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I've only had intermittent access to the internet for roughly a week and a half. Before that I was deep in drabble-writing-land, but I'm back now. Prepare yourself for bullet point updates!

Reading

I listened to Big Finish's The Martian Invasion of Earth featuring Richard Armitage and Lucy Briggs-Owen and it was truly frightening. I can see why it won Best Audio Drama for 2018. Armitage plays a fictionalized version of H.G. Wells in an alternate 1890s where the only thing that's changed is that aliens invade Earth. Definitely one that's worth picking up if it ever goes on sale.

I bought the novelization of the Second Doctor serial "The Mind Robber" primarily because it was read by the fabulous Derek Jacobi. The TV version is one of the more surreal 1960s Doctor Who stories and isn't one of my favorites, but I was pleasantly surprised by the book version. Not only does Jacobi shine, but the story is so much better in book form where the special effects all take place in your head. Author Peter Ling also beefed up the rather weak plot and made it into an engaging story.

I listened to the War Doctor novel Engines of War by George Mann. In general, it was quite good and I enjoyed the character of Cinder. The War Doctor has always been a tricky prospect: how do you write a version of the Doctor who does things the Doctor wouldn't and yet is still the Doctor? The general solution (and something that Big Finish does a lot the War Doctor audios) is to make him a toothless, shouty Doctor who keeps telling people how bad he is without...actually...doing anything bad...ever. The book gives him some teeth, at least early on; you can believe this is someone who has done and seen horrible things. By the middle he's back to being very Doctorish, but there's an in-story explanation for that, so it didn't bother me as much. Your mileage may vary. I wrote oodles of drabbles for it, if you're interested.

Which segues me into...

Writing

I've finally broken through my brain block on the "Hill House Eight" chapter I've been working on for what feels like forever. I should a have a draft of that ready sometime this weekend.

I've written a lot of Time War stuff recently. In addition to the War Doctor drabbles, I've finished writing for the Eighth Doctor Time War vol. 1.

I'm about done writing for the Second Doctor Companion Chronicles vol. 1, I just need to finish up writing for "The Integral." The other stories include "The Mouthless Dead" and "The Story of Extinction," which both have new drabbles, and "The Edge," which I wrote for years ago.

Current Music: "Audience of One" - Cold War Kids

I've added a lot of drabbles to AO3 over the last two weeks. Time for a round-up.

The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller/Eighth Doctor Drabbles

I really enjoyed this box set, but as I've mentioned before, it contains a few spoilers for Lucie's third season. Below I'll link to my drabbles for each story and give a short review of the audio.

"The Dalek Trap" by Nicholas Briggs - The weakest and weirdest audio in the set. I didn't care for it on first listen because it's intentionally confusing, but it improved on second listen once I understood how it fit into the overarching story. There's interesting ideas here, some good character moments, and a few funny Daleks. As a Doctor-lite story, it also allows Lucie to shine as she tries to come up with a plan to save the day on a planet that eventually makes people forget who they are.

"The Revolution Game" by Alice Cavender - A Lucie Miller story written by a Lucie Miller fan! Alice Cavender also wrote the Short Trip "The Curse of the Fugue" which, while not my favorite Lucie Short Trip, is still a good one. "The Revolution Game" is a bonkers mix of sci-fi settings, roller derby, old movies call-backs, and environmental debates; and, while I liked it on first listen, I loved it the second time around.

"The House on the Edge of Chaos" by Eddie Robson - Unlike the other audios, this one didn't improve on a second listen, in fact I liked it less. The story is Upstairs, Downstairs meets Rebecca on an alien planet. The ideas are interesting and the transposing of typical haunted house tropes into a sci-fi world is well done, but it just felt a bit flat in the end. That said, listening to Lucie being welcomed into an upstairs world that has no use for the Doctor is fun.

"Island of the Fendahl" by Alan Barnes - This story is a companion to the Fourth Doctor TV serial "Image of the Fendahl" and it has all the witchy/horror spookiness that made its predecessor so memorable, but with a much better plot. It also ties up the box set's story-line in a satisfying way and has several fantastic support characters who I wouldn't mind showing up in further stories, although that seems unlikely to happen. Long story short, I love this one (love it, love it, love it). I wish I could say more, but I won't for fear of spoilers.

