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I did a thing! That thing being recording an audiobook of...

I did a thing! That thing being recording an audiobook of Atlin’s marvellous ‘The Day They Met’.

Recording an audiobook is a lot of fun, but not without its challenges - one of my many outtakes is included above in the hope it will make you laugh as much as it did the lovely author when she overheard me editing that chapter :)

Now available via:

Audible US
Audible UK
Amazon US
Amazon UK

Also on iTunes, but I can’t work out how to link to that!

allmannerofsomethings:I Love You. Pass It On.A message of love...

allmannerofsomethings:

I Love You. Pass It On.

A message of love to pass on in a world that really needs it right now.

I have felt fractured by the recent terrorism and the anger, hatred, and fear that stems from it. I want to release a message of love. Love heals. Love brings hope. Love wins.

Reblog to share the love.

Thank you.

x

Perfect

A second home for the “Sherlock” (and “Cabin Pressure”) transcripts

callie-ariane:

Well,
now that I’ve got your attention with a pretty picture:

Housewarming
party round at my new home!

As
I announced earlier, I have migrated my entire Livejournal blog to Dreamwidth.  I have now updated all the links to the front
pages and inside each page so that (hopefully) any link which you click will go
to the Dreamwidth version rather than go back to LJ.

Click here for the transcripts’ new home.  

So feel free to follow me
if you’re registered there, or to bookmark the front page for future reference.

(There
are bound to be a few mistakes.  If you
spot one, do please let me know, either here on Tumblr or on Dreamwidth.)

Any
future edits (and if/when there’s a Special Edition Sherlock Season 4 DVD which includes audio commentaries) will
probably only appear on Dreamwidth.  I’m
not sure I’ve got the energy to update the LJ entries as well, although any new announcements should cross-post back to LJ.

The
main Index, attached as a Sticky at the top of the first page, includes links
to:

-
Transcripts of all Sherlock episodes,
including Many Happy Returns and the
pilot episode

-
Downloadable versions (Word and PDF) of the Sherlock
episodes

-
A side-by-side comparison of the broadcast episode and pilot episode of A Study in Pink

-
Summaries/partial transcripts of the six audio commentaries on some of the Sherlock episodes

-
Transcripts of the DVD Extra Features, including the deleted scene from His Last Vow, and the gag reel

-
Transcripts of all Cabin Pressure episodes, as well as a transcript of the interview between John Finnemore and
David Tyler from the CD boxset, and reports of the recordings which I was lucky enough to attend

-
An index of all my Sherlock fanfic
and macros

-
An index of all my Cabin Pressure fanfic
and macros

-
An index of all my Primeval fanfic
and macros

-
An index of miscellaneous other stuff, including Benedict’s one-off appearance
in Look Back in Anger; the Frankenstein Q&A with Ben, Jonny Lee
Miller and Danny Boyle; and the two An
Afternoon with Mark Gatiss events.
And cupcakes of Benedict’s naked bum.

If
you fancy popping in to say hullo, even if you’re not registered with
Dreamwidth, click on the title of the Index (“STICKY: INDEX - LINKS TO ALL
ITEMS IN THIS BLOG”) and hopefully – if I understand DW properly, which I might
not – you should be able to comment.

And
if you don’t threaten me with a knighthood damehood after all that, I’ll
make you into shoes. ;-)

Love
and hugs,

Dame Ariane

A Fantastic Resource!

Sherlock “The Final Problem” transcript

callie-ariane:

callie-ariane:

Now complete - click here. Scroll down just below the Index to click into any of the pages directly.  

And of course transcripts of all 13 and a bit episodes (if you count Many Happy Returns as a ‘bit’), plus the unaired pilot (and a side-by-side comparison of the two versions of A Study in Pink), plus many of the DVD extras, are all listed in the Index.

Additionally, all episodes up to and including The Abominable Bride are downloadable as Word or PDF files.  See the Index for a link to the list.  

I’ll be editing the Season 4 transcripts for some time but eventually I hope to make those episode transcripts downloadable too. I’ll announce on Tumblr when they are.

