Vote! Voting Matters.

Vote! Voting matters.

Really good simplified roundup of OTW Board candidates and their stated positions.

This depresses (but doesn't surprise) me because I love the convenience of working in Google Docs on my different devices.

Anyone know any similar program where I can work on the same document on both desktop and phone??

And is perhaps more likely to be run by a company that cares about their users?

I was today years old when I found out that whatever you write in Google docs can be used to train open ai. Check those terms and conditions folks, and if you don't want your writing used this way, move your work off Goggle docs!

Also look up the lawsuit going on over this issue- "Bestselling authors Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay sue OpenAI over copyright infringement" for more information.

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Happy Birthday, Steve - (2023)

July 4th! Happy Birthday Cap 💗

Top and bottom five

These are my most and least popular works. Not all my works are on AO3, so technically this isn’t quite statistically accurate, but whatever. :D

Top five, from most kudos:

Staircase Wit -  ‘ L'esprit de l'escalier - Sherlock never suffers from it, which isn’t to say he doesn’t suffer for it. Five times he took a beating, and one time he got away.’  Well, I love me some whump and if this is my most-kudosed fic I guess other people do too. :) This was also my first Sherlock fic of any length, so it was really heartening that it was appreciated. <3

Method Act - ‘Something very strange keeps happening at 7:35 PM.’ AKA the fic where Sherlock and Benedict Cumberbatch switch places. This was probably the most fun I’ve ever had writing a fic. I had a lot of folks say “I don’t usually like RPF but….” So, if you read this and liked it despite some reservations, thanks for reading out of your comfort zone! :D

The Case of the Green Gown - ‘…Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action which I can recall in our association. I was alone. —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’ This is a tough fic to summarize; essentially, it’s ten years after the events of His Last Vow and Sherlock and John are estranged, and a case brings them back together. Flashbacks detail what went wrong and how. It’s a long fic, and tough to write, but ultimately very satisfying.

We Really Must Talk - ‘Two Jedi, having crash-landed on an unfamiliar planet, come to some realizations thanks to the assistance of an extremely peculiar native.’ My first Sherlock fic, which of course is a mashup with Star Wars. Total throwaway, but a giggle.

A Million By Tuesday - ‘From a prompt on the Cabin Pressure meme. AU: Gordon Shappey’s disgruntled ex-employee, Douglas Richardson, seeks revenge by kidnapping Gordon’s trophy husband, Martin.‘  I’m glad this made the list! This is my favorite Cabin Pressure fic; writing it was a complete breeze, combining my hard-core abduction kink with my hard-core slow burn romance kink.

And now, the bottom five, starting with the least popular by kudos:

Adrift - ‘A one-off set in Merry Amelie’s “Academic Arcadia” universe.’ Merry Amelie has been writing college professors Quinn/Ian, an AU version of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, for a long, long time, and they are available on AO3 [261 works as of this writing!].

Roses of Picardy - ‘Stills of Jamie Stewart and Jim Nicholls set to John McCormack’s “Roses of Picardy.” Final image courtesy of LeylaLovely.’ Okay, I am no vidder, this is abundantly clear. :D BUT, I still liked doing this, because I adore Jamie and Jim with all of my heart. If someone asked me what fic of mine I *really* wanted them to read, I’d say Roses of Picardy.

Chiaroscuro - ‘A predator contemplates his prey.’ My first ever fic, The Phantom Menace my intro to fandom, in 1999. Tempus fugit, man. The fic is what it says on the tin, essentially.

Thaur -  ‘And the Ring that he held seemed to him exceedingly fair to look on…. —J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion’ A fic for the Sons of Gondor Trick or Treat Exchange. This used to be a popular exchange on LJ. It was bittersweet to participate in this particular exchange, in 2015, because the fandom was so very diminished, but that’s the way it goes. Aragorn/Boromir is still my pairing of choice in LOTR, and I still love them very, very much indeed.

Hardly a Substitute - ‘ Rents and Sick Boy fill the blank spaces.’ So, in 1994 I went to see Shallow Grave, and that spurred a more than ten year obsession with Ewan McGregor. My fannish loves are long and intense. :D This is one of the only PWPs I’ve ever done, in Trainspotting.

So, there it is. Hope you enjoyed reading - I enjoyed writing it!

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