The Snuna Reveal is up!

[machshefa]

 And now I can thank kizzy7  for the fabulous gift she wrote for me, Mirrorball.  It's lyrical and filled with gorgeous turns of phrase as well as spot-on observations of the characters and their emotional dilemmas (my favorite, of course!).  It's emotionally nuanced and layered, and most importantly of all, shows that it's the relationship that heals.  Even if you don't really love Snuna, this one is worth a read.  Thank you, kizzy7 !

I also now get to thank talesofsnape for the fabulous banner (with matching icons!) she made for the story hours before the deadline.  It's perfect for the story, and is a piece of art in and of itself.  See its loveliness? *pauses to admire... guh...

And of course, now I can reveal my own story, written for miss_morland , As to a Portrait, Gently Drawn.  Title credit goes to ariadne1  who, when I started channeling Whitman (don't ask... really), produced the most perfect title (and who also said, "STOP right here.  It's done."  Blesses her.  And to annietalbot who, as always, reads four hundred thousand drafts without a whisper of complaint (at least not where I can hear), and guides, and points to where tweaking is needed.  Also, thank you to somigliana  who suggested that I play with tense and POV.  It hadn't occurred to me to try this, and the use of the present tense in this story is due to her, and I think it adds a great deal to the emotional tone.  Finally, thank you to iulia_linnea for providing a forum for these stories to be born.

I'd never written outside my OTP until this exchange.  Heck, I barely read outside my OTP!  I'm glad I did, though.  I enjoyed writing this story--it flowed in a way that I've not experienced in my prior fic writing and that alone was enjoyable and worth the experience.  I'd not given Luna much thought and it was interesting to do that, and to think about Snape with her as the foil.  

I'll be archiving to OWL soon, and then to the other archives (TPP, fanfic.net) soon after.

All in all, this was a really nice experience.  There are some outstanding stories in the exchange -- and I'm about a week behind in reading.  If I've not reviewed your story yet (oh, flisters who also participated), it means I've not yet caught up, but I shall!


 

Comments

[talesofsnape.livejournal.com]

Smooches! I really loved your story and, as always with your writing, the emotions seemed to sing from the screen. It was a privilege to get a preview so I could do the banner, complete with whirlythings.

[machshefa.livejournal.com]

Thank you, my dear! *hugs you hard

It's such a pleasure to have such amazing collaboration :D And you know how much I adore your story -- the long version, especially! I am behind on reviewing (can't remember if I did review yours, I think so), and still have a few fics left to read, believe it or not. Aaaah! :)

[talesofsnape.livejournal.com]

still have a few fics left to read, believe it or not.
As do I, well, two. I did so well at staying on top of things until the last couple of days of the exchange, and then I had something else on for the last few days (can tell you about it on gmail rather than here) and now I have a page of updates to catch up with on OWL again and I still haven't read the last two fics or written anything for over a week (and that was only a few hundred words).

Yes, you did review Art. It's one fic you don't have to worry about.