Sort of a Strange Offer

[cornerofmadness]

Last year I did ficathon after ficathon. I did fic for birthdays and holidays etc etc. I loved it. Don't get me wrong. However it left me with some wip's. Fates and fickle muses left me with others. There were promises of  cutting back on ficathons (and I'm doing so so in that department) and more birthday/holiday fic. And this year, especially with the new job and the promises of doing original fic to myself, I know that those birthday fic just won't get done.

So here's the proposition. I've been wanting to get my wip's done. Some have been languishing nearly two years now. I have at least 12. One, Hyperion's Son of course will get done eventually. Working hard on it. The others less so. I know I promised to finish one to both leni_ba  and to

evil_little_dog . So here's my thought, if you want to claim one of these stories for your birthday/holiday please do. It'll get dedicated to you. Then feel free to poke and prod me until I get it done (here's hoping not all get claimed at once...). The stories on offer (barring ones I'm doing for other series) are:

Blood Sings - This is the second in the What Little Boys Are Made Of series. It follows Sins of the Father, an AR of S4 where Connor went insane killing Cordelia, Fred & Gunn and in this story he's recovering in England with Giles (seeing some of the same people WIllow did) but someone unexpected enters his life to twist him up again.

Connections - This is an AR of S5 where Buffy returns to L.A. while Spike's still a ghost to talk to him and Angel while Faith is busy trying to make amends with Wesley.

Dream within a Dream - This is also an AR of S 5 where Connor never regains his memories. Buffy and Faith return to L.A. for the holidays only to find out Dawn's new college boyfriend is not just a pre-law student but Connor (this also has Lindsey and I'll be damned if I can remember why I brought him into the story but he's just lying there not helping)

Shadow of a Dream - This is an AR of S3 of Buffy. Anya wishes to regain her vengenance demon powers and wishes Giles away since he was the one to destroy her power base. He and Ethan are the not so good guys of this story (this is a long puppy by nature so...)

Like Stone - Set 20 years in the future (where much of S 5 of Angel never happened since heck it wasn't even around when I started this puppy), Connor is a homicide detective in L.A. and things with him and Angel were never repaired. A cold case however brings him back into his father's life and into the life of Dawn who brought the cold case to his attention

Buile mo Chroi (Scrape of my Heart) - Set several years after Home/Chosen (again started before S5 aired), in this one there's a Connor/Faith pairing and Ethan has resurrected Cordelia, Joyce, Tara and Anya

Strong as Death - Set in Quor-Toth this is a Steven & Holtz story where Steven has been captured by a demoness. ELD and Leni have been poking me to get this one done.

Barbed Wire and Roses - Set in S2 of Angel, this story is Lindsey centric with an OC (who appears in Blood Sings for that matter as well). Saeth comes to L.A. to find who killed her friend, knows Wolfram and Hart are to blame and still manages to get involved with Lindsey

Oedipus Wrecked - An AR of both S4 Ats & S7 BtVS, this is the sequel to Jocasta Revisited. It's Connor/Cordelia. A pregnant Cordelia has fled to Sunnydale. Connor and Wesley have come there to deal with skinned victims of some kind of demon. Angel, Fred & Gunn are there for the same reason (Wesley never came back to the fold)

Barefoot on Thorns - An AR of S7 where Spike returns to Sunnydale post soul but whose soul does he have?

The Gates of Horn and Ivory - Set several years in the future, Connor and Dawn have been cut off from their friends and family and their feelings of aloneness and darkness get amplified when Dawn gets the news Buffy is dead.

And can you believe this isn't ALL my wip's. So, if you want me to finish one of these for you (and yes, you can share a story, no need to worry about dibs), participate in this altar to my own writing ego and then start poking at me to finish.

Comments

[afteriwake.livejournal.com]

Finish "The Gates of Horn and Ivory" by January 23rd so you can give me birthday ficcage. ::prod prod:: ::poke poke::

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

okay, that'll work since I'll need that much time to work on that one since it's just getting started.

[mzzgoddessblue.livejournal.com]

"Connections" or "Barefoot on Thorns"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke poke

hehehehehe..don't you just love cut'n'paste??????

(and as an added reward, i'll make connor icons - your choice of text - for each chapter!!!!!!!)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

well aren't you nice. I'll look at those and get on one of them. Actually both of those are almost done so I'm pretty sure I can get at least one of them done for you.

