Its blind_go time again. Go check out the new batch of fics here

The title list alone is delicious!

Hmmm, most bits of LJ don't seem to be working tonight. I wonder if this does.


ETA: 'DDOS' attack apparently, even LJ isn't immune to computer woes.

At the Dreamwidth hikarunogo community, troisroyaumes is collecting a list of everyone's favorite Hikago fics of 2010. Go contribute to it if you haven't already.


( Things I learn't while compiling a recs list )


And, also at Dreamwidth, I learnt of kaigou's panfandom fanfic survey,"Inspirations and Perceptions", which is already showing some interesting results and will only get better the more people take part.

♥ This film is beautiful

So I finally found out that there are only three episodes so far.

In other words Ive already seen all the canon (me who was scrupulously avoiding the fandom for fear of spoliers ^^).

Where did I get the idea that the BBC made series of 13 episodes?

On the bright side, I can read fic* with a clear concience now and won't have to put up a fight for the TV on Saturday nights.

*ETA, (Feb 10): Blimey!

lacygrey is one letter different from my favorite type of tea 'Lady Grey': tea with bergamot and orange.

Its also a wink at Macy Gray, lady of soul,

and a hint at my age and gender.

And, no, I wouldn't change it.

Some thoughts on reading, writing and what lies inbetween

As a reader I long for books that will sweep me away, writers than will impress me and make be aspire to be like them, stories that I adore so much I am in awe. For me its very rare, and rarer still are the books that speak to me about life such that I wish I could open the cover and step right in.

When I first discovered fanfiction I was astounded that writers would expend their energies (waste their time, it seemed) writing other author's characters rather than expressing themselves. But I think Ive understood now that fanfiction is more about being a fan of something than it is about creating fiction per se.

Fanfiction is about playing in another person's universe. It can also be a means of discussion criticism or character study - its getting intimate with the fabric of an original work in a way that is itself creative.

I think that's why I started writing fanfiction. Its fun and has become important to me because its unimportant in the general order of things: like many a good book, it reflects life while being totally outside it.

Happy New Year to all!

Though its only a date on the calendar, the New Year has that wondeful feel of potential to it. I'm hoping to be more productive in 2011, do more writng and have a healthier lifestyle (hope I can resolve that contradiction - writing being so sedentary).
I'm not up for fulfilling a meme on 2010. All told its been a very nondescript year - except that I got involved in fandom and started writing Hikago fanfic:

Mini Fic List 2010

Confluence Sai, Akitada; Heian AU ~6.5K (FF.net version with author notes)
Tea for three Hikaru/Nase, Akira PG-13 WIP (ETA: finished April 2011) ~3K
Soliloquy Sai PG-13, 410 words
Nigiri, she said Nase, Akari (Dreamwidth drabblefest)
Quintet for go boards and prodigy Internet go players, OC (Dreamwidth drabblefest short version)
Strangers Akari, Akira (Dreamwidth drabblefest)
The pros and cons of daydreaming AkiHika PG-13 ~3.5K
A piece of cake Shigeko 1K
A world without go Waya, Nase 1K (page down)

Title: Confluence
Fandom: Hikaru no go
Characters: Fujiwara no Sai, Sugawara no Akitada
Genre: Heian AU
Rating: G
Word Count: 6496
Warnings: Non-explicit violence; minor character death
Disclaimer: Hikaru no go is the property of Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata. This is a nonprofit-making fanfiction
Author Notes: Written for blind_go round 10. Many thanks to my beta sidevocalist for corrections and discussions.
Summary: In which Sai is saved from drowning by a passing peasant...
( Read more... )

Well here goes: Guess my author ID in this round of blind_go and I'll write you a drabble or ficlet.

Fics are here


Leave me your guess on this screened mail, together with a prompt of your choice.

Good Luck.


P.S. I didn't dare do this last time as I'd never written a drabble before ¨~¨