lanning_cook almost made me late for work

[mamadeb]

And I'm so happy that she did. I'd just spent the better part of a week reading less than optimal fic, with strained dialogue and characterizations and all the little nitpicky things that drive me nuts about poor writing. They also had hackneyed and/or annoying plots. But I'm in a semi-honeymoon with SG-1, and so. *Sigh*.

And then someone recommended Lanning's Sports Night story "Being an Anchor." And. My goodness. Prose that flowed, descriptions that described without going overboard, recognizable characters and dialogue. Okay, the plot is an angstfest and it's not a new theme - but she did it well. I hurt when I was supposed to hurt, and felt joy when that was appropriate. It would have been good even if I hadn't had the sucky stuff before it - I know because I'd read the story before and liked it - but after the past week, all I could think was, "Yes. Good writing does exist in the world. I need to find more of that."

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Thank you

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

And. I just read Bright Chains. It was lovely.

Re: Thank you

[destina.livejournal.com]

I'm always tickled pink to share the SG love, especially since I remember what it was like, trying to track down things to read when I first got hooked. *g* And thank you muchly, re Bright Chains. :-)

Oh! There's another story I forgot, too - you may have found this one already, tho:
Sinner's Grove by Martha
http://www.skeeter63.org/soulcake/slash/grove.html

Also, as far as recs go, Anna S. has a recs page on her site, where she points out a number of stories I didn't mention above:
http://www.drizzle.com/~eliade/sg_recs.html