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Written for prompt 212 over at tamingthemuse.

Sherlock Holmes (ACD) H/W slash fanfic! Set against FINA. This is approximately the most chaste slashfic ever, but I can't help it - my Watson voice squicks at the idea of writing out sex, particularly deviant sex.

Sort of a sequel to a story I wrote a couple of months ago, though it's basically a stand alone piece. The idea is that this story was written later during the hiatus, and Watson is remembering some things differently. (Translation: this story is closer to the original vision that I had for the first story, but time constraints forced me to bang out something quick before. This go is more detailed and does more of what I wanted, but it still feels a bit "Reader's Digest" to me - who knows? Maybe I'll come back and write this story AGAIN at some point.)


( Dare Not Speak - short story, 3,484 words, first draft )

Written for word 139 over at 15_minute_fic.

Been a while since I've done one of these.


( All I Can Give You - flash, 459 words )

Written for prompt 202 over at tamingthemuse.

The first part of a Holmes/Watson pastichey story. Set around "The Final Problem" but presumed to be written after the fact (and, at some point after Holmes' miraculous return, being given to Holmes himself to read.) Framing story, much? Anyway, there's barely a start here. Some day I'll get back to it (probably when a prompt fits really well.)


( Silence of Deeper Things (part 1) - short story, 966 words, first draft )

A few other pieces of flash fiction, written for prompts 171, 172 and 173 respectively over at tamingthemuse last year. I must have been SUPER busy when I wrote them, because I have almost no recollection of them at all. Anyway, here they are, preserved digitally for the ages.


( The Point - flash fiction, 550 words )


( Impasse - flash fiction, 631 words )


( Unseeing Eyes - flash fiction, 549 words )

Written for word 137 over at 15_minute_fic.


( Wrapped Up - flash, 461 words )

I'm back, bitches!

It feels like it's been forever. After NaNo and Christmas/Yule and then stage managing a show for three months and THEN trying to do Script Frenzy and only hitting 47 or so pages, I'm finally launching myself back into the short story / flash fiction racket. On Saturday I hit a low point and was all "wah wah wah, I never finish anything, I suck" and then I remembered that if I kept on not doing things it was just going to make me feel like a sucker until the END OF TIME.

So. Here I am. With a piece of flash fiction. Enjoy! (I'm hopping back on the tamingthemuse bandwagon later this week.)


Written for word 136 over at 15_minute_fic.


( Never a Doubt - flash, 469 words )

I've been telling myself that I was going to make a "to read" list FOREVER, so I'm finally starting one here under the "to read" tag.

Will LJ cut because I'm nice that way.

( Recommendations from friends )

I'm always open for recommendations of all kinds, so if you're really enjoying a book, let me know about it!

I completely forgot about the weekly short story for tamingthemuse this weekend - I thought about it on Thursday night when I went in for my shift at work, but then it left me entirely. So my streak ends at 20 weeks instead of my intented 30. I would have gotten the next level of "award" at 21 (since they're given out every three weeks) but I have a thing for round numbers so I'm kind of glad that it was 20 instead.

Definitely some positives to this turn of events: I can concentrate on the more pressing stuff for the next few weeks, such as NaNo (and its associated gatherings) and applying for grad school. I can stop feeling guilty about writing fluffy stuff off-the-cuff (hee, rhyme and alliteration!) instead of planning and preparing my stories. And now I can use the actual new year as a jumping off point for my next long-term goal, instead of the awkward date of January 23rd.

And I just might dedicate December to reading. I like the sound of that.

So here's to trying things, making mistakes, and going with the flow.

On Thursday night I finally sent in the first completed draft of the horror audio play (code name: "Broke Open"). It is definitely a work in progress, but I feel like I've taken it as far as I can given my current level of experience and skill in writing audio plays (read: next to none.) Some plot and structural elements are nagging at me and I'm hoping that I will get some feedback that will confirm my suspicions and help me figure out how to resolve them.

I am... "happy" doesn't quite cover it, because I am NEVER happy about anything that I know isn't pretty much perfect. But because this way lies madness, I am calling myself "satisfied given the context" and dusting my hands of it for a bit. And in terms of actually having researched / worked through / actually written this thing, I am definitely happy with myself. At least a dozen times in the past two weeks I decided that I was a talentless hack who isn't kidding anyone, just give up now you loser, who are you trying to fool anyway? But I kept working at it, and overcame some of the hurdles, and wound up with something that at LEAST has some promise. And I guess we'll see where it goes from there.

Now I'm going to do a bit of prep work for the weekly story, which will be a bit more substantial than the past couple of weeks', even though I have enjoyed the relative break from outlining, brainstorming, etc. It's still going to be something of a speed-write and thus a kind of larval story (dude, 90% of the stuff on this journal is in that state right now), but I think it's going to be fun to write. Especially after two weeks of straight-up dialogue.

[EDIT:] The story is written - this week's half of it, anyway. Will write the second half for next week, and I'll post both parts then. It's Portal fanfiction! Fun!

My deadline for finishing the first draft of the horror audio play is end of day Tuesday. I'm slightly blitzed for lack of sleep today, but I'm still going to put a couple hours into fleshing out my outline, working on some of the characters, and doing a bit of research and decision making re: the setting and some plot elements. I basically want to end today ready to hide away somewhere and write the script tomorrow.

Tomorrow: I write the script. In its entirety. I make notes as I go of character/storyline/setting stuff that I need to work on, but I'm not going to obsess over this stuff. At the end of the day I'll have a very rough but COMPLETE script with the words "THE FRIGGIN' END" at the bottom of the last page.

Tuesday: Work out the kinks identified during Monday's speed write. Edit the script / rework as much as makes sense on the day. We're still talking about a first draft, so I'm not going to go overboard, but I want to be in a good position to have someone read it and give me some feedback on where to go with it next. I basically want to feel like I've thrown myself at it with as much gusto as I can muster on my own.

All right, time for less rambling and more writing. SCRIPTRAVAGANZA BEGINS!