Fourth Doctor Drabbles

"Image of the Fendahl" - Nick Briggs mentions in the behind the scenes segment for "The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller" that this serial wasn't one of his favorites, but it had really interesting ideas. For what it's worth, I agree. It's the supernatural imagery and convoluted mythology that makes this story memorable to so many fans. The story itself is pretty nonsensical, but it has a very Hammer Horror vibe so, if that's your thing (as it is mine), you still may enjoy it.

Ninth Doctor Drabbles

"Battle Scars" by Selim Ulug - This Short Trip is set not long after Nine's regeneration and before he meets Rose. It's another story that deals with the after effects of the Time War and, while it's not the best story of that type Big Finish has done, it's still well worth a listen.

Current Music: "Imagination" - Foster the People

Is it just me or has this month been particularly full of bad news? Combine that with any personal stress and it's easy to feel overwhelmed.

This weekend I've tried to take a break from all of that, with middlin' success. On the plus side, it's been a pretty good writing weekend:

I've updated my long-neglected Rogue One/The Mummy fusion drabble story "The Lost City of Jedha." It was nice to get back into the world of this silly little story.

I've added drabbles for the Sixth Doctor story "Memories of a Tyrant." I liked the first half of this audio, but some aspects of the second half made it hard for me to suspend my disbelief, which is why all the drabbles come from the first half.

The next chapter of "Hill House Five" is also online. So far in the story there's been a whole bunch of talking without much action; hopefully that will change in the next chapter.

Current Music: "Truth (feat. Tate Tucker)" - Devon Gilfillian

A few random things that I'm thinking about today...

Listened to a few more Desert Island Discs podcasts on Friday that have really stuck with me:

Nitin Sawhney - It's always interesting to listen to musicians talk about music and I really enjoyed the variety of cultures/musical styles represented in his list.

Hugh Bonneville - The interview was delightful but I'm especially happy to know Annie Lennox sings Christmas music.

Professor Monica McWilliams - This might be the most impactful interview I've heard so far on this podcast. McWilliams talks about the Irish Troubles and her experiences co-founding the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition and taking part in the Good Friday Peace Agreement.

Dame Judi Dench - This interview was also delightful. I can't say much more for fear of spoilers, but be sure to stay to the very end if you listen to it.

Today I'm working on more Hill House Five, but yesterday I wrote some ficlets for the Eighth Doctor based on a different Tishani Doshi poem.

Lucie Miller audios are on sale at Big Finish to celebrate the release of "The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller." Although the new box set is set after Lucie's first series, it's full of spoilers for the end of her run as the Doctor's companion, so proceed with caution. That said, all four stories in the new box set are good with my favorites being the final two, "The House on the Edge of Chaos" and "Island of the Fendahl."

Current Music: "Another Place" - Bastille

I'm an on-again, off-again fan of the long-running BBC radio show/podcast "Desert Island Discs." The show is one part interview where a person talks about their life and one part playlist of eight songs they'd want with them if they were marooned on a desert island. The show works for a lot of reasons, but for me one of the main draws is the wide range of people, both famous and relatively unknown, who are invited on. The interviews aren't really hard-hitting, but Lauren Laverne (the current presenter) is very quick to ask follow-up questions or to pick up on unusual details/events and encourage the guests to expand on them.

Here are a few episodes I listened to today that you all might find interesting:

Martin Freeman - He talks a little about both Sherlock and The Office and, while I'm not really a fan, it was interesting to hear his version of events.

Billie Jean King - If you were just going to listen to one of these, this is the one I'd suggest. As you might expect, she talks a lot about her tennis career, but also the LGBTQ+ community and her work to ensure female athletes get paid the same as their male counterparts.

Martina Cole - A crime fiction writer who I've never heard of but who is apparently hugely popular and has led an interesting life.

Matt Smith - Doctor Who and his role as the Eleventh Doctor is a topic of conversation here, of course, but he also discusses other roles and how he prepares for them and his early life when he was a up-and-coming footballer.

Sue Biggs - Since she's the Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society, gardening is a major topic; but before she joined the RHS she worked for various tour companies and has a lot of interesting insights on travel.

Jacqueline de Rojas - Currently the President of techUK, she talks about her experiences working for heavily male dominated tech companies and why diversifying the workforce matters to her.

So, what would you have among your Desert Island Discs and why? You can pick only eight songs, but you can also bring one book (not including the Bible or the Complete Works of Shakespeare, which the show gives you anyway) and one luxury. What would you bring?

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Hill House Five, chapter 4 is online. I've not written any this week due to some shoulder pain but I hope to get back into the swing of things this weekend.

