2021: Yuletide and year in review
==Yuletide==
Because if one can't be a little bit extra in the midst of death (*) and despair, then when? (**)
More important, the recipients plus others (including writers whose work I've admired from afar) seemed to like them. Pieces at both the ends of the length spectrum (i.e., at least two of the drabbles and the longest story) got rec'ed. The drabbles were a way to relax; I ended up racing the countdown clocks for both the main and Madness collections to get revisions and coding in place in time.
Total: 1 pinch-hit, 2 full-length treats, 30 drabbles (and umpteen outlines/sketches for future NYR or exchange fics)
Fandoms: England Series (KJ Charles), Will Darling Adventures (KJ Charles), The Dark Is Rising Sequence (Susan Cooper), Le nozze di Figaro, Henry IV Part 1, Hot Goth Lady and Himbo Witch and Fair Maiden, Florida Man Catches Alligator in Trash Bin, Duolingo Welsh Course, Yudah Cohen (Rebecca Fraimow), Simon Feximal/Green Men (KJ Charles), Lord Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers), Sotherans
The pinch-hit
Lie Still, Ye Thief (8015 words) for Ferritin4
Fandoms: England Series - K. J. Charles, Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare
Rating: Mature
Summary: Theatre manager Frank Benson favours a certain type of actor. Archie and Daniel are added to his Henry IV anyway.
The recipient provided perfect prompts for this -- guiding without confining. I am indebted to
rymenhild for pushing me to make this twice as good as the drafts sent to her on super-short notice.
The full-size treats
Sharpening (7789 words) for leiascully
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Jane looks back and moves forward. Will and Bran share what they can.
What the recipient asked for: "I'm an inveterate Will/Bran shipper, but I also love Will/Bran/Jane. I'd even be interested in Will gently pushing Bran/Jane together because he's an Old One and will have to leave them at some point. I love stories where Bran still has a little magic, or sort of remembers, or sometimes his heritage shines through in some other way. I like Will trying to live a relatively normal life. I like Jane coming into her own."
Beta'd by the beauteous
aunty_marion, who also answered ninth-hour queries about onions and pence for the other treat I pulled together . . .
Put to Their Books (6 chapters + notes) for azurewaxwing
Fandoms: Sotherans (Twitter), England Series - K. J. Charles, The Will Darling Adventures - K.J. Charles, Undisclosed Fandom
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Dramatis personae: Oliver, Chris, Rebekah, and Rosie (Sotherans); Daniel da Silva, Archie Curtis, Fenella Carruth, and Patricia Merton (England); Kim Secretan and Phoebe Stephens-Prince (WDA)
Summary: Beleaguered booksellers. Reincarnated operatives. Things get social.
Me troubleshooting CSS tags at 2 a.m. on Boxing Day = people dealing with "some assembly required" overnight on behalf of Santa. Totally worth it. :)
The drabbles (non-explicit unless otherwise indicated)
Le nozze di Figaro | The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart/Da Ponte
Di dolcezza e di piacer (Contessa/Cherubino) for foxtwin
Hot Goth Lady and Himbo Witch and Fair Maiden (Tumblr Post)
Love Is Not a Cinch for epicycles
Florida Man Catches Alligator in Trash Bin
Running Scales (Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia pledge and alligator) for FandomisOhana
Duolingo Welsh Course
Noson hir yn y glwb nos (Owen and too many parsnips) for sabinelagrande
Yudah Cohen Series - Rebecca Fraimow
Und mir haltn zikh in eynem (descendants) for imperfectcircle
Un mir zaynen freylekh munter (ghost klezmer band) for partypaprika
Simon Feximal Series - K. J. Charles/Green Men Series - K. J. Charles
Light on the Blue (Jo/Sam) for torakowalski
The Will Darling Adventures - K.J. Charles
Letting Rip (Teddy, Maisie, Phoebe, Kim, Will) for Luna
E dico ben, se 'l voler no me muta (Will/Kim) for dkwilliams
Conveyance (Maisie/Phoebe) for Sixthlight
Fashioning Channels (Maisie/Phoebe, Kim/Will) for brutti_ma_buoni
Daimlers Are a Girl's Best Friend (Kim/Will, Maisie/Phoebe) for azurewaxwing
