Captain's Log

[dwgm]

The table of contents for my Pirates of the Caribbean fanfic...


Pearl and Misc.
A Change in the Wind
Fortuitous Omen
Two Sides of the Coin
Seven Holy Virtues, Seven Deadly Sins - 14 drabbles for the challenge of the same name
Captain's Log 1730 PotC X STTOS
Justice Drabbles - Jack's hanging from five different pov's
Mmmm...Chips! - PotC X The Simpsons
Mmmm...Chips! continued - sequel to Mmmmm...Chips!, of course
The Guardian
The Best That Ever Sailed

Jack
But You Have Heard of Me - poem
Best Intentions - Jack description!
Evidence - More Jack description
The Opportune Moment
Waiting for the Opportune Moment
Chance Meeting
Lady's Man
One Question ~ One Answer - with Will
Avast! - with Will
Name Your Terms: Jack - mid-CotBP
Lost Treasure
Cold Comfort
Guilty
Rope's End
The Right Words
Sea 'Scapes
Strange Horizon
Parry and Riposte
'P' is for Pirate - with others' first letter drabbles
Indiscreet
Scuppered
Tall Tales?
The One That Got Away - Sharks!
Stowaways
The Parrot and the Pearl
Harbinger of Doom
Catastrophe
Fate Intervenes - Beckett's thoughts at the beginning of DMC
Nothing!
Belle - with Will, mid-DMC
Chuffed - Mid DMC
Premature
Piercing
Fool of a Captain - Beckett & Jones discuss Jack
Our Mutual Friend - Barbossa and Beckett discuss Jack
Lockers
Her Pets - written before AWE came out
Dead Silence
Illusions
Chinese Take-out - written before AWE came out
Backstory Drabbles: 12. Debts –Why is Jack indebted to the Pirate Lords?
Utterly Deceptive Twaddlespeak - Brethren Court
Give Him An Inch
Fickle



Young Jack
The Road to the Sea
Out of the Shadows
Shipping Out
Loose
Discovery
Backstory Drabble: 4. A wolf in sheep’s clothing – Jack meets Hector Barbossa
Inspire
Grooming
Bloody Hellish
Rumor of Heaven - sequel to Bloody Hellish
Juana
Promotion
Backstory Drabble: 10. "It’s just good business" – Jack, Beckett, and the EITC
Grave Error - Beckett and Mercer discuss their missing captain
Backstory Drabble: 6. The pirate’s gospel – a good man turning pirate
Breakable - with Tia Dalma
Ship of Fools - with Tia Dalma
Backstory Drabble: 9. Selling his soul – Jack strikes a deal with Davy Jones
Bloody Fool - with Barbossa
Backstory Drabble: 5. The mutiny
Backstory Drabble: 15. Fates collide - the turning points and choices that brought Elizabeth to her fall from the parapet and Jack to her rescue in CotBP.
O Fortuna


Jack/AnaMaria
Commandeered
A Bigger One, a Better One!
Bad Luck
A Change in the Weather
A Fine Day
A Word in Private - sequel to A Fine Day
And So To Bed - sequel to A Word in Private
A Beautiful Morning - sequel to And So To Bed
Echoes in the Dark
Slow Dance
It's a Jungle Out There
Under the Mistletoe
By the Light of a Single Lantern


Jack/Elizabeth (CotBP - Island Fics, etc.)
Terrifying
Unwise
All Of Them Are True
The Second Time
Point of View
The Magic Words
Fool's Chance
That Glimpse of Ankle
Considering Miss Swann
The Right Words
Waiting for the Opportune Moment
Reality Island
The Morning After
The Parting Glass