Current Music: "Bc, Victoria" - Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners

Happy 4th of July for those of you who celebrate it, happy holiday to those of you who don't but get the day off anyway, and happy Thursday to everyone else.

I put chapter 3 of Hill House Five online earlier this week and today I wrote chapter 4 (all 2,779 words of it). I still have to read and edit it, but I'm happy about the progress I've made. I'm trying to get as far as I can as quickly as I can since July is a big Big Finish month and I'm sure my attention will be diverted back to the drabbles soon.

I'm not very far into SPQR (it is 18 hours of audiobook after all), but so far I'm enjoying it. Mary Beard spends the first chapter talking about Cicero vs Catiline, an incident that, if I knew anything about it before, I had long since forgotten. Cicero was a famous orator and consul; Catiline, a conspirator and aspiring revolutionary. Beard tells of their conflict in a very non-linear fashion - focusing on the fates of the two politicians, their backgrounds, and then the official version of events as written by eye-witnesses, including Cicero's own writings. She uses the story to discuss what the event tells us about Senatus Populusque Romanus (the Senate and the Roman People), how western media has typically portrayed Rome vs what we actually know about it, and how the situation and the questions it inspires apply to modern politics. Beard then up-ends the whole thing by calling into question the official version by detailing archival materials that contradict it. The letters used as evidence of Catiline's conspiracy could have been faked by Cicero himself; the Gauls who gave evidence about Catiline's army and intentions may just have been trying to curry favor with a powerful consul; and some of Catiline's actions and his mysterious supporters could be explained by the economic downturn that hit Rome during this time.

My favorite bits so far: Cicero wrote a long poem celebrating his own consulship that includes lines like "Rome was sure a lucky state, born in my late consulate;" and he tried to talk a historian friend into writing a favorable history of his conflict with Catiline, noting that actual facts shouldn't stand in the way of creating a good story.

Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: "La Malanga" - Preservation Hall Jazz Band

I was watching a reaction video for "Chernobyl" when the hosts said they didn't know anything about the actual event. OMG, I said, where the hell were you? It was a major international event!

They were five at the time. FIVE!

They're adults! With kids! Good lord, way to make me feel old.

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Chapters 1 and 2 of "Hill House Five" are online. I'm trying to squelch my "everyone hates this and hates me and I'm a terrible writer" panic by reminding myself:

-I've only been setting up the people and location so far and I've got one more chapter of that before I can get to the good stuff.

-I'm writing about a Classic Who Doctor and not even a popular one at that. The readership was always going to be small.

-"The Haunting of Hill House" TV series fandom is TINY. Currently there's only 148 works in AO3, so again, a small potential readership.

I'm not too worried, this kind of panic is always the first stage of me writing anything that's not a drabble. The next stage is "fuck it, I'm writing this for me," which is always liberating.

Yesterday I did some outlining for the next few chapters so I have more of a clue where things are going. I also wrote 733 words, which isn't a lot but is better than nothing.

Current Mood: dorky
Current Music: "Astronaut" - City and Colour

Thanks to

sanguinity's beta reading and advice, I nearly have the first chapter of Hill House Five ready to post.

The summary, one of my least favorite things to write is also, I think, done:

What starts as a typical adventure in the TARDIS turns deadly when the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, and Tegan come to the aid of the Crain family.

Has the Doctor met his match in Hill House?

Now I need a title. I hate this part of fic writing.

Do I stay with Hill House Five? Do I switch to an old-school Doctor Who title like "Doctor Who and the Mystery of Hill House?" Any ideas, suggestions, or feedback welcome.

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Edit to add: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! The first chapter is online now.

Current Mood: hyper
Current Music: "The Red Room" (Haunting of Hill House) - The Newton Brothers

I added a few drabbles for "The Moons of Vulpana" to the Seventh Doctor Drabbles yesterday. I was excited for a story set on a world of werewolves, but good lord what a slog. Alpha-this and Omega-that, so not my cup of tea. Anyway "An Alien Werewolf in London," the third audio in the trilogy, is out as well and I'll try to write drabbles for it this week. Speaking of which, check out the cover art for that one.

I also jumped ahead in "Hill House Five" and jotted down something for one of Nyssa's dreams/visions/what-have-you. As

sanguinity can tell you, I'm fond of using dreams as a framing device for backstory and this one draws on some imagery from a Big Finish Short Trips audio "The Toy." I highly recommend the audio to anyone even remotely interested in the Fifth Doctor era or Nyssa.

