Classic Sherlock Holmes fanworks exchange

garonne has produced some interesting graphics to represent a broad statistical analysis of the works presented as part of acd_holmesfest over the years.

Check them out HERE

...else the universe is ruled by chance, and that is unthinkable" (CARD)

All works have now been posted. Thanks to one and all [and especial thanks to my wonderful fellow mods spacemutineer and methylviolet10b ] for another great round of acd_holmesfest ! Reveal Post will be up tomorrow.

Gentlefans

we have almost the full complement of fanworks in now (the remainder of you, looking forward to getting yours) and have begun to sort them for posting, we start on 29th April. Enjoy.

So sorry this is later than intended. Please sign up here to volunteer to beta, Britpick, Victori-pick or canon-pick (or any combination thereof) for other festeers.

Please indicate which services you can offer, how high a rating you can go, what content you are comfortable with, or not, and anything else someone seeking your help needs to know. Anyone wanting to take advantage of any offer, please then reply to a suitable comment and make arrangements to share a draft via email etc.

[With apologies for the two misfires, for those puzzled]

Herewith the complete summary of who gave what to whom, plus a little bonus ficlet by yours truly. Please do now go and acknowledge comments - and your gift, if you have not done so already. Authors, reader and artists feel free to link, repost and publicise, and add to our collection at A03 HERE if you would like to do so:

Meanwhile, in 1903 at 221b, Baker Street..

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Now that all assignments are out (and thank you to all those who have acknowledged), it's time for the volunteers post.

In brief, for those of you taking part for the first time, we at acd_holmesfest pride ourselves that all the work is polished to the best shine that can be managed. To help people out who may not be as confident in the ACD 'verse, and/or who want to make their work as shiny as possible, we ask volunteers in the community to offer services such as beta-reading, spelling and grammar checks, Brit-picking, canon-related advice and historical background advice. Now you all know who your assignee is, there is no danger that anyone ends up seeing their gift before posting (except the mods, and we try ( a bit) not to peek).

So, please comment here if you can help, indicating what services, how many works you can handle and any exclusions (e.g. not wanting to read explicit work, themes you find upsetting etc). If you want to take anyone up on an offer, please comment via PM and email thereafter.

Gentlefans,

it's that time of the year again, when cabs clatter through the rain-soaked streets, the Irregulars are on the move (especially one of them, heh), Holmes and Watson are staying indoors solving crimes (amongst other pursuits) and crime is commonplace but logic is rare much less fun .



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Sign ups close Monday 8th September, Midnight British Summer Time. Assignments should be with you by 15 September latest. Submission date is Saturday 25th October, midnight Greenwich Mean Time

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*flourish of trumpets*

The Grand Reveal. Please go and acknowledge your compliments in person, cross=post as desired and recipients, if you have not already thanked your giftor, get right on that.

We have an A03 collection at which you are welcome to post/link, HERE

Meanwhile, in the restaurant of the Landsdowne Hotel, Eastbourne, Sussex, some time in 1905:

“Watson, it was not an “adventure”. A puzzle, certainly. A mystery, if you insist. But there is nothing ‘adventurous’ about tiresome conversations with tiresome people and a trip to Cambridgeshire to uncover a mere domestic tragedy"

I was inclined to humour him. It had been a very good dinner, paid for, at my insistence, from my latest royalty cheque, and now we were expansive over a brace of Havanas and a bottle of Armagnac.

“Surely it could be argued that the client had an adventure, albeit an unhappy one.”

“Hmm. Nevertheless, I am bound to say this latest collection shows a sad lack of imaginative variety. The Adventure of…The Adventure of… and so on for the entire book.”

Sherlock Holmes waved his cigarette hand with a flourish and almost set fire to a passing waiter.

“I thought you never read them.”

He laid his unoccupied hand flat on the cloth and examined its pristine fingernails.

“I always take an interest in an Index, dear boy.”

“It is not a simple matter, coming up with a title for a short story. To capture the heart of a case and to present it in a way that people want to read more. Adventure is what people want, and that is what I give them.”

His expression softened, just a fraction. “And what I give you.”

For my part, I was not afraid to smile outright, and to reach for his hand across the table. He allowed me to press it, for a moment.

“Not just the cases, Holmes. You surely know that.”

“I know it.”

As if to break the spell, to show how much he detested sentiment, he went back on the attack, although he chose another target.

"In any case, I know that Doyle has the final say: he has a very well-developed commercial sense.” It was not a compliment. “Say you had entirely free choice: what would we see?”

“Certainly not ‘Treatise on the Deductive and Inductive Methods in Detection, parts one to sixty’,” I dared.

He sighed. “That particular manuscript was clearly not as well hidden as I had thought.”

“It was in the pile of papers covering the acid burnhole in the hearth-rug, which I tripped over last Thursday night. What about ‘Sherlock Holmes Glues his Finger in a Keyhole'? Or ‘Watson is Right After All about Mrs Felton’s Pearls’? Or ‘This Story is A Patchwork of Details from Six Different Cases to Avoid Being Sued for Libel’?"

“’Adventures’ it is, then. How much to replace the rug?”


[p.s. absolutely no disrespect intended to any of you who did choose to name your story an ‘Adventure’ – I just noticed that every single one of 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' collection is so named, and that with various folk reporting struggling with titles – well, inspiration is not to be brushed off lightly]

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