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In spite of an inspiring card, I didn't make a bingo from my hc_bingo card last round. But I've decided to give it another go and sign up again, because a) it's h/c! and b) I'm a masochist.

( This way to my hc_bingo card )

Signing up is probably madness. I've been working on a story that was meant to be a fill for my last trope_bingo card (not to mention a sequel to my Howard-as-cop TT AU), and I have a stupidly huge case of writer's block on it. I've got a scene that just isn't doing what it needs to do, but I'm not sure how to change it, so I've been staring at the same sentence for weeeeeeeks whilst my brain my brain grinds away at it like an asthmatic hamster caught in a wheel. I finally decided this week to do an end run around the bloody scene and start writing everything that follows. I'm hoping this will lead to me figuring out how to deal with the recalcitrant scene. The jury's still out on whether this is working, but at least words are being produced.

Part of the problem might be that I think the creative part of my brain is more keen to vid than write at the moment. With the problem being that I don't have the huge chunks of time I need to vid available at the moment. But I definitely want to. And I've promised myself and a few others that I'll have a new vid for BistoCon.

::sigh::

Here it is, my contribution to this year's takethatslash Big Bang Challenge.

Could It Be Magic
Pairings: Howard Donald/Jason Orange, Mark Owen/Robbie Williams
Artist: mad_lemming_89
Characters/Pairing: Howard/Jason, Mark/Robbie, Gary/Dawn
Word count: 32,925
Summary: The boys are magically thrown into another universe, and find they have more to deal with than just a different world.
Notes: Thanks to mad_lemming_89 for creating such inspiring art, and m. butterfly for her usual bang up beta job. (Conveniently, this is also a fill for the "surprise sexswap" square on my hc_bingo card.)

Link to Fic: Could It Be Magic
Link to Art: Art Master Post

In spite of being generally swamped at both work and home, I've somehow finished the first story for my hc_bingo card.

Live 'Til You Die (3041 words)
Fandom: The Professionals
Pairing: William Bodie/Ray Doyle
Summary: When they're trapped in an impossible situation, Doyle does what he thinks he has to.
Notes: Written for the hc_bingo challenge, for the sacrifice square. Huge thanks to callistosh65 and m. butterfly for incredibly helpful betas, and moonlightmead for double-checking that the ending wasn't crap.