Teegar's TOS Fanfic

Star Trek TOS fanfiction (usually featuring Chekov... thus the picture...)

[theladyactress]

Anna Cora Mowatt in Satin

Anna Cora Mowatt (1819-1870) was an actress/playwright/poet/novelist whose short, but spectacular career has been largely lost to history.

To learn more about her,  you can watch this short video youtu.be/Icb8NA-4glc

or visit this website alphacentauri2.info/AnnaCoraMo…

read these blogs  www.tla.wapshottpress.org/

or read my book www.amazon.com/Lady-Actress-Ke…

or follow me on twitter twitter.com/TheLadyActress

This is NOT an actual historical engraving of Anna Cora Mowatt but rather a composite of disparate elements from pictures from the correct era manipulated to create a vision of how publicity material released for her at the time might have appeared based on descriptions and other pictures.

[theladyactress]

Anna Cora Mowatt as Ophelia

Anna Cora Mowatt (1819-1870) was an actress/playwright/poet/novelist whose short, but spectacular career has been largely lost to history.

To learn more about her,  you can watch this short video youtu.be/Icb8NA-4glc

or visit this website alphacentauri2.info/AnnaCoraMo…

read these blogs  www.tla.wapshottpress.org/

or read my book www.amazon.com/Lady-Actress-Ke…

or follow me on twitter twitter.com/TheLadyActress

This is NOT an actual historical engraving of Anna Cora Mowatt but rather a composite of disparate elements from pictures from the correct era manipulated to create a vision of how publicity material released for her at the time might have appeared based on descriptions and other pictures.

[theladyactress]

Anna Cora Mowatt as Ariel

Anna Cora Mowatt (1819-1870) was an actress/playwright/poet/novelist whose short, but spectacular career has been largely lost to history.

To learn more about her,  you can watch this short video youtu.be/Icb8NA-4glc

or visit this website alphacentauri2.info/AnnaCoraMo…

read these blogs  www.tla.wapshottpress.org/

or read my book www.amazon.com/Lady-Actress-Ke…

or follow me on twitter twitter.com/TheLadyActress

This is NOT an actual historical engraving of Anna Cora Mowatt but rather a composite of disparate elements from pictures from the correct era manipulated to create a vision of how publicity material released for her at the time might have appeared based on descriptions and other pictures.

[theladyactress]

Anna Cora Mowatt and Henry Spicer’s “Witch-Wife”

Anna Cora Mowatt and Henry Spicer’s “Witch-Wife”

For the next two weeks, I’ve planned to write about a drama written expressly as a starring vehicle for Anna Cora Mowatt in 1849. Over the past few months, I’ve been working at Librivox.orgwith a group of readers from many countries to produce an audio recording of this play. As luck would have it, our recording is not quite ready for release today. I will post an update with a link as soon as…

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[theladyactress]

Anna Cora Mowatt in profile by KellySTaylor on DeviantArt

Anna Cora Mowatt in profile by KellySTaylor

Anna Cora Mowatt (1819-1870) was an actress/playwright/poet/novelist whose short, but spectacular career has been largely lost to history.

To learn more about her,  you can watch this short video youtu.be/Icb8NA-4glc

or visit this website alphacentauri2.info/AnnaCoraMo…

read these blogs  www.tla.wapshottpress.org/

or read my book www.amazon.com/Lady-Actress-Ke…

or follow me on twitter twitter.com/TheLadyActress

This is NOT an actual historical engraving of Anna Cora Mowatt but rather a composite of disparate elements from pictures from the correct era manipulated to create a vision of how publicity material released for her at the time might have appeared based on descriptions and other pictures.

[teegar]

Cover Art 14 by Teegar on DeviantArt

Swap Cover  by Teegar

This is cover art for the novel "Swap" by my dear friend, Jane Skazi.  Chekov, bound by ties of honor, has to take the place of a soldier whose death he believe he is responsible for.  It is a very well-written novel.  Check it out here: archiveofourown.org/works/2628…

[teegar]

Home Again by Teegar on DeviantArt

Home Again by Teegar

This is an illustration to a story titled "Home Again" that was published in the fanzine "Chekov: In Love and Trouble" that came out in the late 1990's. It was a story I co-wrote with my friend Jane Skazi.  "Home Again" is probably my favorite of all the stories we wrote together.  This picture is very special too.  To get an authentic feeling of family pictures appropriate to the story, I mixed in images of my own relatives and friends with pictures of Chekov, so there are some sweet, fading memories of twenty-five years ago mixed in with this illustration. The story is available here:  archiveofourown.org/works/1755…

[teegar]

Swap Page 142 by Teegar on DeviantArt

Swap Page 142 by Teegar

This is an illustration from the novel "Swap" by my dear friend, Jane Skazi.  Chekov, bound by ties of honor, has to take the place of a soldier whose death he believe he is responsible for.  It is a very well-written novel.  Check it out here: archiveofourown.org/works/2628…

[teegar]

