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Anyone still here? Hello!!! *waves madly*
So, I wrote a fic. It's a Sherlock fic and it helped me realize how out of practice I am with writing, but nonetheless, I posted the thing over at AO3.

Title: Box Score
Author: westernredcedar
Summary: "What are we looking for at a baseball game exactly?”
Sherlock sips his coffee. “Clues."
“Yes, thank you, Poirot.”
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Rated: R
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Warnings: possible suicide mentioned, baseball, angst
Notes: This was written for the "Sports" prompt at sherlockchallenge over on tumblr. I meant to write a light-hearted ficlet about Sherlock becoming obsessed with baseball box scores (as he would), but then this happened instead.

*dashes in*

Hi! I updated my latest In the Flesh fic, To Fight His Corner, link is to chapter two. The rising as seen by Sue Walker. Grim, short, on to Simon in chapter three. Hurrah!
School started this week, so I'm in the flurry of adjustment that entails every year. Going okay but exhausting, so far. The dream of reasonable, year-round school gets more and more real to me every fall- so much lost over the summer, for students and teachers...*sigh*
Okay, that's it for my fly by. *hugs*

*dashes away*

Hi all! I posted a third (shorter) In the Flesh fic today...and I'm still determined to convince a few more of you to try this fabulous show.

Here, enjoy this cute fan PowerPoint to convince you to watch ITF (FYI: link takes you to tumblr, and will give you sort of general spoilers, but nothing specific):

Why You Should Watch In the Flesh by debbiegllagher

Here's the thingy I wrote. It's a simple scene between Simon and Sue Walker, and works best if you read the other two fics I've written first, but hey, it's all good.

Title: The Din of the World
Fandom: In the Flesh
Summary: Simon tries to imagine what has brought Sue, alone, to his doorstep. "If you are in search of Kieren, I'm afraid he's not here at the moment. Is everything all right?"
"No, no, all's well. Kieren's home. I was hoping to find you, actually."
Characters: Simon Monroe, Sue Walker, Kieren Walker, Simon/Kieren
Rated: PG
Length: 1800 words

*hugs*

Hi all!
I've continued to dip my toe into (read: become radically obsessed with) In the Flesh. I've finished my first fic as of this morning, and ADORED writing it. It's here.
So far, aside from the amazing source material and inspiration to write, I just have to say that the small fandom for ITF is so generous and sweet, really lovely. Makes me happy like in the good ol' days of Snupin, just warm feelings, good humor, and support all around, small enough that you start to recognize names and personalities a bit. After my foray into the behemoth of Sherlock, it's a pleasure. I only wish the fandom was located here on LJ, for better interactions, rather than in the crystal mystery that is tumblr (I still don't understand tumblr at all. I'm like Grandpa Simpson on that one).
So, I'll make another plug for the show (buy episodes here!), but mostly just wanted to add an update about finishing the fic, and hoping to get started on the next one.

*hugs you all*

Wrote another short Sherlock fic, this one for a Stag Night challenge. Here it is!

Title: Not Literal Shelves
Author: westernredcedar
Summary: Stag night AR; as the night goes on, Sherlock wants to make sure John's metabolism is balanced by some food, and he knows this fantastic fish shop off the Marylebone Road, where the owner always gives him extra portions...
Pairings: John/Sherlock, John/Mary (implied), Sherlock/OCs
Rated: R
Length: 4000 words
Tags/Warnings: first kiss, first time, cheating, jealousy, so much drinking, adorable drunk idiots, sexuallyactivegay!Sherlock, bisexual!John, what else could I helped him put up some shelves mean
Notes: Written for Let's Write Sherlock Challenge 14: On Thousand Stag Nights on tumblr.
I refered to arianedevere fabulous transcripts constantly to be sure I was on target with canon, and got all my quotes correct. The fabulous bk7brokemybrain beta'ed, and wonderful vilestrumpet Brit-picked and beta'ed!

*hugs* Hope you are all enjoying summer!

Well, I wrote a whole big Sherlock thing (well, big for me, almost 9000 words), all canon-compliant angst based on The Sign of Three and lots of meta I've been reading. If you are interested, it's finished now and posted over at Ao3. SO MUCH FUN TO BE WRITING AGAIN!

