~~ kill your darlings.

thamiris asked in her last post for people to post links and explanations for what they think of as their best fic. And I realized I don't -have- a "best fic". I have this mindset where I don't actually feel like I deserve attention and readership before I'm ready-- before I've done "it". And "it" would be the story where I fulfill my potential, somehow. I'd show people my story and it'd be like-- see? I can do this. When I said I was a writer, this is what I meant. When I said I believe this-and-this about this particular character, -this- is what I meant. This story would be a reflection of me. I could stand behind it as a work of art-- as a labor of love. As something I could be proud of.

( It just occurred to me that me babbling pointlessly about my own fic is kind of... dull, actually. )

So. `Bring Out Your Dead', by cupiscent. *sigh* Well-written enough to get past my Draco/Ginny -and- Harry/Ginny squick. Not to mention my post-Hogwarts squick. And my established-relationship squick. And the whole threesome anti-OTP factor. Gotta be good, right?