meridian_rose

"In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator. "
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For the snowflake_challenge Day Two (I know, day 6 yesterday and day eight earlier, but this is how I'm rolling!) - rec fanworks created by other people
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La Mano d'Oro (1374 words) by queenofthorns
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Borgias, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth
Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth, Tyrion Lannister, Cesare Borgia, Micheletto (Borgias)
Summary: Cesare Borgia meets the most unusual condottieri in Italy

Only the first chapter is up so far but it's promising all the same. It draws heavily on the ASOIAF books since it mentions Tyrion's mismatched eyes and there are spoilers for later books as well as for the entire first season of The Borigas.

“There is another matter,” Cesare says as he signs his own name to the contracts. "Too secret to put to paper."
"Assassinations will cost you extra," Tyrion Lannister says.

Sherlock BBC fanfic 'Make It Through'" by fenm for the hc_bingo promot "Depression".
Rating: PG /Word Count: 722/ Warnings: Discussion of John's wound/scar
Summary: In the midst of depression, Sherlock finds an unusual source of strength and hope.

Overall: It's slash but very mild and the characters are very well drawn.
Why I recommend it: on the strength of this particular quote from Sherlock:
""When you're in the middle of it, it's all you can think of... you can't imagine it ever ending; hell, sometimes it's hard to remember things ever being any different..."

My sleep patterns are wonky this week; I'm just about getting enough sleep but last night I was up until almost two am. I didn't mind too much because I was reading this great Robin Hood fic that was rec'd to me a couple of times (A Very Guy Christmas Carol) and participating in a "What If" discussion over at the peoplespalace. It was nice to be around "real time" as usually of course I'm usually asleep when the Americans and Canadians are getting home from work and posting. I was glad to have the internet back to occupy me while I wasn't tired (plus I was still catching up on things anyway)

I can tell I went to bed late because I only had to read back twenty entries this morning rather than fifty or sixty that usually greet me on my flist :D

I even wrote a fic inspired by the discussion, which I'll post the moment I've edited with my Awake head on (after I've had tea. I need tea to function properly). I ought to have written it at 750 words.com as it ended up well over 1k, but I lost my four day streak to the internet outage (touch wood it's okay now) and I wasn't ready to start again until I was sure I had a chance of making it to five days this time.

Oh, and thanks to lar_laughs post, I signed up at storycubes - take a look, it's a different sort of prompt comm. And I signed up for episode20in20 again this round, so I can have an excuse to make "Justified" icons.

I'm slightly worried how much of "high" I'm on with all this signing up for stuff and feeling very enthusiastic. These things are cyclical and I know there'll be a day when I wonder what the hell I was doing taking on so many projects (and landcomms, etc). But I ought to be positive about it and remember that I do need a certain amount of downtime - less creative time can be used for editing or thinking rather than creating/doing, after all.