So... the Civil War movie has resonated with me in a way no movie has for years, probably since Lord of the Rings--the Sherlock Holmes movies, while fun and I like them, weren't to this level. I've seen it four times already, averaging once a week since it came out. ;-) (Alas, I will break that streak now, with traveling to see Bri and her family ( Read more... )

I made it! Woo! :-D

Title: Audience
Universe: ACD canon
Rating: G
Wordcount: 165
Characters: Watson
Summary: Watson muses on Holmes' need of an audience.
A/N: Written for watsons_woes July Writing Prompt #31: Putting on a Show. Canon is full of colourful characters, and we all know Holmes loves an audience for his deductions. Whether it's a grand gesture, ( Read more... )

OMG, I've made it this far in the month without missing yet! Woo ( Read more... )

I feel like we've had too many picture prompts this month, but that may be because I really struggled with this one! :-p

Title: Disposition
Universe: ACD canon
Rating: G
Wordcount: 125
Characters: Watson
Warning: Questionable assumptions about canine habits and behaviors.
Summary: Watson muses on animal dispositions and Holmes.
A/N: Written for watsons_woes ( Read more... )

Title: Mary Sue
Universe: ACD canon
Rating: G
Wordcount: 150
Characters: Watson, Holmes
Summary: Holmes receives an unusual message in the post.
A/N: Written for watsons_woes July Writing Prompt #28: Bad, Bad, oh so Bad! Whether it's bad art, bad fiction, or just plain awful, let the badness inspire you in some way today. Take a bad song and make it better, or ( Read more... )

So... this is the short version of the story. I had lots of thoughts that would have ended up in something at least twice this length, but I didn't have the time to indulge all of my ideas so I ran with the one I thought would be simplest while still addressing the prompt. It still ended up longer than I expected. :-p ( Read more... )

Title: Sight-seeing
Universe: ACD canon
Rating: G
Wordcount: 100
Characters: Watson, Holmes
Summary: There was a time when Watson wanted to visit the States.
A/N: Written for the watsons_woes July Writing Prompt #4: The Well-Travelled Watson. "Travel and foreign lands." Use this however it inspires you.
Refers to the ACD story, "His Last BowI listened with ( Read more... )

(I am hoping that later prompts inspire a continuation of this case.)

Title: Curiosities
Universe: ACD canon
Rating: PG-13 (for description of body parts no longer attached to their bodies)
Wordcount: 300
Warning: If you are squeamish about disembodied body parts and skeletons and such things, this is not the fic for you. (If you can handle the ( Read more... )

Title: Spelling
Universe: ACD canon
Rating: G
Wordcount: 150
Characters: Watson, Holmes
Summary: Sometimes words just don't look right.
A/N: Written for the watsons_woes July Writing Prompt #2: Yellow. Use the color as your inspiration for today's entry: anything from the sun, to John wearing a mustard yellow jumper, to yellow ribbons tied in a tree.(I ( Read more... )

So this one kind of got away from me... while I had time enough to write it, I'm up past my bedtime to post it, so it's gotten nothing more than a spellcheck. :-p ( Read more... )