Join us for 60 for 60, won't you?

[spacemutineer]

I'd like to invite anyone reading this to join methylviolet10b and me on a brand-new, slightly insane but fantastic little adventure. We're calling it 60 for 60. 60 words (or one sentence, your choice) for each of the 60 canon stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.

It's going to be great fun, and easy too. Once a week, on Sundays, we'll be posting a very small ficlet based on just one of the original canon case stories (all of which are available online free!). Just 60 words or one single sentence once a week. Everyone with their own little take on a classic story of our detective, his doctor, and their vibrant world for everyone else to enjoy. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? And don't feel like you're committed to anything -- post just the weeks you feel like it! But methylviolet10b and I are in for the full 60, so you'll always have at least two little stories for your Sundays, posted on our respective journals.

So won't you consider joining us? You love Sherlock Holmes and fanfiction. You wouldn't be reading this if you didn't. Give it a thought. Join us. Let's have fun reading and writing together!

Drop a comment if you're interested, and I'll see you next Sunday (6/25/11) for 60 for 60!

ETA: Coming in late? No problem! Just check out the schedule below and feel free to jump in and out as you like.

(Schedule of canon stories follows under the cut. We're going in alphabetical order to mix things up a bit.)


6/26/2011 ABBE -- The Adventure of the Abbey Grange - Week 1 entries
7/3/2011 BERY -- The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - Week 2 entries
7/10/2011 BLAC -- The Adventure of Black Peter - Week 3 entries
7/17/2011 BLAN -- The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier - Week 4 entries
7/24/2011 BLUE -- The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
7/31/2011 BOSC -- The Boscombe Valley Mystery
8/7/2011 BRUC -- The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
8/14/2011 CARD -- The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
8/21/2011 CHAS -- The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
8/28/2011 COPP -- The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
9/4/2011 CREE -- The Adventure of the Creeping Man
9/11/2011 CROO -- The Adventure of the Crooked Man
9/18/2011 DANC -- The Adventure of the Dancing Men
9/25/2011 DEVI -- The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
10/2/2011 DYIN -- The Adventure of the Dying Detective
10/9/2011 EMPT -- The Adventure of the Empty House
10/16/2011 ENGR -- The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb
10/23/2011 FINA -- The Final Problem
10/30/2011 FIVE -- The Five Orange Pips
11/6/2011 GLOR -- The Gloria Scott
11/13/2011 GOLD -- The Adventure of the Golden Pince-nez
11/20/2011 GREE -- The Greek Interpreter
11/27/2011 HOUN -- The Hound of the Baskervilles
12/4/2011 IDEN -- A Case of Identity
12/11/2011 ILLU -- The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
12/18/2011 LADY -- The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
12/25/2011 LAST -- His Last Bow
1/1/2012 LION -- The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane
1/8/2012 MAZA -- The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
1/15/2012 MISS -- The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
1/22/2012 MUSG -- The Musgrave Ritual
1/29/2012 NAVA -- The Naval Treaty
2/5/2012 NOBL -- The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
2/12/2012 NORW -- The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
2/19/2012 PRIO -- The Adventure of the Priory School
2/26/2012 REDC -- The Adventure of the Red Circle
3/4/2012 REDH -- The Red-Headed League
3/11/2012 REIG -- The Reigate Squires
3/18/2012 RESI -- The Resident Patient
3/25/2012 RETI -- The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
4/1/2012 SCAN -- A Scandal in Bohemia
4/8/2012 SECO -- The Adventure of the Second Stain
4/15/2012 SHOS -- The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
4/22/2012 SIGN -- The Sign of the Four
4/29/2012 SILV -- Silver Blaze
5/6/2012 SIXN -- The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
5/13/2012 SOLI -- The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
5/20/2012 SPEC -- The Adventure of the Speckled Band
5/27/2012 STOC -- The Stockbroker’s Clerk
6/3/2012 STUD -- A Study in Scarlet
6/10/2012 SUSS -- The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
6/17/2012 THOR -- The Problem of Thor Bridge
6/24/2012 3GAB -- The Adventure of the Three Gables
7/1/2012 3GAR -- The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
7/8/2012 3STU -- The Adventure of the Three Students
7/15/2012 TWIS -- The Man with the Twisted Lip
7/22/2012 VALL -- The Valley of Fear
7/29/2012 VEIL -- The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
8/5/2012 WIST -- The Adventure of the Wisteria Lodge
8/12/2012 YELL -- The Yellow Face

Comments

[methylviolet10b]

*bounces up and down with excitement* This is going to be fantastic. I'm already looking forward to your first ficlet. I can't wait to get started - and I hope lots of others will join us!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see what you come up with too! We have a lot a fun ahead of us, and I hope that others give it a try as well... Very exciting!

[blighted-garden.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say that I am very interested in this! I am a bit of a newbie when it comes to the canon, having only just read about half of it. Still, I would love to write ficlets about the tales that I am familiar with.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I am so excited you are interested in joining us! This will be very fun -- just jump in whenever you like and let one of us know when you do so we can add links to your ficlets too!

Outstanding. Thanks for having fun with us!

[blighted-garden.livejournal.com]

Perfect! I'm currently finishing up the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes so I'll jump in when it comes to the first two novels, the Adventures and the Memoirs. If I missed a week because I wasn't familiar with a story and then later read it, I will probably go back and fill in the blanks :).

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

We're going in alphabetical order, so the first one from something on your list would be our second week, "The Beryl Coronet". Weeks 5 & 6 are "The Blue Carbuncle" and "Boscombe Valley". All three are cases from Adventures. You can check the schedule above for more.

I'm so excited to have you join us! Thank you, and I can't wait to see what you come up with!

[sabrinaphynn.livejournal.com]

I'm in. BRB, will re-read Abbey now.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I am so excited to hear that! I'll friend you so I can make sure not to miss your entry. Thank you very much for jumping in with us! It's going to be great fun. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

[sabrinaphynn.livejournal.com]

we shal see. Got a challenge to start first. but I should have my sentence for this done in the am. Got to sleep first, boring though Holmes might think.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

I look forward to your entry, and I'll keep an eye out for it!

[shouldboverthis.livejournal.com]

Sounds like fun! Count me in.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

That's awesome to hear! I can't wait to read what you come up with! I'll friend you so I can be sure not to miss it. Thanks so much for joining us!

[leone (from livejournal.com)]

I'll do this too! I just reread The Abbey Grange last night, when I heard about this, so my first entry will be late, but I hope to do the rest on time.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I'm very excited to hear you'll be joining us. And your first piece is great. Man, I love this challenge! So much great stuff coming out of it!

Hey, since you're on dreamwidth, would you mind commenting when you've posted? I don't want to miss anything! :)

[leone (from livejournal.com)]

Thanks for your encouragement! I certainly will comment; do you want them here, or as a response to your entries so each week is together?

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Response to my entries would be great. I'm considering how best to get everything together, so I'll probably post an update in a day or two about that. Thanks!

[lucybun.livejournal.com]

Sounds like either great fun or pure hell. Either way, I'm in. I just write and post it on my journal?

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! So excited you'll be joining us! Don't feel like you have to do every week, although that would of course be fantastic. The most important thing is that you have fun doing it.

And yes, just write a post on your journal for now. We're considering opening our own comm, so in the next few weeks we may start that up. Would you be interested in that? For now just drop me a line when you've written something. I'll friend you as well to make doubly sure I don't miss your entry.

Thanks for playing along with us. Can't wait to read your take! Welcome!