halfamoon is over for this year. Don't worry, we'll be back next year!

Thank you all for participating. Your enthusiasm makes halfamoon one of the highlights of my year. ♥

(I have been neglecting the tags horribly. I do plan to go back and tag as needed.)

Here is the third edition of Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology! This collection brings together 124 woman-centered stories by 88 different authors and 62 different podficcers in 82 fandoms!


cover art by bessyboo

We have three fabulous downloading options:
-The Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology III podbook, (m4b format, 225 mb, 10:34:35), with chapter stops for individual podfics

-A zip file (578 mb) with all the podfics in mp3 format:

-A spreadsheet with links to all the individual podfics.


Links to the text of the fics, where you can celebrate the awesome authors, are included in the Comments section of all the mp3 files, as well as the spreadsheet with the individual podfic links.

If you'd like to leave feedback for some or all of the readers in this collection, feel free to comment on this post! You can also follow them to their individual journals to find more of their work:

amproof, analise010, anatsuno, angelsaves, anna_unfolding, argentumlupine, bessyboo, blottingtheink, cath (podcath), celtic_cookie, chestnut_filly, citrusjava, crazybutsound, croissantkatie, dapatty, dodificus, duckgirlie, elaineofshalott, fire_juggler, greedy_dancer, greeniron, hapakitsune, isweedan, jelazakazone, jenepod, jesperanda, juniperphoenix, kalakirya, kdheart, kitheart, klb (podklb), knight_tracer, laliandra, letsgofriday, luzula, madecunningly, miss_marina95, moonlingmaid, mothlights, nickelmountain, opalsong, ostingele (Cake), podfic_lover, quintenttsy, reena_jenkins, regonym, rhea314, Sarshi, send_reinforcements (needbackup), shiningartifact, silly_cleo, sly_hostetter, sophinisba, starduchess, susan_voight, swiiftly, themusecalliope, tsuki_no_bara, War_kitten, were_duck, wintercreek, yue_ix

I've been working on a Damages fic on and off for the past couple of weeks and had hoped to have it done by today, but that's looking less and less likely, so I thought I'd go ahead and post this anyway.



This year saw the last season of Damages, and despite a lackluster season four, I was excited enough to rewatch the first four seasons in preparation for the series finale. It completely reignited my love for the show, and especially the two main characters, Patty Hewes and Ellen Parsons. I haven't seen any love for them at halfamoon this year, which makes me sad because they are probably my favorite TV female relationship of the past few years. Mentor/protege, mother/daughter (ish), friends, enemies, so much subtext that at times it's practically text - all coupled with power plays, backstabbing, evolution, and somewhere deep down a genuine affection and recognition of kindred spirits. There's very little territory not explored in this relationship, and it's explored on a truly excellent show with fantastic supporting characters, (usually) brilliant writing, and truly astonishing performances from Glenn Close and Rose Byrne.

The only problem with the show, really, is that not enough people have seen it! The first four seasons are available for streaming on Netflix, and if you haven't watched it, it's well worth it. In the meantime, I've put together a mini rec-list for anyone interested.

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I miss this show, you guys.

Also taking this opportunity to post the women-centric fic I wrote this year, including a post-series Damages fic!

The Middle Ground - Damages; Ellen Parsons, others. There are some things you can't walk away from.

Two Octobers - Donnie Darko; Rose Darko, others. She dreams, strange, scattered dreams that taste like salt when she swallows them away.

By Any Other Name - The Sarah Jane Adventures; Ellie Faber, Sarah Jane Smith, Clyde Langer. "'No one will ever forget that day,'" Clyde quotes, and his own smile fades into seriousness. "I didn't, you know."

Undone - The Closer; Sharon Raydor/Brenda Leigh Johnson. Later, Sharon will think that she really should have seen this coming.

Lest We Forget - Star Trek: The Next Generation; Beverly Crusher/Jean-Luc Picard. Everything about this world is wrong. When she reaches for him, she wonders if that’s what makes this okay.

(Tag request for Damages and The Closer?)

Okay, so I tend to like writing about female characters. There's just so much character-space to work in! Here are some of the female-centric fics that I've written...

Mods, I need tags for Iron Man & Fruits Basket. Thanks!

( Naruto, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fruits Basket, Iron Man, Sailor Moon, Phineas & Ferb, X-Men, Avengers, and Bleach ficsCollapse )

My women-centered fic from last year (the only fic I completed at all):

Devoted Heroine
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Summary: Belle got her adventure, almost despite herself.


If you work instead of wishing
Fandom: Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart) Princess and the Frog (2009)
Summary: There was a new cabin in the bayou.

Other people's fic:
Beloved Boy by staranise
Fandom: Harry Potter
Summary: Petunia had to admit to herself sometimes that the boy frightened her.

