I just sent my drawn_to assignment in to beta, but more importantly, ditchwitchbitch has posted the prequel to the fic of my heart and here it is: Finder's Keepers!

I'm so glad I finished my D_T because now I can read guilt-free! :D

It's quite possible that my drawn_to fic is the hottest thing I've ever written. Now all I have to do is actually finish it. 9K words and I'm only about halfway through... maybe two thirds?

I feel like posting excerpts is how I'm staying accountable with this fucking thing. Current word count: 15K

( Welcome to Fuck City )

I'm very nearly at 10K words on this zombie hunter fic, which just absolutely baffles me. Anyway. Here's a little excerpt. It's so far simply called:

( OMG ZOMBIE HUNTERS )

Have You Ever? (or ... and Patrick is a Werewolf!)
Joe/Patrick (Pete/Ashlee) * R * 9181 words

Disclaimer: I disclaim.

Author's Notes: Written for bandom_hc (see below). Thank you to ditchwitchbitch and rain_dances for the assistance in this and of course to likealocket for her superb beta-work. She is amazing and I love her. I know nothing about werewolf lore and it's possible I poached a few things from smeyer, which I certainly find highly embarrassing, but what can I do? I should have written about vampires.

I hope this satisfactorily fulfills the request. I did my best. No warnings. It's pretty innocuous.

Summary: 428. Anyway, so Joe has been pining after Patrick for years, but is convinced that Patrick has a thing for Pete/is with Pete/something-about-Pete! Pete and Ashlee get married, and Joe is convinced that Patrick is just being a gracious loser in congratulating the happy couple. Joe and Patrick either get intoxicated and have sex, or have sex sober, either way - but Joe is convinced that Patrick is just on the rebound! He is VERY SAD because clearly this doesn't mean as much to Patrick as it does to him (CLEARLY!!!) and stops talking to Patrick, instead spending even more time than usual getting high and wandering off for ~*alone time*~. maybe he gets hurt, maybe not. Then there is a happy ending where it is revealed that Patrick has been pining after Joe for years too, et cetera! (Bonus points if Patrick has to catch Joe in some sort of cage to get Joe to hear him out, re: Patrick's actual feelings. Super extra hilarious bonus points if the reason Patrick has a cage that size is because he (or Pete?) is sekritly a werewolf.)

( Patrick’s pretty fucking weird, like, a lot of the time.  )

Um. Somebody stop me from writing zombie hunter!Joe fic.

Naow.

And... there it goes.

The Grass is Always What You Wish For
Pete/Joe, Joe/various females * R * 20,796 words

I disclaim. If you are or know any of these people, now is your time to exit quietly.

Summary: A purchase at an antique shop ends up including a genie and three wishes. But you know what they say about making wishes. With special guest stars: cast members of 17 Again.

Author's notes: I'm being vague up yonder on purpose. My apologies in advance. Big thanks to little_whittles for the "technical assistance." HUUUUGE thanks to likealocket for her (as always) stupendous beta. At some point she's going to get sick of my emails that say, "It's a stylistic thing" and quit on me, but until she does, I love having her help.

( A person could even call it sexy (if he wanted to fuck a bong, which is really fucking bizarre by most standards). )

You Said You Needed Some Space (Yeah. Right. Space.)
Jon/Spencer * PG-13 * 2,122 words

Don't own them, never met them, never happened, etc.
Spencer attempts to survive the week after the announcement.
Too soon? Perhaps. If you don't want to read it, don't read it. I used this to cope and it helped. Big thanks to foxxcub for the beta, and this one's for her and the rest of the Jon/Spencer crowd. Now we have more to work with, not less. Title from "Shadow" by Dominic Monaghan.

( Shane pulls him aside later and asks, “Too soon?”  )

BBB REC: Beyond the Sea by ditchwitchbitch (I hope I got that right).

For those of you who are so inclined, it's Pete/Patrick (and very well done), but more importantly (for me), she writes a PHENOMENAL Joe.

Other pairings are: Pete/Joe, Ryland/Alex, Jon/Spencer, Ryan/Brendon, Patrick/Brendon, Joe/Greta, ficjournal/thisfic and just a hint of Andy/Mixon. Oh and Gabe/VickyT. I think.

