Snowflake Challenge Day 6

[opensummer]

Day 6
In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your wish-list if you feel comfortable doing so. Maybe someone will grant a wish. Check out other people's posts. Maybe you will grant a wish. If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.

1. Book recs! I read far too quickly and am always on the hunt for more. I like pretty much all sci-fi and fantasy and will read just about anything if I'm told it's good. I'm trying to getting away from reading just straight white dudes books so if you have recs by POC, queer people, woman, or some intersection of the three I'd love to hear about them.

2. People to write more Katara centric fic. Katara was the first fictional character I highkey identified with and the one who's fanfic I am consistently the most disappointed in. While there's some really good shipping fic, I can never seem to find Fic where Katara is in character, interesting, and Doing It for Herself. such selfish prayers by andromeda3116 is the only one I can think of and I've been reading the fic since the gd ship wars. So recs for fic like this, and also people to write good Katara fic.

3. I wish people would leave more comments on my fic. It's very frustrating to post and then get no feedback whatsoever. Though I gotta say, moving away from tumblr to dreamwidth has helped that already. So i'm gonna be greedy and say even more comments? 

Comments

[mizface]

I'm on the last Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries, and LOVE them.

Tanya Huff has a really cool fantasy series that starts with Sing the Four Quarters (the second book has an incestual slant, so be aware). She also wrote excellent modern day vampire books (Blood Price is the first). Oh! And The Fire's Stone.

And Kim Harrison has an urban fantasy series set in the Cincinnati area (starts with Dead Witch Walking).

PN Elrod has also written some cool vampire novels, set in 1930s Chicago (Bloodlist is the first). I found her through fanfic - she wrote a crossover for this series and Quantum Leap.

[opensummer]

They're AMAZING right!? I read the first two but haven't been able to lay hands on the last two yet.

I haven't heard of her before, but i did a quick google of sing the four quarters and it looks right up my alley. I'll have to see if I can run them down.

The Hollows were my go to urban fiction for a while until I tripped into Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series. I suspect that a few more might have come out since the last time i read them. Might be time for a reread?

Another one I haven't heard of. Please tell me the 1930s vampires are gangsters! Cause that would be excellent

[mizface]

I broke down and bought the whole set, because I love them so.

I hope you enjoy Tanya's books. I really enjoy her writing.

And the main vampire character isn't a gangster, but there are plenty of (human) gangsters around.

[spikedluv]

I have only read Tanya Huff's Blood and Smoke series (loved!) and The Enchantment Emporium (dear god don't read the third book), though I keep telling myself I need to check out other series of hers.

[opensummer]

+1 to Tanya Huff heard! Thanks for the rec

[mizface]

Oh the fantasy books she writes are really fun! I think I read at least the first Enchantment Emporium book - why avoid the third?

[spikedluv]

Because it ruined my two favorite characters for me (Jack and Charlie) by putting them in a creepy (imo) relationship.

Here's where I talked about it, if you want to read that: https://spikedluv.dreamwidth.org/1127387.html

(And this from someone who routinely writes underage and even incest, to it takes a lot to squick me.)

[opensummer]

yikes. I'll probably pass on that one. Thanks for the heads up!

[spikedluv]

You're welcome. I was so disappointed in it.