If there are extras on the DVD for Season 4 I’ll most probably do transcripts of them too in the next couple of weeks.  After all, I’m so used to not sleeping …

Fantastic work!

atlinmerrick:Improbably Press is a for-profit press,...

atlinmerrick:

Improbably Press is a for-profit press, publishing Sherlock Holmes romance and erotica and is happy to announce our next book: A Murmuring of Bees, available for pre-order now, out 5 December 2016:

Amazon US
Amazon UK
Improbable Press

A labour of love, for this anthology every writer has donated their story so that  profits go to the It Gets Better Project. Enjoy stories by:

* Amy L Webb (Flawedamythyst)
* Anarion
* Atlin Merrick (Wendy C Fries)
* Brittany Russ (Kirakira Nanoda)
* Darcy Lindbergh (Watsonshoneybee)
* Elinor Gray (Mistyzeo)
* Hallie Deighton
* Jamie Ashbird
* Janet A-Nunn
* Kerry Greenwood
* Kim Le Patourel (Kizzia)
* Kimber Camacho (Random Nexus)
* Kuuttamo (cover)
* Lucy Jarsdell (Dancinggrimm)
* Meredith Spies
* Morgan Black
* Narrelle M Harris (221b_hound)
* Poppy Alexander
* Stacey Albright
* Tessa Barding (Lobstergirl)
* Verena
* Verity Burns

Think of Sherlock Holmes…

…and you think of
mysteries, John Watson, and bees.

While Arthur
Conan Doyle sent the great detective to tend hives in retirement, here bees are
front and centre in stories of love and romance, war and hope, of honey on the
tongue and a sting in the tail.

In tales of secret
diaries, rare nectars, and the private language of lovers, bees may be the
buzzing heart of the story or as ephemeral as a murmur.

What you’ll find
in every tale inside this book are John Watson and Sherlock Holmes helping one
another, romancing one another, loving one another.

To encourage a world where such love is seen for the precious thing it
is, profits from “A Murmuring of Bees” will be donated to the It Gets
Better Project (x).

Buy: Amazon US * Amazon UK * Improbable Press

My Beloved

He looks male, although he wasn’t born that way. It’s a
strong face. Square jaw, high, Slavic cheekbones giving warning that English is
not his first language; although he speaks it very well, only occasionally
slipping in words that should be, but
strangely aren’t. Like ‘discomfortable’. He’s had a discomfortable life.

He is tall for a trans guy. And blessed with broad shoulders,
although he still tends to hunch them after years of trying to hide the hated
breasts he bound so tightly he could barely breathe. Getting rid of them was
the best day of his life, once testosterone had lowered his voice and given him
the muscles he’d had to work so hard for before. You’ve never seen someone so
happy with a surgical drain still in place.

His biggest fear is of failing to ‘pass’ as male. That
someone will notice his chest is a little narrow, his hips a little wide, and
decide that they know more about him from that one judgemental glance than he
knows from having lived inside his own head all his life. People can be
stupidly cruel. As if it’s a crime to try to make your outside match your
inside. As if being transgender is something anyone would choose.

His eyes are blue, and so beautiful it’s an effort to never
use the word to him. ‘Gorgeous’ is safe. ‘Handsome’ is better, but you can’t
have ‘handsome’ eyes, can you? His eyes are beautiful.

It would have been his birthday today.

"Cheer up, love! It might never happen!"

What does it mean to you, this demand? Why do you make it? Does my sad face offend you?
If you want to cheer me, give me a smile. Don’t demand one from me.
If I look sad, it’s because I am sad.
‘It’ happened already.
I may smile again one day.
But it won’t be for you.

A Tribute to br0-Harry

sakibatch:

As many of you may know, our beloved
friend and fandom artist by the name of br0-Harry passed away late last year.
Br0-Harry was such an inspiration for a lot of us in the Sherlock fandom from
the very beginning, blessing us with his talent of art and sharing it and the
world. His wife, Verity Burns, a beautifully talented writer in the fandom,
recently wrote and posted about Harry’s passing, telling their story of how
they fell in love through the Sherlock fandom, which can be read here: [link]

The Three
Patch Podcast @threepatchpodcast and I wanted to show our support for all Harry has done for us, from
bringing us together as a family to giving us happiness on our cloudy days, so
we asked Verity if there were any charities we could donate to in memory of
Harry. She decided on Macmillan Cancer Support, since they did so, so much for
the both of them.

The Three Patch Podcast has set up a page
on JustGiving for anyone to donate. Donations through JustGiving go directly to
Macmillan Cancer Support: [link]

As well as
charity, I’ve decided to compile a scrapbook in memory of Harry, filled with
your art, your stories, your photos, etc. to send directly to Verity. I’ll be
accepting submissions physically for the scrapbook at my table at 221B Con. If
you can’t attend 221BCon and wish to contribute to the project, you can send it to me at:

Sakibatch

P.O BOX #185

Highland Lakes, NJ, 07422

United States

Br0-Harry
brought a lot of love into our hearts, as well as into the Sherlock fandom.
Harry has gifted us with his talent and inspired us in so many different ways,
and we want to give back. He will always be remembered by all of us, one way or
another, in this family of a fandom.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact myself and Caroline with questions at harrytribute@gmail.com

~ Saki

Verity Burns &br0-Harry: A Love StoryIn Autumn 2010, I was...

