FRIENDS ONLY



I have decided to make my journal Friends Only, with the exception of fanfic posts. I don't like the idea of not knowing who's reading my journal. This was never intended to be a public blog, just a place where I could talk to my friends (and now the cyber friends I've acquired over the years).

If you'd like to be LJ friends, feel free to add me--no need to comment here. I'll friend anyone who's not an obvious spambot.

Thank you!

I'm not posting this to the comms tonight, because I figure not many people are around. But here's an "advance screening" for my friends list. J

Characters: Jack/Liz. Brief mention of Liz/Conan.
Word Count: 2365
Rating: R for sexual content
Spoilers: Through early season three
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary/Notes: "Sometimes Liz tries to rank herself and Jack on the Divorced Couples Scale."

I tried to decide under what circumstances I could actually make myself break Jack and Liz up and keep them apart. I decided that, paradoxically, the more amiable their split was, the easier it would be for me to resist the urge to get them back together.

( Not The Worst Thing )

Chatacters: Oscar/Andy
Spoilers: Through "Business Trip"
Rating: PG
Word Count: 488
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary: Oscar and Andy on a teambuilding hike. Friendship, UST for those so inclined.

( Stranger Things Have Happened )

Suffering from insomnia. :)

Characters: Jack/Liz, Dr. Spaceman, Cooter
Word Count: 2371
Spoilers: Through Season 3
Rating: PG-13 for language
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary/Notes: The Barenaked Ladies song "Some Fantastic" has always reminded me of Jack and Liz. If my creativity were in a different area, I might have made a fanvid. Instead, I wrote a series of vignettes using lyrics from the song as prompts.

( Some Fantastic )

Characters: Liz/Conan, Jenna
Rating: PG-13 for innuendo
Word Count: 847
Spoilers: Minor ones through season three, major through "Tracy Does Conan"
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit. Title comes from Bruce Springsteen, "Human Touch." The character of Conan is the fictionalized version who appears on 30 Rock; I don't claim to know anything about the actual person.

Summary: Liz watches Conan on The Tonight Show. Angst-ish.

Forty minutes ago, I thought, "Well, I'm clearly not gonna write any fic tonight." Then this happened. Also: I mention Andy Richter here, and you're probably saying, "But he played Liz's brother!" Verily I say onto you: Carrie Fisher did a guest spot, yet the show still mentions Star Wars. So whatevs.

( You And Me, We Were The Pretenders )

Characters: Leslie/Ann
Rating: R
Word Count: 297
Spoilers: Vague reference to season finale
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit. Title comes from "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," by Crosby Stills and Nash.

Summary: You've heard of getting busy? Well, this is a fic that gets biz-zay. Also known as, I finally wrote some femslash. Yea?

( I Am Yours, You Are Mine, You Are What You Are )

Characters: Jack/Liz, OC
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1432
Spoilers: None for the show, but part of my ongoing futurefic series--click the "Casey-verse" tag at the bottom of the post for other fics.
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary: Casey's school play gives Jack an opportunity for reflection.

( A Fair Price To Pay )

Characters: Oscar, OC
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Through Season 2's "The Secret"
Word Count: 1010
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit. Title courtesy of All in the Family.

Summary: Oscar on prom night. Originally conceived of this as the intro to an Oscar/Andy fic, but realized it worked better as a standalone.

( Girls Were Girls and Men Were Men )

Characters: Jack/Liz, mention of Jack/Elisa
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 646
Spoilers: Major through "The Ones," minor for "Mamma Mia"
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary: “Don’t you get bored knowing so much about everybody? Don’t you ever want to be surprised?” Saucy Jack/Liz bantering. Back to basics.

( Powers of Deduction )

Characters: Jack/Bianca, Jack/OC, Colleen, Eddie
Word Count: 6854
Rating: R for language, including "that word" everybody hates
Spoilers: Nothing past season one
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary: In 1989, Jack hopes that an unexpected event will keep his marriage from collapsing.

I've written other preseries stories, which can be found by clicking the "30 Rock preseries" tag, but it's not necessary to read those first. This took months to write--with a prolonged break partway through--and I'm pretty happy with it, but I'm happiest for actually finishing.

( A Stay of Execution )

Characters: Jack/Liz, OC
Spoilers: None for the show, but part of my ongoing fic series--see the other fics by clicking the "Casey-verse" tag.
Warning: Kidfic!
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1837
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary: The Tooth Fairy pays an uncommonly generous visit.

Apparently "Casey stories" are the only fics I can finish at the moment. Oh, well; worse things have happened.

( Microeconomics )

Characters: Jack/Liz, OC
Word Count: 824
Spoilers: For my own fic, The Longest Distance Between Two Points
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary: Going to the chapel. Sort of.

Yet another follow-up to my epic kidfic. I'm going to keep writing these.

( The Reception )

Characters: Ryan, most of the Office gang, some Ryan/Kelly
Word Count: 1004
Spoilers: For all of Season Five
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary: Dunder-Mifflin is even harder to take when you're on the wagon.

I don't even like Ryan very much, but who knows where inspiration comes from? OK, there's my pretension quota for the month.

( Five Awkward Moments in Ryan Howard's Fledgling Sobriety )

Characters: Liz, Jack, Kenneth, Tracy, Jenna. Slight hints at Jack/Liz.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1571
Spoilers: References events through "Apollo, Apollo," nothing major
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary: Various characters take the Proust Questionnaire, as seen on the back page of Vanity Fair every month.

( Proust Questionnaire )

Characters: Jack, Colleen, implied Jack/Liz
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Spoilers: For my own fic, The Longest Distance Between Two Points
Summary: Jack puts his foot down.

A few weeks ago, I posted a ridiculously long kidfic. This tiny little fic is a follow-up.

( A Few Ground Rules )

Characters: Liz, Jenna, Jack, Kenneth
Word Count: 891
Spoilers: Through "Senor Macho Solo"
Rating: PG-13 for language
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.
Warnings: Crackfic. Songfic. Cracky songfic.

Summary: Liz gets upsetting news about an ex, and Jenna tries to cheer her up by singing to the tune of "Downtown," by Petula Clark. Things get progressively weirder from there. Feedback/concrit always appreciated.

( When you're enraged because your boyfriend's engaged... )

Word Count: 571
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Minor for 3.16, "Apollo, Apollo"
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit. And yes, I did steal the title from that horrible old reenactment show on E!

Summary: Fun with cryogenics. Jack/Liz friendship with a tiny bit of UST. Written for thoughtsicles. Prompt: Jack/Liz, Disney World.

( Mysteries and Scandals )

Time for another house_mst, the Mystery Science Theater-inspired game where you find bad House fanfiction, then have the characters make snarky comments about it. This is a short one, but I'm out of practice.

Characters are not mine! Fun, not profit.

( Read on! )

Word Count: 10,091
Rating: PG-13 for language
Spoilers: Through Season 2
Warnings: Length (see word count). Kidfic. Bill O'Reilly cameo.
Disclaimer: Not mine! Fun, not profit.

Summary: Jack and Liz's new relationship ends abruptly when she learns he doesn't want children, just as she prepares to adopt a daughter from China. Flashbacks and present-day narration tell the story of the next several years from both Jack's and Liz's perspectives.

Note: The first segment originally appeared, in slightly different form, as the drabble "Paternity Test."

( The Longest Distance Between Two Points )