BronxWench

December 1956 here, so I guess that makes me one of the older kids on the block! What I do find encouraging, however, is that so many of us (and I mean all ages here) are writing. Dear sweet gods, does that ever make me feel better, because if the art of playing with words is ever reduced to 140 characters or less one a permanent basis, then I'm going to start feeling old. Until then, though, I'm just another kid in the sandbox.

Palm trees... mine has palm trees. And I have an assortment of blank note cards for those "jot a quick note to whomever" moments that strike randomly.

JayDee: Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the heavy innuendo -- one of my specialties, I fear, is leaving things to the imagination, but then again, sometimes I think other peoples' imaginations might conjure up things better than I could write! And I think Alistair's utter smexiness will win out over any lingering fears of commitment that Wraith may be harboring.

anesor: Play DA:O and come back and read it again. That may help. But honestly, I'm not sure how much more I can trim without it turning into pure exposition. Timewise, it covers a few minutes in a boat, with part of that spent in a quick memory and the rest in a brief conversation. I suppose I could cut out the conversation... but, nah. I like my banter!

::looks at post-it notes all over desktop:: Well... yeah...

Fairy Slayer: Thank you for reading and reviewing, first of all. I keep dragging you out of your fandoms, but you gamely dive in, and I really appreciate it! It's hard squeezing enough into the format to keep it coherent, but hopefully I haven't lost you too badly!

It's not a terribly inspiring trend, is it?

Proofreading for a friend again... ::sigh:: "Her skin was a dusky grey, her hair off white and her eyes a deep vibrant violate."

Apollo: Oh, those recaptchas! But thank you for reading and reviewing, and I'm glad the flashback worked! I should probably stop teasing so much and move the relationship forward, but it's sort of fun to take my time, and Chantry boys are shy...

Techno Ninja: It really is turning into chapters of a story, isn't it? But I'm glad you like the banter between Wraith and Alistair, and the game is such good fun that I can't quite feel guilty for getting you curious about it.... such an evil wench I am! But thank you for reading and reviewing! pittwitch: Thank you! Endings and beginnings... we're always experiencing them... I am very pleased that the banter between the lads works, because I do enjoy writing it! Thanks again!

Shadowknight: The size constraint of the flash fics makes it a little harder to cover enough plot ground and go into greater emotional depth, but more will come as Wraith and Alistair get to know each other better, I promise! I deliberately didn't describe the sex between Tamlen and Wraith, because I'm sort of saving that for the Chantry boy. As to the grief, remember, he and Tamlen both knew this wasn't a forever thing, since they would both be called upon to marry. Wraith is feeling grief because he thinks he's supposed to, but he never formed that "I can't live without you" sort of bond with Tamlen. It's more guilt than grief, but Wraith hasn't figured that out yet...hence the lack of emotional depth to his grief. But gods, I that you read my prompts and think about them so seriously! You are amazingly good for my ego, do you know that?

Pen Name: BronxWench Story Link: Story: Ending Review Replies: Review Replies - AFF Prompt/Yule - AFF Community Forums Type of Fic: FlashFic Rating: Adult Fandom: Dragon Age: Origins Pairing: N/A Warnings: AFFO, ChallengeFic, Complete, M/M, NoSex

I think they said it was the 6th worst one-day snowfall. It was pretty impressive, though!

They recorded 22.5 inches in the Bronx. With drifts it seems a lot worse, although at least the wind scoured the snow off my car. It's plowed in, but what's not buried in the wall of snow is clean!

If I can get better pictures tomorrow in the nicer section, it really does look gorgeous here.

]Because he likes winter, these are for Shadowknight...

I think JayDee is right. Holidays or possibly Celebrations?

I started out writing longhand, in a series of notebooks, going through pens at a prodigious rate, and working on my laptop desk or at the pool. Then I would type everything up on the computer, and edit, edit, edit... It got colder, and I moved indoors, and eliminated the middle man, so to speak, and now I work on the computer. I still make notes to myself on all sorts of things, including scraps of paper, post-it notes, and my arm. Many, many years ago, I had an old Royal typewriter, with the cloth ribbons, and I used to love pounding away on that old thing...

wanderingaddict: Thank you! I think this one was probably the most fun to write, and I'm glad you liked it. I do like getting inside my characters' heads, even if it's a little harder to expound on that with the limitations of the prompt. But then again, that may be a good thing...

JayDee: Nothing makes me feel better as a writer than to have people from outside my fandom read, and then come back for more, so a heartfelt thank you!

pittwitch: This is the first time anyone's actually reviewed a onshot of mine twice, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it that much! I'm just really all gobsmacked that you'd come back to it, so thank you!

ShadowKnight: I really don't know what else to say except thank you, for reading, for reviewing, and most of all for being so incredibly supportive and just helpful as I got my feet wet here! You make me think, you make me laugh, and you make me want to push that little bit harder. I'm glad the end worked, and especially the sex! I had way too much fun writing that, mind you, so yay! I'm also glad my twisted take on Gend worked. His backstory has stuck in my head for so long, and I've wanted to incorporate it somehow, somewhere. I'm also glad the bond worked, and yes, Sand is enough of an inner romantic to think that he'd found the one in Vale... And thanks again for sticking around for the ride!