Date: 2012-01-26 19:36 Subject: Aspiring writers: some calls for submissions! Security: Public Tags: call for submissions, writing talk

Three anthologies are currently open for submissions at Circlet Press:

Charming: Modern Gay Fairy Tales — we read for this over the summer/fall, but just didn’t get quite enough. Deadline March 1st. Details: http://www.circlet.com/?p=3045

Erotic Shakespeare — come on, you know you want to! This anthology is being co-edited by Nikola Klaus with yours truly. Deadline: March 15th. Details: http://www.circlet.com/?p=3696

Like a Chill Down Your Spine: Erotic Ghost Stories — edited by Artemis Savory, the same editor who did Like a Moonrise. Deadline March 31st. Details: http://www.circlet.com/?p=3701

Circlet Press publishes erotic science fiction and fantasy, with occasional forays into the real world or literary fiction. The latter two anthologies are open to myriad sexualities and sexual identities, gay, kinky, straight, lesbian, transgender, unlabel-able, etc. There’s more details if you follow the links above and leave questions for the editors on those posts so they can respond directly.

Mirrored from blog.ceciliatan.com.

Date: 2012-01-11 17:46 Subject: My year-end summary! Security: Public

Many folks have been posting their Year End Summaries. Most years I haven't gotten around to it, but this year I figured I'd give it a go!

This year I wrote four fics, all after I got back in August from Diacon Alley. Two were for fests, two were just for the sake of fic. Two H/D, one Snaco, and one Lucius/Draco. That is a shocking lack of Snape, I know, but I am sure there will be more in the future...

THE WAND CHOOSES THE WIZARD -- H/D, NC-17, 11,261 words. Written for the hd_canon_fest. Four years after the war, Harry Potter has quit the Auror program to hunt down dark wizards on his own, a task for which Draco Malfoy's former wand seems oddly well-suited. A visit to Ollivander's newly re-opened shop to ask why only deepens the mystery Harry is determined to solve. Also archived at: Ravenna's Quill * A03

FIVE OF SWORDS -- Snape/Draco, PG-13, 3900 words. Warning: not smutty! I know I feel I have to warn for that since I so rarely write chaste.... Written for the hp_tarot fest. A few years after the Voldemort war is over, Draco has left England and everyone he knew behind. He's living hard on the streets of New Orleans, making money reading Tarot cards to tourists. A mysterious stranger prompts him, though, to look into his own past... and future.

GIVING BACK -- H/D, NC-17, 3313 words. Warnings: bottom!Harry, mentions of abused!draco from the past (7th year)
Summary: Harry still has Draco's wand. A few years after the war's end, he is determined to give it back and make Draco its rightful owner once again.

MALFOY POST-BELLUM -- Lucius/Draco, NC-17, 3161 words. Consensual incest. After the war, Lucius must return to Azkaban. On his last night before going back to prison, he and Draco share some quality time. A gift for thepinkrabbit who lamented at the post-DiaconAlley pubmeet that there is not enough Lucius/Draco out there. To which I replied "I should write mote of it." So I did. A classic L/D theme set post-war.

I also ran another round of the hp_tarot fest, with some fabulous help from the lovely and fabulous leela_cat and angelbabe_cj. (In fact, I still need to get out participant and award banners for that.) And I participated in Secret Snape, which was fabulous fun and I'm so glad I did!

( Thinky thoughts about the year in fic and fandom...and next year )

Date: 2012-01-11 13:00 Subject: Podfic: Closure (Snarry, NC-17) Security: Public Tags: bottom!harry, ewe, pairing: snarry, podfic, postwar, rating: nc-17, slash

So I reposted this fic from 2008 recently, and since my previous podfic was H/D I wanted to do a different pairing. So here’s a Snarry one, and a much longer one, too! The running time on this podfic is 1:16 (one hour and sixteen minutes)

Summary: Harry is on the verge of becoming a full-fledged Auror when he learns Severus Snape is not dead, but recovering in secret in a wizarding sanitorium.

Links to the MP3 and AAC/m4a versions under the cut.

Archived at Ravenna's Quill.