The Girl on the Rue Plumet by Alice_Majella
Fandom: Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Summary: "Eponine would never be the girl on the Rue Plumet." (Which has already been recommended here, but it's good enough to recommend again!)


Children Must Be Accompanied By a Responsible Adult
by Medie
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Summary: "It's not a font," Buffy corrects, prim. "It's an effect...or something. Oh god, how am I supposed to shape young minds if I don't know if italics are a font or not?"

God and Chance by Beth Winter (BethWinter)
Fandom: Les Miserables - Schönberg/Boublil
Summary: Fantine's life changes, at the throw of a dice, or an answer to a prayer. Canon AU where Fantine survives.

So, our half-a-moon is just about over... but celebrating kickass ladies should be all year long.

In light of that, I ask: what female-centric fan creations would you like to see? For instance, I'd kill for a Marvel movieverse fanvid for the leading ladies (Natasha, Pepper, Peggy, Jane and Betty) set to the Girls Aloud song Something New, but I lack the vidding skills to create it.

Comment with requests, and let's keep this party going for the rest of February and beyond as other people fulfil them and make requests of their own!

My fandoms are primarily in the Whoniverse. I wrote two fics for this year's halfamoon:

Title: Janus
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Words: 800
Characters/Pairings: Jenny Flint/Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint/OFC
Warnings: non-explicit mentions of sexual exploitation of women and children
Summary: Sometimes her name was Jenny, sometimes James.
Trope Bingo Prompt: crossdressing

Title: But No Tears for the Tick Tock Girl
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: PG
Words: 1300
Characters/Pairings: Ianto/Lisa, implied Ianto/Jack
Summary: AU. After the fall of the Cyberking, there were casualties.
Trope Bingo Prompt: Steampunk AU

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Wrote a tiny handful of fics about strong females, if anyone is interested.

( Behind the Cut: Fringe (1), Merlin (1), Avengers (7)Collapse )

I have a feeling I won't get any of my halfamoon writing prompts done by tomorrow, but I did manage to put together a list of canon-era recs focusing on the women of Les Misérables. It is a depressingly small list. I welcome additions, especially from places not AO3 or FFN.

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So, in my writing, I basically have two standards: kickass female protagonists, and crossovers.

Frequently, these combine! So...

Multifandom: Downstairs, in Baker Street (PG, 5254 words)
Mrs Hudson knows perfectly well that Sherlock isn’t dead, but keeping him that way is going to require a little help from her old friends... Luckily, she isn’t short of influential connections.
In other words, the fic in which Sherlock gets crossed with NINETEEN other fandoms! Can you spot all the awesome women being referenced?
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James Bond/Harry Potter: These Women And Their Wars (PG, 1761 words)
Two women meet at Milliways, the bar at the end of the universe where anyone can be. Minerva McGonagall may not have a name for the woman with whom she’s drinking tea, but she still knows very well who and what she is.
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Children (PG, 201 words)
Set during Skyfall: Bond isn't the only hope M has to call on.
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Harry Potter/Marvel Movieverse: The Goddesses of Broken Causes (PG, 1806 words)
Minerva McGonagall and Peggy Carter find their own ways of navigating their wars.
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Marvel Comicverse/Marvel Movieverse: Strong (PG, 566 words)
Three drabbles for Molly 'Bruiser' Hayes and Bruce Banner.
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Marvel Movieverse/The Bletchley Circle: Rows And Columns (PG, 1080 words)
No matter what one did during the war, it isn’t every evening that one finds an agent of SHIELD standing on the doorstep.
(Or: how Natasha recruits an ex-SOE mathematician to SHIELD.)
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Marvel Movieverse/New Tricks: The Barnes Case (PG, 762 words)
Two agencies, one suspiciously Winter Soldier-y case. SHIELD and UCOS might actually have to work together on something -- which has never exactly come naturally to either of them...
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Marvel Movieverse/Doctor Whoniverse: How They Made Me (PG, 533 words)
Gwen Cooper, Natasha Romanoff, and all the rules they were born to break.
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Doctor Whoniverse/Mary Poppins: Practically Perfect (PG, 3169 words)
Silents in the nursery do not bode well for the future of Earth; luckily, however, there is at least one Time Lady who plans on tidying matters up.
(Or: Mary Poppins is a Time Lady: TRUTH.
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NCIS/Sandman: Umbrellas Under Clear Skies (PG, 497 words)
Abby and Death: a conversation in the spaces between.
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St Trinian's/Cabin Pressure: Saints On A Plane (PG, 4324 words)
MJN take a party of school pupils for a markedly unusual flight to Turin. Douglas gets fleeced, Arthur gets adopted, Annabelle comes to the rescue, and Martin doesn’t have a bad day.
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