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greerwatson) wrote2016-02-07 09:40 pm
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My Yuletide this year
I began Yuletide eagerly last fall, with my usual list of potential treats and (seemingly) time to write several of them. Life decided otherwise. I did get my assignment started; but, as my mother's health worsened, I eventually had to admit that there would never be time to finish it, and defaulted.
However, when my mother died a week before Christmas, there was suddenly time to write. Or perhaps that's more accurately time to distract myself with writing. After the holidays were over, though, Real Life had to take precedence. It is only in the last couple of weeks, therefore, that I have finally found time to make webpages for them.
Trumpet St Peter's Angels
My assignment, "Trumpet St Peter's Angels", is a Last Knight story. (Yes: my third in the same year. Chance is odd that way.) My recipient had only one request, for LK fix-it fic.
The result is a story that I can only recommend to those who are trufen. It depends for its effect on your devoted knowledge of Forever Knight (in general) and the finale (in particular). Essentially, it deconstructs the events that lead to the denouement, and "fixes" them as requested. As such, the story is not anoverwritten, underplotted melodrama an action-packed tragedy. Rather, it is a character piece with touches of humour.
Basically, if the last line resonates, you'll probably like the story.
The title, of course, comes from Lacroix's speech in the loft. To match it, I picked a ripply, vaguely feathery, gold variant of a background that I got from GRSites, matched with a bronze and silver border around the story. Those who can't access my website can find the story on AO3 in the Yuletide collection, along with comments.
Long is the way and hard
The first treat I wrote was "Long is the way and hard" (on AO3, with comments). This is actually the third in a series of divergent AU stories based on Mary Renault's novel, The Charioteer.
The series started a few years ago with "A Fork in the Road to London", which was written for one of the writing projects associated with the third chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Charioteer on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
maryrenaultfics. The project for Chapter Sixteen asked for an AU; and the story's premise is that Andrew managed to get leave to see Laurie in the hospital in Bridstow in order to tell him in person of his transfer to London. I posted the story to the community on 21 May 2011. It immediately elicited demands for a sequel.
Last year, close to the deadline, I suddenly got the idea for "Corkscrew" (on AO3, with comments), which continues the story with a three-way conversation back at Ralph's flat. I gave it as a Yuletreat totoujours_nigel, who had been a member of the old community, and hence familiar with the original story. Yet again there were requests for a sequel.
This year, therefore, close to deadline and wondering what treat I might write quickly, I worked out what might have happened next—specifically, during the long dark drive as Ralph gives Andrew a lift back to the EMS hospital. "Long is the way and hard" was posted on Christmas Eve, and again given totoujours_nigel.
As it is part of a series, its webpage has the same design that I used on the earlier two stories.
Hobbiton Farm
The last treat, "Hobbiton Farm" (here on AO3, with comments), was written in a flash. Whereby hangs a tale.
Over the last decade or so, the BBC has made a series of series in which a group of historians and archaeologists re-enact life on a farm in an historical period: Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Wartime Farm, and so on. One ofhalotolerant's requests was for a story based on this "Historical Farm series". What particularly caught my eye was the conclusion of the prompt:
Because I'd had the idea early in the fall, back when people had been posting links to their Dear Author Letters, it had been germinating on some level for quite a while. So, when I sat down to write it on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, the words just poured out with hardly any revision required. I uploaded the story shortly before reveals.
For the webpage, I decided that "Hobbiton Farm" needed something subdued and very respectable looking. The rich tapestry-like background graphic comes from 321Clipart.com; and the border to the panel with the story combines stone and parchment textures. I also made the story a fancy title in a font that looked suitable, and added (at the end) a clip from a Wikimedia Commons photo of the New Zealand "Hobbiton" set.
However, when my mother died a week before Christmas, there was suddenly time to write. Or perhaps that's more accurately time to distract myself with writing. After the holidays were over, though, Real Life had to take precedence. It is only in the last couple of weeks, therefore, that I have finally found time to make webpages for them.
Trumpet St Peter's Angels
My assignment, "Trumpet St Peter's Angels", is a Last Knight story. (Yes: my third in the same year. Chance is odd that way.) My recipient had only one request, for LK fix-it fic.
The result is a story that I can only recommend to those who are trufen. It depends for its effect on your devoted knowledge of Forever Knight (in general) and the finale (in particular). Essentially, it deconstructs the events that lead to the denouement, and "fixes" them as requested. As such, the story is not an
Basically, if the last line resonates, you'll probably like the story.
The title, of course, comes from Lacroix's speech in the loft. To match it, I picked a ripply, vaguely feathery, gold variant of a background that I got from GRSites, matched with a bronze and silver border around the story. Those who can't access my website can find the story on AO3 in the Yuletide collection, along with comments.
Long is the way and hard
The first treat I wrote was "Long is the way and hard" (on AO3, with comments). This is actually the third in a series of divergent AU stories based on Mary Renault's novel, The Charioteer.
The series started a few years ago with "A Fork in the Road to London", which was written for one of the writing projects associated with the third chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Charioteer on
maryrenaultfics. The project for Chapter Sixteen asked for an AU; and the story's premise is that Andrew managed to get leave to see Laurie in the hospital in Bridstow in order to tell him in person of his transfer to London. I posted the story to the community on 21 May 2011. It immediately elicited demands for a sequel.Last year, close to the deadline, I suddenly got the idea for "Corkscrew" (on AO3, with comments), which continues the story with a three-way conversation back at Ralph's flat. I gave it as a Yuletreat to
toujours_nigel, who had been a member of the old community, and hence familiar with the original story. Yet again there were requests for a sequel.This year, therefore, close to deadline and wondering what treat I might write quickly, I worked out what might have happened next—specifically, during the long dark drive as Ralph gives Andrew a lift back to the EMS hospital. "Long is the way and hard" was posted on Christmas Eve, and again given to
toujours_nigel. As it is part of a series, its webpage has the same design that I used on the earlier two stories.
Hobbiton Farm
The last treat, "Hobbiton Farm" (here on AO3, with comments), was written in a flash. Whereby hangs a tale.
Over the last decade or so, the BBC has made a series of series in which a group of historians and archaeologists re-enact life on a farm in an historical period: Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Wartime Farm, and so on. One of
halotolerant's requests was for a story based on this "Historical Farm series". What particularly caught my eye was the conclusion of the prompt:“Feel free, also, to set a story in ‘AU History’ - if you want them to be farm workers in a pre-industrial setting, it doesn't have to be ‘literally historically accurate 1650’ or whatever, some counter-factual history or setting in a fantasy world like Westeros or Middle Earth or Pern could also be cool!”A crack idea? Undoubtedly: but best done straight.
Because I'd had the idea early in the fall, back when people had been posting links to their Dear Author Letters, it had been germinating on some level for quite a while. So, when I sat down to write it on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, the words just poured out with hardly any revision required. I uploaded the story shortly before reveals.
For the webpage, I decided that "Hobbiton Farm" needed something subdued and very respectable looking. The rich tapestry-like background graphic comes from 321Clipart.com; and the border to the panel with the story combines stone and parchment textures. I also made the story a fancy title in a font that looked suitable, and added (at the end) a clip from a Wikimedia Commons photo of the New Zealand "Hobbiton" set.