Go read. They're in Ireland. They're marine biologists. GO READ.

OH! And in case anybody is interested... I have a few fics in the hopper that just need to be beta'd and posted (including my erstwhile BBB submission). Yes, I'm as surprised as you are.

While I search for a muse that doesn't come with a heavy sadface (my latest fic is "15,000 words of Joe being depressed"), rec me something good to read. Preferably involving Joe, Jon or Spencer, or some combination of the three. Hope all are well. Miss writing for you.

- me

11 Reasons Why Patrick and Pete Moved In Together
Pete/Patrick (Joe/Suarez)
PG-13 for language
I disclaim
Pete attempts to convince Patrick to move in together.
So a while ago, adellyna wanted to see the conditions under which Patrick and Pete actually move in together within the context of the My Has Has Three Corners 'verse. Naturally, I obliged. So, written for adellyna, and then pushed through quickly to post on her birthday, here she is. Happy birthday, dahling! Huge thanks to likealocket for the beta-job even as she was moving and having massive internet issues. You're the GREATEST my friend.

( It's embarrassing, really. )

Title: The Simple Voice of Nature and Reason Will Say, 'Tis Right
Pairing: Jon/Spencer, Pete/Patrick, Brendon/Ryan, Joe/Bob (Bryar), Frank/Gerard
Bands: Mostly FOB & PATD, with some MCR, TBS and The Used thrown in for some fun
Disclaimer: Though this is based on fact, I still disclaim
Warnings: It's a war fic, folks. There's at least one character death in here. It's also vaguely stylized, pulled hopefully with a modicum of accuracy from letters and journals written during this time period.
Summary: The Revolutionary War - bandom style.

A/N: 15,508 words. This is a labor of love. And I emphasize LABOR. Huge huge huge thanks to likealocket nad adellyna for the beta and handholding, plus all of my other friends who had to listen to the months of me whining about this. Also a shout to eleanor_lavish who alerted me to this challenge in the first place. I love this story, and want to rock it to sleep and sing it lullabies and let it spit up on my shoulder, but I know it won't work for everybody. I just hope it works for you.

Title taken from Common Sense by Thomas Paine.

Completed for the periodbandom challenge. A little late, but better late than never.

( Brendon thinks that there’s no God watching over them; but he doesn’t say this. He just smiles at Pete by the light of the window and opens the pamphlet. )

Part 2 / Continued from here

( Continued... )

I'll be posting something fairly soon - yea! But first, a meme:

1) make a list of fifteen characters first, and keep it to yourself for the moment. (that way you're not leading the questions asked to fit the characters.)

2) ask your flist to post questions in the comments.

for example: 'one, nine and fifteen are chosen by a prophecy to save the world from four. do they succeed?'
'under what circumstances might five and seven fall in love?'
'which character on the list would you most want on your side in a zombie invasion?'
'write a drabble in which three and five fight crime.' (...possibly not technically a question.)

3) after your flist has asked enough questions, round them up and answer them using the fifteen characters you selected beforehand, then post them.

Thanks for being my favorite muse, and so much fun to write about. ♥, me.

( PICSPAM or How I'm Shirking My Responsibilities Today )

The Space Made Empty
Spencer/Seth * R * 3,123 words

I disclaim!
Ryan Atwood’s first day at Harbor School is Spencer’s first day there without Ryan Ross at his side.
Written for likealocket who really wanted to see Spencer Smith and Seth Cohen go head to head. So to speak. She is away from the internet for a while, so I post. This is just how I roll. Thank you to adellyna who made sure I stayed in the present and confused me with commas. If you haven't seen The OC, that's okay. A few references might fly over your head, but take my word for it: They are really funny. Cut most definitely from Phantom Planet's "California"!

( California, here we come )

Since I'm having a hard time getting inspired to work on any of my WsIP, I'm doing this meme instead:

Ask me a question about one of my stories. It can be absolutely anything in any story. Whatever you ask, I will attempt to answer truthfully.

You may ask about fic I've written, fic I've promised to write, WIPs, anything you'd like.

I feel like I should put up some previews for pieces that I'm working on, but oh well. Have at!