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I've been a bit remiss in Yuletide-posting this year; I got a lovely gift about Mo from the Laundry Files and how she comes to terms with that seriously creepy violin:
Violins at Work
Alas, it looks like my Mystery Author hasn't written that much else - although I still have a pile of other reading from the rest of the archive...
Despite being out for the entire month of December in NZ, I also managed to write some stuff , although much less of it got beta-read than usual as it was all a bit last-minute, and I didn't get to do any beta-ing myself (usually one of my favourite bits of YT :) ):
A Separate Peace - John Knowles (my assignment match):
Harder To Salvage was the 'emergency backup fic' I wrote when I was worried I wouldn't finish my main assignment fic and/or it would go down like a lead balloon - it's just over 1k of Gene/Finny UST, which I was pretty sure would work.
A Space Peace is the larger fic that I wasn't convinced about - it's literally a translation of the book's text into a Space AU. My recipient did ask for a Space AU, but I felt that being that close to the text was kind of 'cheating', hence writing the other fic too; it seems to have been unexpectedly popular, though, so I'm glad I didn't get cold feet and that I found a place to end it gracefully when I realised I wasn't going to get through the whole book :-).
I actually posted the longer fic from NZ just before we left to get on a plane home, because I'd not had the time to actually incorporate my beta feedback before I left...
15 Ways To Stay Alive - Daphne Gottleib (poem):
She Knows There Are Other Languages - When I read this poem I knew I had to write something for it. It came out in the slightly odd style that I used to use for writing Amaranth fic, but it seems to have worked. It also has, uh, a hidden easter egg that I'm too embarrassed to mention now that people have liked it - but bonus points for working out what :-).
The Sims (Video Games):
Sorry For The Convenience - I almost didn't post this because it's literally a playthrough fic and basically cuts off at the point I ran out of time to play, but I'm glad I decided to bite the bullet and put it up in the end, as the requester and some other people seem to have liked it!
The Witch's Son - auroaronkitten:
The Wings Of Freedom is essentially a thankyou and apology to my poor beta-reader for A Space Peace, whose feedback I only took in a couple of places rather than making more extensive revisions because I was too worn out to contemplate them.
I finished writing this on the plane and posted this in Dubai on the way back from NZ.
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion:
Dances-Like-Bear was written entirely in airports and on the plane from NZ; I also posted this while in Dubai airport. (Did I mention how much I love my keyboardphone recently?) I felt sorry for this PH that had been batted around a few times when I was looking through PH emails for something to do on the plane, which is where this one spawned from.
Violins at Work
Alas, it looks like my Mystery Author hasn't written that much else - although I still have a pile of other reading from the rest of the archive...
Despite being out for the entire month of December in NZ, I also managed to write some stuff , although much less of it got beta-read than usual as it was all a bit last-minute, and I didn't get to do any beta-ing myself (usually one of my favourite bits of YT :) ):
A Separate Peace - John Knowles (my assignment match):
Harder To Salvage was the 'emergency backup fic' I wrote when I was worried I wouldn't finish my main assignment fic and/or it would go down like a lead balloon - it's just over 1k of Gene/Finny UST, which I was pretty sure would work.
A Space Peace is the larger fic that I wasn't convinced about - it's literally a translation of the book's text into a Space AU. My recipient did ask for a Space AU, but I felt that being that close to the text was kind of 'cheating', hence writing the other fic too; it seems to have been unexpectedly popular, though, so I'm glad I didn't get cold feet and that I found a place to end it gracefully when I realised I wasn't going to get through the whole book :-).
I actually posted the longer fic from NZ just before we left to get on a plane home, because I'd not had the time to actually incorporate my beta feedback before I left...
15 Ways To Stay Alive - Daphne Gottleib (poem):
She Knows There Are Other Languages - When I read this poem I knew I had to write something for it. It came out in the slightly odd style that I used to use for writing Amaranth fic, but it seems to have worked. It also has, uh, a hidden easter egg that I'm too embarrassed to mention now that people have liked it - but bonus points for working out what :-).
The Sims (Video Games):
Sorry For The Convenience - I almost didn't post this because it's literally a playthrough fic and basically cuts off at the point I ran out of time to play, but I'm glad I decided to bite the bullet and put it up in the end, as the requester and some other people seem to have liked it!
The Witch's Son - auroaronkitten:
The Wings Of Freedom is essentially a thankyou and apology to my poor beta-reader for A Space Peace, whose feedback I only took in a couple of places rather than making more extensive revisions because I was too worn out to contemplate them.
I finished writing this on the plane and posted this in Dubai on the way back from NZ.
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion:
Dances-Like-Bear was written entirely in airports and on the plane from NZ; I also posted this while in Dubai airport. (Did I mention how much I love my keyboardphone recently?) I felt sorry for this PH that had been batted around a few times when I was looking through PH emails for something to do on the plane, which is where this one spawned from.
