alisanne

Holiday fest season is coming and I need to organize my thoughts, plan out what I'm doing, etc.
Here's what I'm thinking:
( Thinky thoughts about upcoming holiday fests )
Therefore, here's my list of fall and holiday fests in which I will likely will participate (assuming they are running this year).
( What will I be doing in November/December? )
So really, December will still be crazy. Maybe everything worked out for the best in the end?
Yeah, I'm going with that. :P

Hey, guys!
So the lovely digthewriter put out a call to her Flist for someone to write a quick H/D ficlet, and I decided to answer the call, and found myself taking part in the slashorific fest. *g*

Our collaboration went up yesterday and is called: Wine Lessons For Beginners.
Check it out (especially Dig's fabulous art <3) and let us know what you think!

Another holiday fest posted its masterlist! (Yes, it was a while back, but I'm trying to space these posts out a bit).

This year I participated in Snupin Santa for the first time. It was the last round so I figured, why not? Anyway, the masterlist is here and, once I figure out how to reply at the Snupin Santa community, I will. ;)

Also, I'll be reposting the two fics I contributed soon.
They were Hot Buttered Holidays and An Old-Fashioned Christmas.

If you like this pairing, I'd urge you to check out this fest, there's pretty much something for everyone, from art to podfic to every genre of fic.

Thanks to all who participated, commented and generally gave Snupin Santa a lovely send off! Fare thee well, Snupin Santa! ♥

So I have fics in a couple of fests that are still anonymous, and in an effort to stimulate my muse, I'm offering a drabble/ficlet (whatever I'm inspired to write) to anyone who successfully guesses which holiday stories I may have written.

As usual, my beta readers/pre-readers, and anyone who knows which fics are mine (like mods), are disqualified. :P

The relevant fests are:
hd_erised (anonymous masterlist here)
mini_fest (anonymous masterlist here)
and daily_deviant's Kinky Kristmas (Wrap Up Post here)

This offer will remain open until January 7th (when the Minifest reveals go up).

The comments on this post are screened, so give me your best guesses and good luck! :)

So I have a couple of masterlists to point to, one from a while back that I neglected to mention, although I have already reposted the fic *sheepish* and another that posted today.

1) The Snarry Road Not Taken Fest ended a while back, and the story I wrote, The Dreaming, was, happily, well received. It's a Harry Potter/Matrix fusion that gave me fits along the way as I was writing it, but that was worth the pain in the end, since I am pleased with the way the story turned out (and with the fact that I managed to write out of my comfort zone *g*). The masterlist is here (LJ/IJ/DW), and the story can be found at the fest (LJ/IJ/DW), in my DW journal here, or in my account at AO3 here, where, FYI, I am also alisanne.

And, speaking of writing outside of my comfort zone...

2) The hp_het_taboo's Dirty Wrong Comment Fest masterlist just posted this morning and I wrote something for that, too. I hadn't actually planned to do so, but as I was perusing the prompts one night, a deliciously wrong one caught my eye, and so I wrote A Grown Up Weekend, which is Draco/Lily Luna with all the wrongness that pairing implies. It can be found in my journals (LJ/IJ/DW) or on AO3. Do mind the warnings!
Many of the fills at the fest were fabulous, so I'd urge you to take a look.

In case you're not aware, the Snarry Road Not Taken Fest is currently posting, and week one has been completed. Before the next batch of nummy Snarry comes along, I thought I'd point you to what I especially enjoyed from the first week.

An Inadvertent Tie (5600, NC-17)

If you want a deliciously hot and sweet read, this is the story for you. Severus is trying to be noble and let Harry experience life, but Harry (smart man that he is) is having none of it. Although they do have a bit of angst to overcome first. Go roll around in the sweet and hot fluff!

Into a Bar (4432, PG)

You could see this as a Severus mentor fic, which is not usually my cuppa, but there's some ogling in it (lol), which made it more my speed. Either way you cut it, it's a lovely story. It's deceptively simple, but layered and beautifully descriptive, and the twist at the end was superbly revealed. If you can, I'd recommend reading it without looking at the warnings. Either way, though, it's fabulously done.

The Nameless Road (40,910, PG-13)

So I know the word count is intimidating, but trust me, this story is worth the time investment. It's a simple but profound premise. What if everyone thought Harry died as a baby and only discovered he might be alive when he came of age? How would Harry, as someone raised entirely Muggle, deal with what's expected of him? The author handles canon beautifully, the events flow by as if thing were meant to be this way, and everyone is recognizably themselves. And of course, the Snarry is luscious. A real joy to read.

As always, if you see something you enjoy, do leave the creator some love. :)

I should be writing, but instead I've been trolling my Flist and I saw this ad for obscure British Fandoms. Naturally, I immediately got sucked in and left some fill requests. *sigh*

And if any of you *eyes British Flisters* would like to go write me something for Sapphire and Steel or Modesty Blaise, please feel free. *g*

And, speaking of Sapphire and Steel...here's the obligatory pimping banner.



Interested? Go now!

More bullet points because I'm definitely a sneezing, coughing, aching mess sick. *downs ginger ale*

- I was hoping to write something for Porn Sunday today, but the muse seems to be busy fighting whatever plague I have for her life and doesn't seem to have much left over to concentrate on porn. So sad. BUT those of you who aren't sick should write me porn to perk me up. Y/Y? *gives puppy eyes*

~ Another way to make me happy? Go and claim a prompt at hp_getlucky. Claiming will be open until March 10th, but don't wait until then (unless you want to give me a heart attack). Please? *gives more puppy eyes*

- Or, if that fest doesn't do it for you, you could consider one of my all time faves, hp_beholder. Signups there have been slow, so I urge you, if you have any interest in rarepairs, give it a shot?

- I have managed to scan the prompts at snape_potter's Snarry A Thon and have picked several that look promising, so we'll see if I can manage something for it this year. *crosses fingers* My new method of (non exchange) fest participating is to write the story BEFORE officially sighing up (much less stressful that way *g*) so I'm hoping that strategy works this time, too. *crosses fingers*

- Edit: Oh yeah, the JK thing. *shrugs* I don't really tend to follow much she says now that she finished the books, so I'm not likely to worry about this. Although I did write a drabble response last night. Maybe I'll post that tomorrow. ;)

Title: Mirror Images
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Challenge: Written for snape100/snape100/snape100's prompt #517: Snape and the Mirror of Erised, and for torino10154 as a reward for correctly guessing the fics I wrote in the 2013 holiday fest season. :)
Word Count: 100 x 6
Warnings: None.
Betas: sevfan and emynn
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Mirror Images )

The last two holiday fests in which I participated have now posted their masterlists!

First, snape_potter's Secret Swap's ML is here.
For that fest I wrote a couple small fics for some irresistible prompts.

The first was Crazy Christmas (LJ/IJ/DW), all about Severus' having to deal with Christmas the Burrow *pets him* and the second was The Fairy Light Fiasco (LJ/IJ/DW), where the boys try to handle Christmas lights with dignity and grace. Heh. Apparently even wizards can get rather tangled in those things. *g*

Also, hd_erised's ML is here, which means I can finally thank birdsofshore (OMG, I should have known!) for my FABULOUS gift, which I previously recced on all my journals (LJ/IJ/DW). It was brilliant and I loved every word. ♥
I can now also claim the story I wrote for keeper_of_stars, Making Memories, which was a bit of a mystery wrapped in some UST. :)

Reposts will be coming up in a bit (once I catch up on comments).

Thank you to the mods of these fabulous fests and to all the lovely commenters! You all rock!