In
Their Own Words
8
August 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...
It's
Luna's turn this week. Some of you may know her as Violet. She writes
amazing West Wing fic, and is pretty handy with Homicide musicals,
as well. Click on the name of the story within the text below if
you'd like to read it.
Luna
says...
Behaving
myself, I'm only picking three, and they're all West Wing 'cause
I've done my best writing there:
Life's
Rich Pageant
It's
kind of a vision of the future that is neither idyllic nor tragic.
Twenty years from now the people we know are older and grayer and
(maybe) wiser. Nobody lives happily ever after, exactly, and some
of them are surprised at what's making them happy, but their stories
continue. I love this one because I can see it, in my head; her
garden, his kitchen, and everything and everyone. It showed up that
way, fully formed, in the wee hours of the morning. I love that
it came so easily, that it's largely angst-free but not too chipper
and chirpy. I love that life goes on.
Men
Get Lost Sometimes
This
was a "Somebody's Going To Emergency..." post-ep, and the title
is also from "New York Minute" by Don Henley. I've written a lot
of drunken banter stories, and I'm contented with all of them, but
this one is a good sample. I made myself smile with this one and
everyone was talking to me and it has all kinds of storyline continuity.
So. Yeah.
Dance,
Then, Wherever You May Be — written with Cinnamon
Aaron
Sorkin made a reference to an elementary school shooting in "Bartlet's
Third State Of The Union" and we're convinced it was a shoutout
to this story, which was written about a month before that episode
aired. This is a story where people actually do work. It has people
doing their jobs. It has funny. It has sad. It has elements of backstory
we've made up. It has Neil Sedaka and Ahmet Ertegun. It's the best
episode-style thing we've ever written, and it was hard, but we're
proud.
~~*~~
So
there you have it — Luna aka Violet, in her own words...
~~*~~
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