I have a pretty solid top four all-time favorite fanfics, so I'll gush about those yet again LOL. The first is "Cover Me With Dreams" by Heidi, which is posted on the AC Archive now. It's the best Nick romance I've ever read, and it's different from most of the other Nick romances. It tells the story of this beautiful relationship between the two main characters over more than a decade, and tells the story of Nick's real career along the way, which is also fun. It's told in a unique way, not quite in chronological order, and it's very well-written. The characters are vivid and likeable, and man, I could just gush all night about it! LOL
Second fav is "Where Can We Go From Here?" by Whitney, which is the classic, original bus crash fic. What can I say... it's just an all-around great, group fic that focuses on the brotherly relationship between the Boys as they try to help each other through this horrific tragedy they went through together. It'll make you cry and make you laugh and give you that ooey, gooey Bsb love feeling.
Third is "Signal to Noise" by Bobbi, my favorite suspense fic. It's a spin on the stalker fic, and it adds a romance element too, without taking away from the main mystery/suspense storyline. All the guys are in it about equally, although Nick kind of stands out, and the original characters in it are great too, very dynamic and unique.
Last is "Faceless" by Jaydee, which I love because it's got something for everyone - drama, angst, suspense, romance, and a subplot for every boy, although Nick gets the main one. It's an easy read and almost fairy-taleish, which makes it just an all-around entertaining little story.
As far as my stories go, I have to mention Broken and its sequel BMS, because I put my heart and soul and lots of TIME into those stories for five years of my life. They were my babies! I'm proud of the effort I put into them and the results that came out. And I love the overall story... it's the kind of story I would enjoy reading if someone else were to write it, which is why I wrote it myself.
Also, my recent collaborations ... namely "00Carter." I can only take credit for 1/7 of it, and it wasn't my idea, but I'm very proud of the ideas and parts I've contributed to it, as well as how well all of us have worked as a team on it. I'm not known for my original ideas or creativity, but that story really brings it out of me in ways I can't seem to spark on my own - I thank my crazy, random co-authors and a lot of Code Red Mountain Dew for that LOL. Anyway, I think it's a great story, really different from other stuff that's out there, and FUNNY, and I'm proud to be a part of it!
I'm also enjoying how my new collab, a.k.a. "4.15.12," is turning out, and I'm really excited for what it is to come in that one, but it's still very early on in the writing process, so I guess I can't say too much else right now!
So why do I write about the Backstreet Boys? They're my favorite music group and favorite celebrities in general. I'm dedicated to them in a way that I'm not to many other people or things. I enjoyed reading about them when I first got into fanfic, and quickly got addicted, and that carried over into eventually writing about them. My fandom hasn't changed in its level of dedication over the years, just maybe in its level of teenybopper craziness. I became a fan when I was like 13, and now I'm 23, so it's a little different now LOL, but I'm still as much of a fan as I ever was. As far as my writing goes, I'm a lot better at it than I used to be, and I'm still as into it as I ever was; I just don't have time to do it as much as I did these days, so I don't update as often anymore. I would like to branch out into original fiction at some point, but for now, I'm really happy writing Bsb fics. I've been writing more AUs lately, which feels like a bridge between fanfic and original fic, so we'll see.
