Guys, I'm done.

[impulsereader]

I did it. I wrote the last line today. It really was only a line or two, I've technically been done since I powered through the Solitary Cyclist adaptation on Sunday, but I really didn't consider it done until I'd closed out the section. I'll start posting it soon, I honestly do spend more time reading what I write than I do writing it, and parts of this are still due to be read a few more times. (Only once I'm sick of reading something is it likely ready to be posted.) When I do post, it will likely be in 5 parts due to size and logical breaking up points. I still cannot properly chapter it, they just don't feel like chapters, though I am contemplating MacBeth quotes to header the sections. I feel I should inject a bit more Shakespeare into my Sherlock Shakespeare fic which so spectacularly fails to feature Shakespeare...more Shakespeare to come, I promise! Also, a new request for your input featuring Mrs Hudson which I think may intrigue you...

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[221b-hound.livejournal.com]

Can you hear my SQUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE from Chicago? Because it is so loud and piercing that you really, really should. I may have shattered glass in my immediate vicinity with my excitement. :)

Do you know one of my favourite quotes from Macbeth? It's lady macca saying, after learning of Duncan's murder, in a tone that surely would RAISE SUSPICIONS IN NO-ONE: "What? In our house?"

But that may just be me.

[bradspyjamas.livejournal.com]

Whoot! Yay for you :) I'm really looking forward to reading this. Plus yes, I am intrigued, very intrigued!

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

I have heard it through the power of the internet and have honestly been enjoying getting that sort of reaction for at least ten full minutes before I began typing a reply!

Thank you! Your enthusiasm and patience are so very much appreciated!!! I anticipate the Baker Street Interludes will be less demanding on the patience aspect of this equation. I'll be able to post those once they're done and roughly slotted into a reasonable timeline. January is the Silver Blaze follow up at the Wessex Cup and Sherlock's shopping trip. Feb is probably some MST3k action...I may need to watch a lot of Much Ado...oh dear...

Oh...that quote is so very Viola Holmes...she was an excellent lady macca in her day...Sherlock learned (rather reluctantly) at her knee...

I am now reflecting on the weirdness of my being all, 'macca - Paul McCartney - that's where I've heard that before' in context of equating Lady MacBeth with modern-day Sherlock's weaponized mother...and, oh dear, honestly, I'm not even going to delve into the rivalry between Viola and Not Anthea who is playing lady macca in our MacBeth season proper...I had honestly planned to send the Holmes parents to Hawaii or something for next year...

Sorry, that got long, really long. But it's all happy typing which will eventually lead to Much Ado, so it's all good in the end. :-)

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Oh good! I haven't written Mrs H in more than a few lines, so I'm definitely looking for fans of her and fans of Much Ado because my idea combines the two...yup, just trying to tease you more...I'm a bit giddy over having finished it!

Thank you for hopping over, and I'm sorry I'm falling behind on Little Things, I've been mightily trying to finish (I was very stern with myself this weekend about writing instead of being distracted and not writing) and work has been busy so I'm behind on my friends page and fic. I saw you posted three at once and whimpered - but...reading helps - and my brain said, 'NO. Write instead.'

I'll be round as soon as I can, I promise!

Oh, and thank you, informally here, more formally later; just in the last day I've been writing something Super Secret (for about the next month) and doing it in the form of 221Bs thanks to your influence. So thank you! You're helping me to learn to be a better writer and to keep this particular project short - very important for an author who tends to run with prompts (read as scissors) as I do...

[pargoletta.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Now we are so happy, we do the dance of joy!



I am definitely looking forward to reading this. And I'm intrigued as to what might be happening over on the Mrs. Hudson front.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo!

Mrs Hudson is paramount in one of our glimpses of the shenanigans going on at Baker Street.

[bradspyjamas.livejournal.com]

I don't think you need any help to be a better writer - certainly not from me - but thank you so much for the lovely compliment! I feel all fluttery and odd :)
And stop with the teasing ... I have the same amount of patience as a bored Sherlock when it comes to things like this *flings self onto sofa in dressing gown and attempts to look a aloof as Sherlock - ignores sniggering OH and cats*

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Don't land on the cats, whatever you do!

No, really, I'm just learning. I hadn't even attempted to write a complete story prior to a year ago this month. The Sherlock 60s and the 221Bs are teaching me a lot about words I don't need.

As a reader, I was (am) a bit iffy on 221Bs because I enjoy a story long enough to be a bit of a meal rather than a snack (snack-sized fics just make me want more fic) but your idea of using them to tell a larger story is brilliant, and my writerly brain responded enthusiastically.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God.

Work was filtering the video.

I cannot believe you sent me The Dance of Joy.

How did you know?

How?

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for to celebrate.

I am now off to watch every single Perfect Strangers clip or episode I can find on youtube.

[pargoletta.livejournal.com]

Because The Dance of Joy is appropriate for every celebration!

And Perfect Strangers is one of the all-time great examples of a show that, by all rights, should have failed spectacularly and yet it succeeded for an improbable amount of time because Mark Linn-Baker and Bronson Pinchot were just that good. In fact, we should probably give Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch the Perfect Strangers award for carrying off The Blind Banker.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

It really is. Why is there not a montage? They did it a lot and it was awesome!

Show B&M the Ninja Balki sequence and we're in business. It really is a precursor. Mrs H is even there... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myIJRP2v1V4&feature=related

[bradspyjamas.livejournal.com]

Well you come across as very accomplished, I'd never have realised you'd never done this seriously before a year ago. I'm equally as new to fandom/fan fiction sharing but I've been writing my own stories since forever. And I like being a trendsetter - as my OH just described it - 221B chapter stories are now what the cool kids do. Yay!
Oh and Ceefer and Jennyanydots thank you for your concern and wonder if you might not be a better owner for them than the mad woman who makes ridiculously dramatic gestures that they currently live with :)

[pargoletta.livejournal.com]

I can't decide whether I want that Ninja Attack scene to be an everyday John and Sherlock thing or the Post-Reichenbach Reunion.

And I have no idea whether or not Benedict Cumberbatch can do comedy, but Martin Freeman would absolutely do Larry Appleton justice. I've always thought it was the Most Brilliant Casting Move to cast a comic actor as John Watson and then have him do drama.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

If you broaden your view of the Ninja Attack just slightly, I think it was probably an everyday thing going on at Baker Street, at least during Season 2. Some days, instead of a ninja there may have been a mad scientist, sure, but the end result was likely the same.

Judging from Cabin Pressure, I'd say BC is pretty adept at comedy. I can't imagine it wouldn't translate from radio to screen.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! What a lovely compliment! *blushes*

I'm not entirely removed from ridiculously dramatic gestures, and I suspect the noisy black one and the superior white one would put them off me rather quickly. Cash would, after hiding for a few days, be all up in their faces. "HI! HIHIHIHIHIHI!" Minerva would only be interested in the mutual grooming aspect of having them around.

*virtually scritches Ceefer and Jennanydots between the ears*

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