Fic progress

Still working my way through plot point 12 -- Philippe is a little less inclined to consent instantly than I assumed he would be, but he and Christine both currently seem to be regarding Raoul as an impulsive junior in need of protection, which is at least common ground, even if not quite the character dynamic I was going for.
(And after all, the last Philippe heard of this proposed match was when Raoul was sobbing into his shoulder back in plot point 2 -- in December 2017, eek! -- so he is entitled to ask Christine for reassurance that she doesn't intend to ditch his little brother again :-p)


I was going through my Christine/Erik chapters ( Read more... )

And despite the labour those chapters cost me (although nothing like the trouble I would have with subsequent ones!) they look pretty good now, reading back over them a year or so later.

I've had hits on every single story on my fanfiction.net profile for a third month running. No idea how long this streak is likely to last -- it happened early again this month -- but while it does it's not worth noting all the statistics individually :-p

"Limbo Lodge", Joan Aiken

I was surprised to find an ex-library book by Joan Aiken, with a title I'd never heard of, advertising itself as being in the 'Wolves of Willoughby Chase series' (which is, effectively, the Dido Twite series, since only one supporting character from "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" made it as far as the second book, where Dido first appears, and the rest of the books are about her and her family).

It's fairly clearly an 'infill' book, added into the existing plot to provide yet more adventures for Dido on her journey back to London, and checking the publication dates reveals that it was written about thirty years later (which is presumably why I'd never heard of it).( Read more... )