Swap Page 38 by Teegar on DeviantArt

Swap Page 38 by Teegar

This is an illustration from the novel "Swap" by my dear friend, Jane Skazi.  Chekov, bound by ties of honor, has to take the place of a soldier whose death he believe he is responsible for.  It is a very well-written novel.  Check it out here: archiveofourown.org/works/2628…

[teegar]

Swap Page 142 by Teegar on DeviantArt

Swap Page 142 by Teegar

This is an illustration from the novel "Swap" by my dear friend, Jane Skazi.  Chekov, bound by ties of honor, has to take the place of a soldier whose death he believe he is responsible for.  It is a very well-written novel.  Check it out here: archiveofourown.org/works/2628…

[teegar]

Suit the Word to the Action -- Chapter Nine

Chekov chewed the end of thumb left exposed by the fingerless gloves of his costume as he watched from offstage as the lead actor, wearing in a wild red wig that was supposed to make him look like Declar, dramatically declaim about his deep love of the rather unrealistically painted representations of the Kelicarian countryside.

“So,” he whispered when Sulu joined him, “any ideas?”

“You know,” his helm-partner replied softly, “technically, you are the Mission Planner, so you could be the one coming up with a plan.”

“Yes,” he granted slowly as the lead actor waxed eloquent over the beauty of the paste and cardboard rocks on stage. “Technically.”

“So, nothing?” the lieutenant concluded.

“I would not to wish to interfere with any ideas you had in mind,” the ensign insisted very politely.

The helmsman sighed as he angled himself so he could take a peek out at the audience. “Oh, don’t worry about that, pal.”

“So,” the Russian concluded in turn. “Nothing.”

[theladyactress]

Anna Cora Mowatt and the Power of Phrenology

Like to know what the traditionally sexist phrenologists had to say about Mowatt’s unusual brain and how it compared to Edgar Allan Poe’s? Read this week’s blog entry:

Mowatt and the Power of Phrenology

[teegar]

Suit the Words to the Action -- Chapter Nine

“The Kalee has finally given his permission for the official pageant commemorating the gods’ granting him the authority of dominion to be presented,” Simir explained, unfurling the billowing skirt of what turned out to be a very lovely and elaborate gown. “He wishes all the court to be in attendance for the performance.”

“Oh.” Despite herself, the lieutenant was drawn to the golden silk confection. She stroked the gorgeous material tentatively as the eunuch held it out for her inspection.  “Of course.”

“From what I have heard, though,” Simir continued disdainfully as he hung the gown up on the railings over her bed. “This will not actually be the time-honored drama the players usually present, but rather some new…”  The eunuch paused and sighed eloquently. “…specially-crafted… low spectacle designed to appeal to the master’s… unique tastes…”

Uhura smiled, both at her beautiful new court gown and the memory of the actors she and Sulu had met near the beach.  “Don’t despair. I’m sure the players have been working on this production very diligently. And there is a time and place for everything… even low spectacle.”

Simir rolled his eyes as he turned to go.  “Hmmph.”

The lieutenant crossed back to her worktable and picked up a string of homemade chitalia beads she’d made for herself.  “I’m sure it’s going to go off with a bang.”

[babycharmander]

A little PSA for people who use AO3…

Gen refers to fic that is not focused on romance. If your fic is not a romance fic, please give it this tag.

Other refers to fic that is focused on romance, but is not specifically male/female, male/male, or female/female (like an OT3 (ship involving 3 people), a ship involving characters that are not male or female, etc). IT IS NOT FOR PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS. IT IS FOR ROMANTIC ONES. please for the love of all that is holy do not tag your family-relationship-centered fics as “other” you are going to give people a HEART ATTACK.

“Character/Character” is for romantic pairs. “Character & Character” is for platonic relationships like friendship, family, etc. Please do not tag family-centered or adult-and-minor-centered platonic character relationships as character/character for the love of all that is holy

The E rating is for smut and literally nothing else (unless you have other unusual reasons to rate it E–I’ve seen people apply it to non-smut fics as a deterrent to keep minors away from it, but keep in mind it’ll make it so people who are trying to avoid smut will not find your fic). Your fic that has a lot of graphic violence but no sexual content does not need an E rating.

The M rating is for fics that would basically be rated R if they were movies, and may contain graphic violence, some sexual content, and generally more serious subject matter than you would typically show a teenager. However, if your fic is almost entirely smut, please just give it an E rating.

Also, when you post a fic, you WILL want to give it a rating, or else AO3 will assume you’re probably posting smut and will warn everybody who clicks on your fic that it may contain adult content. If you don’t want that on your fic that contains no adult content at all, please just give it the proper rating instead of not rating it at all.

this post brought to you by PLEASE LEARN HOW THE TAGGING SYSTEM ON THIS WEBSITE WORKS YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE A HEART ATTACK

[babycharmander]

ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING I FORGOT TO MENTION!

“Creator Chose Not to Archive Warnings” means that at least one or more of the archive warnings (that is, “Major Character Death,” “Graphic Depictions of Violence,” “Rape/Non-Con,” or “Underage”) DOES apply to your story, and you’re choosing not to say which one it is. If you select this option, AO3 will put a warning on the fic that potential readers have to click through.

“No Archive Warnings Apply” means that none of the aforementioned archive warnings apply to your fic.