Jack/Elizabeth (Post-CotBP Universe)
Lost and Found
Jealous - NC-17
The Christmas Guest - flashback to the first Christmas, Will/Elizabeth & Jack
Proposal
The Perfect Gift - the second Christmas, Will/Elizabeth & Jack
Making Amends - the third Christmas, featuring Anamaria/Groves
A Christmas Accord - the fourth Christmas, Will/Elizabeth and Jack/Estrella, but in the same universe
The Fifth Christmas
Diversions at Sea
Green-ey'd Monster
Sick of Love
Questionable Virtue
Heavenscent
Admission
A Lexicological Inquiry
Ladies' Choice - Elizabeth/Jack/Anamaria
Backstory Drabbles: 14. Freedom above all else – Elizabeth’s/Jack’s first taste of freedom.
French Leave on Lanzarote
Lady Errant
Fevered - NC-17
Bath Holiday
Dancing Day - a Christmas story
Friendly Rival
Ice Man
Fever Pitch - R

Jack/Elizabeth (Mid and Post-Trilogy Universe)
What's in a Name?
A Fine Figure
Scorch
Bacchante
Only a Kiss - post DMC
Wings
Sailing East - pre-AWE
Solace
Nice Hat - mid-AWE, written before it came out
From the Ashes - escape from the Dutchman
Occasion of Sin
Dear Victory
Denouement
Inch Away
Settling Up - 'Wager' drabble prompt.
Surrender
Stars
After World's End
'Sex' Drabbles 23-26: 'Insupportable', 'Payment', 'Gift', & 'Elements'
Backstory Drabble: 20. Thirteen years - Jack’s quest to regain the Pearl
The Moral Advantage
She Needs You
Not Working
Going Home
Paternity
Silent Assent
Labor of Love
Knight Errant
Mists of Time
Nonpareil
Different Colors - Teague, too.
Contradiction - Jack's history with Teague.
Educating Elizabeth
Backstory Drabble: 3. 'Clearly, you’ve never been to Singapore' – kind of self-explanatory *g*
Heartsore
Wake of the Storm
A La Mode - for the 'Patch' drabble prompt
Backstory Drabble: 1. The English rose – Elizabeth’s childhood in England
An Inflamation of the Lungs - Teague in the background
A Little Less Noise There
Backstory Drabble: 17. Fathers and sons, fathers and daughters - Jack and Teague, Elizabeth and Weatherby - Dear Departed
Catching Flies
Backstory Drabble: 11. A trail of broken hearts – there have been others before Elizabeth
Cherry Blossoms - 3 parts, featuring Lian and Park
Backstory Drabble: 13. The New World – Jack’s adventures in the Colonies pre-CotBP
Unexpected - NC-17
Past Present
Backstory Drabble: 18. Education - Jack/Elizabeth’s acquisition of worldly knowledge. - Sharp Sauce
Backstory Drabble: 19. Ink - The stories behind Jack's tattoos - Truth in Ink
What's in a Name?
Crying Wolf
Backstory Drabble: 16. Remembrance of things past - Jack’s acquisition of the beads and baubles that chronicle his history. - Before the Mirror
Jack Peacock
Table Manners
Rite of Passage
Fooled - with Jamie, Teague
Dear Fool - sequel to Fooled
Stormalong - 8 Chapters, with Jamie, Teague, Barbossa, etc., sequelish to the above 'Fool' drabbles
Devil's Own Luck - 1 and 2 - WIP
For Medicinal Purposes
Home for the Holidays - Christmas drabbles
O Tannenbaum
The Middle Child
Hero - Education and adventure await nine year old Jamie Turner, sailing as crew on the Black Pearl for the first time.
Just Dessert


Jack/Harry (OFC: Elizabeth's aunt, Henrietta Fanshawe nee Swann)
Harry & the Pirate I - 27 Chapters

The following four stories are 'deleted scenes', the first set after chapter 7, and the other four set between chapters 26 and 27:
Harry & the Pirate I: Charmed
Harry & the Pirate I: Threats and Promises
Harry & the Pirate I: Ravished
Harry & the Pirate I: Immolation
Harry & the Pirate I: To Build A Fire
Harry & the Pirate I: I'll Show You Mine
Harry & the Pirate I: Second Night


Harry & the Pirate II: Swann's Revenge - 12 Chapters
Reunion - a "deleted scene" from Chapter 4
Reflections in Stained Glass - Norrington's thoughts at Will and Elizabeth's wedding
Postnuptial Agreement - Jack remembers, on that night of nights.

