I've really done it now...

Okay. So.

I've really done it now. I really have.

I posted my first real work on AO3. The names poem was just a little thing. This is something I worked on. Thought a lot about.

It's still a bit OOC, but really. It's an It's a Wonderful Life Crossover AU. It has angels. Any OOC moments should be forgiven.

At least I hope so.

I hope that everyone enjoys it and it doesn't upset anyone. I know it's not the best and I should have worked on it more. But Christmas is over and I wanted to get it out before New Years.

It's a Wonderful Life, Sherlock

I may go back and edit it again. Work out the bugs. But later. Right now I'll let it stand.

I have butterflies! Go little story, go!

Christmas Menu

So, this was the beginning. The ending was everyone passed out on the couch with Christmas in Connecticut on.

Menu:

Turkey, with fresh herbs and Olive Oil Aioli

Stuffing

Mashed Potatoes

Mashed Turnips and Carrots

Roasted Broccoli

Green Bean Casserole

Roasted Butternut Squash

Pumpkin Butternut Soup

Pumpkin Pie

Apple Cranberry Deep Dish Pie

Lemon Butterscotch Snickerdoodles

Rosemary Rolls

Crescent Rolls

Roasted Mushrooms

Leftovers are slated to be: Turkey Tacos, Turkey Soup, Turkey Marsala, Mashed Potato Breakfast Bites and lunch for the next 2 weeks. 

It was fantastic.

Hogswatch

I hope everyone had a happy Hogswatch Night!

Fandom Cards

My Fandom Cards came in!!!! And they look fantastic!

Merry Christmas to me! I just hope I need to hand out a million of them. Where are you fandom?!

On Naming

Dark haired, changeling child.
Brilliant and terrifying.
So much passion and wonder
contained in one small body.

Grown and cynical.
He sees too much.
An island unto himself.

Comes a man. Blessed my god.
Reflecting light into the darkness.
Building bridges.

Have you come to conquer me,
Ruler of Armies?

Sunlight shines and the dots connect.
An island becomes an archipelago.

I was never blessed until I met you.
Together against the world.





Sherlock: Fair haired
Holmes: One who lives on an island

John: Blessed by god
Watson: Ruler of the army




This was not the Christmas story. But I did post it on AO3. My first. I hope someone looks at it.

The Usefulness of Fanfiction

I am finding fanfiction to be extremely useful to writing. I love reading within my fandom, it's fun, entertaining and an all around lovely way to waste an evening.

I prefer to write not fanfiction. I have characters whose stories need telling. I know this because they told me so. But I have a flood of ideas that don't relate to them. And I have no where to put them.

So it is with reluctance that I admit to committing Fanfiction.

I have nothing posted yet. I will put up a link when I do. Because there will be stories. So many stories.

The best thing about fanfics is your ability to create a storyline without having to worry about the characters. They are set, they are prepackaged with personalities, quirks, families and backgrounds. All you have to do is drop them in a situation and see what they think of it.

I have ideas I don't know if I like. But by exploring them using fanfiction, I can figure out if I want to put the time and effort into developing a random plot bunny into something real.

I have two out of about 30 that I like and am willing to work on. But it's fun anyway.

I am also working on a straight bit of fanfiction. Conceived and intended for nothing other than the fandom. I hope to have it out by Christmas. It's a holiday piece.

I was stuck on it for a few days, fearing that it was too formulaic and trite. But I realized it's a classic holiday story redone in fandom, it's going to be trite. Just go with it.

So hopefully something for you to unwrap this holiday.