[mzzgoddessblue.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Thank you! Btw, do you know where I can get good Connor pics?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

buffyworld has some. I do have some other sites but the urls are on MY bookmarks and I'm on dad's computer. I'll have to go googling tonight (and one of them did something odd and moved everything to photobucket which makes them hard to look at)

[natgel.livejournal.com]

Blood Sings... Hmmm, I loved that one. You know fucked up Connor is my favorite.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'd like to finish that one too since it's one in a series. Okay then.

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

I know this is an old post, but damn, I'd love to see that fic finished too.

[marenfic.livejournal.com]

My birthday is September 16th and I love Buile Mo Chroi. Just sayin'.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I might not get it done by then but I could be working on it. (I'll probably still be doing YOUR ficathon at that point. My parents have me doing something every day this week. I haven't had one moment to work on that story...or even set up my computer and GET to it)

[marenfic.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine it would be easy to write threesome porn with the parents looking over your shoulder. You get a pass this time ;p

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yeah it's a little hard. I can't ask mom to print it at work (I edit in hard copy) so I gotta wait for them to go to bed. Hey she can read the first 40 pages if she wants. I'll make her the offer. You can read the first half now or wait for the whole thing

[jadedcynic.livejournal.com]

You could do "Barefoot on Thorns" for mzzgoddessblue and "Connections" for me, since you know me and the Wes/Faith love (of any kind, 'shipper or not).

And my bday isn't until January 19th, so you've got plenty of time to work on it. ;)

And since I was bad and didn't get to tell you happy birthday in time, or comment on virtually anything to do with your job situation/move, I'll return the favor and write you something. Can't promise on length or characters, but I can promise no Fresley. ;)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

A no Fresley promise is a good one. Add in no Andrew and I can't imagine I'd be disappointed. Thanks.

I can do that, Connections and Barefoot since both are nearly done anyhow (they'll be the easiest ones to finish I think)

[jadedcynic.livejournal.com]

Ick, Andrew is a no-go. Can't write him, and can't stand him. But I think we've had this conversation a few times before. ;)

If you have any kind of prompts or things you'd like to see, send them my way. I've got my threesome ficathon entry (which will be done tonight or tomorrow), a Bander fic for sarakat, and a "thank you for all your help with figuring out how to create a new mood theme!" fic pairing some combination of Buffy/Faith/Cordelia/Xander for sarakat, as well. Then my fic plate is empty, and I'll have time to work on anything you want to see.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

see at least your threesome will be done. Mine won't damn characters that won't cooperate.

I'll think on prompts but I'm lousy at 'em

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

In order not to give you a heart attack, I'll not claim one, seeing as my bday is the 15th July!

but you do know how I love fanged four fics/drabbles *innocent grin*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

those I could probably do. It's not like I don't do open on Sunday challenges every sunday. Somewhere I have a fanged four orgy thing I was doing but I'd rather not write that with mom and dad floating around

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Fanged. Four. Orgy.

GAH!!!!

Once you're not at your parents any more, i'll be pestering you ALOT to continue that! :P

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you will. Well it's more of a threesome. I injured Darla badly.

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

*g* you know me too well. And aww, poor Darla. I'm sure she won't be too happy to have to sit on the sidelines and only watch. Hehehe.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no, she won't. She'll need appeased...as will Dru after the boys mess it up

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Can I please start begging you for this now??? PLEASE????

*begs*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I don't even remember what I called it to find it on my hard drive. I suck

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh well, i'm sure there are loads more lovely stories running around in your head :D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh there is, way too many. stupid stories

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

"Like Stone" or "Strong As Death".

*poke poke poke poke poke poke poke*

Of course, I've still to start typing the story I started for you for your b-day. *is bad*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yeah I figured. And it figures everyone picked something different just to KILL Me. I need to print those two out. Right now I'm rereading and making notes on what I need to do.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

We wouldn't want to make it EASY on you or anything.

MWAHAHAHAHAHA. Though I think Leni and I wanted the same stories, so there ya go.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Leni hasn't signed up because she's been MIA for a long time until today but I know she wants Strong as Death so...

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know just how Leni feels, being MIA.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no doubt