Harry & the Pirate III: Norrington's Choice - 15 Chapters
Pace - a drabble-length deleted scene from Chapter 14
O Can Ye Sew Cushions? - a pre-epilogue deleted scene
Harry & the Pirate III: Epilogue - Nap Time
Harry & the Pirate III: Blancmange - a post-epilogue deleted scene

Widow's Walk - set between III and IV

Harry & the Pirate IV: The Chalice of St. Francis - 14 Chapters
Harry & the Pirate IV: Knave of Hearts - a deleted scene from Chapter 5
Ghost Ship - a deleted scene post-Chapter 6
After Dinner Drinks - Jack and Tom, for Father's Day

Jailbait - A Michael Owens and Charles Norrington adventure, set between IV and V

Harry & the Pirate V: Caribbean Quests - 7 Chapters

Mixed Blessings - a short scene set between V and VI

Harry & the Pirate VI: Blood and Treasure - 20 Chapters
Wedding Gifts - A short Tom/Anne epilogue
A Wicked Wager - A little more about George Swann and Norrington's sister, Caroline, two years after VI

Harry & the Pirate: 50 Sentences - spoilery for all the Harry & the Pirate stories.

Harry & the Pirate: Valentine - Short, intimate scenes, written for the St. Valentine prompt, February 2013.

Beloved - This is actually a story about Weatherby Swann's relationship with his mother, written for the Mother's of the Caribbean challenge, though Harry does come in at the end.


Jack/Juana (OFC; Young Jack; Harry & the Pirate Universe)
Querida: 1 ~ 2 ~ 3

Jack/Letty Granger (OFC; Young Jack)
Dark of the Moon - in 37 parts + Epilogue

Jack/Nell Carlisle (OFC; Pre-mutiny Jack)
An Execrable Business - a drabble series in 60 parts + 3-part epilogue, posted over 63 consecutive days from January to March 2009. The link goes to the final epilogue and conclusion, which has links to all previous parts in the header.

Jack/Molly Hatter (OFC)
Molly Hatter
Someone Waits
Fallen Woman
A Bit of a Stick - with Will
The Elusive Norrington - in which Molly has a small part at the end
Home From The Sea


Elizabeth
Backstory Drabble: 7. "Use your voice, my little bird..." – Elizabeth learns from her Mother ~and~ 8. The first lie – the Governor’s daughter is honestly dishonest
Act of Piracy - Little Elizabeth
Cruel Innocent
Feast
Questionable Outcome
Backstory Drabble: 2. The man from a faraway land – where does Jack come from?
Flying
Catch the Wind
Her Lover's Question - poem
Three Days - mid-DMC, Elizabeth notices things about Norrington she hadn't considered before.
Name Your Terms: Elizabeth - mid-DMC
Apologies - post-DMC
Alone - on the way to World's End
Incident at Recife - on the way to World's End
Captain's Choice - mid-AWE conversation with Gibbs


Elizabeth/Norrington (CotBP Universe)
Sunday Dinner
For Luck - sequel to Sunday Dinner
Dishonor


Elizabeth/Norrington (Post-CotBP Universe 1)
Seconds
Delicious Repast
Anything
South Wind
Dark Encounter

Elizabeth/Norrington (Post-CotBP Universe 2)
True Heart
Not A Dream


Elizabeth/Will
Winds of Fate
Beginnings, Middles, Ends - three drabbles featuring young Elizabeth and Will
Fire All!
After the Kiss
Blue Moon
Marry in April
Mirror Image - Fencing lesson
Two Men Walk Into A Bar - with Jack, too
Four Drabbles: 'Caribbean Blue', 'Blood Red', 'Precious Gold', 'Fiddler's Green'
Snow - mid-AWE, written before it came out
Foolish
That One Day


Gibbs
Pilot Wanted
Give Me A Hand - when Gibbs met Jack
Frozen Moment - End of DMC drabble, with Elizabeth


