Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Koko23cat - The next project...life after Take My Hand.



Jasper/Peter.

Pete’s POV.

Pete is a hard working paramedic in the city of Chicago. His lover, friend and true other half, Jasper, is a brooding artist with a traumatic past.  A story of love, trust and friendship, but will it be enough? Adult themes and sexual content. Rated M.

A oneshot for the Fandom Against Famine collective. Will be continued as a multi chaptered WIP. Betaed by IdealSkeptic. Chapter 1 preread by Jasperluver48 and FrozenSoldier.

To be posted some time after 4th of December. Put me on author alert if you’re intrigued!

Banner contributed by the enormously talented FrozenSoldier.

Yes, I did it. I grew a pair and jumped head first into the slash world. The lure of a relationship between Jasper and Peter was just too strong.

Picture this... strong, kind paramedic Pete lives with Jasper, three years his junior. A tattoo artist with a big heart and a tortured past.

Pete and Jasper are very close in this story. They live together, and share a bed, but above all, they’re good friends. Sparks fly when they are intimate, but their relationship is also warm, and comforting, especially for Jasper who has lacked that security in his childhood.

For those of you missing Alice, never fear, I couldn’t write a story without the Jalice magic. Alice is Jasper’s best friend; she found him on the streets of Philadelphia and brought him home to her family. Every dynamic of their relationship is still there, minus the sex. They are very close and in tune with each other, and Pete adores her, too.

It’s not all good news, though, (obviously). Despite his close relationships with Alice and Pete, there are still large sections of his childhood they know nothing about. Jasper has struggled with depression since Alice found him, but she’s never known why. He has other issues too that she doesn’t know about, things only Pete knows, but again, he doesn’t know the cause of them.

Pete’s job is stressful, and as the story progresses, things begin to happen that encroach on his life at home. It distracts him Jasper’s subtly deteriorating state of mind.

The overwhelming theme of the story is will Pete reach Jasper before it’s too late?

This is different to my usual style of writing. This story is dark, really dark in places and has more sexual content than I’ve ever attempted to write before. That being said, the plot is not written around the sex, far from it. Those who’ve read my previous work will know that’s just not me. I just felt that as two adult males living together, avoiding their sexual relationship would be unrealistic.

I won’t be posting this story until I have finished writing Take My Hand, at the moment, that story still owns me. But, because I’ve been asked so much what my next project will be, I thought I’d take the time to let you all know.

So there you have it...koko23cat is writing slash....



Sunday, 14 August 2011

Alice's Character Banner.

Another stunning piece of work from Frozen-Solider...


I haven't the words to describe how much I love this...

Saturday, 13 August 2011

Jasper's Character Banner.

Created by the amazingly talented Frozen-Soldier. How amazing is this?



A prize to all who can remember the meaning of the Indonesian quote...and where it is...lol.

Koko.

Sunday, 7 August 2011

A bowl of fruit I like...14 Golden Apples! Or, 14 Hopeless Romantic Awards...

Yeah, I know, two posts in one day, but  I didn't realise you could download these babies until IdealSkeptic told me...

Here you go...















Unfortunately, despite Frozen-Soldiers enormous talent, I don't think they'd all fit on a banner.

Award Winning Banner - Remember When It Rained - Frozen-Soldier.

Just had to take a moment to promote this banner, and this fic.

The banner is one of my favourite of all time, and I've been telling Frozen-Soldier so for months.

The fic is amazing, too, I'm lucky enough to preread/beta it, and I can highly recommend it. The prequel, When it Rains, is one of my favourite non-canon pieces ever.

IdealSkeptic is the author...go read!

Friday, 5 August 2011

Hopeless Romantic Awards - The Results.

Holy *!*$!

I am absolutely staggered and delighted to announce Take My Hand somehow managed to scoop 13 awards, and I myself, koko23cat, scooped the prize of Best Writer. Seriously, WTF???

The awards won by Take My Hand were as follows...

Best Line
Best Kiss
Best Romance
Best Illustrated Story
Best Kid (For Pete's son, little Sam...)
Best Adapted Character (For Emmett *squeals*)
Best Daddy Carlisle
Best Momma Esme
Best Alice
Best Jasper
Best Jasper/Alice
Best Original Storyline
Best Story
Best Writer.

Massive thank you to all those who voted, and congratulations to all the other winners.

I was just as pleased to see my girls Frozen-Soldier and IdealSkeptic recognised too for their wonderful work.

Frozen-Soldier scooped Best Jasper/Alice and Best Banner, while IdealSkeptic took best kid for her depiction of Nessie in When it Rained.

Funnily enough, the award for Best line was apparently for the quote from Alice written on the homepage of this blog.

I'm absolutely humbled by the level of support from you guys for this story.

Massive thanks again,

koko.

Ps. Here's the link to the results page...

Hopeless Romantic Awards - The Results.