Various ramblings by the small hobbit

Everyone seems to be doing this, so I thought I'd join in. Copied from brumeier  who got the code from china_shop 

1. Most Hits:
The Salutation which is a Lewis/BBC Robin Hood crossover and the position makes no sense 

2. Second Most Kudos:
Gandalf's Small Mistake  which is a Hobbit fic and shows the effect of a popular pairing/trope in a popular fandom.  6 of my top 8 kudoes fics are Hobbit.  It also proves that being changed into bunnies is popular

3. Third Most Comments:
A Production Diary ACD Sherlock Holmes, written for watsons_woes July writing prompts and therefore with one entry per day for 31 days.  It ties with The Casebook of Dr J H Watson which was similarly written

4. Fourth Most Bookmarks:
Broken Dreams BBC Sherlock Sherlock/Greg and one of my own favourites

5. Fifth Most Words:
Midsomer Mars Life on Mars/Midsomer Murders crossover.  Written for a Life on Mars BigBang which had 12,500 word minimum - I managed 12,501 by introducing a purple gonk.  This was one of my first AO3 entries

6. Fic With Second Fewest Words (That's Not a Drabble):
I've also ignored poetry.  That's Not Our Consulting Detective Sherlock Holmes (ACD) the latest in the popular line of toddler books

7. Seventh Most Common Relationship:
James Hathaway/Robert Lewis (Lewis TV)

8. Eighth Drabble Posted:
Keep on Running Spooks (MI5) Lucas North my first entry for fan_flashworks 

9. Ninth Most Common Character:
Ros Myers from Spooks (MI5)

10. Tenth Mature and/or Explicit Fic:
Irrelevant, I haven't written that many!

11. Eleventh Most Recent Completed Fic:
At the Cocktail Party Spooks (MI5) featuring werewolf!Lucas

12. Twelfth Most Recent Story in Your Sixth Most Common Tag:
The Photographs in the Attic Sally Donovan (BBC Sherlock)/Sherlock Holmes (ACD) characters as ghost

13. Favorite Title That Isn't from a Poem or Song or Shakespeare or The West Wing:
War Casts A Long Shadow Spooks(MI5) 1920s AU

To date I've written 9K words and may add a few before the end of the month, so I'm on target for my goal of 120K for the year.

I've written a number of fills for threesentenceficathon which, given how many words can be crammed into one sentence have probably contributed about 2K to the total.

I finished whatif_au Wintry Mix Welcome to Christmas at Holmes Hall

And I also posted my eventcentral Western Titles entry, which is Hercule Poirot: Never Trust An Honest Man

Lastly, for allbingo Public Domain Day Fest, using books, I wrote War Casts A Long Shadow which is set in my 1920s Spooks(MI5) AU where both Adam and Lucas have suffered in the Great War.

This month I've written 9.5K words, maybe slightly more as I'm still working on my story for  eventcentral  So my total for the year with one month to go is 132K, which means I will easily reach my goal of 135K.  Hooray!

In the end I wrote three drabbles/double drabbles/triple drabbles or seasonsofdrabbles Admiring the View (Discworld - Sam Vimes), The Scarf (Jeeves & Wooster), and Time to Leave (Castlevania - Sypha, Trevor, Alucard)

Both my main Yuletide and the pinch-hit are written and uploaded - reveals in the new year.

And allbingo had a Sleepytime Bear Bingo, so, going with the fluffy theme, I wrote November in St Mary Mead with Miss Marple simply enjoying life in her village.

Next month I will be writing my customary Twelve Days of Christmas ficlets, so look out for the post on December 1st if you would like one.

The lowest number of words for a month this year, but 8,250 still brings me to 122,600 and so past my main goal of 120,000 for the year and with a reasonable chance of reaching 135,000.

Reflecting the lower number I have less to share, but begin with allbingo Fall Fest for which I wrote The Witch, the Ghost and the Hound from Hell which is a Spooks (MI5) tale, featuring werewolf!Lucas.

My spook_me fic was written in September, but only recently posted, again Spooks (MI5), but crossing over into Sherlock (BBC): The Meeting at 1:30

I'll add the link to my trickortreatex once they go live.

And I've just posted my contribution to whatif_au Spooky & Kooky challenge, Sherlock (BBC) with ghosts created by ACD: The Case of the Staged Corpse as I wanted it completed by Hallowe'en.

Coming up I have seasonsofdrabbles plus my Yuletide exchange, and also, for the first time, a Yuletide pinch hit.

Another good writing month, I've written 13.5K this month, with a few more days to go, bringing my annual total to date to 97K, and therefore my goal of 115K-120K is well within reach.  I'd be delighted to manage 135K, but have no intention of stressing about it.

I've written something everyday for small_fandoms using Miss Marple, The Midnight Bell (Bourne), Swan Lake (Bourne), Sleeping Beauty (Bourne) and The Red House Mystery (Milne).

no_true_pair is happening again next month, with 8 characters who each get to meet the other on one day.  Posting happens next month, but I've already started writing.  These will be on AO3 as 'The Eight are Back!'  

I finished the last two challenges for lands_of_magic The ABC of a Crime (ACD Holmes) which is 26 drabbles in alphabetical order of a crime as related by Watson and Working Out What Happened (Spooks-MI5) werewolf!Lucas 'verse but with Lucas in human form.  This was written for the long-standing fandom (I've been writing in this fandom since 2014) and is a follow up to a previous fic.  Taking part in these challenges certainly served to increase my writing, but I didn't particularly enjoy them, so will not be continuing.