I'm still writing the tour of the house, although I think I'm FINALLY getting to the end of that. Which means of course now I'm starting to think I need to figure out a better way to give an intro to the house and the people living in it that doesn't take so long. Remind me why this writing malarkey is a fun hobby...

Edit to add: this has nothing to do with my writing, but Eighth Doctor vs the Valeyard during the Time War!

Current Mood: blah
Current Music: "The End" - The Newton Brothers

After a lot of planning and outlining, I'm actually at work at "Hill House Five." It's just really slow going and feels doubly so since I've written all of it before with a different TARDIS team in my now abandoned "Hill House Eight." I'd hoped to be able to use more of what I'd written previously than I think I'll be able to, which is a bummer. Want an example of why? Under the break I'm going to post the beginning of the second chapter of both versions. The second chapter because I haven't written the first, a "present day" intro featuring the Twelfth Doctor, Bill, and Nardole, yet. None of it's scintillating, it's all just setting up the setting and the situation, but for a few chapters that are all having to do the same work the changes are interesting, at least to me.

And just one more warning, all of this is really rough, so I'm sure it has all sorts of errors and issues. I guess what I'm saying is reader beware.

( Read more... )

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: "The Red Room" (Haunting of Hill House) - The Newton Brothers

I had a great time listening to "Dark Eyes 2" and writing a whole bunch of drabbles for it this week. The set has some weaknesses, but overall all four stories are solid, enjoyable in their own ways, and offer a lot of variety in both theme and setting. I had forgotten how much Liv has changed since these audios (which are her second, third, and fourth appearances) and what great chemistry she and Molly had together. It's a shame Ruth Bradley's other acting projects essentially meant Molly was written out of Dark Eyes 3 and 4; I would have liked to have had many more Molly and Liv stories. I wonder if this is the first and only time all of the TARDIS crew have had some kind of medical training (with Molly being a World War I era nurse and Liv being a MedTech)? Eight's meeting with Alex Macqueen's Master in "Eyes of the Master" is delicious, of course, and "Time's Horizon" is one of the best Eminence stories Big Finish has created. Plus, I really like the Eighth Doctor's arc. He starts out nearly as light and Tiggerish as during the early Charley Pollard stories and ends up...well, not that.

I also wrote some drabbles for "Torchwood: Green Life" featuring John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness and Katy Manning's Josephine Jones. Jo and Jack make a great odd couple team and it's an all-around good story that can be enjoyed whether or not you've seen the Third Doctor serial "The Green Death."

This weekend I'll hopefully have a chance to write some drabbles for the "Third Doctor Adventures vol. 5." Both stories in the set are enjoyable and Jon Culshaw's Brigadier and Daisy Ashford's Liz Shaw are fantastic. I know there's a lot of debate in Doctor Who fandom about recasting the roles of actors who have died. Personally, I don't have a problem with it if it's done with care and respect, which has certainly been the case for this volume and the Second Doctor stories where Elliot Chapman plays Ben Jackson. On the other hand, I don't like what Big Finish has done with the recasting for the first First Doctor crew because Carole Ann Ford and William Russell are still alive and performing.

Anyway, back to the Third Doctor set, one of the few negatives for me has been hearing how anti the Jo Grant/Mike Yates ship Katy Manning is (which comes up in the behind the scenes interviews for vol. 5 and recently in her social media posts about the set). She's obviously entitled to have opinions about the character she's played since 1971, it's just I don't have a lot of ships and this is one I like. It won't stop me from shipping it, but it does make me sad.

I'm also going to try to get back into writing Hill House Eight this weekend, which I'm going to have to change to Hill House Five. I just had too many problems making Liv and Helen work in that setting and I'm hoping that I'll have better luck with Tegan and Nyssa. And while Five isn't Eight, there are similarities, which will hopefully allow me to keep some of the aspects that made me want to write the story in the first place.

On the audiobook side of things, I finished Persuasian last weekend. It was fantastic, but then it is my favorite of Austen's books.

Current Mood: sad
Current Music: "Before I Let Go" - Beyoncé

Drabbles for the audiodrama version of the Seventh Doctor/Ace/Benny story "Theatre of War" are now online. Originally the story was a novel in the Virgin New Adventures range, and it's my favorite of that series so far. I've been in a bit of a Bernice Summerfield kick lately since listening to and writing for "The Eighth of March" set. I don't dislike Benny, but she's not a favorite of mine either, which is why I haven't written much for her previously. But I hate having only one or two drabbles featuring a companion in a set; it feels vaguely disingenuous to list them among the characters in those situations. So I've been listening to a few audios featuring her to bulk up her representation in the drabbles. Probably no one but me notices or cares about things like that, but like I said, it bothers me.

