I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

Ann: Happy birthday! This is for you. I made it.
Betty: You programmed the replicator?
Ann: No, I made it. With my hands. And tools. And yarn. I replicated the yarn.
Betty: But why make it when you can replicate it?
Ann: You can't.
Betty: It's made out of some sort of exotic matter? I thought you replicated the yarn?
Ann: You can replicate the yarn, but you can't replicate the scarf. It's unique. Because I made it.
Betty: You... made it.
Ann: It's an ancient craft called "knitting". You use these tools called "knitting needles". And scissors and a "sewing needle". And of course the yarn.
Betty: But it must have taken you an hour to make!
Ann: Try a hundred hours.
Betty: But... why? Why spend all that time?
Ann: Because I made something unique. Never before in the history of the universe, has this exact scarf existed. Of course, if you scan it and share the data, it won't be unique any more. But at least, right now, it's unique. And I made it. With my own hands.
Betty: ...
Ann: Plus I enjoy the process. It's soothing. Kind of like meditating. Only you actually have something at the end.
Betty: Oh, it's for your mental health?
Ann: Not exactly...

Doing some experimental writing here. The muse struck, had to do this. Check it out, pls.

Day 1

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator.

Remember that we're using the term fanwork in the broadest sense of the word here - things like episode guides, meta, canon timelines, thematic lists, recs, fandom overviews, picspams, discussion posts, etc totally count.

I don't want to do the same recs as I did last year, so I won't.

I would like to put "the work I did for the 2012 SSHG Exchange" in this list, but since the reveals haven't happened yet, I can't. Suffice to say, it was a creative challenge, and I'm very pleased with the result, even though I can't yet point to it and say "I made this!"

So, on to the recs I can actually make.
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This is the story I've been working on for this year's finish-a-thon. I did actually fulfil my 7000-word quota, but I really don't want to frustrate you all by posting an incomplete story that I don't know when I'll finish... so I'll just frustrate you all by posting the first chapter (which is pretty long anyway). 8-P

Harry Potter and the Lore of Fiction

by Kathryn Andersen

Universe: Harry Potter
Summary: What if Harry had taken refuge in the library as a child, and read a lot of SF/F books? How would he interpret his accidental magic?
Spoilers: pretty much the whole series
Words: 2519

This is heavily inspired by "Harry Potter the Arch Magus" by DragonBard. I just wanted to put my own twist on it.

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( Chapter 1: In Which Harry Discovers The Benefits Of Reading )

"A Matter of Decorum" is now done, done, done! The revisions are finished, the all-new epilogue is finished and betaed, it is posted on all the sites I post at, there is no more to be done, except hope that people comment. 8-)

For those of you who might be interested...

Universe: Harry Potter
Characters: Hermione Granger, Severus Snape
Size: 19128w
Summary: Hermione casts a hair charm. Lucius Malfoy makes a bet with Snape. But is Severus playing the role of Professor Higgins or of Mephistopheles? SS/HG, Post-DH, EWE.

Posted at:
* http://www.katspace.org/fiction/stories/Kathryn_Andersen/Matter_Of_Decorum/
* http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6448279/1/A_Matter_Of_Decorum
* http://archiveofourown.org/works/131122
* http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=23885 under the pen-name SnarkHunt

Embodyment of Hope

by Kathryn Andersen

Universe: Sandman/Narnia
Summary: Aslan meets Despair of the Endless, and she is comforted.
Spoilers: vague reference to "At Death's Door".
Words: 408

Written for the 2010 finish-a-thon.

Thanks to kaffyr, for her invaluable comments.

( Where Despair dwells... )

Happy birthday jedibuttercup!
So for you, today, I post another Snape/Anya ficlet.

Title: Motivations
Fandom: Harry Potter/Buffy
Words: 350
Disclaimer: Universes not mine. Words mine.
Summary: Why was Anya asking him questions about Voldemort?
Notes: This is part of my In Truth, Beauty series.
( What sort of immortality does he have? )

Title: Provenance Unknown
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Highlander
Rating: PG
Category: Crossover, Ficathon
Characters: Rebecca Horne, Methos
Size: 2300w
Date: 2009-12-12
Elsewhere: http://community.livejournal.com/hlh_shortcuts/33662.html
Summary: A traveller visits Rebecca's castle, bearing a mystery.

Done for Highlander Holiday Short-Cuts 2009.

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Title: In A Green Shade (The Colourblind Remix)
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Category: Remix, Ficathon
Characters: Harrison Chase
Size: 100w
Date: 2009-10-11
Elsewhere: http://community.livejournal.com/remixthedrabble/161802.html
Summary: Harrison Chase and the Krynoid.

A remix of In A Green Shade by kindkit, done for the remix-the-drabble ficathon.

Spoilers for "Seeds of Doom".

( fake cut to story )

Title: Wind Woman
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Tomorrow People
Series: Talents 1
Characters: Lisa, OMC
Size: 1315w
Date: 2004-11-28
Elsewhere: http://www.xmission.com/~ladyslvr/TPFICT/n-z/windwoman.html
Summary: If you run far enough, will you find something? Lisa finds out.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/WindWoman