Inverarity is not a Scottish village

This may be as political as I get. But it's directly related to fan fiction (and specifically, my fan fiction).

I don't write "slash." That is, I don't take characters who are canonically straight and make them gay just for giggles. I don't have anything against Harry/Draco in principle, but (a) while Draco is kind of ambiguous, it's pretty clear from the books that Harry liked girls, and (b) they hated each other! So that's why I consider most Harry/Draco slash stories to be stupid. Don't even get me started on Harry/Snape.

Also, I personally don't like most "slash" stories for the same reason I don't like PWP; I want to read (and write) a story, not just an excuse to throw two characters together for hot fictional character-on-fictional character action. Most slash stories (in fairness, most "ship" stories of any kind, slash or het) are just fluffy bits of authorial indulgence. Which is perfectly fine, for those who are into that kind of thing, but that's not me.

That said... I think the idea of having to "warn" for "slash" (i.e., "Oh no, if you read this story you might be exposed to Teh Gay!!!!) is stupid and offensive.

I'm not going to take a sudden left turn into slash fantasy, okay? But, there will be gay characters. (And any gay characters you see, I assure you, were planned from the beginning, not because I suddenly decided to make a character gay on a whim -- just in case anyone accuses me of "pulling a Dumbledore.") If that offends you, you should probably stop reading my stories now.

(Yes, this rant was directly inspired by yet another dose of stupids on MNFF, but it's not the first time I've seen the issue come up.)

Alexandra won Mugglenet Fan Fiction's 2009 Quick Silver Quills award for Best Female Original Character.



Thanks for your suggestions in my previous post.

The runner-up was Marissa, another favorite of mine.

You can see the complete list of winners here.




"They like you, they really like you!"

Alexandra won Mugglenet Fan Fiction's 2009 Quick Silver Quills award for Best Female Original Character.



Thanks for your suggestions in my previous post.

The runner-up was Marissa, another favorite of mine.

You can see the complete list of winners here.




"They like you, they really like you!"

So, Alexandra Quick been nominated for a Quicksilver Quill Award for Best Original Female OC on Mugglenet Fan Fiction. (Also, Maximilian was nominated for Best Original Male OC, Alexandra Quick and the Lands Below was nominated for Best General Story, Hogwarts Houses Divided was nominated for Best Post-Hogwarts Story, and Christmas In Amber was nominated for Best Historical Story.)

Obviously, I'm quite flattered, especially since Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle won the QSQ for Best General Story last year. However, the purpose of this post is not to brag, but to solicit opinions. The moderator of the Best Original Female OC committee asked me to provide "the three chapters you feel best define and showcase Alexandra as a character."

Hmm. Well, I have my own ideas, but I'd like to know which chapters you readers might recommend as ones which "defined and showcased Alexandra as a character."

( QSQ stuff... )