Five RDA Authors and Fics

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Five favourite authors and fics I discovered through judging the Raison D'être Awards in 2005:


1. Ring the Bell Backward (WIP) by st_salieri: Post-NFA Spuffy. Really well written – good flow, very observant, great character voices. A fic that’s hard to stop reading. Sequel to The Use of Memory.

2. Canis Familiar by sockmonkeyhere: Post-NFA Spred, the return of Oz, and fantastic OCs. A sequel to Re-entry, which tells you how Fred came back.

3. Legions of True Hearts by eurydice72: Beautifully written Spuffy - well, sort of Spuffy. You'll see. A Stone’s Throw From Yesterday (which I did not read for the RDAs, but just finished) is also excellent.

4. Dirty Back Road by thedeadlyhook: BtVS S6 Spuffy. Adventure, comedy, smut – this fic has it all. A fun read.

5. The Prague Series by Fayjay: Pre-Sunnydale Spike and Dru in Prague. Vicious, delicious, and Gwendolyn Post! Very well written.

I discovered alot of great new-to-me authors through the RDAs - these are just a few of my faves. You can find your own favourites here: rda_awards.

Kristina

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I'm familiar with sockmonkeyhere's work, but the rest are new to me. Thanks for sharing.


Gabrielle

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

No problem! The list of winners at the RDAs site has *alot* of great fics - many of which I haven't read yet, but intend to.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Thanks for pointing out a new resource to me!


Gabrielle

[yourlibrarian]

I've only read the first one so it looks like I have lots to dig into here!

And nice to know about how the awards brought you to these too.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

I discovered many wonderful new-to-me authors and I know there are more waiting. :-)

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much for these. I'm following #1 and #4 but hadn't yet found time/heard of the others. #5 looks delicious.
I also didn't know about the community ::is rather slow:: so thanks very much for that. Very good to know.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

#5 is delicious! And the RDA community make a great reading list.

[gillo]

Wow. Just read all of The Dirty Back Road straight off. Still sniffling. Thank you so much for the rec.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Happy to oblige! Great story, wasn't it?

[untitleddemo.livejournal.com]

Great choices! There are two on this list that I have not read yet, and I'm excited to read them. Thanks for sharing.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Glad to do it. Great fics deserve pimping!

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, what a wonderful compliment, desoto! Thank you! I feel honored to be on your list!

The award sites are a great place to find new stories and writers to enjoy, aren't they? I think they've doubled my download library!

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

I told you I loved your fics! I wasn't kidding. :-)

There are so many great RDA fics left to read - good thing the holidays are coming.