Norrington
Waiting for the Opportune Moment
Man of Honor
A Matter For Regret
Pirate By Moonlight
Shifting Sands
Leniency
In Extremis - Gillette and Groves, too.
Only a Week
Gone Fishing - with Jack
Peace Offering
Investigation - with Jack and Little Jack
A Birthday Surprise - sequel to The Christmas Guest
The Elusive Norrington - post-AWE, with Jack and a side of OC's
Pockets - with Jack
Apprehension
White Man - h/c, Anamaria pov
Diversity - more h/c, with Anamaria pov, sequel to White Man
Sweet Pilgrimage - and still more h/c, with Jack and Anamaria, sequel to Diversity
Two Drabbles: 'Seed of Obsession' and 'Seed of Despair'
Grudge Match
Three Days - in DMC, Elizabeth sees James with new eyes.
There Was A Time - Scruffington
Letter of Marque
The End of All Things - mid-AWE
Second Chances - post-AWE A/U


Will
Fine Men - A 'missing scene', pre-CotBP, with Groves and Estrella
Worship
Waiting for the Opportune Moment
Insight - on the Interceptor
Wooing a Lady - on the Interceptor
Sharp - in Tortuga
Spindrift - before Jack's hanging
Call to Perfection
Last Night - a visit from Jack, the night before the wedding
Malice Aforethought - mid-DMC
Promises - The new captain of the Flying Dutchman meets an old acquaintance.
Name Your Terms: Will - post-AWE


Bootstrap Bill
A Bit of Mending
A Lucky Man - with Jack, pre-mutiny
Bitter Harvest


Here's my fanfic100 table, which I apparently deleted from my profile page. Goes better here, anyway.

001.	Beginnings.	002.	Middles.	003.	Ends.	004.	Insides.	005.	Outsides.
006.	Hours.	007.	Days.	008.	Weeks.	009.	Months.	010.	Years.
011.	Red.	012.	Orange.	013.	Yellow.	014.	Green.	015.	Blue.
016.	Purple.	017.	Brown.	018.	Black.	019.	White.	020.	Colourless.
021.	Friends.	022.	Enemies.	023.	Lovers.	024.	Family.	025.	Strangers.
026.	Teammates.	027.	Parents.	028.	Children.	029.	Birth.	030.	Death.
031.	Sunrise.	032.	Sunset.	033.	Too Much.	034.	Not Enough.	035.	Sixth Sense.
036.	Smell.	037.	Sound.	038.	Touch.	039.	Taste.	040.	Sight.
041.	Shapes.	042.	Triangle.	043.	Square.	044.	Circle.	045.	Moon.
046.	Star.	047.	Heart.	048.	Diamond.	049.	Club.	050.	Spade.
051.	Water.	052.	Fire.	053.	Earth.	054.	Air.	055.	Spirit.
056.	Breakfast.	057.	Lunch.	058.	Dinner.	059.	Food.	060.	Drink.
061.	Winter.	062.	Spring.	063.	Summer.	064.	Fall.	065.	Passing.
066.	Rain.	067.	Snow.	068.	Lightening.	069.	Thunder.	070.	Storm.
071.	Broken.	072.	Fixed.	073.	Light.	074.	Dark.	075.	Shade.
076.	Who?	077.	What?	078.	Where?	079.	When?	080.	Why?
081.	How?	082.	If.	083.	And.	084.	He.	085.	She.
086.	Choices.	087.	Life.	088.	School.	089.	Work.	090.	Home.
091.	Birthday.	092.	Christmas.	093.	Thanksgiving.	094.	Independence.	095.	New Year.
096.	Writer‘s Choice.	097.	Writer‘s Choice.	098.	Writer‘s Choice.	099.	Writer‘s Choice.	100.	Writer‘s Choice.

story_lottery 0/7
01.	#2 - a cave	02.	#6 - an elevator	03.	#7 - an igloo
04.	#19 - a lagoon	05.	#20 - a hot-air ballon	06.	#21 - a stadium
07. BONUS PROMPT! #25 - a cell

And here's my 10_hurt_comfort table, all finished!!