THESE ARE NOT THE SAME THING. IF YOUR FIC DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING MAJOR THAT NEEDS TO BE WARNED FOR, PLEASE SELECT “NO ARCHIVE WARNINGS APPLY.”

[teegar]

This post and the responses to it point to a weakness in Ao3′s tagging system. Tags seem to be set up to deal with every exigency of erotica in truly stunning detail.  However if one strays from that genre, one enters the Gen Circle of Tagging Ambiguity Hell.

A story I’m currently posting is not a romance, but contains references to a sex scene that occurs “off screen.”  This scene - that is left entirely up to the reader’s imagination - could be interpreted as either non-con or dub-con. How do I tag that?

There are also interrogation scenes in the same story that are more indicated than described. However, if I am concerned about triggering a reader, what is imagined can be just as powerfully disturbing as something that is graphically described.

In another action/adventure story, two male friends share a drunken kiss. Does that one scene merit a change to my tags?

In summary, my complaint is that the tagging system seems to ask, “Are you writing erotica? Check yes or no. If no - begone. If there’s no sex scene, no one cares what you write.”  

My readers, however, expect me to still use the tagging system carefully and accurately to help them find the content they’re looking for and warn them about potentially triggering content in my work. 

Because I am trying to shoehorn gen fiction into a system geared towards erotica, I feel I am constantly either under-tagging or over-tagging -- erroneously costuming my stories as either fluffy bunnies or nasty ogres with equal inaccuracy. When it comes time to choose tags, too often instead of saying to myself, “Yes, this best describes what happens in the narrative,” I shrug, settle on something I think won’t get me yelled at, and say, “Yeah, kinda.”

We can do better than that, can’t we?

[teegar]

Suit the Words to the Action -- Chapter Nine

Getting started on Chapter Nine -- which, if everything goes to plan -- should be the next to the last chapter 

The Russian still had his head tilted to one side and his mouth scrunched into a puzzled frown.  “That was supposed to be a rabbit costume?”

“Yeah. A blue and white bunny wearing a top hat.” Sulu sketched a rough outline of a cartoon rabbit in the air as if his friend hadn’t seen the actual costume. “Might have been a little off because the Tellerites had probably never seen a real rabbit but… The bunny was a sort of mascot… Went with the theme of the place – lucky rabbit’s foot.  You know, how a rabbit’s foot is supposed to bring you good luck?”  Seeing that the conversation was on a downhill slope, the helmsman decided to try a conversational gambit that was usually a sure-fire winner with his friend. “Didn’t they come up with that idea in Russia?”

“No,” the navigator replied flatly, absolutely refusing to take the bait. “Definitely not.”  The ensign then went to a length the lieutenant had never seen him go to seal the notion with a kiss of death as he turned and headed down the staircase. “Sounds like an American invention.”

[teegar]

Suit the Words to the Action-- Chapter Eight

Keeping her back to the door so that her body would block sight of what she was doing should anyone choose that moment to make a sudden, unannounced visit, Uhura double-checked the settings a final time on her mini-blaster before applying three short careful bursts to her row of molds.

She quickly returned the blaster to its hiding place in her head-dress and fanned the molds to dissipate their vivid orange glow.

This, of course, was the production secret that the Kelincarians had no way of anticipating. Her trick to quickly manufacturing beads that looked like chitalia was not actually the uniqueness of the formula she come up with, but that she was utilizing alien technology to super-heat and fuse those ingredients.

A cheap trick, she knew, and one that would not satisfy Declar’s lust for “real” fake chitalia forever.

It was also a trick that might lead to disaster if someone were to spot her using her little “magic wand.”

The lieutenant had no idea how the Kelinkarians felt about witches and was certainly in no mood to find out first hand.

“Chekov, Sulu,” she wished aloud, as she fanned and blew on her still brightly glowing molds.  “Wherever you are, I hope you boys have your minds focused on getting us home.”

[teegar]

Suit the Words to the Action - Chapter Eight

A little late again...

“I did not realize we would be playing the Klingons,” Chekov grumbled, pulling at his tunic discontentedly, then gesturing at the stage floor. “I would much rather to have been a battle maiden.”

“Oh, yes,” his helm-partner agreed, nodding admiringly at the expertly whirling and dodging performers on the stage.  “See, you’ve just got to have a sense of adventure and get out of your comfort zone sometimes…”

“Look at them.” The Russian gestured expansively.  “They’re glorious native resistance fighters.”

“Yes, they certainly are.”

The navigator frowned.  “And they have far better costumes than we do.”

“Absolutely.”

“And inarguably superior choreography.”

The helmsman nodded as the be-ribboned lances of the battle maidens flashed and twirled below them as they played out the story of their doomed last stand.  “Totally.”

The Russian pointed an accusing finger at a particularly tall and lanky maiden near the back of the stage.  “And I am no more hairy than the fellow they finally picked for the role.”

“What can I tell ya?” Sulu gave his friend a sympathetic thump on the shoulder as the action below them wound to a close and the stage manager’s loud whistle sounded summoning all extras to the stage.  “That’s show biz, kid…”