art in the blood

For the writing commentary meme, lovecatcadillac asked for this passage from "When You Get Older."

I know this is kind of a weird thing for a writer to say, but I'm actually really proud of the way this fic turned out. I'd never written anything longer than 2k up to this point, and I was terrified that I'd wimp out or that it would be terrible overall. I ended up pouring a lot of what I was going through and what I had gone through- college anxiety, personal identification, crises of sexuality and what it meant about me- into the writing of this story, and it shows through in this section in particular.

( quench the fire or burn alive? )

Title: When You Get Older
Fandom: Hanna (2011)
Summary: Two years after her brush with a mysterious girl and an even more mysterious government agency, Sophie is now in her first year of university, concentrating on her studies and trying not to think about the girl who still haunts her thoughts. But when Hanna drops unexpectedly back into her life, Sophie can no longer ignore what the girl represents- to the world and to herself.
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Written for  thelittlebang challenge.

Before I started writing this, I would never in a million years have imagined myself completing a 15 000+ word fic, let alone doing it within the space of four months. It's certainly been a challenge for me

This fic would not have been completed- and would certainly never have been posted- without the input and encouragement of more people than I can count. A million thanks to littledust and mambo-chocobo, who beta read the piece while it was in draft stages. Your work has made this fic what it is now. And another million thanks goes to everyone who cheerlead me on Tumblr while I was in the writing process- sour-idealist, flashandthunderfire, glitterandgrit, glamaphonic, , -redux, dutchydoescoke, and many others. Thanks also go to sentintola, for Britpicking and general advice and support, the artist who illustrated this fic, and the littlebang mods themselves for hosting this challenge. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you all.

( Part One )

Title: she's got you high (and you don't even know yet)
Fandom: Hanna
Summary: Humans and animals don't have that much in common, but there are some practices that cross between the two. Hanna/Sophie.
Rating: G
Notes: Fluff, pure and simple.

 

( you're looking for the sunset )