1. Injured	2. Love	3. Sick	4. Drunk	5. Emotion
6. Lonely	7. Jealousy	8. Tears	9. Fear	10. Fight
10/10

1. Injured - Occasion of Sin - 'R' - 988 words - Post-AWE, Elizabeth looks in a mirror and finds herself changed for the worse. Jack begs to differ.

2. Love - Stormalong - 'PG' to 'R' - 8 chapters, about 1,500 words each - Six years after World's End, a citizen of an island two days sail from Shipwreck Cove comes seeking help for his storm-ravaged community. Elizabeth Swann, Pirate King, answers the call, much to Jack's dismay.

3. Sick - Dancing Day - 'PG' - 1,646 words - Post-CotBP Universe (ignores the sequels) - The Pearl is docked in Tortuga for the holidays, and Elizabeth has a horrible cold.

4. Drunk - Bacchanate - 'PG-13' - 690 words - Mid-DMC - Elizabeth has a little too much Pirate Party.

5. Emotions - She Needs You - 'PG-13' - 647 words - Post-AWE, Will can't be there, so he's sent Jack back to Shipwreck Cove to help.

6. Lonely - Heartsore - 'R' - 1,217 words - Post-AWE, Elizabeth's son is three months old when Jack leaves Shipwreck Cove again.

7. Jealousy - Friendly Rival - 'PG' - 2,579 words - Post-CotBP Universe (ignores the sequels) - Elizabeth is settling into life on the Pearl when she runs into an old friend.

8. Tears - Wake of the Storm - 'PG' - 1,270 words - Post-AWE - Sequelish to Heartsore, Jack returns to the Cove and he's brought Elizabeth a gift.

9. Fear - Past Present - 'PG-13' - 1,095 words - Post-AWE - Jack has a hard time forgetting the past.

10. Fight - Fever Pitch - 'NC-17' - 1,296 words - Post-CotBP Universe (ignores the sequels) - It's that other time of the month for Elizabeth.


Doing hc_bingo now, too...

stroke	bites	toothache	difficult pregnancy	experiments by evil scientists
loss of limbs / limb function	spinal injury	hookers	surprise sexswap	slaves (sexual)
pandemics and epidemics	body dysmorphic disorder	WILD CARD	dub-con	strippers
coma	blood loss	fallen angels	unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding	sexual extortion: to keep a secret (high school)
hazing	exhaustion	muscle strains and spasms	child abuse (sexual)	drowning

And kink_bingo, omg, even the table is NSFW!



FanArt
Jack contemplates Socrates' philosophy at the end of DMC
Honor Among Thieves
Various icons and pictures for savepurness in the Secret Santa fic/fanart exchange 2009.

Stories from Other Fandoms
En Dishabille - Written for Yuletide 2007, Fandom: Georgette Heyer - The Grand Sophy, Pairing: Charles/Sophy

Eight rules for writing fiction by Kurt Vonnegut

These seem very true, even to a novice like me...

1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.

2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.

3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

4. Every sentence must do one of two things -- reveal character or advance the action.

5. Start as close to the end as possible.

6. Be a sadist. Now matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader may see what they are made of.

7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

-- Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut, Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1999), 9-10.


~.~

Comments

[stealmybike.livejournal.com]

Hello! My name is Marcella, I found you through the blackpearlsails community that I've been posting in recently. I just wanted to let you know that I think your fan fictions are really fantastic. I love reading them and find them really inspirational. I'm writing my own story at the moment, I'm not a writer, I'm actually an artist but I'm an admirer of those who can write beautifully. Reading stories like yours really make me want to continue writing.

I just wanted to let you know that I added you as a friend :]

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Hi, Marcella -- Thank you so much for letting me know you enjoy my writing, and adding me as a friend! I've seen you posting at Sails, and I'll certainly check out your story soon.

I'm not a writer, I'm actually an artist but I'm an admirer of those who can write beautifully.

I admire artists, particularly since I have minimal skill in that direction, lol -- thank goodness for computers!

