Yuletide Reveal and 2018 Writing Round Up

This Yuletide, I matched on a recipient who requested The Nice Guys. If you haven't seen it (and not many people did, alas) the movie stars Ryan Gosling as an alcoholic mess of a private eye, and Russell Crowe as a thug-for-hire he accidentally starts working with. It is a glorious thing, and possibly my very favourite Gosling performance ever. (I'm not a huge fan of broody!Gosling, but here he's a drunken goofball who occasionally has flashes of brilliance, and he is glorious.)

So, here's the story, in which Gosling's wise-beyond-her-years daughter plays matchmaker:
Holly March's Dad Dating Service (4,581 words)

I also managed to write one treat, for the lovely dorinda. She requested Trapeze, a circus story with Burt Lancaster and (a very pretty) Tony Curtis as trapeze artists pining after each other. I've been wanting to see the movie for ages, and it does not disappoint. Except the ending. Which this story fixes:
Fight or Flight ( 2,640 words)

Beyond Yuletide, it's been another crazy year, and I haven't posted here much. Partly it's RL competing with time for fannish pursuits. (Along with the usual work, kid, house stuff, Ros is back playing hockey again. And after two years doing learn-to-play classes, I'm now playing in a real league! And I was stupid excited that I got a picture day in my hockey gear. I will totally be posting that as soon as I get it.) With Tumblr imploding, my hope is to post here more often. And to start there, here's my annual writing round up.

I'm still in Marvel fandom, but I've burned through that first flush of being in a new fandom when the words come quickly and easily. Still love the characters, though. Especially these two idiots:





I wrote a lot fewer stories this year than last, four, but one of those stories is the second longest thing I've ever written. I wrote two stories for the Cap Reverse Big Bang, both OT3s. (OT3s seem to be a thing for me. Huh.) The long fic I wrote was for the FTH auction, and took most of the year.

So, here it is, ( the list o' fic: )

Snowflake Challenge - Day 1

Day 1

In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane.

It's hard to narrow down just one happy place, so here are a few.

Getting lost in research. Writing can be painful, but trying to track down just the right piece of information for a story can be a blast. Excruciating, but a blast.

After a several decades long hiatus, comics! Bucky Barnes has a lot to answer for.

Theatre, whether it's at home in Toronto, our own Stratford Festival, the West End or Broadway. Also, movies, big budget Hollywood ones to small foreign art films.

The National Gallery in London, especially the Sainsbury wing. I could sit in front of Paolo Uccello's Battle of San Romano for ages.

Concerts. Especially Take That concerts, with the most committed fans out there.

And last, conventions. Getting to meet up in person with fellow fans at BistoCon and MediaWest and all the fan and SF conventions I've gone to over the years is the best.