Lanning Cook

Fan
Name:	Lanning
Alias(es):
Type:	Fan Writer
Fandoms:	Highlander, The Sentinel, Smallville, Sports Night, Starsky and Hutch
Communities:
Other:	Lanning Cook's Fiction
URL:	Lanning at AO3 Lanning at DW lanning at LJ
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sample LJ icon designed by Lanning for fellow fans

Lanning is a slash writer whose fan fiction has appeared both in print and online. In addition to her writing, she excels at making LJ icons which she gifts to her fellow fans, especially her series of zen fen icons.

Lanning's early fandoms included Highlander and The Sentinel. After a long sojourn in Smallville, she has recently (2011/2012) been writing for the new Sherlock.

Biography

I became a feral fan in 1966 at the advanced age of nine (TOS, of course), but didn't discover organized Fandom until May 1997, when I stumbled into Syndicon, had a religious experience and saw God. I had been writing drawerfic since 1967, so fanfic was a natural next step. I started writing it almost immediately, but didn't have the nerve to publish anything until a year later. I'm still at it, and plan to keep at it until I get it right.

Notable Works

• Being an Anchor, a Sports Night rape recovery story
• True Minds Trilogy, a Sentinel epic -- True Minds
• Epiphaneia, a Sentinel story featuring Jim and, among other things, "Mr. Squiggles, the tequila worm" -- Epiphaneia
• Kindred Spirits, a gen Sentinel story where Jim kicks Blair out of the loft on Christmas, and a visitor from his past sets him straight Kindred Spirits
• Sacred Trust (2001). Duncan and Methos' relationship is in ruins, but things can always get worse. And they do. (~129,000 words, Highlander)
• Identical Series (Smallville)
• Call Him a Dog
• Fear of Flying
• Lark
• Ministers of Grace

Meta:

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