MEME - Has your writing improved?

I couldn't resist this meme. Gakked from sansa1970, and plenty of others. I've had a lot of fun reading all the posts on this. (The meme is to compare a passage of your early writing with a recent one).

Since I have been in HP fandom little more than a year, I reached back into my old Buffy fics for an excellent example of my early writing. My only source of pride is that I did not use asterisks in lieu of italics or quotes, which was all the rage at them time. I'm sure there was a reason for it, but I have not clue what it is.

This is from not my first fic, but my most popular (yes, ponder that for a bit). Written in 2001, I think. Back when LJ had codes and I was nowhere near cool enough to get one. :)

( Spike/Xander Trading Places )

And more resent… Written in 2009
( Harry/Draco A Winter's Tale of Blood and Duty )

Well, that was a great morning's entertainment. I'm itching to fix that "your" to be "you're" and um... everything else! Actually, even my recent one I'd love to fiddle with. :/
*sits on hands*

Monday morning spam!

I've been pretty mopey about not going to Azkatraz. But!!! The brilliant Brammers said: This shall not be! Those left behind will unite and have more fun and spend less money than those in San Fran.

With all the intense plotting and planning and organising and volunteering that can happen in two days, Brammers and Jae present to you:




This virtual-con is friendly to all HP pairings and has a little something for everyone. Enjoy!

AND!!!

hd_fanart is accepting prompts for their fall fest. Oh!!! I so loved last year's fest. W00t!!!

FIC: Rocks and Glass Houses (Harry/Scorpius, Harry/Teddy) NC-17

My nextgendarkfest fic, written for the absolutely lovely noeon. She did not want anything too dark, which suited me just fine. I'm grateful the mods allowed in my very mildly dark fic which goes as far as 'coercion' and 'dirty talk' and not much further. *g*

Title: Rocks and Glass Houses
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Harry/Scorpius, Harry/Teddy
Summary: For someone living in a glass house, Teddy Lupin likes to play with rocks.
Warnings: mildly dark, coercion, dirty talk, age discrepancy: (42/16) and (42/24) for the respective pairings.
Word Count: 5000
Author's Notes: noeon wanted fun stuff like: coercion, blackmail, unrequited love, revenge, rough sex, crossgen, younger partner seducing, threesomes, emotional complexity, obsession, guilt, mindfuck, plot. Hope this works for you, my dear!

Thank you to my betas: melusinahp, softly_sweetly and themostepotente. And to the Discussion girls for their great advice.

( Rocks and Glass Houses )