Title: Adagio, in Baker Street (takes you to the beginning, or here's a direct link to part 4 and part 5)
Author: westernredcedar
Summary: "I can dance perfectly well, thank you." "You cannot." "And you are some sort of expert, are you?"
Word count: ~8900
Rated: PG-13 (just a whole lotta UST and confusion)
Pairings/Characters: John/Mary, John/Sherlock (sort of), Molly's in there too, and now Lestrade, Donovan, and Dimmock as well
Warnings: Person in confused love with someone else is still planning to get married...
Notes: You should be aware that I have been rolling around in the meta of loudest_subtext_in_television and abrae, and that this work is definitely born of their interpretations of canon at this point. Whee! I also owe bk7brokemybrain much credit for getting me completely obsessed right now, and encouraging this piece.

*hugs all around* Hope you are all well!

Hi all! Happy Valentine's, et cetera.

Here's a missing canon scene from The Sign of Three. Aimed for a little casual ficlet, ended up writing 1800 words yesterday. Whee! Anyway, this is my first attempt at imagining how the private waltz lessons between Sherlock and John might possibly have gone down, considering. Because...really? Huh? How?

Title: Adagio, in Baker Street
Author: westernredcedar
Summary: "I can dance perfectly well, thank you." "You cannot." "And you are some sort of expert, are you?"
Word count: 1836
Rated: PG (just a whole lotta UST and confusion)
Pairings: John/Mary, John/Sherlock (sort of)
Notes: Just a very tantalizing missing canon scene that I imagine will be written many times in many ways. You should be aware that I have been rolling around in the meta of loudest_subtext_in_television and abrae, and that this work is definitely born of their interpretations of canon at this point. Whee! I also owe bk7brokemybrain much credit for getting me completely obsessed right now, and encouraging this piece.

And, for the record, here's part two. The other fest I participated in this year was my dear old Snupin Santa. This little something was based on the prompt, "Remus and Severus attend the symphony," and it just evolved from there. Also, I'm very out of practice writing smut. And action. Also also, aunty_marion helped me crack this one into shape. Much love.

Title: My Promising Career in Espionage
Summary: Remus needs the work, and Dumbledore has a new contact for him, a young Death Eater who has just started passing information.
Rating: NC-17
Length: 5500 words
Other pairings: Sirius/Remus (past)
Warnings: None
Notes: The title is part of a quote by Q. Thank you to the fabulous Aunty Marion for the beta help!
Your prompt category and number (Example: DDO #6 or Story #78): DDO #9 Snape and Lupin attend the symphony.

( My Promising Career in Espionage )

Well, well, well...look what I did! I wrote some words, in order, to make sentences and thoughts! It is a miracle. I've been reading and lurking in Sherlock fandom for over a year, and puttering slowly away at this fic for many many months, so I finally decided to kick myself in the butt and post the first part, eager to motivate myself to finish the other chapters. So, here is chapter one of the first thing I've tried to write in Sherlock fandom. Trying a new fandom feels a little bit like cheating on my loyal Snupin spouse, but I know the boys will understand (feels Snape's icy glare and Lupin's understanding yet judgmental eyes upon me...)

If anyone cares to give this a try, it is over at Ao3:

Title: His Best Man
Author: westernredcedar
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Summary: On day twenty-three, the fog lifts and John figures it out.
Warnings: post-Reichenbach (spoilers, ahoy!), angst, grief, ambiguous confusing relationship, no Sherlock in this part
Rated: This part is PG, later parts will be rated higher
Length: 5800 in this part, estimated 15,000 in all
Notes: Thank you to book7brokemybrain and woldy, who both gave this portion a look-over and made many helpful comments. I have messed with it quite a lot since then, so the errors are all mine.
Huge credit to arianedevere, whose amazing transcripts allowed me to pull lines easily and use them in this piece.
I have most of part two written and will strive to update in a week.

Smooches and hugs to all of you. I'm excited to get back to some writing! *kiss*

Title: Meddling
Author: westernredcedar
Summary: Hermione has noticed many things about two of her professors, including that they both seem lonely and might enjoy some companionship.
Pairing: Remus/Severus
Rated: NC-17
Warnings: None
Length: ~2800
Notes: Repost! Written for miss_fatigue at Snupin Santa 2011.

( Meddling )