Verity Burns &
br0-Harry: A Love Story

In Autumn 2010, I was writing my first Sherlock story, The Road Less Traveled when I received a message from the artist br0-Harry sending me an illustration. I think I would have been blown away however experienced a writer I
was, but with ‘Road’ being my first
story I was utterly overwhelmed. To see my words brought to life, and in such a
brilliant way… it was an incredible feeling.

Over the next couple of years I was blessed with more art
from several wonderful artists, but Harry was always special. He did some
further illustrations for my stories, and I wrote poems / ficlets to go with
some of his artworks.

Eventually, we exchanged real names and addresses; I sent
him some locally famous sweets, and he completely outclassed me by sending an
incredible water-colour of Cabin Pressure’s Martin Crieff.

In 2013 he announced that he was coming to the UK with some
friends, and would I like to meet up? He told me his dates, and I found that I
would miss him in London by a few days… I offered my apologies. But his group
decided to tour the country during their visit, spending a couple of days in my
area, and a rendezvous was arranged.

We sat opposite each other over a meal in a local pub… and
the table was too wide.

That was it. Nothing happened. We spent the entire evening
each feeling that the table between us was stupidly wide, and then we parted.
He flew home a few days later and we didn’t see each other again until the
following year. But we talked every day.

Officially, we were still ‘just friends’. But as time went
by the elephant in the chat room became too big to ignore, and after a couple
of months there was an inevitable spilling of heartfelt beans.

Harry admitted that he had been half in love with me for
years. ‘Love at first chapter’ was how he later described it. His feelings for
me were what had given him the final impetus he needed to transition, against
tremendous social and family resistance, after a lifetime of gender dysphoria.
But he knew I was married, he assumed happily, so just to meet me was enough –
when I couldn’t manage London, it was he who had persuaded his friends to
travel further.

For myself, I had been deeply unhappy in my marriage for
over a decade. But I was raised that divorce is not an option when there are
children involved, and I had two boys. I’d long planned to leave once my
youngest reached 18, but that was still seven years away… Harry said he would
wait.

As it turned out, things didn’t work out that way. Once
feelings had been acknowledged, what had been a dreaded obligation for the last
ten years became completely intolerable. I could no longer sleep with my
husband.

Subsequent months were difficult, and messy. But at the end
of them, I was free. Free to follow my heart, which had no doubt of its
home.  

Our first year as a proper ‘couple’, Harry and I were seldom
physically together, living many hundreds of miles apart. But Skype was our
friend and we were in each other’s company virtually all of the time. We woke,
showered, cooked and ate together; we brushed our teeth at the same time and
more often than not fell asleep with the Skype call still going.

Then, a little over a year ago, his ongoing health issues were
diagnosed as cancer, and we cut through remaining obstacles with a
determination based on the need to squeeze the maximum amount of ‘right’ into a
lifetime of ‘wrong’.

Since early last December, we were never apart for more than
an occasional hour or two. We got married, we had adventures, we made the most
of every moment of ‘perfect’ that we had found with each other.

Two weeks ago, I buried him in his favourite fandom tee,
under the shirt he’d been wearing the night we met.

My heart is breaking as I write this. He loved me so
completely, I breathed it in every time he exhaled. The air seems too thin now,
as if it can barely sustain me.

But I cannot feel sorry for myself. Or regret a single one
of the choices he led me to make. He often said that I was his angel;
especially as I took over more and more of his personal care. But he saved me.

I had given up on love. I wrote about it, but it was a
fictional thing to me.

Soulmates.

Pfffft.

But I found mine.

I found mine.

Thank you, Sherlock.

fffinnagain:Podfic of ResolutionAuthor: verity-burnsReaders:...

fffinnagain:

Podfic of Resolution

Author: verity-burns

Readers: patternofdefiance, rimedio8, Holly, jinglebellfic, johnlock-destiel-trash, imwhiskeyginger

Fandom: BBC Sherlock

Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sally Donovan, Philip Anderson, Mycroft Holmes, Molly Hooper

Rating: Gen

Genre: UST, Romance, Humour, 221b ficlet

Length: 2 min 08 sec

Summary: from the text: The sexual tension in 221B is nearing explosive levels, but neither inhabitant seems willing to act upon it. Why everyone behaves as if this is Lestrade’s problem, he has no idea…

Listen or download the mp3 on AO3.

Reader comments: This was recorded by participants at the @gridlockdc 2015 Podfic panel. consultingsmartarse, bagofthumbs, kholly, and fffinnagain, gave these readers less than 10 minutes to claim parts, gather round the mics, and run through it twice. Final cut produced by finnagain.

P.S. if it isn’t playing on your dash (grr chrome and tumblr) it should work on the original post page and/or on AO3. 

Brilliant!