In
Their Own Words
5
September 2001
This
is the section where some of our favorite authors will share with
us (and you) their favorite stories from among their own work. The
lovely and talented Pix mentioned this idea to me in an e-mail,
saying how she thought it might be an interesting contrast with
the typical recommendations lists so prevalent on fan fic websites.
I,
of course, immediately wondered the same thing, and so, here we
are. This will be a weekly feature, with past Authors' Picks being
archived on a page called "From
the Desk of..."
So,
let us begin...
This
week we have the amazingly talented Pix, who is responsible for
this whole shebang. She writes exquisite West Wing fanfic, including
the beautiful "Crash Into Me" series (despite her claims
to the contrary, it's simply fabulous) and my personal favorite,
"Galatea." Click on the name of the story within the text
below if you'd like to read it.
Pix
says...
"Stay"
I sometimes worry that I don't write enough dialogue to really qualify
as a WWfic writer. This was the one time I think I managed to capture
both the ambiguity of the current J/D relationship and the elliptical
dialogue you hear on the show, so I like it for those reasons.
"Galatea"
Which is where I more or less take back that whole thing on the
dialogue, I guess! <g> I like this one for a few reasons --
first, because I could write the story around the myth fairly easily
and, in fact, had one of those forehead-slapping moments where I
was like, "why didn't I see the parallels earlier?" Second, because
it was one of the few times where I caught myself thinking as
the characters without much effort. Third, because I tend to be
wordy and this is one of the few stories that hops over the course
of years without taking thousands of words to get there.
"Coyote
Morning"
I have this love-hate relationship with first-person writing; it's
easy to do, but I don't have the same narrative license to get inside
characters' heads or get descriptive. But I do like this first-person
piece because I managed to finally "show, not tell" everything I
wanted to. Plus, I think parts are funny -- and although
I'm not known for being a terribly comic writer, I do like it when
I can actually work my sense of humor into a piece.
And
my surprising unfavorite ...
The
Crash Into Me series
Man, oh man, this was my first foray into fic and it shows. If I
had it to do over again, I'd completely rework the series.
~~*~~
So
there you have it — Pix, in her own words...
~~*~~
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