#wipedcleanbysummer

Hello, my lovelies!  I missed fic writer appreciation day (oops), so here is a belated post that I’m also posting in honor of Fanfic Writer Wednesday. 

Once upon a time, a girl named Fleur discovered Doctor Who, and then discovered Teaspoon and read all of the wonderful fic that she could.  She then found LiveJournal, and read more fic there.  Time went by, less fic appeared, and Fleur fell off of fic reading for a while.  A few years later, she began to browse Teaspoon again, and then discovered tumblr, which is where all of the new fic that she’d missed had been hiding!  Fleur fell back into fandom with wild abandon, and has been reading new fic and meeting wonderful people ever since. 

SO, to all of the wonderful writers I’ve found on tumblr (past and present), thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing me back to fandom and for filling my life with so much joy:

Rewriting History by @wipedcleanbysummer (one i’ve been meaning to read! (acutally been meaning to check out this author for a while, need to move you to the top of my list if fleur’s recommending you :D)

A Peculiar Unfathomable Combination by @leabharlannkay (oooh another author i’ve been meaning to check out! and a fascinating sounding fic!!!)

Strangers on a Train by @hellostarlight20 (SO GOOD. SO HOT. A++++ I’M IN LOVE)

Not a Fairy Tale by @acreasy1 (haven’t run across this fic yet, but looks interesting!)

thanks for participating fleur!! :D (and for you know, adding to my reading list!)

It’s been a couple of weeks since I last did one of these, and seeing myself on someone’s list today has reminded me that I should be doing this on the regular. 

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I’d like to start with someone who’s fic I’ve just started devouring: @rexalexander. Rex writes mostly things that involve Alec Hardy in some capacity, and I love her for it. She writes these multi-chapter stories that tie together so nicely, and keep everyone in character and that make you feel. She writes heart-punchy one-shots that destroy me, and also writes silliness that makes me giggle. In short, she is all around, an excellent writer and if you’re not reading her stuff, you should be. She is also awesome and I love her to pieces.

She is currently working on a Alec Hardy & Jessica Jones fic, called Renegades and it’s wonderful. I love it. Both Alec and Jessica are in character and stay true to themselves. The pacing is perfect and I’m hooked. I cannot wait for the next chapter. 

The other person I’d like to rec is @wipedcleandbysummer. I trawl the #ficandchips tag a lot, looking for new fic and new authors. I found her fic Keeper of the Light on one of my forays. This fic. It’s so beautiful. I love a fic where the setting is just as much a part of the story as the characters, and this delivers in spades. She also has a WWII au: The Hall in Between and it is also brilliant. I stayed up waaaay too late last night reading it all. I love an author who takes the characters that I love and inserts them somewhere else without losing any of the things that makes them who they are. 

I also want to give a shout out to anyone who follows the @timepetalsprompts blog and who writes for us whenever we put up prompts. There is no greater joy for me then reblogging scads and scads of fic each week. I love the length of our rec posts every week, and I love that each week someone else new comes along and shares a bit of their soul with us and all of our followers. 

It’s so so so thrilling for me that you are all willing share so much of yourselves with all of us who read your fic. I can’t get over the quality and the quantity of the fics we get there every week.

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hugs and prayers to you. <3 <3 <3

Thank you. And hugs for you too. 

wipedcleanbysummer replied to your post “Difficult Life Things”

Been there 14 years ago and I wish I could tell you it goes away completely, but I can tell you with support, meds (if you want), and a number of other variables it does get better. Happy to talk more privately if needed but thoughts/hugs your way

Thank you so much. I will message you when I get the chance.

jaydelahaye replied to your post “Difficult Life Things”

hugs hugs hugs. <3

Congrats! I have happy memories of my L&D nurses. They were the best and even had some nursing students attend the second one. Well done!