60 for 60: The Blue Carbuncle (also, *important* announcement!)

[spacemutineer]

This week in 60 for 60, we are writing 60 word ficlets about the Arthur Conan Doyle canon story, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle. A classic holiday story! Cases come in all shapes and sizes, but few are as unusual as this one, arriving at Holmes' door as a haggard hat and a Christmas goose. Where these odd clues lead amazes even the Great Detective.

Important and good news, everyone! We're getting our own comm for 60 for 60! We're calling it sherlock60 (now with intro post and profile) and I'm setting it up this week. Next week, we'll post our entries there. I'll try to message everyone when the comm is open and running, and I'll send all necessary links and info. This is my first comm, so please bear with me. Ideas and help would be welcome!

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60 for 60: Week 4: The Blue Carbuncle

Mrs. Peterson’s recipe for golden goose had been passed down for six generations. Each ingredient lent a unique character to the dish: thyme for aroma, peppercorns for spice, orange peel for brightness. This particular goose carried with it a special ingredient of its own, however, and although it didn’t add flavor, the meal was made all the richer for it.

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Don't miss the other takes on The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by these fabulous authors:
tweedisgood
lucybun
methylviolet10b
sabrinaphynn
flawedamythyst
shouldboverthis

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Next week on 60 for 60: from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Boscombe Valley Mystery. An open and shut case is anything but when a man is murdered at the edge of the water of Boscombe Pool.

Comments

[shouldboverthis.livejournal.com]

Wonderful about the comm!

And nice view of a minor character.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're excited about the comm! Should be better for everyone, I think.

And thanks. This week I was bone-dry for good inspiration for some reason. At a certain point, I was just happy I got 60 words that have anything to do with the story! :)

[shouldboverthis.livejournal.com]

Finally. Bit silly this week, I'm afraid.

http://shouldboverthis.livejournal.com/121997.html

[flawedamythyst.livejournal.com]

Mine is here this weekend. And, awesome about the community. My offer is still firmly in place; any help needed, just let me know.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

I would love to have your help! As this is my first comm, I don't even know what I should be asking you for help with yet, though. I need to get the basic setup up and running today if I can manage it. Then we'll have something to work with!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

I've invited you as a mod/maintainer. I can't thank you enough for your help!

[flawedamythyst.livejournal.com]

Awesome! *goes to look* Oooh, that's really pretty. \o/ I especially love the Watson icon.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Oh, very glad you like! I went with a stock template, but it seemed to fit. The icon came from here with permission. Seemed perfectly suited for us!

I'm trying to think of how best to handle tagging. Seems like we'll need tags for each of the stories (probably the 4 letter notations), which will make for a rather full list. What do you think?

[flawedamythyst.livejournal.com]

Hah, hello, finally able to reply to this. Probably way too late, but screw it.

I like the idea of the tags you have - it would be a long list, but it's what people will most likely be wanting to search for, surely?

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I've decided for ease of use I'll add them in gradually. Right now there are only tags for the stories we've covered plus this week's.

[methylviolet10b]

Hurrah for the comm! I'm looking forward to it. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

I love your story this week. I always wondered what Mrs. Peterson's reaction was to finding the stone, and this is a lovely sideways glimpse of that.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Your help would be wonderful! I've invited you as a mod/maintainer. Thanks so much!

And thanks for the compliment about the story. BLUE is a such a fun case, but I just couldn't find anything in particular to hang my 60 words on, so it's not up to my usual standards. Oh well, they're not all going to be gems, even if the story is about one!

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Good idea to make a comm. And I liked your take on this - Peterson seems a good sort and deserves a little luck.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're on board with the comm. Should be a good fit for us all.

And thanks! I just love the Yard boys.

[lucybun.livejournal.com]

Aw, just lovely. I love the way it has a very Christmas-y feel to match the story. And the play on words at the end is wonderful. I'm so glad you guys thought of doing these!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you so much! I really appreciate that, because to be honest, I wasn't hugely happy with this one. Very glad to hear you liked it! :)

And we're glad too about doing these with our group! We have such a fun, diverse set of people, and I love the surprise each week and we find out what everyone wrote. Wonderful to have you along!