Meme: DVD Commentary

[elrhiarhodan]

Ganked from lionessvalenti

Ask me a question about one of my fanfics or fanfic series. It can be absolutely anything in any fic and I will tell you the honest-to-goddess answer (even on the progress/plans for next chapters of current series).

Don’t hold back. Whatever you ask, I'll answer truthfully and as completely as possible. You can also ask about my writing as a whole, if you like.

Bring it on and repost on your journal so I can ask you, too!

Comments

[ebeneezerdark.livejournal.com]

Is there a suggested reading order for the Paladin 'Verse stories?

I started reading awhile ago, and quickly realized that the order on the Master List post wasn't chronological in plot-line-sequence... there were things near the top of the list which filled in later parts of the story, IIRC... then I got distracted by your other fic, and then other stuff, and sorta lost track.

So I think it's time to Start Over From The Beginning...

[elrhiarhodan]

This is the order of the Paladin 'Verse, start to finish:

Neck Deep In a Game of Cat and Mouse
Self-Control
Minutes and Hours
How We Fit Together
Truth and Nightmares
True Love's First Kiss
How Long Did You Think You Could Keep This Up (Before I Found Out)?
Neal Caffrey, (Wage) Slave
Days of Work, Days of Pleasure, Days of Grace
Wash the Sins Away
Privilege
Pardon the Interruption, My Dear
Profiled - A White Collar/Criminal Minds Crossover
Fear of Flying
In Joy and In Celebration
Summer Nocturne
Yom Tov
Questions of Position and the Use of Authority
A Dangerous Young God
Intermezzo
Love Will Not Break Your Heart (it will dismiss your fears)
Taking Half a Sick Day (Is Better Than Needing a Whole One)
Hello, My Heart Leave Your Fears Behind
Fortune Presents Gifts (not according to the book)
At the Borders of Our Lives
A Brief History of Time



The Preamble Redux - Eight Clauses That Define Their Relationship - A Series of Fics That Take Place in the Paladin 'Verse

There are multiple overlaps in many of these stories, some are direct sequels, others expand on specific events referred to in another fic, and others simply reference an idea or event that was mentioned elsewhere. The tales in this series are not chronological and do not need to be read in any particular order.
I. We The People
II. In Order To Form A More Perfect Union
III. Establish Justice
IV. Insure Domestic Tranquility
V. Provide for the Common Defense
VI. Promote The General Welfare
VII. Secure the Blessings of Liberty for Ourselves and Our Posterity
VIII. Do Ordain and Establish This Constitution

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

Ooo! So like, is this the order they ought to be read in, the order your wrote them, or both?

[elrhiarhodan]

This is the reading order, earliest to latest. If you look on the masterlist, you'll see this in the reverse, latest to earliest, and each entry has a number in parentheses - which is the order in which they were written. The first five are:

1 - How Long Did You Think You Could Keep This Up (Before I Found Out)?
2- Neal Caffrey, (Wage) Slave
3 - Minutes and Hours
4 - The Whole and the Sum of the Parts of Peter Burke (which is observational PWP and thus is in the Porn section of my masterlist)
5 - Privilege (which I just republished).

[ebeneezerdark.livejournal.com]

Well, have gotten 6 stories in, going by the (series chronological) reading order given above...

I think my confusion was due to the story notes for some of the stories; I'd open one in the order you list here, but its notes say that it comes after one MUCH further down the list which I haven't read yet. I guess you wrote some of the intervening episodes later, and "filled in" missing scenes. There's also a note on your Master List saying that "Privilege" takes place "between 'Profiled' and 'Bolero'", which is confusing 'cause HERE you show it several places BEFORE "Profiled" and well AFTER "True Love's First Kiss" (which quotes a segment of it as prologue ::head-scratch::)... and I can't even FIND "Bolero" in the Master List for the Paladin'verse... But I will IGNORE all those quibbles and forge on ahead according to THIS list, and finally finish reading the series! YAY!

So far, loving it! (But you knew I was a sucker for angst and emotionally-whumped Neal...)