spacemutineer

After years of happy fic writing and reading in the Sherlock Holmes world, I have recently fallen in love with another difficult, secretive, and emotional (on the inside) genius and the deep connection he shares with his brave, ever humane, and action-oriented partner.

I always meant to check out Person of Interest when it was on and I never got around to it. But thanks to Netflix, I've fallen deep into the well. These are basically the same kind of stories I enjoy telling with Holmes and Watson, but it's great fun to explore the differences in character, setting, and technology. And I have to admit, after so long working in canon ACD, it's refreshing to be able to use modern American English vernacular freely.

Holmes and Watson are still my undying loves, and I'm still writing for them too -- I have a number of WIPs, including one that is very far along and that I love -- but Finch and Reese have gotten my writing flowing in a way it hasn't for a long time. I'm having a lot of fun with them.

Below are AO3 links for anyone interested. For POI viewers, these are based entirely on the first two seasons of the show. The entire series is great, of course, but as a lover of procedurals, I have a real affection for the simpler era when it was mostly Finch and Reese vs. the world, saving lives and learning about each other.

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Comedown - An alternate take on the end of s02e13 Dead Reckoning. They've survived and returned from the rooftop, but the experience lingers.

Blood Money - Set between episodes s01e10 Number Crunch and s01e11 Super, part of my Number Crunch series. As Reese's life hangs in the balance after being shot by Snow's CIA sniper, Harold has little to do but wait and watch and think.

A First Few Dawns and Dusks - Set between episodes s01e10 Number Crunch and s01e11 Super, part of my Number Crunch series. After the emergency intervention at the morgue, Reese wakes to find himself still alive and still (and never) alone.

Vital - Set between episodes s01e10 Number Crunch and s01e11 Super, part of my Number Crunch series. With Reese both at his side and nowhere near him, Harold is wearing himself down to collapse.

As always, thank you for reading!

Well, it's a new month, and time for a new game cooked up by resident genius/lunatic methylviolet10b. She's taking prompts for the month of September and has invited others to join in the fun too.

Sounded like a fine idea to me. I need to get my butt into gear and get some pieces finished and posted for a change, so let's do this thing. If you have an idea for a prompt, I'd love to hear it. I will definitely write and post at least one piece this month based on a prompt here. Got any good ideas drifting around? I'd be most appreciative for them. Prompt away, if you please!

Oh, and of course, please join us if you like! methylviolet10b's rules are simple: Make a post titled "Prompts?" and commit to one prompt-inspired fic for the month. And if you can throw a few spare prompts the way of the other players, that would be much appreciated too. So what do you say? Let's have some fun!

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.

We're trucking along well in our 60 for 60 challenge, heading into week 3! Unsure of what 60 for 60 is? It's simple! Check it out and join us! We have had six entries for The Beryl Coronet this week, and links can be found below. Great work everyone!

And now, a question for you all: do you think it would be better for me to post on dispatch_box a final list of all the entries I got for the week aggregated together on Saturday for everyone to read with a mention of the new story that starts on Sunday? Or should I post whatever I have available on Sunday and invite everyone to join in then with the current week's story? Might get more responses that way potentially, although not everyone's entry will get posted for advertising to readers. Any thoughts? I think I was more successful the first week doing that, so I may try that again. (I'm certainly over-thinking this, sorry.)

Is everyone having fun so far? I'm really enjoying our little project, and I hope you are too! I just love all the different approaches. We have slash, angst, detective work, back stories, missing scenes... Just terrific stuff! Thanks for taking this adventure with us, everybody!

60 for 60 takes on The Beryl Coronet, by author:
flawedamythyst
leone
methylviolet10b
sabrinaphynn
shouldboverthis
spacemutineer

See you all Sunday (7/10/11) for Black Peter! Pirates, rum, and murder ahoy!