It's editor day again (or beta day, whichever you prefer), and, as always, I have many people to thank.

shisaiyan, illmantrim, cabell, kphoebe, ryminia, crimson_keys, thestalkycop, and others throughout the years, plus everyone who edits my original work, thank you so much. I've grown as a writer, in large part because of you, even more than any classes I took.

And thank you for the people who let me edit for them, fanfic and original: thestalkycop, crimson_keys, Sammy, cabell, kphoebe, carodee, shisaiyan, das_hydra, obislollipop, and all the others. I love editing for you all, and can't believe how lucky I am.

Mmmm. I love my job, both the freelance editing and the job here in the office. Today is a good day.

Fanfic Author Appreciation Week

Fanfic Author Appreciation Week: You post a fave author for each day, March 6 through the 13. Tell why you picked them, give some links to their fic, say why you love them, their work, why they need more appreciation, and just wax poetic about your favorite authors for the entire week.

I've decided to alternate between my other fandoms and my main fandom. Tonight's rec will be in The Lost Boys, which was the second fandom I ever joined and is the one I've been most active in. If you don't know, The Lost Boys is a vampire movie from 1987 that mixes horror with humor. It is the story of Sam and Michael Emerson, who move with their mother, Lucy, to Santa Carla, California (based on and filmed in the real town of Santa Cruz, California) after their parents divorce. Sam, the younger brother, immediately falls in with two young men, Edgar and Alan Frog, who claim the town is overrun with vampires. Michael, on the other hand, immediately falls for the gypsy-like Star and stumbles into the middle of the vampire problem.

The main site for the Lost Boys fandom is The Lost Cave, formerly run by Sammy and now run by thestalkycop. It houses quite a bit of fanfiction, movie pictures, quotes, bloopers, discussion, and other fun things.

My site, Of Luv and Blood, is probably the largest host of fanfiction for The Lost Boys (along with all of my writings in various fandoms), but I'm moving the fiction over to The Lost Cave slowly but surely.

The Lost Cave mailing list is for discussion about the movie and welcomes off topic posts. It was started by Sammy, and I am the current list owner. The Lost Boys Fanfiction: Stories from the Lost Cave is the fiction mailing list and does not welcome off topic posts. It was created and is still maintained by Sammy, who also puts in a lot of work to run the Lost Boys Fiction awards.

Tonight's author is Bat (das_hydra. Her website is Kessho.

Bat has a number of different Lost Boy stories, but my two favorite are her epic work and the Audioslave series.

The Audioslave Series is a collection of short stories written to the songs from Audioslave's self titled album. Though it is not finished yet, it tells a story of how the Lost Boys came to exist. Bat ties in the lyrics and the obvious Peter Pan myth deftly. The stories are quick, sharp, and flow very well.

Her epic story is To the Shock of Miss Louise. Bat's summary: What if the movie wasn't just fantasy, but was based in truth?

The story presupposes that the Lost Boys are a vampire pack who find a mortal to write their story into a movie. The details are magnificent and Ruby, as the writer in the story, is witty and sarcastic, but still loveable and a well-rounded character. The characterization of the vampires is believable and strong. The story goes so far beyond that basic idea of fiction in reality in fiction and for fifty chapters carries the reader on a whirlwind adventure.