dexstarr

Yet again, I've fallen behind on posting fics to my journal. This year I've kind of lost interest, although I'm hoping that I get my mojo back in 2013.

( 2012 Writing Statistics )

Title: Far Too Soon
Author: dexstarr
Word Count: 454
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: rarepair_shorts Trick or Treat 2012 (Cornish Pixies, warm mead, the Great Hall), rarepair_shorts Septima/Aurora Table: far too early
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Septima Vector/Aurora Sinistra, Irma Pince
Warnings: None
Author's Note: I couldn't resist participating in the Trick or Treat event and finally starting my Septima/Aurora table. Not beta'ed.
Disclaimer: HP and all assorted are not mine.
Summary: Her hair is longer than Aurora remembers, spilling over her shoulders in a shining wave.

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( 'Did you hear about Lockhart's botched lesson?' )

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Title: Persuasion
Author: dexstarr
Word Count: 456
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: rarepair_shorts 2012 Summer Wishlist, for scarletladyy. Her prompt: Narcissa/Astoria: Narcissa was worried she'd hate her son's wife, but it turns out she loves her instead.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Narcissa/Astoria
Warnings: None
Author's Note: I wanted to do at least one fic for this event, since I had so much fun with it last year. I wrote this at the last minute. I haven't read it over 500 times, so hopefully it doesn't have too many mistakes. Also, I am SO bad at titles.
Disclaimer: HP and all assorted are not mine.
Summary: Wedding dress shopping.

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Title: Too Bad For Bo
Author: dexstarr
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: femslash100 Challenge #315: Dress
Fandom: Lost Girl
Characters: Bo/Lauren
Warnings: None
Author's Note: My first time trying Lost Girl fanfic. Not much of one, but it was 100 words without too much fiddling, so I decided to post it. Written up to season 2, episode 10.
Disclaimer: Lost Girl isn't mine.

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Bo hates dresses. No—she hates wearing one. She feels vulnerable with so much leg exposed, and without pants, there’s one less place to hide a weapon.

But when she’s on the prowl, Bo loves dresses. She likes it best when a dress has a low neckline yet leaves something to the imagination. It’s no fun when every bit of skin is exposed, and she prefers to find out what style of bra her new lover has on after she removes her clothing, not before.

Bo wishes Lauren would wear dresses more. But Lauren claims they’re impractical.

Too bad for Bo.


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I'm pretty sure 2012 is going to be a challenging year for me. So I've tried to make reasonable "resolutions." Writing is my main form of relaxation/escape (other than reading), and I know I'm going to need it. I didn't want to overwhelm myself, yet I want some "structure" for the year ahead, so that I accomplish something.

1. Limit my fest/exchange participation to 7.
I've been all over the place since first discovering fests and exchanges, and this year I dropped out of more fests than I'd like to admit. But I didn't drop any exchanges, and that is something I will never do. This year, though, I want to be more selective with what I sign up for, and try to stretch myself.

2. Complete the Greek Mythology Drabble Cycle.
When I claimed HP for this, I did it with the intention of using it to "learn" about characters that are new to me, and that's still my intention.

3. Complete the Rare Pair Shorts Table.
I may change my pairing for this. I'm still thinking about it. 01.24.11 -- pairing changed from Narcissa/Astoria to Septima/Aurora

4. Finish one fic from my idea files/WIP files/dropped fics.
I have tons and tons of files with one or two sentences, and about 20k in unfinished fics. I'd like to finish one of them this year.

5. Write something original!
I may have mentioned this before on here, but I really, really want to try my hand at an original novel. I attempted one, for NaNo, but had to shelve it because I didn't plan ahead, and I had four fest fics due in November. I already have possible publishers bookmarked for submission, and I've also considered self-publishing on Kindle. We'll see. One of my big stumbling blocks is I'd love to have someone (or a few someones, preferably) to bounce ideas and chapters off.