Date: 2012-01-10 22:24 Subject: Happy Birthday Professor Snape! (I got a gift!!) Security: Public

OMG OMG OMG! CAPSLOCK SQUEEEEEEE!

I just got my Secret Snape gift and OH. MY. GOODNESS. You Guys. It is beyond wonderfulness! And yet still a secret, as there was no note or name, just a mysterious return address? I shall have to check out the squeeing post over at Pennswoods journal to find out who was the arts-and-crafts master who sent me this!

Photos and details below the cut!

Archived at Ravenna's Quill.

Date: 2012-01-09 15:00 Subject: Happy Birthday Severus! It’s “secret Snape” day! Security: Public Tags: secret snape

Thanks to the genius of Pennswoods on LJ pennswoods, a bunch of us are celebrating Snape’s birthday with a Secret Santa sort of exchange… except it’s Secret Snape. We each put in some preferences on gifts and then received an assignment. I haven’t actually received mine yet, but I thought I’d post a photo of what I sent my recipient.

tamela_j Tamela, if you haven’t got it yet, it’s coming via Priority Mail in a small box, and don’t look under the cut if you want to be surprised! If you *did* get it and you’re curious for more info… read on…

Read the rest of this entry »

Archived at Ravenna's Quill.

Date: 2012-01-08 09:15 Subject: Podfic: Draco the Wonder Ferret (H/D, NC-17) Security: Public Tags: ferret!draco, pairing: h/d, podfic, rating: nc-17, slash

So, last month one of my fics appeared in the HP Podfic Fest (“A Wizard’s Memory”) and I put up a post on all my various journals asking for suggestions, if I were to start podficcing myself (i.e. reading and recording my own fics in my own voice), which stories should I do?

Here’s one of the ones people asked for. It’s one of my few humorous fics, and I’ve read it aloud at several HP conventions, to the delight of many. So now you can all enjoy it. Links to both MP3 and m4a versions are below!

Draco the Wonder Ferret, written and narrated by Ravenna C. Tan

Summary: After that disastrously droll Hogwarts reunion party… the story of how Draco Malfoy weaseled his way into Harry Potter’s house.

Warnings: Humor, rather smutty at times.

MP3: 7.4 megabytes, playing time 16 minutes MP3 Click here
(Using Firefox I’m able to play the MP3 streaming right in the browser without downloading it. Not sure if that works for everyone…)

m4a: 4.2 megabytes, playing time 16 minutes AAC/m4a Click here — this is the bext format for use with iTunes, as far as I can tell. It sounds slightly better than the MP3 and carries with it the “album artwork.” (Cute ferret photo as shown above…)

UPDATE: There’s now a comm for H/D Podfics on Livejournal, hd_podfics, here: http://hd-podfics.livejournal.com/

Archived at Ravenna's Quill.

Date: 2012-01-07 04:42 Subject: Sigh! Write me some kink? Security: Public

Alas! Prompt claiming has closed over at hp_kinkfest and not a single one of my prompts was claimed.

Anyone want to write me one of these? :D

Prompt # 73
Kink:Orgasm denial
One to three pairings: Snape/Draco, Any Death Eater/Draco (suggested)
Optional supplementary prompt: Especially if the arousal/orgasm denial is the key to magical power or a necessary spell.
submitted by: ravenna_c_tan

Prompt # 99
Kink:Knifeplay or sensual cutting
One to three pairings: bottom!harry, bottom!draco, or bottom!snape (suggested)
Optional supplementary prompt: If Gryffindor's sword is the ultimate phallic symbol, what was the ring of Slytherin?
submitted by: ravenna_c_tan

Prompt # 101
Kink: Competition fucking
One to three pairings: Harry or Draco (or both) with Death Eaters (suggested)
Optional supplementary prompt: You may interpret 'competition fucking' any way you like.
submitted by: ravenna_c_tan

Prompt # 104
Kink: Fireplay
One to three pairings: Harry/Draco, Snape/Draco, Charlie/Harry (suggested)
Optional supplementary prompt: Dragons. Why did it have to be dragons?
submitted by: ravenna_c_tan

