Subject: Back again
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Posted on: 2024-01-22 19:14:42 UTC
Hi all, sticking my head back in once more after another prolonged absence, with one important question. Who's recent stories should I read first? (Basically plug your stuff!)
My brain's a bit too scattered for story plugs right now, but I hope you're doing well out there in the real world!
—doctorlit, out in the real world more often than he'd like
Since OrangeFox plugged me, I'll return the favor: she's been one of our more active writers recently, and definitely deserves more readership!
ETA: I've been beta-reading for Ekwy's spin-off, so I must plug it. Also I really enjoy it. {= )
And, dunno if you're interested in non-PPC stories or ones with big time commitments, but I've also been involved behind the scenes with Lily Winterwood's deconstruction of the "Pureblood Culture" subgenre of Harry Potter fic, so I must plug that, too! I think the statements we're making about these tropes are important, and it's a fun ride. Definitely PPC-adjacent, in the spirit of critical reading and deconstruction. Plus some familiar names make appearances!
~Neshomeh
...Actually made me a little emotional seeing that. :3
I definitely second Lily's work too! Absolutely fascinated by that universe she made, and there's a lot to love about it. (And a lot OF it! Lily's a MACHINE, I am honestly so impressed.)
Which is none other than the (fairly long and arc-based) Four Demonly Kings spin-off and the much shorter (but still arc-based) Fairy Godfathers series that spun off from it.
I'm pretty certain I've read a lot of the Four Demonly Kings stuff, but I'm sure there's more. You were getting stories out pretty regularly when last I popped up. No idea how far I got, so I guess I'll just have to start from the beginning again. :)
For recent recs, I think Neshomeh's "Kitty Fever" is pretty fun! Granted, it's from a year ago so I'm not sure it counts as recent, but whatever.
I actually managed a good amount in the last year (two DIA snippets, a mission, a couple of interludes, a Cafeteria flashback piece) but if I had to choose one of my own to rec, I think I'd go with We Do a Little Trolling. It's one of the DIA ones, and the work of two years of procrastination (as one can tell by the Wiki troll I based this entire thing off of getting deleted off the wiki before I finished, and the main character being recruited from a mission over three years old. But I think it came out alright.
(And if I can rec an old one, Soap's entire Flaming Broomsticks spinoff is phenomenal - the most recent one would be The Angsty Story, if I remember right.)
Nice to see you again!
Lots there, lovely. I'll add it all onto my list. Variety is always fun.
You should totally read mine.
Or not, I'm lazy and haven't written anything for a while, and my stuff is kinda mediocre.
-Ls
Thanks for the welcome back, and I'll get onto reading (and probably rereading in some instances) those stories. :)