Work on "Hill House Eight" continues. I've done a bit of plotting today and working through character sketches to iron out some things I need to figure out to move forward in the story.

On the audiobook side of things, I've listened to almost all of the Lord Peter Wimsey radio dramas. Having just finished Busman’s Honeymoon, I'm now going back to the beginning to listen to the radio drama versions of the first stories. I'm also continuing with Dracula and beginning Doctor Who: Scratchman written by Tom Baker. Yes, the Fourth Doctor wrote a Fourth Doctor story. So far it's...interesting, also idiosyncratic and a bit scary. But it features one of my favorite Fourth Doctor teams (Four/Sarah Jane Smith/Harry Sullivan), so I couldn't resist giving it a try.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: "Semi-Automatic" - O Mer

I did a bunch of driving today which, if it's good for nothing else, is at least good for thinking. So here's what I'm going to try with Hill House Eight:

"The Haunting of Hill House" TV show has a funky structure. Each of its first five episodes jumps forward and back in time to focus on events concerning one of the five siblings. I'm going to try to do the same, with the first three chapters focusing on each of my Doctor Who characters (Eight, Liv, and Helen). I'd actually considered doing this originally but decided it was too much work. Well, I've got a whole lot of nothing happening in the story right now and a lot of work can't be worse than that.

That doesn't mean that this isn't the stupidest thing I've ever done in a fic ever. But oh well...it's just fan fiction.

I'm also going to push it back in the Eighth Doctor's timeline. Instead of happening sometime after "Ravenous 2," I'm going to place it after "Doom Coalition 1." That means I'll need to rewrite all the Helen bits, but I didn't have much written for her anyway. It also means I can bring up Molly O'Sullivan and Martin Donaldson a bit more in connection to Liv since the story will be happening closer to the events of "Dark Eyes."

Current Mood: blah
Current Music: "I'm on My Way (with Francesco Turrisi)" - Rhiannon Giddens

...and also on my fan fiction, which is currently stuck. Continue onward for writing whining and "The Haunting of Hill House" spoilers.

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Current Music: pictures (feat. Kacey Musgraves) - Judah & The Lion

Drabbles for "The Eighth of March," the female-led audio drama set from Big Finish, are now online:

"Emancipation," a River Song and Leela story;

An Ace, Benny, and TARDIS episode called "The Big Blue Book;"

And a UNIT story called "Narcissus."

There's also a Paternoster Gang episode called "Inside Every Warrior" that I'm not sure I'm going to write anything for. I don't really have anywhere to put the drabbles, for one thing; and besides, it was my least favorite story of the set. Not that it wasn't enjoyable, it just didn't make a lot of sense once you start thinking about the plot.

All the other stories were very good and improved with repeated listening. I hope we get a set like this every year.

Current Mood: working
Current Music: "Girl" - Maren Morris

February was such a mess for me both personally and professionally that I'm just now getting caught up with my fandom interests and writing. Last week I added some drabbles for various Short Trips (those are Big Finish's Doctor Who short stories) and other audios:

"The Astrea Conspiracy," the first Twelfth Doctor story on Big Finish, was released at the end of February. It's a historical about Aphra Behn, who I'd never heard of before, and it's read by Neve McIntosh who plays Madame Vastra in the series. It's good and I certainly enjoyed it, although the ending is a bit anticlimactic. The drabbles for that audio begin here.

"The Revisionists" came out in January and features the Fourth Doctor, Leela, and the Brigadier teaming up to hunt ghosts in a hotel. I really liked this one, in part because it allows Leela and the Brig to get to know each other. I also enjoy the story's overarching theme about how a person's ancestors can impact their present/future. Drabbles for that audio begin here.

"The Devil's Footprints" came out in December 2018 and features the Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush. I've got mixed feelings about this one; it comes across as a bit unfinished, but it is very atmospheric and there are some good bits for Mel in there. The drabbles for it begin here.

And while it's not a Short Trip, I might as well mention that the drabbles for the Fifth Doctor/Tegan/Turlough/Kamelion stories "Black Thursday / Power Game" are also online. "Black Thursday" is a historical about a coal mine disaster and "Power Game" features a mysterious 1980s game show.

Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: "Sisyphus" - Andrew Bird

A couple of new additions:

Last week I finished up the drabbles for "UNIT: Silenced." It was a good set of stories but I'm glad to be done with them now.

This weekend I posted new First Doctor drabbles for the Companion Chronicles stories “The Alchemists” and "Return of the Rocket Men." The former was a brand new story for me, but the latter was an old favorite I've meant to write something for for awhile.

And I'm still plugging away at "Hill House Eight" - adding things, deleting things. I have no idea how much I have to go. A lot, most likely. Also Netflix, for the love of everything good and holy, please stop trying to get me to watch something besides "The Haunting of Hill House?" I'm fic writing here, I'd rather not have to hunt to the end of my list every time I want to fact check something.

Current Mood: blah
Current Music: "Favors (Acoustic)" - Wilderado

So..."Hill House Eight" is currently at 5,239 words in its rough draft form. I've written 3 chapters more or less completely and odds and ends for three more (I'm up to just after the storm, for those of you who've watched "The Haunting of Hill House"). I think there will eleven chapters total once I'm done, but we'll see. Long way to go yet. I'm generally pleased with the progress although I wish it was all moving faster.

I've also outlined a new chapter for "Unfinished Business" - the pivotal "let's all meet at the ship and fight" scene that's been giving me problems for over a year now. I've no idea when I'll have a chance to write any of that, but I'm at least more confident that I've got its basic shape down.

I'll also probably write some drabbles for another UNIT audio today, just to put something online. Working in a space where no one can see what I'm writing is making me twitchy, which is so hilarious given that for years my problem was not being confident enough to share with others what I'd written.

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: "Cheering for Me Now" - John Kander & Lin-Manuel Miranda

Last week really kicked my ass with plenty of family medical issues, so not much writing has happened with "Hill House Eight." My best guess is that I won't have a draft until the end of February; luckily the challenge is open-ended, so I could still be writing the story next January and it'd be okay.

I was, however, able to get some drabbles done. I've finished writing for "The Diary of River Song, series 5" and, in general, I enjoyed all four audios. The biggest problem, from a writing perspective, was trying to place them in River's timeline. I ended up moving them around a lot this weekend, but I think I'm happy with their placement now. For ease of finding them, I've linked to the drabbles for the four stories below:

"The Bekdel Test" by Jonathan Morris (River vs. Missy, played by Michelle Gomez)

"Animal Instinct" by Roy Gill (River vs. the Geoffrey Beevers version of the Master)

"The Lifeboat and the Deathboat" by Eddie Robson (River vs the Eric Roberts version of the Master/aka the Master from the Eighth Doctor TV movie)

"Concealed Weapon" by Scott Handcock (River vs Derek Jacobi's War Master)

I've also started writing drabbles for "UNIT - Silenced." It's a very timely series of stories about the rise of fascism, with the added intervention of aliens. It'll probably take me all week to finish writing for that volume, but I'm not in any rush.

Current Mood: cold
Current Music: "Payback" - BAD CHILD

If you've ever wanted to listen to Dungeons and Dragons style audio adventures featuring a Forlorn (i.e. abandoned and raised by humans) lesbian (or bi, perhaps) Elven thief who is in a canonical long-term relationship with a woman and fellow adventurer*; a human wizard who began his profession in his 40s; a dwarf ranger who prefers tea to beer; and a dudebro fighter who is smarter (and eventually kinder) than his womanizing public image - then you'll be happy to know that Big Finish is putting their "Pathfinder Legends" cds on discount.

This audio series is one of my not so guilty pleasures and I'm sad to know that there won't be any more stories forthcoming. But at least there are three, six episode seasons to enjoy. If you want to get a feel for the audios I have a drabble set that you can check out (because this is evidently how I first engage with anything I love now). The set is also notable because it is the only thing written for this fandom.

Yes, yes...I am a fandom of one. Don't you want to join me? *wiggles eyebrows*

*In the interest of honesty in advertising, this plot point is only explored in the third season, but I had guessed it by season 1 based on the way the character was written and played so it wasn't something just added in at the last minute as an afterthought. The comics also include this and do so much earlier fwiw.

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Current Music: "Immigrant Song" - Led Zeppelin

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The Trouble with Titles

The Moons of Vulpana and Nyssa's Dream

Hill House Eight vs Hill House Five

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No live organism can can continue to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality...

Silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House...

The Eighth of March

Short Trips Update

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River Song (series 5) and UNIT Silenced

Pathfinder Legends On Sale