The Will Darling Adventures - K.J. Charles x Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Outside the Primrose League (Will, about Lord Peter) for pressdbtwnpages
The Will Darling Adventures - K.J. Charles x England Series - K. J. Charles
Improper Intelligence (Kim, about Jimmy Yoxall) for Jenett
And Beautiful (Will and Daniel) for FairestCat
Foresight (Kim/Will) for celli
Prideful (Archie/Daniel) for Sixthlight
It Tutors Nature (Maisie, Laura, Phoebe, Fen) for scintilla10
Standing (Kim, about Daniel and Will) for Roga
England Series - K. J. Charles
Sounding: Daniel and Sounding: Archie (Archie/Daniel; explicit) for goseaward
I will unclasp a secret book (Archie/Daniel) for Ferritin4
Skill Born of Long Practice (Archie/Daniel) for Jenett
Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
The Lady brought home a west wind (Will/Jane/Bran) for leiascully
The Path Taken (Will/Jane/Bran) for coralysendria
Usefully Jolly (Merriman & Ellen Drew) for magelette
Towards the Light Is Striving (Merriman) for sageness
A New Verse (Will/Bran) for Rimedio
Not Any Man's (Gwen Stanton, Will/Bran, Robin Stanton) for sultrybutdamaged
Slicing Ginger (Black Rider/Will; explicit) for blueteak
(* Got a "Call me" message yesterday afternoon, about someone I had danced and taught with. The silver lining was a chance to catch up with the messenger, a friend I hadn't talked to in months.)
(** I'm mostly kidding. IRL I'm highly allergic to drama and maddeningly matter-of-fact. But I really did have a fine time crafting this lot.)
==The rest of the year==
The Dark Is Rising (drabbles)
"Impact Factor" (Will and Bran)
"Fearful Parallel" (Jane/Will)
England Series
"Competence" (15824 words) for whetherwoman
"Matter of Fact" (404 words) This entry was originally posted at https://bronze-ribbons.dreamwidth.org/429946.html. I see comments at DW, IJ, and LJ (when notifications are working, anyway), but not on feeds.
Because if one can't be a little bit extra in the midst of death (*) and despair, then when? (**)
More important, the recipients plus others (including writers whose work I've admired from afar) seemed to like them. Pieces at both the ends of the length spectrum (i.e., at least two of the drabbles and the longest story) got rec'ed. The drabbles were a way to relax; I ended up racing the countdown clocks for both the main and Madness collections to get revisions and coding in place in time.
Total: 1 pinch-hit, 2 full-length treats, 30 drabbles (and umpteen outlines/sketches for future NYR or exchange fics)
Fandoms: England Series (KJ Charles), Will Darling Adventures (KJ Charles), The Dark Is Rising Sequence (Susan Cooper), Le nozze di Figaro, Henry IV Part 1, Hot Goth Lady and Himbo Witch and Fair Maiden, Florida Man Catches Alligator in Trash Bin, Duolingo Welsh Course, Yudah Cohen (Rebecca Fraimow), Simon Feximal/Green Men (KJ Charles), Lord Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers), Sotherans
The pinch-hit
Lie Still, Ye Thief (8015 words) for Ferritin4
Fandoms: England Series - K. J. Charles, Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare
Rating: Mature
Summary: Theatre manager Frank Benson favours a certain type of actor. Archie and Daniel are added to his Henry IV anyway.
The recipient provided perfect prompts for this -- guiding without confining. I am indebted to
rymenhild for pushing me to make this twice as good as the drafts sent to her on super-short notice.
The full-size treats
Sharpening (7789 words) for leiascully
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Jane looks back and moves forward. Will and Bran share what they can.
What the recipient asked for: "I'm an inveterate Will/Bran shipper, but I also love Will/Bran/Jane. I'd even be interested in Will gently pushing Bran/Jane together because he's an Old One and will have to leave them at some point. I love stories where Bran still has a little magic, or sort of remembers, or sometimes his heritage shines through in some other way. I like Will trying to live a relatively normal life. I like Jane coming into her own."
Beta'd by the beauteous
aunty_marion, who also answered ninth-hour queries about onions and pence for the other treat I pulled together . . .
