Unsent Letters gifts
May. 17th, 2024 05:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaAs was probably obvious, I was the author of Letters Between Ardroy & Paris in the Years 1739 & 1740, which is pretty much what it says on the tin: a correspondence between Ewen and Aunt Margaret when he was at university in Paris. It was a gift for sanguinity. Thanks to garonne for beta reading!
I was going to refrain from guessing, but when provoked to it, I speculated thatsanguinity wrote neither of mine on the basis that she usually has spaces around her m-dashes, but that she otherwise might have written my Jill/Kitty fic A Former Acquaintance because it contained a plot element inspired by the sequel, which she has read. If it wasn't her, it was probably edwardianspinsteraunt, which indeed it turned out to be--thank you so much, it was lovely! : D There are now ten fics in this tiny fandom. \o/
I probably don't get to take credit for my idle thought thatgaronne might have written my Heron fic Known Jacobite, Cameron of Ardroy, since I didn't write it down! This fic has an outside POV of Ewen and Keith, and garonne is fond of outside POV. Thank you so much--I love that trope too, and it was interesting to combine it with the epistolary form!
I also worked on a different fic for this exchange, but I ended up abandoning it since I couldn't figure out the ending. It was inspired by one of the prompts onedwardianspinsteraunt's sign-up: to have Jill and Kitty corresponding between their meeting in Lugano and Jill running away from home. Jill would have thought it was a great idea to collude with Kitty and pretend to be her lady's maid, but Kitty would be aghast at such a proposal. Despite both garonne and regshoe beta-reading the draft, I never figured out how it would end. I guess I'll reread it later and see if I can make it work.
sanguinity. Thanks to garonne for beta reading! I was going to refrain from guessing, but when provoked to it, I speculated that
sanguinity wrote neither of mine on the basis that she usually has spaces around her m-dashes, but that she otherwise might have written my Jill/Kitty fic A Former Acquaintance because it contained a plot element inspired by the sequel, which she has read. If it wasn't her, it was probably edwardianspinsteraunt, which indeed it turned out to be--thank you so much, it was lovely! : D There are now ten fics in this tiny fandom. \o/ I probably don't get to take credit for my idle thought that
garonne might have written my Heron fic Known Jacobite, Cameron of Ardroy, since I didn't write it down! This fic has an outside POV of Ewen and Keith, and garonne is fond of outside POV. Thank you so much--I love that trope too, and it was interesting to combine it with the epistolary form! I also worked on a different fic for this exchange, but I ended up abandoning it since I couldn't figure out the ending. It was inspired by one of the prompts on
edwardianspinsteraunt's sign-up: to have Jill and Kitty corresponding between their meeting in Lugano and Jill running away from home. Jill would have thought it was a great idea to collude with Kitty and pretend to be her lady's maid, but Kitty would be aghast at such a proposal. Despite both garonne and regshoe beta-reading the draft, I never figured out how it would end. I guess I'll reread it later and see if I can make it work.
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Date: 2024-05-17 04:33 pm (UTC)Oh, that does sound fun! Good luck figuring out the ending, and I hope to read it someday!
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Date: 2024-05-18 05:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2024-05-18 02:21 pm (UTC)Haha, I deliberately didn't tag that Heron fic "Outsider POV" in the vain hope that that might help disguise me :D
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Date: 2024-05-18 05:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2024-05-18 04:56 pm (UTC)And I am extremely intrigued by that Jill fic inspired by my prompt, and would love to see it someday, if you manage to unstick the ending :) So many interesting possibilties: might Kitty be able to invite Jill to stay with her as a friend even if she's not formally out? And what would Lady Trecastle make of this connection if she knew about it - would she try and take advantage of the friendship?
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Date: 2024-05-18 05:15 pm (UTC)I'll go back and read it soon, and see if I can get it unstuck...but if I can't, I'll send it to you anyway so you can read the draft. : )