I'm currently working on story_works Secret challenge, and am waiting to see where it takes me - I'm in the same situation as my characters - there's a problem but we're not sure what to do about it!

whatif_au has a HiLo Fantasy challenge for these two months and I'm still working on it.  I'm at 3,300 words and keep hoping it can tie it up.  Or at least get it to the point where this story can be finished, even if it means writing a follow up in a few months time.

And here's my award for completing the whatif_au  bingo last month: 






Speaking of bingos, I chose the topic for allbingo this time but haven't participated.  I plan in using the prompts later in the year.  However, here's my banner from last month's Winter Fest in July:

My monthly summaries are going to be a week early this month as I'm away next week, but I doubt I'll do much extra writing etc as it's a busy week.  I've written just under 8K this month, so my half yearly total is roughly 67K, so I'm still on target for the year.

Unsurprisingly, there's not much to share.

whatif_au bingo continues to provide words: The Body in the Physic Garden (Hobbit - Inspector Durin Mysteries) is now finished, although still be posted on a weekly basis in keeping with its radio serial format.  I also wrote Casualty Station - 1917 (Spooks - MI5) for the medical square.

allbingo was celebrating Pride Month and Proud to be Us is within my Lucas/Adam Love in All Seasons 'verse, with Lucas and Adam looking back on the early days of their relationship and how its changed.

I've also written a couple of ficlets for fan_flashworks Amnesty Challenge which will be posted later in the month.

And finally I have earned my Steadfast badge for fan_flashworks which means I've done every challenge for 10 years!





By co-incidence the theme for that particular challenge was Streak

It seems incredible to think
So I ask you not to blink
For I’ve reached my ten year streak

With contributions steadfast
For ev’ry time we’re asked
Give an entry on almost every week

From challenges like Footwear
And then there’s Truth or Dare
And even ones for Squeak or for Leak

However hard some may be
I’m really delighted to see
That my ten years culminates with Streak!

Amazingly, I've written just over 15k words this month, bringing my total at one-third of the year up to 47K.  This is really good because I'm away for a couple of weeks in May and June, so it gives me some slack.

whatif_au has a bingo card, which will be running until the end of July, so I've been happily tackling a number of these.  My collection is here: WhatIf AU Bingo and currently includes Mycroft Holmes' Easter Wonderland , Still Standing which is Call The Midwife Apocalypse (probably my least favourite AU to write) and The Photographs in the Attic which is BBC Sherlock minor characters with ACD Holmes ghosts.  As can be seen from the two Sherlock stories, I shall be using a number of series I have already been writing.

For lands_of_magic I wrote April Showers, a Holmes/Watson retirement story, using a number of the prompt words, plus Miss Marple's Break from Home which is a Miss Marple/Spooks (werewolf!Lucas 'verse) story using a bingo card.

The allbingo theme this month was Teenage Mutant Ninja Heroes, so I chose a 2x2 card of their colours to write Winnie-the-Pooh's Flowery Year

Lastly, Pamela, who is the main OC in Whose Life? which is a Spooks story, demanded that we hear her side of the events: Pamela's Story

An improvement on last month, with about 11K words, which brings me up to 20K for the two months and therefore I'm back on target - hooray!

Firstly, here's my threesentenceficathon Discworld story: Ridcully and the Bunnies

ushobwri is running a WiP month, and although I don't currently have any WiPs to finish, I did add to one series with Mycroft Holmes' Valentine's Wonderland and I hope to continue with the series throughout the year.  I've also started another fic in one of my Spooks 'verses, but nothing has yet gone up.

The current theme for whatif_au is the Immortal AU, so I wrote a ficlet: Oh What Tangled Lives We Lead

allbingo had a Valentine's bingo challenge, and taking the Romantic card I wrote a 2x2 double drabble in my Spooks Love In All Seasons 'verse: Valentine's Our Way

story_works is running a Year of the Dragon challenge, so this is a BBC Sherlock ficlet Dolly to her Friends

And lastly small_fandoms had a Drabblethon for February, and I've written a drabble for each day, mostly for Sir Matthew Bourne's productions, but a few Mystery of the Red House

This month I've managed 10.5K words, with a few days left, although whether I'll get any more done I'm not too sure.  However, that brings me up to 132.5K for the year which is very pleasing.

Sadly, my holmestice entry, which was a total change from what I usually write, didn't prove very popular.  It's BBC Sherlock Femlock with a minor casefic, so probably didn't satisfy anyone.  However, it was an interesting challenge.  Death at the Gallery

allbingo ran an amnesty month, and I used a 2021 winter prompts bingo to inspire the Marylebone Monthly Illustrated Christmas Supplement which was great fun to write.

My Yuletide fic has been well received - I'll post the link when reveals are made on January 1st.  Miss Marple A Christmas Mystery

Most of The Latest Twelve Days of Christmas have been written, and the first three posted.  All my favourite characters will be there.

As for my goal for 2024.  This year I set 115k and I think next year I shall aim for 115K-120K.  I'd rather write 10K more than I planned and feel happy than write 10K less and be disappointed.

Definitely a low wordage month, with only 6,750 words and YTD 112K but it should be around 125K for the year, which I'm happy with.

As for this month, whatif_au has an Air Travel challenge, so once again Hamlet and co feature, with a distinct fusion with Cabin Pressure: Thank You For Flying Elsinore Airways - which, as one commenter remarked, they wouldn't do!

My spook_me prompt was a plague doctor, and I wrote a Spooks fic, called unoriginally The Plague Doctor

And allbingo had a Fall Festival, with Sherlock Holmes prompts as one option, which I couldn't resist: The Man on the 4.30 from Marylebone