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Current writing!
Apr. 28th, 2024 09:33 pmIt cannot remotely be said that I have been in a writing slump lately, given that I have written over 50K this year so far. But still I've been feeling a little bit like something was off, and it's because I have not been working on a long fic. Since the beginning of 2020 I have written four Heron works that are 100K or more, and one that is 50K. I've been missing that feeling of having a long arc to work on, and I'm happy to say that I have now started work on another longfic! \o/
I have been toying around with various ideas, such as the sedoretu fic, and the crossover with Flemington. But the plots of those have refused to solidify so far. A couple of days ago I started working on what I'm calling the transportation AU, where Ewen is sentenced to transportation. Later on, Keith is posted to the West Indies and discovers him there… This story will have some challenges, namely dealing with slavery. : / But last night I was thinking about the story and it did that wonderful thing where the plot just starts blooming and embellishing itself in your head, which is such a great feeling! So now I think I have a grip on the plot and emotional arc of the thing. : D
I do have one other WIP which is a short story with Ewen/OMC, Ewen/OFC, where two members of the French aristocracy upon Ewen’s arrival in Paris consider that he is the finest piece of manhood they have seen that season. The OC:s are a Comtesse and her gay best friend. This is admittedly a fun story, but it's also slow going to write, because French aristocracy. Er, and it is also the anti-Liaisons Dangereuses, because I cannot bear being cruel to 20-year-old Ewen. (I could probably be cruel to 20-year-old Keith; I don’t know what’s up with that—perhaps partly because Ewen in canon bears no scars of that kind, whereas Keith does.)
I have been toying around with various ideas, such as the sedoretu fic, and the crossover with Flemington. But the plots of those have refused to solidify so far. A couple of days ago I started working on what I'm calling the transportation AU, where Ewen is sentenced to transportation. Later on, Keith is posted to the West Indies and discovers him there… This story will have some challenges, namely dealing with slavery. : / But last night I was thinking about the story and it did that wonderful thing where the plot just starts blooming and embellishing itself in your head, which is such a great feeling! So now I think I have a grip on the plot and emotional arc of the thing. : D
I do have one other WIP which is a short story with Ewen/OMC, Ewen/OFC, where two members of the French aristocracy upon Ewen’s arrival in Paris consider that he is the finest piece of manhood they have seen that season. The OC:s are a Comtesse and her gay best friend. This is admittedly a fun story, but it's also slow going to write, because French aristocracy. Er, and it is also the anti-Liaisons Dangereuses, because I cannot bear being cruel to 20-year-old Ewen. (I could probably be cruel to 20-year-old Keith; I don’t know what’s up with that—perhaps partly because Ewen in canon bears no scars of that kind, whereas Keith does.)
