Help with first jQuery Slider

Help with first jQuery Slider

Hi. I am a web designer new to jQuery, and I am currently working on designing my first jQuery Content Slider for my website. I currently have what is a basic slideshow:

    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(function(){
        $('.slider-content img:gt(0)').hide();
        setInterval(function(){
          $('.slider-content :first-child').fadeOut()
             .next('img').fadeIn()
             .end().appendTo('.slider-content');},
          1000);
    });
    </script>

The goal is to make it so that the content fades when a link within an <a> tag is clicked. However, using <a> tags require hrefs, and I'm not trying to change the page. Any ideas??