[stealmybike.livejournal.com]

Haha, I know! I actually suck at drawing on computers. I just got a Bambo pad for my 21st birthday and I'm terrible at it ;P

[hendercats.livejournal.com]

Oh, aren't you smart! (well, yes ... and I actually knew that already) Excellent idea, making the list be the stickie at the top of your journal. *scurries off, idea safely stowed in pocket*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I've got everything archived over at FF.net (except the porn, lol), but I thought it would be nice to have things more in sequence here.

See you soon!

*squees and bounces*

[mary684.livejournal.com]

OMG! I'm going to have to knock you down and snog you for this! THANK YOU! *bounces* I am SOOOOOOO happy to have this as a reference. Yay! I am absolutely delighted I came looking in your journal for Bath Holiday instead of scrolling through my flist! Look: EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED TO READ!

Did I mention I'm gonna snog ya?

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

*snogs you back*

I'm so glad I decided to do some of that yesterday -- there's a lot of stuff to archive, but it's kind of nice to have them in some kind of chronological order, by plotline, rather than all mixed up, like they are on FF.net. I hope you enjoy the stories!

[lj_stowaway]

Great minds think alike! I just did this last weekend. Wow, you've written a metric ton of fic! Bet it feels good to have this index done, eh?

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Constructing it went faster than I thought it would. Yes, there's quite a lot, even with so many of these being drabbles.

*toddles off to take a look at yours*

[captaintish]

WOW, you've written a lot. Which I already knew, but seeing it listed here blows my mind!

*bookmarking* Thanks for putting these all together like this!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I hope you find the list convenient -- I know I certainly will. I often write stories related to ones posted previously, and digging up the old links was something of a project. Now, not so much! And it's nice to have things in chronological order, something that would take way too much work to do over at FF.net.

That's a gorgeous icon! I love that piece of artwork.

[krystallazuli.livejournal.com]

Dang but you're not only prolific, but organized!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Finally organized! It'll be so much easier to find the older stuff to link now. :)

[breathless-dawn.livejournal.com]

Looks like I've got some reading to do! Thank you so much for doing this :)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I hope you enjoy!

[jillianfish.livejournal.com]

yay for all this wonderful fic in one place! fantastic. I added you as a friend, feel free to friend back.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Yay for new friends! I hope you will enjoy some of the stories on this list, which got surprisingly long, but is most convenient for me as I tend to write bits and pieces of the same universes and always need to refer back to previous stories in the headers for the new ones.

[lolitalockhart.livejournal.com]

I started reading other fics of yours, it is all very wonderful! <3 Harry and the pirate is my favourite though! So cute.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you're enjoying it!

[layah.livejournal.com]

I have always loved reading your writing, but for a while stopped keeping track. Then I went to catch up and found I had no idea what I had missed, so I decided to just reread everything, because it is all so much fun.

Anyway, I have been having a good time going through all this, and this page has made it infinitely easier. I just wanted to let you know your link for the story "Bath Holiday" doesn't work. And thanks for providing the brief periods of entertainment I allow myself in between franticly trying to meet deadlines.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you, both for the info on the broken link and for letting me know you enjoy my stories! Good luck with those deadlines. :)

*pounces on first post she sees*

[choose2live.livejournal.com]

I tried to email you, but it bounced back, WTF?

So guess what??

Yep. I'm moving back to LA. :D I'm heading out April 1. :D And I definitely want to reconnect when I get there!! It's been waaaaay too long.

Drop me a line and let me know how things are with you! I hope we can catch up VERY soon. :D :D :D

[desiringpirates.livejournal.com]

Wonderful stories!

BTW, I always meant to tell you this, but your icon here is absolutely adorable! XD

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And my icon pic was made by honorat of the Many Talents.

[ladymouse2.livejournal.com]

I have several people to apologize to and belatedly (VERY) thank for several YEARS worth of virtual gifts I only just found by accident; you perhaps most of all.

As I said to Florencia, please blame my inattention on unfamiliarity with PCs in general and navigating my own journal pages.