Date: 2012-01-06 16:11 Subject: Hogwarts Alumni Party at Arisia (i.e. Harry Potter party for grown-ups) Security: Public Tags: harry potter fandom

Guess what? I got a room in the party block at Arisia! So I will be throwing two parties. A Circlet Press book party on Friday night after the Circlet 20th Anniversary Extravaganza (panel with book giveaways, etc) 9:30p-1am, and then
Saturday night:

HOGWARTS ALUMNI PARTY!
9pm – 1am Saturday January 14
Arisia SF Convention (Boston)
Westin Room 462

The Hogwarts Alumni Association and HPEF/Ascendio welcome you to a party for adult fans of Harry Potter. Those in Potteresque costumes may win door prizes! Members of all Houses as well as alumni of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are also welcome. Those not in houses will be sorted upon entry. Muggles may need the aid of a witch or wizard to enter. NO DUELING. (That means you, Gilderoy!)

I could use some volunteers to help me run the Hogwarts party. Can you bake cauldron cakes? Bring butterbeer? Donate door prizes? Make flyers and/or put them up around the con? Something I haven’t thought of? Please comment or email me at ravenna_c_tan @ yahoo.com!

We should have info available about Ascendio if you haven’t already been fully informed about the HPEF convention in Orlando this coming July. (http://hp2012.org for more info)

We *should* be in room 462, but check the party board/flyers just in case there are any last minute hotel moves…

Mirrored from blog.ceciliatan.com.

Date: 2012-01-05 03:10 Subject: Closure (NC-17) Snarry (2008) Security: Public

This fic was written for the 2008 Snape/Harry "Daft Day Smut Swap" for Jadzialove, and I've picked it to archive next at AO3 and my new personal fic archive. It's too long for a single LJ or IJ post, so it links back to the new archive under the cut.


Title: Closure
Author: ravenna_c_tan
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 14,000
Warnings: Rimming and light bondage
Recipient: jadzialove
Compliancy: DH-compliant except EWE
Prompt/Summary: Harry is on the verge of becoming a full-fledged Auror when he learns Severus Snape is not dead. Relevant parts of the prompt are: "Rimming, light bondage, light spanking are great... Snarky (but reluctantly, deep down caring) Snape is Love and Mature Snarky-right-back Harry is even lovelier. First-time, or first time for them."
Author's Note: Jadzia said "I love a first time fic, especially if it's a sarcastic, snarky Severus who is not at all happy to see Potter when he presents himself for whatever reason of your choosing. If that doesn't work for you, pretty much if there's smut, I'm good." So how my smutty plot bunny developed into this plotty monster, I'm not sure. Thanks to the mods who put me on to pinch hit and then were infinitely patient while my work schedule exploded and the story grew and grew. Thanks also to my emergency beta-reader clauclauclaudia.

Closure
by Ravenna_C_Tan

The owl arrived in the middle of the afternoon, but when it did, it felt like it should have been the middle of the night. After all, dire news that feels like a broomhandle in the gut? Ought to come at three a.m., not tea time.

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Date: 2012-01-03 20:12 Subject: About my heart (not a romance) Security: Public Tags: general blather

I just realized that when one is 14 and a goth and writing about mortality, nobody gives a flying fig, because what does a 14-year-old know about mortality, no matter how morbid-minded? But when you’re 44, and have just had two friends your age die within a week, and you have a medical emergency yourself, all of a sudden people take your musings about mortality very seriously.

Herein, the story of my medical emergency, and my musings on mortality, though may I stress I am unlikely to kick off any time soon. For the tl:dr crowd I REPEAT: I’M FINE. For the rest of you, read on.

Mirrored from blog.ceciliatan.com.

Date: 2011-12-20 18:23 Subject: Have tea with me (and other guests) at Arisia! Security: Public Tags: appearances, arisia, harry potter fandom

So…. the Arisia Science Fiction Convention is less than a month away. Lots of fun is planned for it. Among other things I’m doing a panel on being a complete HARRY POTTER fandom NUT (well, that’s not what the panel is CALLED but that’s definitely what it’s about), plus I’ll be giving a Retrospective presentation for the Circlet Press 20th Anniversary at which I will give away lots of smutty books and entertain everyone with tales of being the “world’s premiere science fiction pornographer,” (so spake Walter Jon Williams of me/Circlet).

