First, let me praise the charming Vachon/Urs story that Leela wrote for me in fkficfest. "From Chance to Choice" may start in 1897, when Urs was newly part of the Crew; but it ends in 1996, at the time of "Fever", when Urs is one of the stricken.

If you try the story (and you should), then be sure to check out the comments at the end. Both brightknightie and I found quite a lot to say.

Of course, there have been a pair of stories released each day this week. I fell a bit behind yesterday; but I'm now up to date with both reading them and writing wiki articles for all of them. Still, I owe a few replies to comments that people have made on my own story, "Shift", which was released from the queue on Tuesday. (On the other hand, for that story, I have now coded its webpage, all ready to post as soon as the ficathon is over.)

I am, however, feeling more than a little guilty that I still haven't got around to writing a ficlet for the Summer Challenge on maryrenaultfics. It should have been posted on Sunday. However, I barely got my Forever Knight story uploaded to AO3 by the deadline, and therefore spent Sunday polishing it. Or polishing the first two-thirds, anyway: the last section got another 500 words added to it, which is rather more than just putting a gloss on. Since then, of course, I've been assiduously reading and commenting and wiki-ing.

Still, I do have a little story all ready to write for the Summer Challenge. Promise. If not for last Sunday, then definitely for this one.