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[haldoor]

Yes, t_h_e_hamster is open for business.

Fancy yourself as a bit of a reviewer of movies, tv shows, books or musical acts? Just want to see what the hamster thinks? Join here:

t_h_e_hamster

I know I was going to start this years ago, but it never quite happened! It's not anything major and I really have no time for it, but I'm going to give a go at doing short reviews whenever I can. Naturally, it's swayed towards gay/slash, but other things are welcome too. I'm happy to have members who want to review stuff too, so go for it if you feel so inclined! All welcome, as long as we don't have fights starting over opinions. Opinions are exactly that: what you thought of it! Discussions welcome, but no wankery or flaming will be tolerated.

First review is up here: The Vintner's Luck. It's short, it's sweet and it's open for viewing!

Comments

[theskimblishone.livejournal.com]

(And on to part 2...)

I know exactly what you mean, too. Nothing wrong with proving that gay/les/bi etc people can be as hot and sexy as anyone else, but at the end of the day - hell, they should just be there. I think fanfiction continually proves, too, that there are so many people out there who find non-traditionally handsome/beautiful people attractive. How many people ship TV show characters who really aren't that good looking, after all? Lots. That alone is pretty awesome. So why not ordinary non-het people, too?

Oh, wow. I suspect many of us have been writing long before we found the internet, but you've been around here quite a while! LOL, I wrote fiction with gay characters (thinking I was doing something quite unusual) before I discovered the internet, and slash, and OMG, there might actually be readers, so I'm joining you in that state of once-ignorant.

That sounds like me. I have a novel (urban fantasy meets murder meets crime fiction with two gay protags, of course, and romance, of course) I've been working on for three years, and I hope to get it published someday. Right now, though, I'm just having fun posting other things online, seeing how much I have to learn and what I can improve on. (My writing has improved so much this year because of the internet...) Discovering that people, even if only a few people, are actually enjoying what I write is pretty amazing, since I never thought I'd have the courage to actually show my work around.

I work full time and find writing had enough as it is - I applaud you if you manage it around children and family as well. Amazing!

If you can, and you don't mind me having a read, please point me out to a few of your stories. I'm curious (besides, I just like reading the work of those I chat to!) and as long as it doesn't spoil the last half of Season 5, I can more than easily follow what's going on. I'd like to have a sticky beak, LOL! ;D

No, no, don't be sorry! Especially because ... this is just as long. (And how can you not chatter away when you're chatting to someone interesting, anyway?)

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, yes, yes and more yes! I have so many things I could say to all that! Unfortunately, I'm a bit pressed for time with going away for a school camp all of next week... so I'm just putting this in so you know I haven't forgotten you! I'm going to do my best to answer some of the comments you've made that seem to want or need answers, but I may just switch to e-mail if you don't mind, and it will be a week or more before I get there now! PHew! Can you let me know a good e-mail address to use?

Oh, and the one thing I'll point you at is my fic: haldoor_honey is where I house all my fic, and all the fanfic is open, so feel free to browse around the tags or even the memories, although I'm not sure memories are up to date... and as I tend to write a lot of AU anyway, I don't think there's much you can't read without being spoiled for halfway thru S5 Lost. (AU being situation or rescue many times rather than on-island, not exactly wild and fantastical worlds!).

There's also a bit of orig fic there, but that's locked to friends only (and I only friend people who really want to read it, due to my hope to someday publish some of it), but certainly, if you're interested, I'd friend you there! I do warn you though, the longer one that's complete, End of the Innocence is very long (71 chapters; 186,000 words!)and I am trying to work on editing it down to re-post it for ah_gayfiction and perhaps the possibility of publication... It's not fantasy - which is something I thought I would be writing! - but a love story (set in the USA! So much for write what you know!) between two teenagers (and another two who get caught in the crossfire), set in the eighties, and so may not be your cup of tea so much anyway. It's all up and down and angst and sex right now, but I aim to try and shorten and tidy it up to be less all over the place and explicit... and God knows what else! I did have a lot of positive reactions from my reader-friends, but I know for the style it needs to be shorter and perhaps less sexual. Ah... so much for the quick reply!

Anyway, do let me know your e-mail and we can continue 'The Conversation' at leisure!

[theskimblishone.livejournal.com]

Firstly: my email address is the_skimblish_oneATliveDOTcoDOTuk, so feel free to email away - if you get any time when you come back! (I hope you have fun camping. I love it, although, that's not usually with hordes of school students, either...)

I'll definitely check out your ficjournal on the weekend, when I have time to enjoy some good reading. Thank you!

Wow. What a word count! I'll be the first to admit that I'm a little iffy about teenaged protagonists (mostly because they seem to be so overdone, and I really prefer reading about adults) but that said, I'll usually give anything written by someone I talk to a shot. (I've gotten to read some good stories that I wouldn't have otherwise read that way...) If you don't mind, I wouldn't mind having a look someday, but there's no rush, either. I probably wouldn't even be able to start reading a long story until after the Christmas Chaos Season at work is over, sadly. (I work in retail distribution, so we're building up to our busy season...)

LOL, since when is a quick reply possible?

Have a great week camping, and I'll always look forward to more chatting! *hugs*

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the e-mail address! I'm just back from my week away, so not properly organised, but hopefully will e-mail you at some point soon!

The 'camping', btw, was 'school camp' and not really camping in tents at all (thankfully, I'm way too old for tenting!), rather in cabins (and we parents even had our own bathrooms!), so quite civilised! The activities were a lot of fun though, and I did get more ambitious with them than with the sleeping!

More chatting by e-mail soon! *hugs*

[theskimblishone.livejournal.com]

No worries!

Ah, cabins are fun. (Own bathrooms! That is so totally civilised! School camps I've been on, we were lucky to have heating. In the middle of winter...) The activities in your post sounded just awesome...

*hugs back*