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scribblemy_name: What's your favorite kind of original story to read? alternatively, what's your favorite kind of fanfic?
Romances. Generally historical romances. I know they're usually anachronistic in idea and execution, but they're just so happily fluffy and sometimes you just want that. My preferred authors are Loretta Chase and Liz Carlylse, although I generally enjoy Mary Balogh's talent for humourous moments.
I'll usually read Nora Roberts' suspense-romances because she has a gift for telling stories and giving you enough detail without infodumping, although I haven't read any of her stuff lately - I got tired of her Irish Fantasy Series Number Umptyeleventeen.
And I tend to binge-read Nora's alter-ego J.D. Robb via the In Death series about Lieutenant Eve Dallas. I'll read two or three books in a week and then not touch it for, oh, a year or two.
I have a fondness for urban fantasy - I got into the vampire genre for a while, but more or less gave up on those. The two UF series that I do have on my bookshelf are Meljean Brook's Guardians series (complete), and Nalini Singh's Psy-Changelings series (ongoing).
My favourite kind of fanfics, on the other hand, are the long, involved, action/drama epics that feature my favourite female characters. They are, frankly, rare as hens' teeth - I've only read a double-handful in my 15 years of online fandom; and most of those were in Stargate SG1.
Yes, I know there are a few people writing action/drama epic fics about female characters, but they're not writing them about my favourite female characters. Because my favourite female characters are not anyone else's favourite female characters. (Yes, I know you like her, but you don't like her so much that you're going to put a month-and-more's worth of writing towards her.)
Interestingly, an original story series that I've been reading, which is action/drama epic with a female lead is Mike Shepherd's Kris Longknife series. Lots of action, drama, space military, friendships, and generally pretty engaging. There's romance in the later books, but still plenty of action and things going on in the midst of it all.
scribblemy_name: What's your favorite kind of original story to read? alternatively, what's your favorite kind of fanfic?Romances. Generally historical romances. I know they're usually anachronistic in idea and execution, but they're just so happily fluffy and sometimes you just want that. My preferred authors are Loretta Chase and Liz Carlylse, although I generally enjoy Mary Balogh's talent for humourous moments.
I'll usually read Nora Roberts' suspense-romances because she has a gift for telling stories and giving you enough detail without infodumping, although I haven't read any of her stuff lately - I got tired of her Irish Fantasy Series Number Umptyeleventeen.
And I tend to binge-read Nora's alter-ego J.D. Robb via the In Death series about Lieutenant Eve Dallas. I'll read two or three books in a week and then not touch it for, oh, a year or two.
I have a fondness for urban fantasy - I got into the vampire genre for a while, but more or less gave up on those. The two UF series that I do have on my bookshelf are Meljean Brook's Guardians series (complete), and Nalini Singh's Psy-Changelings series (ongoing).
My favourite kind of fanfics, on the other hand, are the long, involved, action/drama epics that feature my favourite female characters. They are, frankly, rare as hens' teeth - I've only read a double-handful in my 15 years of online fandom; and most of those were in Stargate SG1.
Yes, I know there are a few people writing action/drama epic fics about female characters, but they're not writing them about my favourite female characters. Because my favourite female characters are not anyone else's favourite female characters. (Yes, I know you like her, but you don't like her so much that you're going to put a month-and-more's worth of writing towards her.)
Interestingly, an original story series that I've been reading, which is action/drama epic with a female lead is Mike Shepherd's Kris Longknife series. Lots of action, drama, space military, friendships, and generally pretty engaging. There's romance in the later books, but still plenty of action and things going on in the midst of it all.
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