Need Fanfic Recommendations for PICKY reader

POSTED BY: LeeH
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 17:16
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LEEH

Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:48 PM

Ah, Squish, thanks so much! I'm a lapsed college prof myself (literature), which is why I'm so picky--you can't spend decades reading Jane Austen and the like, and then tolerate sloppy writing. A lot of fic-writers remind me of "American Idol" contestants: they don't have any talent, and don't realize that they don't. I don't want to stop them from singing, but I sure don't want to have to listen to them myself.

I will check out your recs. I wish wish wish I weren't so picky, but all it takes is some clumsy prose, clicheed writing, or uneven characterization, and I find myself shutting down. But I suspect you are attuned to similar stuff.

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. . . ."

SQUISH

Friday, January 27, 2006 12:24 AM

I'm actually a psych prof (LOL, but not the kind that analyzes people thank goodness). For some reason a lot of students think they shouldn't have to write well in any class other than an English class (I've actually had them say that to me!). But really, there are a lot of excellent fanfics here. And I have tremendous respect for *anyone* who is brave enough to post a creative piece of writing on a website for the entire 'verse to read! Especially in the shadow of a writer like Joss.

SAMEERTIA

Friday, January 27, 2006 12:37 AM

I don't usually have time to get involved in the longer fics. I tend to read during my lunch break here at work, so I look for short one-offs.
*shrug*
On this site I usually find myself trapped reading longer ones because the auto-generated quote catches my eye and then I have to go read and find out what it's about.

HAWKMOTH

Friday, January 27, 2006 12:45 AM

Well, my first recommendations would have been Tara (ljc) and Maystone, but you've been there/read that!

I've posted some recs of older, what I consider "classic" Firefly stories, including some by the authors above, and others, in my Live Journal:

http://words-in-flight.livejournal.com/tag/retro-rec

Hope they're of some help!

GUENEVER

Friday, January 27, 2006 1:10 AM

Hawkmouth. Thank you for creating your recomended list.

Appreciatively,

G

LEEH

Friday, January 27, 2006 2:15 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by HawkMoth:
Well, my first recommendations would have been Tara (ljc) and Maystone, but you've been there/read that!

I've posted some recs of older, what I consider "classic" Firefly stories, including some by the authors above, and others, in my Live Journal:

http://words-in-flight.livejournal.com/tag/retro-rec

Hope they're of some help!

Oh, these are great--thanks! I've been downloading recommended fic as people post it, so I can look through it later and read those which don't trigger my 'picky-reader' alert system (which I wish I could turn off, but can't). As I look over the recommendations at your journal site, I'm getting excited--they look well-written.

You left yourself out, though. I took a quick look at your Blue Sun Room list (as I recognized your username) and I'm looking forward to reading your fic as well!

Ok, I've now downloaded more fic than I'm going to have time to read for weeks (assuming most of it passes my alert system)--so thanks again, everybody! I really appreciate that you all took the time to make suggestions on this.

(Of course, this is all a way to put off going back to my own unfinished fics--but when I read someone really good, it inspires me to write again, so I'm hoping that will happen!)

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. . . ."

LEEH

Friday, January 27, 2006 2:15 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by HawkMoth:
Well, my first recommendations would have been Tara (ljc) and Maystone, but you've been there/read that!

I've posted some recs of older, what I consider "classic" Firefly stories, including some by the authors above, and others, in my Live Journal:

http://words-in-flight.livejournal.com/tag/retro-rec

Hope they're of some help!

Oh, these are great--thanks! I've been downloading recommended fic as people post it, so I can look through it later and read those which don't trigger my 'picky-reader' alert system (which I wish I could turn off, but can't). As I look over the recommendations at your journal site, I'm getting excited--they look well-written.

You left yourself out, though. I took a quick look at your Blue Sun Room list (as I recognized your username) and I'm looking forward to reading your fic as well!

Ok, I've now downloaded more fic than I'm going to have time to read for weeks (assuming most of it passes my alert system)--so thanks again, everybody! I really appreciate that you all took the time to make suggestions on this.

(Of course, this is all a way to put off going back to my own unfinished fics--but when I read someone really good, it inspires me to write again, so I'm hoping that will happen!)

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. . . ."

HAWKMOTH

Friday, January 27, 2006 4:03 AM

Well, you know, it feels kind of weird to recommend yourself...

FYI, my Blue Sun list is incomplete. All my Firefly stories are archived here:

http://words-in-flight.livejournal.com/15394.html

(I hope I meet your standards!)

GWEK

Friday, January 27, 2006 4:52 AM

Hey, folks. When I saw the name of this thread, I was going to toot the collective horn of stillflying.net (a Virtual Firefly continuation of the series), but I see a few people have already tooted it for us. Thanks!

Since this thread is out here, let me say that we at stillflying.net are always looking for more writers and editors, so if any of you fanfic folks out there would like to join our crew, shoot me an e-mail at gwek@optonline.net.

(Same holds true for artists.)

Keep flying!

AERIN

Friday, January 27, 2006 9:01 AM

When I first joined this site I was completely uninterested in fanfic because I thought it couldn't capture Joss's world. I didn't want to get stuck with mediocre storylines in my head that aren't, as I said, Joss approved. What if I read too much and start to confuse them? I know, that's crazy talk.

Within the discussion posts I've encountered quality writing that displays a firm grasp on the intricacies of the Firefly characters, and a lot of creative ideas. The day I realized I'm also tempted to write a fanfic is the day I decided I better start reading some! I underestimated the people on this site. Now I know better. Thanks!

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