I was digging through my "Abandoned Stories" file and found this. Generally reading my abandoned stories is a mistake, because they make me despair about my pretense of having any ability to write. I was surprised to find that this one doesn't totally suck...
If anyone ::koff
watergal:: has any suggestions for posting or archiving this, I'd really
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I have written *good* Holmes/Watson, in fact one of the five best stories I've ever written was H/W (at least in my own mind), so I know I can do it. This just *isn't* it. (That would be Duty, Honour and Loyalty, if you're interested.) And I wrote Duty in 2002 or something.
The problems with this story aren't beginning writer problems, it just ... well, it doesn't quite suck but it's not very good either.
I'm blithering but that's because I'm trying to dodge being slapped.
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And lots of 'blah blah blah/nothing happening' has name - vignette. Or 'mood piece'. Not all stories have to go places - sometimes, just writing character analysis is - good. (In the publishing world, I think they call it 'contemporary fiction' . . )
So keep ducking - smackage still awaits.
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I may know of some options
Slash Cotillion is still popular with Holmsians, tho it doesn't get much other traffic. However Improbable is Holmes slash specific. I don't know how muc traffic it gets. cox_and_co postings often get feedback.
Glad you hauled this out for the publice. post-EMPT fics always seem to be popular. I'm trying to get brave enough to look at my old stuff, but I keep losing my nerve!
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I sent it off to the archivist at Highly Improbable and archived it at the Cotillion.
I'm not a member of cox_and_co and I feel guilty joining just to post a story and then bail. Maybe I'll screw up my courage about that over the weekend.
It's definitely scary looking at the old stuff. But I've managed to get some pretty decent stories out of the Abandoned file, even some downright good ones, so it's worth sifting through the crap every so often.
Thanks for reading!
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I just asked to join cox_and_co so hopefully I'll post it there in the next few days.
Thanks!! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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