De-lurking

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

De-lurking *waves* and therefore the obligatory introduction is under the cut.

Am currently gathering 'Gen' fic recommendations - from LJ or anywhere else - and would love to hear from anyone who's got something interesting to read in the gen genre. It's much neglected in fanfic, and I'm trying to put the record straight :D

I also come bearing an interesting link:
www.crimelibrary.com has got excellent notes on profiling and serial killers. There's even an interactive detective game!

As you can also tell, I tend to ramble, and am therefore very strict about using

Name: jadesfire2808 but you can call me jades ;)
Age: Cheeky! Old enough to know better
Location: UK
Favorite TV Show: Whatever I'm watching at the time
Other Shows Watched: Ooh, anything and everything. Buffy, Angel, SG1, CSI, CSI Miami, Queer Eye, Without a trace, House, Top Gear...

Favorite Quote:
Gideon: Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Reid: Samuel Beckett
Morgan: Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.
Reid: Yoda.

Favorite Color: Don't know...but my favourite colour is blue
If I was a criminal, I'd be... a vandal, scribbling on signs round the country, correcting grammar and punctuation.

Comments

[cpolk.livejournal.com]

I don't have any gen fic recommendations, but I would definitely like to see them. It's weird: I can read all the HPSlash ever, but CM fic with implied or explicit sexual relationships between the characters is really uncomfortable to read.

but some rippin' good CM stories? I'd like that.

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

It's funny how it works better in some fandoms than others. I've found a few gooduns, and continue on my quest for more :)

[rule-number-7.livejournal.com]

What's with the favourite colour thing? lol

[seraphina_snape]

I was wondering that, too.

~ sera

[wickedandcruel.livejournal.com]

i think she's making a point she's british? lol. I wonder the same.

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

*sigh* note to self: don't make spelling jokes. They're not funny, and you're the only one who gets them ;) There are more people commenting on that than there are reading my stories... *grin* As someone says below, it's the whole British 'we need to put extra letters in everything' spelling thing. Sorry...

[rule-number-7.livejournal.com]

No need to apologise, I got the joke lol I simply couldn't resist asking =P

[patch-tank.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* Australian. I do it too :)

-Patch

[wickedandcruel.livejournal.com]

Try checking fanfiction.net (http://www.fanfiction.net/l/2362/3/0/1/1/0/0/0/0/0/1/). I don't have any recs because basically everything is bad. =/

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

Ah, FF.net. aka 'The Pit of Voles.' There are nuggets of goodness, but you have to be prepared to hunt for them, hence trying to put together a rec list :D

[wickedandcruel.livejournal.com]

And hunt hard. Your rec list is gonna be much disappointing :P I don't read gen. I just never get interested when there isn't a bit of romance out there, but in the CM world, when there is romance, it has to be spoiled with slash :( (but no matter the genre, 99% is bad -I have swept ff.net already *sigh*)

[sarievenea.livejournal.com]

try things by Eligent, over on ff.net.

you have to wade a bit, but there are good ones out there. i'll keep my eyes out for ya.

cheers.

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

Eligent's fantastic - Kidnapped? Again? had me laughing out loud at my desk, which is not a good plan when you're a librarian... All recs gratefully received, thanks!

[nebula99.livejournal.com]

Hello fellow British person *waves*

Most of my fic is slash, but I do write gen now and again! I apologise if it is terribly bad mannered to pimp one's own stories, but there is a long gen CM fic here:

http://nebula99-fic.livejournal.com

it's called Retribution - you'll need to scroll down to get the the beginning. It's on ff.net as well.

And my Halloween one is here
part one: http://nebula99.livejournal.com/8780.html#cutid1
part two: http://nebula99.livejournal.com/8537.html#cutid1

nice to "meet" you

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

*waves back*

I'm always happy to get recs, bad mannered or not ;) I'll check them out when I get a chance. Thanks!