
this one is based off of the gorgeous What We Can Be by VAMB author Shayenne, who very graciously allowed me to do another POV within its framework--and so i went with showing J/C through the eyes of an alien woman. it was also a challenge to do first person present tense and I’m rather pleased with the result.
Tagging @darkin520, @mollybecameanengineer, @coffeeinanebula, @zjofierose, & @ato-the-bean (I don't know who's been tagged yet so if this is a repeat, sorry....)