Another fun thing I am looking forward to is Afternoon Tea with special guests! For $25 per person, attendees get to sit at a table of 8 or 10 with their favorite writer and hobnob for over an hour. The tea will be Sunday afternoon (of course).

If you’d like to be at my table, or the table of one of the other fun guests (including Phil and Kaja Foglio, Gareth Hinds, Hugh Casey, Esther Friesner, Marty Gear, Bob Eggleton, Hildy Silverman, Trisha Wooldridge, and Eric in the Elevator) check out this webpage for more info: http://2012.arisia.org/VIP-Tea

I did the Breakfast with Guests last year, and although I was groggy from lack of sleep, it was a lot of fun. I expect I’ll be more awake for an afternoon event though…

Mirrored from blog.ceciliatan.com.

Date: 2011-12-20 03:29 Subject: Tied (H/D, NC-17) 2006 Security: Public Tags: 100 quills, bottom!harry, pairing: h/d, rating: nc-17, slash, top!draco

Title: Tied
Author: Ravenna C. Tan
Rating: NC-17
Prompt Set: 50.1 H/D
Prompt:100 Quills #38 “Knots”
Word Count: 1374
Summary: Voldemort’s final curse leaves Harry at Draco’s mercy.
Warnings: Bondage, corporal punishment.

This was the very first fic I wrote for a fest or challenge. I signed up when 100 Quills was still fairly new and I was, I think, the second participant to get through my entire prompt set! It took over six months to write them all. It started with this short, kinky, and sweet one:

Archived at Ravenna's Quill.

Date: 2011-12-13 11:00 Subject: NLA Writing Awards now open for nominations! Security: Public Tags: writing news

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CALL FOR NOMINATIONS


(Columbus, OH) — NLA-International, a leading organization for activists in the pansexual leather community, is now accepting nominations for its annual writing awards for excellence in SM/leather/fetish writing for books, articles, novels, and short fiction first published between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011. The deadline for nominations is 31 January 2012. The finalists will be announced in March. The winners will be announced at the National Leather Association’s Annual General Meeting, which will be held during Tribal Fire (4-6 May 2012) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The five award categories are:

Mirrored from blog.ceciliatan.com.

Date: 2011-12-10 06:28 Subject: The Rematch (Snape/Draco, NC-17), 2006 Security: Public Tags: fanfic, kickass!snape, pairing: snape/draco, rating: nc-17

Title: The Rematch
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Snape/Draco
Disclaimer: This is fanfic. It is produced for non-commercial purposes. All characters are copyrighted and trademarked by J. K. Rowling and the publishers of Harry Potter and related properties.
Warnings: None, really. Dueling can be a bit violent?
Summary: Draco Malfoy is 25 years old, single, rich, and bored with life, when an old schoolmate invites him into a very exclusive club: a dueling club.
Author’s Notes: A very slantwise homage to Chuck Palahniuk’s novel “Fight Club.” This is still my favorite of my Snape/Draco fics. Written originally as a gift for Femmequixotic in the 2006 Merry Smutmas fest.

“Come on, Malfoy. Don’t tell me you’re scared.”

Archived at Ravenna's Quill.

Date: 2011-12-10 06:14 Subject: Draco the Wonder Ferret (Harry/Draco, NC-17) 2006 Security: Public Tags: fanfic, ferret!draco, pairing: h/d, postwar, rating: nc-17

Title: Draco the Wonder Ferret
Author: Ravenna C. Tan
Rating: NC-17
Prompt Set: 50.1 from the 100 Quills challenge fest
Prompt: Wonder
Word Count: 2600
Pairing: Draco/Harry
Warnings: Ferret!draco
Disclaimer: I wrote this fanfic for completely non-commercial enjoyment. All characters are not mine and are copyrighted and trademarked by their owners/publishers.
Summary: How Draco Malfoy weaseled his way into Harry Potter’s house.
A/N: A gift fic for Ravengirl76 who requested ferret!draco H/D. I’ve never written ferret!draco before, and didn’t think I would, but what else was I going to do with the “wonder” prompt? It seemed a natural fit…

Archived at Ravenna's Quill.

