A post for the 2011 Bujold Fest at bujold_fic, for a prompt by philomytha: Ista and Illvin—More of their romance after the end of PoS, possibly with adventures.

As We Mean to Go On
(1805 words | PG-13 for innuendo | post-Paladin of Souls)
As Ista leads her traveling court into Jokona with the first wave of Chalionese troops, she must decide how to go about filling her new roles. Several of them.
[Also at AO3]

( It took them longer than Ista had expected to run into their first company of Jokonan soldiers. )
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This has been another one of those springs when work hasn't left me as much time to write fic as I would like. I've got a Remus/Tonks "Kaleidoscope" chapter in progress, and I've finally figured out what House to Sort Teddy into in my post-war AU, and there's always that last chapter of "All Will Be In Order" that I'm afraid of, but which needs finishing...

At least there's drabbling, as a way to flex my writing muscles a little bit. I've come up with a few 100-worders for the "April Flowers" event at chalion_ibra: one with Cazaril angsting, one with Ista exulting, and a drabble series that's still in progress, showing Martou dy Jironal's perspective on his metaphorical fencing match with Cazaril. (I have an Iselle-centric plotbunny, too, if I can get it together.) Lots of nice posts over there, mostly drabbles and ficlets, so be sure to take a look if you're Chalion-inclined.

There's also the "April Showers" event at day_by_drabble, which I haven't managed to write for yet, but there are posts for all kinds of fandoms going on over there. Including not a small number of Jane Austen drabbles!

ETA: Writing about how I hadn't posted anything at day_by_drabble seemed to wake the muse up. Now I've got a Vorkosigan drabble with Ekaterin and the Professora...
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I really don't know where 2010 went...too, too fast. And I didn't have as much time for writing this year as I would have liked. But I did manage to get a few things written.

( Last January's resolutions for 2010 were: )

( Writing resolutions for 2011: )

( 2010 fic posts )
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Well. Since a little bird had told me that there would likely be a deadline extension at metamorfic_moon, I decided to take one more evening off from werewolf politics and write a small ficlet -- or maybe it's a large drabble -- for a Chalion prompt in the Ficathon at bujold_fic.

• Full Circle (350 words | PG)
  Bergon's surprise catches Cazaril entirely off-guard.
  (Prompt was: Cazaril having one of his weeping fits after his marriage to Betriz, hurt/comfort)

Now, though, it's definitely back to the werewolves. ;)

Hope everyone has a good weekend!
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It was interesting doing this post, because there turned out to be more things on the list than I was expecting. Most of them are pretty short, though; the official count is eleven stories or chapters (1000+ words), eight ficlets (500-999 words), and six drabbles (100-499 words).

It's actually hard to believe that all my Chalion attempts are from 2009. It feels like I've known that world for longer than only one year. I also have to note that two of my new fandoms (Chalion and The Thief) were introduced to me by gilpin25. So much of this is her fault. ;)

( 2009 fic posts )
2010 resolutions? This will be the year I finish "All Will Be In Order," and it's always a goal to be working on "Kaleidoscope"; maybe I can finish the OotP part? I'd also like to write more Chalion or Vorkosigan, especially if there's a ficathon again this summer. And more original fiction, even if only a little.
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Yep, you read that right. Even though I have had about zero time to read and review fics for the last month (not to mention finishing comments for a certain discussion post that is now two weeks old), last night, instead of getting caught up, I sat down and wrote fic myself. My excuse was: I felt like my head was going to explode if I didn't write something soon. Heh. But I do have about three of y'all's new(ish) fics in open browser windows, waiting for a quiet moment, and I have NOT forgotten them.

And yep, you read that right: it's a Chalion/HP crossover. I've never written any crossover fics before, but this one was sparked by a mind-bending prompt from last summer's ficathon at bujold_fic: 'Cazaril, Severus Snape, and endure' -- which would not leave me alone until I figured out a way to make it work. The story is post-DH, with all that implies about Snape's state of existence, and someone else who puts in an appearance is Ariana Dumbledore. This is not part of my "official" ficverse for either fandom, but I had to give crossover a try...

• The Thirst for Glorious Souls (1100 words | PG)
  Cazaril tries to convince a surly stranger that enough endurance is enough.
  
  Cazaril!
  
  The summons jerked him from a sound sleep.

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Once upon a time, there was a meme. Months ago, now. I don't even properly remember what it was... But there was a challenge component, and mrstater challenged me to write some Cazaril/Betriz.

Anyway, I hope this counts -- even though dy Ferrej elbowed his way into the story and insisted on having a whole scene to himself!

Balance of Power (1350 words | PG)

A single decision by Ser dy Ferrej once changed the course of Cazaril’s life. Now Cazaril must ask an even greater favor of the only man who knows just how close he came to having nothing at all.

( Cardegoss, on the evening of Cazaril’s return from Taryoon )
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Well. I never expected to write much (any?) fanfiction outside the Harry Potter universe, but other things seem to be creeping in. Which, I suppose, is an excuse to make a new index...

[Aug 2010] Spurred on by the 2010 Ficathon at bujold_fic, I have also posted all my Chalion and Vorkosigan stories to Archive of Our Own.

[Aug 2012] And now, with Sharing Knife! ;)

( Chalion series stories )
( Vorkosigan series stories )

( Sharing Knife series stories )
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