I've been a bit adrift this last half year plus, wandering on the Internet and finding some happy surprises in fandoms I'd not even known existed online and getting frankly discouraged that there was such little movement in PotC fandom even after On Stranger Tides. Mostly, my lack of focus has been because of RL and the fallout from events back in June of last year are still being worked through but there may be some daylight ahead that's not an oncoming train and I have hopes of being a better friend and more attentive reader within this year.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

No apology necessary from you, you have given us so much over the years, not only thoughtful reviews and discussion, but the fruits of your priceless talent, for which we can never thank you enough.

Happy fandom surprises are always a good thing. I've been reading a little Big Bang Theory lately, myself, and some Pride and Prejudice, too. But mainly I've been going back to old PotC stories, when I want to read fic, the stuff that came out when the fandom was shiny and new, and replete with excellent writers. And wank free, for the most part, which was a lovely thing.

It seems that OST just didn't inspire any of us to write much, not because it wasn't entertaining, but because the relationships weren't drawn in a way that made one long for more. When I think of writing, it's Jack/Elizabeth, or Jack/Harry, going back instead of forward. But the drive to write hasn't been there for a while, sad to say. I'm out of the habit of writing and even drabbles seem to be a struggle. I am thinking of finishing that one WIP I have left, Devil's Own Luck, but whether I will actually do it remains to be seen (thoiugh I did finally finish Bath Holiday, which had been languishing just as long, so you never know).

It's I who owes an apology to the PotC fandom, having pretty much abandoned ship since Christmas. RL and other interests have drawn me away, and (as you may have noticed) I haven't even been posting drabble challenges. I may see if I can do something about that.

I hope RL is good to you this year. Massive hugs, and thanks for your friendship, fannish and otherwise. I wish it wasn't such a long commute to NC!

Awesome List,

[orionredstar.livejournal.com]

I have been looking for lists just like this of my favorite couple, jack and Lizzie, and I love your writings very much! Although it may be too late, if you need some J & E photos, I've got like 3,000 photoshopped! I love to create them as a relaxing passtime sort of thing, so check out and take what I put up or ask by request, be my pleasure in exchange for all the reading entertainment you have supplied me!

Write some more! Not enough these days! :)

Tx!

RE: Awesome List,

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

What a treat to find your kind comments about my Sparrabeth stories! Thank you so very much! And I do love the Jack/Elizabeth pix on your journal -- great work.

I wrote a lot of Jack/OFC before I started indulging in my favorite pairing. I was all for J/E from my first viewing of CofBP, but didn't want to deviate from canon until I saw so many other great writers doing so and couldn't resist joining in. Many of those writers are on your friends list, and I hope you don't mind that I've friended you back. Hoping to see more of your J/E Photoshop work, and perhaps some of your writing?

Thank you again!

Re: Awesome List,

[orionredstar.livejournal.com]

I do love you stories and drabbles. I think the one that got me hooked on your writing in particular was the sort of smutty one - love J & E smut...don't we all.....LOL! - The one that you wrote I believe the name of the piece was - I want to say the name of it was "Fevered"? That is from memory now without looking first to double check, and I read that a long time ago, I must re-read that again to get my creative juices flowing and inspired! But I LOVED the way you depicted Jack and the sensual side of him. I have learned a lot from many Live Journal writers, you being one of them. There is some real talent out there! Far better than the writers of the POTC movies, I think! I have been writing for DECADES, only just started posting now on L J. One I am doing now is just posted on my L J and doing it in chapters. I don't get how to put it out there though...to get it read, but going to try to figure out all the L J bells and whistles. Please keep writing Sparrabeth stories, you really are a fabulous writer and very creative!

Hang tough and WRITE SOME MORE! :) Orionredstar

Latest post of story - check it out and let me know if you like! :) or don't like if the case may be - love to hear your thoughts!

Author: Orionredstar
Coupling: Jack Sparrow/Elizabeth Swann
Rating: R- M (mature adult)
Pariing: M-F
Disclaimer: No relation to Disney, just love the characters
Time Frame: After Worlds End
Summary: Jack Sparrow contemplates telling Eliz that her marriage to Will Turner is invalid, What transpires after that - who knows? :)

http://orionredstar.livejournal.com/6535.html