"This above all, to thine own self be true"-William Shakespeare

A couple of reviewers over at ff.net have informed me that I've been plagiarized. My Dean/Cas big bang from 2011, Bring It On Home, has been reposted there as The End of Our World. With an added note about how hard it was to write. I left a review asking it be taken down and reported it. Anything else I should do? This has never happened to me before.

Condition deteriorating rapidly and not expected to last more than 48 hours. On our way to Iowa now. Thank you for all the love, hugs and support.

I'm nearly done with all of my writing assignments! Which means it's time to think about insmallpackages, Alpha Treats and fandom_stocking. I've already bookmarked 6 or 7 of yours in hopes I can produce something, but feel free to leave me a link in case I've missed one.

Mine is here! :)

Also, can someone tell me how to find the prompts for Alpha Treats? I've been all over AO3 and I can find the profile and even the listing for one that's been written (but not revealed, of course) but I can not for the life of me find the prompts themselves. Thanks!

I finished my Power Ranger Day fic last week and I was super relieved to have it finished early, because for the past couple of years I only seem to be able to write for Christmas exchanges. Plus Halloween is the busiest time of year in my business and I've only had a single day each week for the past three. Add to that the fact that my laptop finally bit the dust (I've borrowed my sister's once or twice, otherwise it's just my Kindle.) and I was ecstatic to have gotten the assignment knocked out.

Then I saw that a certain overachiever (whom I love and adore ♥) had written 7 treats. And I check the Treat Archive and what do you know? There are exactly 7 treats in there. So tonight has been a flurry of ficlet writing for me. I didn't get 7, but I did my best. It feels good to be writing again, even if it's only little things.

The timings great too since it's officially the Christmas sign up time of year again. I've gotten my assingments for two of my favorite exchanges and now I'm waiting not-so-patiently for the others to start sign ups. 58 days til Christmas, people, let's get cracking. :)

Got my shiny new Kindle! Just in time for my trip up to Iowa. Now, how the heck do I get fanfiction on it? I thought there was an easy way via AO3 but I've been unable to figure it out so far.

Help (again) please. :)

I love fandom.

Title: Dementor Dreams
Fandom: Shelter
Pairing/Characters: Shaun, Cody - background Shaun/Zach
Genre: hurt/comfort
Warnings: None
Word Count: 852
Author's Notes: Written for Angst vs Schmoop. Team Angst, Theme:chocolate
Summary: Shaun tries to smooth over a nightmare that's really a memory.

This fic was written for the Angst vs Schmoop Challenge at shelter_diner. After you’ve read the fic, please rate it by voting in the poll located here. (Your vote will be anonymous.) Rate the fic on a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being the best) using the following criteria: how well the fic fit the prompt (chocolate), how angsty the fic was, and how well you enjoyed the fic. When you’re done, please check out the other challenge fic at shelter_diner. Thank you!

Read on AO3 or below the cut.

( Dementors? Shaun repeated )

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The complete list of my Shelter fiction can be found here.

Rules:
* Below are the first lines of the first 25 songs-with-lyrics that came up on my iTunes, excluding songs which first line is their name
* NO GOOGLING
* If you recognize (or think you recognize) a song, name it in a comment; partial guesses are okay! Brainstorming has been known to be helpful on this meme
* I'll give it a reasonable time (experience says 1-3da) and then post those songs which had been identified, and the first two lines of those which had not been
* This will continue until all songs had been identified, or the game stops being fun, whichever happens first.

( Totally stolen from rosabelle cause it looked fun. )

Title: A Love Thing
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing/Characters: Dean/Cas, Sam
Genre: AU, always-human!Cas, created family, high school/college, friends-to-lovers, brotherly love, hurt/comfort, pining!Cas, fluff and angst
Warnings: None
Word Count: 3795
Author's Notes: A gift for andorah as part of deancas_xmas. A big thanks to both of my betas, cjlxx and wanderamaranth. Without them this story would've been a grammatical mess and made much less sense.
Summary: When you're in love with your best friend you're bound to get your heartbroken once or twice, but sometimes it's all worth it.

Read on AO3 or below the cut.

( The first time Dean Winchester used Castiel as an impromptu babysitter, Cas was sixteen years old and hopelessly in love with his best friend. )

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The complete list of my Supernatural fiction can be found here.

Title: Christmas Eve on the Couch
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing/Characters: Dean/Cas, Sam
Genre: Established, silly, domestic fluffiness - no seriously, you may go into sugar shock
Warnings: None
Word Count: 357
Author's Notes: A gift for insmallpackages
Summary: Christmas Eve at the Winchester house includes teasing, cocoa and last minute preparations. All of which Dean accomplishes from the comfort of his couch.

Read on AO3 or below the cut.

( Dean sat staring at the Christmas tree and the pile of presents scattered beneath it with barely contained glee. )

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The complete list of my Supernatural fiction can be found here.

Multifandom pretend dating/relationship fest!