It's okay, I've done it before.

Hello flist! Yes, it's meeeee! I know I kinda disappeared in a puff of Real Life, and am about to do so again, but I need to resurface to say a few things.

Firstly, profound thanks needs to be given to mayfly_78 for the gorgeous animated In the Garden of Eden, which was gifted to me as a remix of my In the Beginning. It's simply stunning. If you've not seen it, I urge you to go have a look. Also, huge thanks to the hd_remix mods for running such a brilliant fest! Xx. I wrote a little something for megyal, called Anywhere is Here. It's a continuation of her very fun RPS If You Could Be Anywhere. I like to think that all actually happened, Y/y?

And if you're in desperate need of more fluffy smut, this time of a Trek slant, I updated my Perfectly Reckless (Khirk) series today with Hotel Medbay. It's not a long update, but an important one. There will be more. Promise. *wink* (LOL, sorry.)

In RL news, things continue to go well: still have a job I love, a big old Georgian house that's slowly getting a face lift, kids who mostly behave (they'll be 10 this year - WTF?), Mr Nursedarry continues to build wind turbines and still enjoys it, and our connoisseur cat, who's keen to supplement our diets with numerous birds and rodents, is enjoying the changing season immensely.

This weekend sees me down in London again, schmoozing with my gorgeous fangirl friends, and rubbing shoulders with T.Hiddy and the beautiful people on the red carpet at the Oliviers.

I'll leave you with a bit of randomness - borne of strange dreams and a couple vodka tonics. The other night, for absolutely no good reason, and with an enormous repertoire of fantasy men and women to choose from, my subconscious pulled out the Gilligan's Island episode where Mary Ann falls and bangs her head and thinks she's Ginger. I even woke up with the strains of I Wanna Be Loved By You tinkling through my head. Anyone remember that? It's not even my favourite episode! So, tell me, what was yours? I loved that show and would like to hear your fond memories (or hated ones).

I'm ready to sit right back and hear your tale...Oh yes...Professor...mmmmm....boopboopedoo.

Just for change of pace, I also prompted a pairing I don't often read, but I can see so easily:

Snape appears in Malfoy Manor (as a ghost, as human, just as long as he can feel and communicate) on the first Christmas Eve after the War. Lucius finds him by the fire in the drawing room. All Snape knows is that he can't stay there for long.

I'd love this to be romantic/sweet rather than smutty - don't need a high rating, just a bit of angst and a lot of "awww." These are two hardened and ebil men; they'd have trouble showing/discussing their feelings, so it might be a little awkward to have a cuddle or romantic moment, but they try anyway. I'm after bittersweet here - happy ending not required, but closure is.

And did my Mystery Author deliver?

Oh yes, s/he did! It'll make you smile and cry and awwwwww, and....just go read it!

Christmas Eve, Rated PG

Hello all, and welcome to March.

This is the part where I talk about hd_remix:
This will be the last time I mod this fest - indeed, I've done very little modding in the last couple months. I've handed over the reigns to the very capable vaysh11 and marianna_merlo who've been looking after the fest for awhile already and will be taking it forward from now. I've not had the time to devote to this fest, as RL always seems to get in the way, which is a great pity, because it's one of my favourites, but I do hope that I can write for it next year! In the meantime, this year's fest looks set to be a doozy, not least of all because we've got dysonrules designing the participants' banners! Thanks again to Vaysh and MM, and I'll see you at sign-ups next year!


This is the part where I talk about godriceric:
I have, though, along with my co-mods sati_lotus and jelly_baby23, taken on this comm, which the LJ powers rather recklessly gave to us when the previous owner left. We'll slowly be revamping it (no pun intended) and hope all you True Blood fans will stop by. Again, RL may quickly take over even the small amount of time I have for this, but for now, it's moving forward, albeit at a snail's pace. Just FYI, in the past, the comm's posts were locked, and we're in the process of unlocking the fic/art/media and hope to have a masterlist up at some point. If you've got anything posted there, please unlock if you want it included and ensure all links are up-to-date and patent.


The most important part - the birthdays:

Happy birthday to all these fine folk, without whom my life would be far less fun and a lot less interesting!

praevarus, catlexi, ldydark1, xblack_out, raitala, lilliputian722, kjp_013, lilyginny27, envy_venis, byaghro, tavia_d, demicus, seduires, nimielle, vix_spes, wendypops, juliadw, cephalopinguin, cinnatart, ariannagray, krypt_orchid, lovitakiss, sra_danvers, brinimc, sabinefrappe, xpectopatronads, scarletladyy, franalan, cleo_jay, calicokat, jtsbbsps_dk, only12evil333, susan5124, themostepotente, katarina_mp, piratesmile331

Let's have some biscuits this month!



Oh, and thank you to whoever it was that claimed my hd_smoochfest prompt!

Overdue post is sort of...overdue.

( Hearts for me )

( Thank you and Kinkfest recs )

( Remix and Hols )

( My broken heart )

( Travel fail )

Right, that's enough of my blathering for now. Hearts to anyone I may have missed and thank you all again for keeping me in your thoughts.

the_ass_fest reveals are up and I can admit to this silliness.

Title: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Pairing(s): Albus Severus/Scorpius, I’ll say no more.
Rating: NC17 (just)
Warnings: None
Word Count: ~7.4K
Summary: They thought they had the perfect plan. They didn’t.
Prompts: Two wonderful prompts submitted by tabitha666: Al and Scorpius decide to try something new in their sex life; roleplaying their fathers and Al and Scorpius' first time is embarrassingly and accidentally interrupted by their shocked fathers.
Notes: As ever, thank you to my brilliant betas, delphipsmith & groolover, and to jtsbbsps_dk for the great advice. The ending is rather abrupt (and plagairised), but I thought Draco and the Divine Ms R said it better than I ever could.

( Like Fathers Like Sons? )

One of my prompts over at the Boys of Summer on hd_fanart was picked up by the wonderfully talented and uber-fantastic-in-real-life savagesnakes.

All is Summer Here is just simply stunning.

Thank you so much again for this, my lovely friend!