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I am SO INTO writing my [livejournal.com profile] hd_fan_fair fic now that I am an unkempt mess, growling at anything that tries to prevent me from writing all day and night, such as meals, personal hygiene and my children. Last night I was trying to write something super romantic and UST-ish, and I suddenly got hit by such a MASSIVE WHOOSH of Drarry feels, that it nearly knocked me over.

Then this morning I woke up and checked LJ on my phone in bed. A terrible habit, I know, but the baby has a habit of waking me up about 5.30 am and then going back to sleep, leaving me just lying there staring at the ceiling. And I saw [livejournal.com profile] raitala's latest, absolutely incredible [livejournal.com profile] hd_level_two art HERE and I got whooshed so hard again I went a bit giddy. Her art always used to leave me breathless and flushed, and now she has discovered animation I swear she may actually kill me.JUST LOOK AT THEM! The words, they are all gone.

Then over breakfast the gorgeous [livejournal.com profile] marianna_merlo had made such a lovely post about OTPs. Just another super nice fandom discussion that reminds you what a great community this is.

Finally I get home at the end of a long day and [livejournal.com profile] citrus_lime has drawn me totally NSFW art:

Don't click unless you want to see a naked Draco Malfoy with his hands tied giving Harry a blow job. Gosh, who would want to see that? )

I am also just about to submit my [livejournal.com profile] hp_drizzle fic, yay! This fest looks so original and I had a hoot writing for it. And [livejournal.com profile] mini_fest is accepting prompts from today! Go and leave your Christmassy based HP prompts for any pairing.

So in short, I basically adore this kind of day, where I feel like I've fallen in love with Harry and Draco all over again (and all of you, too), and I want to shout it from the rooftops.

*JUMPS ABOUT AND WHOOSHES AT EVERYONE*

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
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I am excited to share these two fics from the [livejournal.com profile] mini_fest since reveals went up today.There were some great fics and pieces of art there, so please go and have a look if you didn't follow the fest at the time.

My first fic for mini_fest was:

Title: After Hours at the Ministry of Magic
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Prompt: #124 - Co-workers trapped / stuck alone together on Christmas Eve. Griping leads to something better. Dear [livejournal.com profile] fantasyfiend09 I loved your wonderful prompt and hope you don't mind that I took a few liberties with it. 
Word Count: 11,500
Rating: NC-17
Notes: Thank you to [livejournal.com profile] who_la_hoop[livejournal.com profile] marianna_merlo, and most of all [livejournal.com profile] omi_ohmy for the astonishing amounts of help you cheerfully gave me with this. I was flailing around in the dark, ladies, and you turned the lights on.
Summary: It isn't precisely how Harry planned to spend Christmas Eve: trapped in a lift with his ex-boyfriend, somewhere between the third and the fourth floors of the Ministry of Magic.

I adored the prompt about Harry and Draco being stuck at work together, but when I sat down to write the story, instead of the fluffy, amusing little tale I had imagined, something altogether more flangsty and awkward poured out. I was horrified, and tried to wrestle it back into fluffy submission, but when my betas saw it, they told me to get rid of all the jokey, light stuff I had thrown in, and... well, eventually, this emerged. People have been very encouraging about it, which is wonderfully kind, but I will be honest: it was such a torment to me I would have been happy to delete the fucker at some points :D

My other fic for mini_fest was the second story I ever wrote. By contrast, this one just whooshed out of me in a great joyous splurge. I wish trying to write was always like this. It felt as if this unrepentant, spoilt, shamelessly egotistical, vain and self-deluding Draco lodged in my head and wouldn't leave, during the hours I was writing it. He was a bloody delight to be inhabited by. This is far and away my favourite thing I have written, so I hope you like it too, if you try it.

I wrote it a few months ago and had it saved carefully to bring out at Christmas. Mini_fest seemed like a perfect place to share it. Thank you, [livejournal.com profile] kitty_fic for modding a great fest that was exactly as stress-free as advertised!


Title: The Twelve Days of Draco
Pairing: Harry / Draco
Word Count: ~3000
Rating: R for language and innuendo, although nothing explicit
Notes: Thank you very much indeed to [livejournal.com profile] omi_ohmy, both for the lovely cheerleading, and the comma (which I don't know if I actually put in!!)
Summary: Draco really deserves a better class of mystery admirer. Who on earth would be smitten enough to keep sending him all these ridiculous presents? And will he ever remember who he was kissing at Blaise's party?


E.T.A. the spacing seems to have gone all shonky on this entry and I don't know how to fix it. :o( Any ideas?

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WOW, I was so excited to see this gorgeous piece of art at [livejournal.com profile] mini_fest yesterday. I was up far too late, and basically ended up dribbling all over the comments page, but it was such a great surprise to see someone had made art from my prompt, and such beautiful art too. ♥

Title: "Caught in Your Glow"
Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Prompt: Prompt:
"My candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light." - from a poem submitted by [livejournal.com profile] birdsofshore
Art Medium: Photoshop CS6
Rating: PG

I have seen this artist's work before and always LOVED her Harry, with his gorgeous, strong, masculine profile, but I don't think I have ever seen her draw this pairing before. Draco has an equally powerful face, and I love the challenging look they are exchanging. The poem I used for the prompt, is by a favourite poet of mine, Edna St. Vincent Millay. I woke up one morning with the lines running through my head and one of those weird obsessive fangirl feelings that it was connected to Harry / Draco somehow. I love the way the artist has interpreted the poem. ♥ Go and see it!

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Come and look at this beautiful drawing of Hagrid and Madame Maxime celebrating Christmas together. I defy anyone not to feel all Christmassy in their hearts after seeing this.

Title: Finally Free at [livejournal.com profile] mini_fest
Artist: Anon at the moment
Pairing: Rubeus Hagrid/Madame Maxime
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: They were finally able to relax and be happy.

Go go go go go and see it! ♥  


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