Date: 2011-12-10 03:42 Subject: Pottermore ebook survey Security: Public

In case you haven't seen it, the Pottermore Insider posted a link to a survey on ebook editions of the HP books. Linky: https://www.research.net/s/pottermore_booksurvey

Date: 2011-12-08 07:48 Subject: A Wizard’s Memory (Harry/Draco, NC-17) 2006 Security: Public Tags: h/d, hbp-compliant, nc-17, postwar, quidditch, romance

To begin the archiving of my fics on this site, I’m going to repost them gradually, starting with my more popular fics. This one even has a Christmas theme, and well, it is December…

Title: A Wizard’s Memory
Author: Ravenna C. Tan
Word Count: 5900
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: It’s fanfic and we know it.
Beta-reader: TwistedMiracle
Summary: At a big Christmas party, Harry runs into the one person he thinks he wants to forget.
A/N: Written for Charlotteschaos in the 2006 HD Holidays Fest. Her request said: “I like when there’s a lot of magic and banter is even better than sex. I love good banter. I’d be interested in writing and/or reading a good post-break up/getting back together fic.” Written pre-DH, and so only canon-compliant through HBP.

Archived at Ravenna's Quill.

Date: 2011-12-07 20:48 Subject: The Prince’s Boy wins Honorable Mention in the Rainbow Awards! Security: Public Tags: awards, squee, the prince's boy, writing news

Squeeeeee! The Prince’s Boy (vol 1) has won Honorable Mention in the Rainbow Awards in “Best Gay Fantasy”! These are the annual awards arranged by Rainbow Reviews, Elisa Rolle’s fabulous review blog. Full results on all the winners and the comments from the judges are on LJ at: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1462385.html

(That is, if the DDoS attack will let you get at LJ. I was able to read the post just fine, but not comment.)

Check out what the review posted with it says: “This story needs to come with a warning. *Do not read if you have any sort of cardiac issues* LOL. No, really. Brilliant from start to finish, but whew! What a marathon! You’d better train up for this one, or be prepared to read it in small bite sized pieces (if you can put it down, and yes, it is that good). There is graphic torture, rape, slavery, every form of questionable behavior one could think of. And with all that? A story not to be missed. By turns gritty and lyrical. It is the chiming of tiny crystal hand bells and the inescapable, thundering peal of the bells of Notre Dame. A powerhouse, a tour de force. –Cherie”

Yes, oh yes. I’m so glad readers feel that way since, well, that was the goal. (*Grin.*)

If anyone’s interested in purchasing a signed copy of the paperback for the holidays, or an ebook edition for anytime, links are below the cut. But mostly I just wanted to squee!

Mirrored from blog.ceciliatan.com.

Date: 2011-12-06 16:37 Subject: Just sayin... Security: Public

Prompt collection is now going on over at HP Kinkfest... (http://hp-kinkfest.livejournal.com/75669.html)

Date: 2011-12-06 01:59 Subject: WIP rec! Security: Public

Okay, you know how I don't read WIPs? I don't. But then every now and then something catches my eye. In this case, it was this description in hp_hardcore of juwel_fic's latest WIP, "The End of Obsession."

First check out the pairings:
Pairings/characters: Severus/Harry, Severus/Lucius, Severus/Draco, past Severus/Voldemort, hints of Draco/Harry

And of course I read "warnings" as "enticements":
Warnings: dub con, bdsm, past abuse and rape, biting, blood, collars, breathplay, and I guess I’d better add cutting.

And then there was this:
Author's notes: The idea for this story was originally based on a request from venturous1 for harry_holidays with the request "how about Snape's first time, go as dark as you want to with it, including non-con; contrast with Harry's deflowering." The writing was delayed, however, due to schooling, and now it’s turned into this gigantic thing. Here's hoping for the UST and mind-blowing smut you asked for!

If that's enough for you, go get started with Chapter One here: http://juwel-fic.livejournal.com/19613.html

There are eight chapters so far. If you're not convinced, I'll go on under the cut, but warning for spoilers: ( Read more... )