The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.

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A question, dear flist:

If you were running a spring fanworks fest, what would you name it? (Keeping in mind that I am likely to steal your answer...)

Quick poll:

[Poll #1681905]

Also: what other phrases/sayings can you think of that are about spring?

For some great Sherlock fic reading, here is a Masterlist of all the works produced for Sherlockmas's Christmas fanworks exchange. :D


In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~Margaret Atwood

Why is it not spring now??? I want to dig in my garden!!!

Comments

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

Would you like to read what I have so far for the gift fic due today! :D

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Hit me!

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

Also, real quick... do we know what color Irene's eyes are meant to be. About to Google it and then I shall send it. The first turn of the characterization will be done once I finish this fact finding quest. Sadly I am only at 486 words, but have the entire thing plotted. I have until midnight, yeah?

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I have just skimmed A Scandal in Bohemia, and didn't come across any description of her eye color; I think you can feel free to invent that detail!

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

OMIGOSH... have you read this?

It's brilliant and sort of backs up what you just said. It's pages of pages of interesting Sherlockian meta and non-meta but research to create meta.

http://books.google.com/books?id=ED-2mGz-QNsC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=irene+adler's+eye+color&source=bl&ots=CdnktCOo31&sig=bC13Fe18dXM3PINHUONfZna5RTQ&hl=en&ei=Wv5ZTYmgIdGEtgf39LTOCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

I will definitely be bookmarking that to comb through whenever I get the chance! (You do know it's dangerous to point me toward these sorts of things, right? Guh, the levels of detail to obsess over!)

I am just very happy that I've heard from the authors of the last three stories I'm waiting for. You and the other person who offered to pinch hit I'm not worried about--after all, you only had two weeks to write. The other person has had three months and just PMed me to ask for "one more day". *sigh* JUST GET IT DONE AND TURN IT IN SO WE CAN BOTH MOVE ON WITH OUR LIVES!

Anyway. Almost done! And then I can focus on our spring fest, which will not involve disappointed recipients if authors fall through!

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Oh, and midnight or thereabouts: if it's posted tomorrow morning, I won't fret! I mostly set a hard deadline for those who signed up originally, and have had three months now to write something.

So: do what you can with it! So long as I know you'll have it ready by tomorrow, I am very happy!

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

It will be done tonight. Or the first part of it, because I am turning it into a series of stand-alone encounters Lestrade has with five people. :D