Put to Their Books (6 chapters + notes) for azurewaxwing
Fandoms: Sotherans (Twitter), England Series - K. J. Charles, The Will Darling Adventures - K.J. Charles, Undisclosed Fandom
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Dramatis personae: Oliver, Chris, Rebekah, and Rosie (Sotherans); Daniel da Silva, Archie Curtis, Fenella Carruth, and Patricia Merton (England); Kim Secretan and Phoebe Stephens-Prince (WDA)
Summary: Beleaguered booksellers. Reincarnated operatives. Things get social.
Me troubleshooting CSS tags at 2 a.m. on Boxing Day = people dealing with "some assembly required" overnight on behalf of Santa. Totally worth it. :)
The drabbles (non-explicit unless otherwise indicated)
Le nozze di Figaro | The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart/Da Ponte
Di dolcezza e di piacer (Contessa/Cherubino) for foxtwin
Hot Goth Lady and Himbo Witch and Fair Maiden (Tumblr Post)
Love Is Not a Cinch for epicycles
Florida Man Catches Alligator in Trash Bin
Running Scales (Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia pledge and alligator) for FandomisOhana
Duolingo Welsh Course
Noson hir yn y glwb nos (Owen and too many parsnips) for sabinelagrande
Yudah Cohen Series - Rebecca Fraimow
Und mir haltn zikh in eynem (descendants) for imperfectcircle
Un mir zaynen freylekh munter (ghost klezmer band) for partypaprika
Simon Feximal Series - K. J. Charles/Green Men Series - K. J. Charles
Light on the Blue (Jo/Sam) for torakowalski
The Will Darling Adventures - K.J. Charles
Letting Rip (Teddy, Maisie, Phoebe, Kim, Will) for Luna
E dico ben, se 'l voler no me muta (Will/Kim) for dkwilliams
Conveyance (Maisie/Phoebe) for Sixthlight
Fashioning Channels (Maisie/Phoebe, Kim/Will) for brutti_ma_buoni
Daimlers Are a Girl's Best Friend (Kim/Will, Maisie/Phoebe) for azurewaxwing
The Will Darling Adventures - K.J. Charles x Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Outside the Primrose League (Will, about Lord Peter) for pressdbtwnpages
The Will Darling Adventures - K.J. Charles x England Series - K. J. Charles
Improper Intelligence (Kim, about Jimmy Yoxall) for Jenett
And Beautiful (Will and Daniel) for FairestCat
Foresight (Kim/Will) for celli
Prideful (Archie/Daniel) for Sixthlight
It Tutors Nature (Maisie, Laura, Phoebe, Fen) for scintilla10
Standing (Kim, about Daniel and Will) for Roga
England Series - K. J. Charles
Sounding: Daniel and Sounding: Archie (Archie/Daniel; explicit) for goseaward
I will unclasp a secret book (Archie/Daniel) for Ferritin4
Skill Born of Long Practice (Archie/Daniel) for Jenett
Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
The Lady brought home a west wind (Will/Jane/Bran) for leiascully
The Path Taken (Will/Jane/Bran) for coralysendria
Usefully Jolly (Merriman & Ellen Drew) for magelette
Towards the Light Is Striving (Merriman) for sageness
A New Verse (Will/Bran) for Rimedio
Not Any Man's (Gwen Stanton, Will/Bran, Robin Stanton) for sultrybutdamaged
Slicing Ginger (Black Rider/Will; explicit) for blueteak
(* Got a "Call me" message yesterday afternoon, about someone I had danced and taught with. The silver lining was a chance to catch up with the messenger, a friend I hadn't talked to in months.)
(** I'm mostly kidding. IRL I'm highly allergic to drama and maddeningly matter-of-fact. But I really did have a fine time crafting this lot.)
==The rest of the year==
The Dark Is Rising (drabbles)
"Impact Factor" (Will and Bran)
"Fearful Parallel" (Jane/Will)
England Series
"Competence" (15824 words) for whetherwoman
"Matter of Fact" (404 words) This entry was originally posted at https://bronze-ribbons.dreamwidth.org/429946.html. I see comments at DW, IJ, and LJ (when notifications are working, anyway), but not on feeds.