This is me making use of LJ's new sticky posts to put a Welcome message at the top of my LJ.

To all those new to my LJ, my name is Tasha (aka Beren for fanfic purposes). I am a full time author and run a small publishing company (Wittegen Press) with my sister thwax. On this journal you will find me talking about my books, my fanfic, my favourite movies, my favourite bands, recipes and anything else that strikes my fancy.

Check out my user info or the links down the side for my fanfic listings and below are all my books.

I welcome all friends, but please don't be offended if I don't friend you back if you have nothing on your LJ or your don't post much or you're under 16. If you are new to LJ, so your LJ is empty, drop me a comment here so I know you're not a troll/spam bot. 98% of all my posts are public, so it makes no difference.

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So this is my latest piece of fanart. It's for the Let's Draw Sherlock challenge on Tumblr and my main post is over here on my Tumblr blog if you would like to see it in it's full glory and much larger.

This month's challenge is to reinterpret famous works for the Sherlock fandom, so I went with Galatea of the Spheres by Dali.

My Sherlock of the Spheres is done in Photoshop and was a lot of fun to create. Took me about six hours yesterday, Rob had to drag me to bed because I had totally forgotten the time :).

Dali has always been a favourite of mine and I wanted to do The Metamorphosis of Narcissus, but it didn't seem to suit the change up as well. This entry was originally posted at http://beren-writes.dreamwidth.org/252956.html.

This is a recipe from the Times Eat pullout special with low cal recipes. It's another one I tried for a fasting day on the 5:2 diet and it's really tasty and filling. However, the recipe is very spicy, way too spicy for me and I didn't even use the full amount of spice suggested in the original.

Red Lentil Tikka Masala With Rye Barley Roti
Serves 4 (original) or 2 (my ingredients list)
218 cal per portion (396 with Roti)

Image taken from the Times website

Ingredients
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Instructions

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This week our prompt word for the Drabble Cascade is eyes. If you would like to join in (everyone is welcome to) all you have to do is write a 100 word drabble or up to a 500 words flash fic of original fic, fanfic or meta inspired by the word and post it, before adding your link to the list which can be found in this week's intro post.

Title: Waking
Author: Beren
Fandom: X-men First Class
Pairing: Charles/Erik
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100

"Charles."

Erik's worried voice dragged him from darkness and his first thought was 'he came back.' What surprised him was waking up on the inside of the wrecked jet with extremely anxious blue green eyes all but glaring at him.

"What happened?" he asked.

"I killed Shaw," he saw guilt in Erik's eyes, "and then I heard you screaming."

Charles realised with relief it had been a pain induced dream, but as he sent his mind out he realised it was not completely false.

"Missiles," he said; "you have to stop them."

He would not make the same mistake twice.

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This entry was originally posted at http://beren-writes.dreamwidth.org/252477.html.

Saw this on Tumblr and do you know what my first thought was:
Shout out to all the people who don't think religion and science are incompatible.

I'm not even sure if the opposite is what the first poster meant, but it's the message I got.

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Title: The Loco of Loki (2/3)
Author: Beren
Fandom: Avengers 2012, Iron Man, Thor
Pairing: Tony/Pepper/Loki (eventually)
Rating: NC17/18
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Marvel et al. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: SPOILERS for Iron Man 3, vampires
Summary: Tony gets an unexpected visit from Loki when the demi-god is supposed to be safely locked up in Asgard. The thing is he's pretty sure Loki didn't have fangs last time they met.
Author's Notes: I know Marvel has canonical vampires, but I don't read the comics and there haven't been any in the movie-verse so I'm just running with whatever I fancy :). Also, I started writing this before the teaser trailer for Thor 2 came out, so it mostly doesn't gel with that. Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Links to other parts:
LJ : Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 (Coming soon)
DW : Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 (Coming soon)
at AO3
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This entry was originally posted at http://beren-writes.dreamwidth.org/252295.html.

Title: The Loco of Loki (1/3)
Author: Beren
Fandom: Avengers 2012, Iron Man, Thor
Pairing: Tony/Pepper/Loki (eventually)
Rating: NC17/18
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Marvel et al. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: SPOILERS for Iron Man 3, vampires
Summary: Tony gets an unexpected visit from Loki when the demi-god is supposed to be safely locked up in Asgard. The thing is he's pretty sure Loki didn't have fangs last time they met.
Author's Notes: I know Marvel has canonical vampires, but I don't read the comics and there haven't been any in the movie-verse so I'm just running with whatever I fancy :). Also, I started writing this before the teaser trailer for Thor 2 came out, so it mostly doesn't gel with that. Thanks to Soph for the beta.
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This entry was originally posted at http://beren-writes.dreamwidth.org/251960.html.

As of last week week we have opened up the Drabble cascade to flash fiction of up to 500 words as well, so you don't have to hit the 100 exactly if you would like to play.

Our word of the week is 'friend'.

If you're a fanfic author, we take any fandom any rating.
If you're an original author you could write a drabble for your current book and use the cascade as a way to grab new readers.
We even take meta.

The only rule about content is that it has to be inspired by this week's word of the week.

On full LJ the list does not show up because it won't allow javascript, but it still shows up the header link (see below) if you copy the list code as normal. You can add your link and grab the code at this post (the chain link icon will bring up a box with the code in it).

Title: What are we?
Author: Beren
Fandom: Welcome to the Punch
Pairing: Jacob Sternwood/Max Lewinsky
Rating: R (you could argue PG13, but I'm playing it safe)
Word Count: 100

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This entry was originally posted at http://beren-writes.dreamwidth.org/251751.html.

So I have cheerfully named this month 'Write like the deadline is tomorrow' month because I really need to get my head down and start typing.


I have three publications to finish this month, hopefully for staggered publication in June.

One is a novel which is 85% finished already. I just have the final touches to put to it before it goes into the editing process. Given that I don't write in a straight line, this means all the little bits I couldn't be arsed to write to begin with or the bits I just didn't know how to navigate. I actually love this bit. Just occasionally there are those wonderful moments where I've left a gap in the middle of a scene and all it actually takes is one sentence to make it perfect :).

They're rare, but I can hope for divine inspiration ;).

The other two are both novellas. One is 70% done, but the blasted thing keeps growing. I was aiming for just over 20K words, but it looks like it's going to be over 30K. At least my readers should be happy :).

The other isn't done at all. I know what it's about and have the first scene done, but that's it.

Hence, 'Write like the deadline is tomorrow'. I'm actually rather revved up, which is nice :D.

Also, have just discovered Chai tea - I love it. Hopefully it will help me get through all the writing. This entry was originally posted at http://beren-writes.dreamwidth.org/251447.html.

So I’m doing this puzzle of the Laughing Cavalier and then I came upstairs to touch up a book cover I’m working on and this happened instead. Y’know, like it does.

(I was watching this art show the other day where this chap in the know was saying how the whole painting is basically a love letter).

Link to Tom Hiddleston as The Laughing Cavalier on my Tumblr

This entry was originally posted at http://beren-writes.dreamwidth.org/251282.html.

Yes I realise I am a day behind, sorry :). I'm trying to write day 2 now while I have my lunch.

Title: MMOM1 - Boredom
Author: Beren
Fandom: Thor
Pairing: Loki/Thor
Rating: NC17/18
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Marvel et al. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: bodily fluids
Summary: Loki is bored in his glass cell.
Author's Notes: Takes a little bit from the Thor 2 teaser trailer, but not a whole heap. Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word Count: 1,055
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This entry was originally posted at http://beren-writes.dreamwidth.org/250994.html.