Desire for invisibility thwarted by circumstance
Well, I returned last Monday from a pleasant Easter visit with my brother's family and found a note in my inbox informing me that "Blood Oranges" has been nominated at the Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards in the categories of Best New Author, Best Characterization [Giles], and Best Plot. Voting is, I gather, now underway. This came as something of a surprise, since SunnyD isn't known for its attention to Giles other than as a supporting character. They devote much more bandwidth to other characters, and seem to be having quite a strong harvest of Spuffy stories. I think that "Blood Oranges" might be the only Giles-centric story in this round. It is certainly the only Giles characterization nominated. So I am a bit flabbergasted, and very flattered that they would find my story worthy of this honor. Should any of you feel so inclined, you can go weigh in on this and many other categories at The Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Award Nominees They have an extremely extensive list of nominees, so there is much fic there to be explored.
Having barely gotten my head around the first note, a second one appeared a couple of days later, and "Blood Oranges" has been nominated at Bodice Ripper for Best Plot, Best Gen Fic, and Outstanding New Author. I am now officially gobsmacked. Truly. I sent effusive notes of thanks to the persons who manage these things, and now I guess I wait to see what happens next. I've never been in quite this position before, and I'm finding it peculiar, though in a mostly pleasant way.
I have gotten some very satisfying feedback on the story too. One person asked "who are you and where have you been all these years?" Not having much to offer in answer to her first question, I sent her to The Bird Bone Flute by way of offering a fanfic alibi. This is an archive site made for me by![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
meegat. I started posting this story on Tweedy Book Guy in January 2005 and it got long enough to be cumbersome for readers to find all the bits. Calamities throughout 2006 prevented me from continuing the story, so not many folks know about it, as unfinished things are often skipped until they are complete. Also, this story is over 70K words, and many folks don't like novel-length stories.
I am finishing The Bird Bone Flute over the next few months.antennapedia has already beta'd the next chapter, and I will post it as soon as I have a firmer grip on the two following, which are well along and must be tightly anchored in their predecessors. Prior to posting the new material, I also thought I would post each of the existing chapters here on LJ. Meegat is going to be updating the archive as new stuff is ready, too, for those who like one-stop reading.
Oh, and I suppose I should add that The Bird Bone Flute is entirely a Giles story, set four years before he arrives in Sunnydale. A more detailed summary appears on the title page of the archive site.
Having barely gotten my head around the first note, a second one appeared a couple of days later, and "Blood Oranges" has been nominated at Bodice Ripper for Best Plot, Best Gen Fic, and Outstanding New Author. I am now officially gobsmacked. Truly. I sent effusive notes of thanks to the persons who manage these things, and now I guess I wait to see what happens next. I've never been in quite this position before, and I'm finding it peculiar, though in a mostly pleasant way.
I have gotten some very satisfying feedback on the story too. One person asked "who are you and where have you been all these years?" Not having much to offer in answer to her first question, I sent her to The Bird Bone Flute by way of offering a fanfic alibi. This is an archive site made for me by
meegat. I started posting this story on Tweedy Book Guy in January 2005 and it got long enough to be cumbersome for readers to find all the bits. Calamities throughout 2006 prevented me from continuing the story, so not many folks know about it, as unfinished things are often skipped until they are complete. Also, this story is over 70K words, and many folks don't like novel-length stories. I am finishing The Bird Bone Flute over the next few months.
antennapedia has already beta'd the next chapter, and I will post it as soon as I have a firmer grip on the two following, which are well along and must be tightly anchored in their predecessors. Prior to posting the new material, I also thought I would post each of the existing chapters here on LJ. Meegat is going to be updating the archive as new stuff is ready, too, for those who like one-stop reading. Oh, and I suppose I should add that The Bird Bone Flute is entirely a Giles story, set four years before he arrives in Sunnydale. A more detailed summary appears on the title page of the archive site.
