Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Day 8

In your own space, talk about setting yourself a fannish goal. Big or small, it doesn't matter. Some examples: complete a bingo, sign up for a Big Bang, write that fic you've been thinking about for years, podfic that story that you love, make a fanmix for your fandom, post that bit of meta or reclist you keep putting off. Maybe resolve to be better at leaving feedback or answering comments. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Ahh, the obvious answer is to get back into reccing because I have been trying to do that for years now. Maybe aim for around 10 recs per month? That seems doable. I will also try to be better at posting stuff in my own journal; I like writing reviews of things I consume (books and video games, mostly) because it makes me think and quantify what I did and didn't like. And maybe posting recipes so that I have them in a format that's less likely to get lost. Just, posting in general I would like to do more of.

So my goals are: start reccing again and post more frequently than once in a blue moon.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Day 10

In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing. It can be a detailed, thoughtful analysis, or a squeeful, joyful post. Or maybe a combination of the two. Make a recs list, link to their archives or master lists or websites, maybe create a Fanlore page for them. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

There are a lot of authors (and some artists) whose names stick in my head and whose works get given a higher consideration when choosing what to read. I have no author that I'll read automatically no matter what, but these are some of the closest I have to that.

-bluflamingo: Her Cam Mitchell/John Sheppard fics made me love this somewhat niche pairing.

-hyarrowen: I am going to convert a series of LJ posts into epub format just so that I can read her latest Henry V fic. I've never felt the urge to do this for any other long fic on LJ-only, so I think that's a pretty good indicator for how much I like her writing.

-torachan: I find just reading his Daily Happiness posts to be a good reminder of events' silver linings and that I should try to do the same in my own life. I also really like reading his reviews and recs, even for things that don't especially interest me, because they are so thoughtful.

-mad_martha: She has a bunch of different Harry Potter AUs, and each one has a lot of depth and obvious thought put into it. I enjoy reading each one and seeing in what direction she's taking Rowling's universe.

-maldoror_gw: She converted me (as well as many, many others) to the idea of Lee/Gaara, she got me interested in One Piece, and I really should read her Gundam Wing stuff as I'm sure I'd love that too.

-Jess's (Somewhat) Grown-Up Type Blog: She has thoughtful, insightful, interesting, informative, and fun-to-read reviews of musicals, Disney movies, and comics.

-the_dark_cat: I so wish her version of the DCU was real; I'd probably still be reading comics then.

Sorry if something doesn't make sense. I've been running a low-grade fever for the past week, and this is the best I can do.