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jenettThis year, I wrote Before, During, After, a look at Pat and Fen before, during, and after the events of K.J. Charles' book, Think of England (Pat and Fen also appear in her Proper English.)
They were absolutely delightful to spend time with, even if the story ended up being longer than I was expecting (at a bit more than 7000 words, it's my longest single story now.)
I'm particularly pleased that multiple commenters were delighted by how much I got Pat's voice.
(Also, in moments of hilarity, I was working on this at the same time as one of the current original works set in 1906, which made the research a little easier in a couple of places.)
The core of 'what am I doing with this prompt' started when I did the canon reread (a joy, all of it), and had this sudden realisation that a) Pat's brother Bill and Archie were roughly the same age, but had gone to different universities and b) that there is absolutely no clear indication of why Pat and Fen were at Peakholme in the first place.
They were absolutely delightful to spend time with, even if the story ended up being longer than I was expecting (at a bit more than 7000 words, it's my longest single story now.)
I'm particularly pleased that multiple commenters were delighted by how much I got Pat's voice.
(Also, in moments of hilarity, I was working on this at the same time as one of the current original works set in 1906, which made the research a little easier in a couple of places.)
The core of 'what am I doing with this prompt' started when I did the canon reread (a joy, all of it), and had this sudden realisation that a) Pat's brother Bill and Archie were roughly the same age, but had gone to different universities and b) that there is absolutely no clear indication of why Pat and Fen were at Peakholme in the first place.
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Date: 2020-01-02 04:55 pm (UTC)(and a million other people, but mostly you)
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Date: 2020-01-02 05:06 pm (UTC)(I have read everything but the Charm of Magpies series, which I was saving for some reason, why are we saving nice things, self? and a couple of the mostly standalones. And she publishes frequently, so there are regular new things.)
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Date: 2020-01-03 01:12 am (UTC)This is a delightful diversion.
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Date: 2020-01-03 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-01-03 02:02 am (UTC)(I *did* read the story first, and get confused, and now it makes much more sense)
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Date: 2020-01-03 02:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-01-03 02:19 am (UTC)