BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2015

**Posted by nakahara** November 4, 2015 4:09 pm

If I can judge from last year´s exchange, both things are okay.

**Posted by Dorothy83** November 4, 2015 4:39 pm

ok! And we're OK to post to AO3 as well, correct?

**Posted by SusiGo** November 4, 2015 4:42 pm

Yes. I think we decided to post on AO3 only after all fics had been published here. And we also made a collection as you can see here:

http://archiveofourown.org/collections/BBCSherlockFanForumSecretSantaFicExchange2014

**Posted by Schmiezi** November 4, 2015 4:42 pm

Yes, but only after Christmas to keep the Secret Santa secret. :-D

**Posted by Dorothy83** November 4, 2015 4:42 pm

thank you all! I'll check out that link .

**Posted by Dorothy83** November 5, 2015 11:44 pm

gah...I'm thinking my fic will be censored! It's not TOO explicit so far, but the boys won't behave...gah

**Posted by Yitzock** November 6, 2015 2:50 am

Oh my, Dorothy. Well...it sounds like you are having fun writing it, which is good.

**Posted by gently69** November 6, 2015 8:22 am

I'm still not satisfied with what I've written. Hopefully the upcoming weekend will bring a change. First one which isn't fully planned.
Already wrote a bit more but it doesn't flow.

**Posted by silverblaze** November 6, 2015 9:35 am

I still need three scenes and then a complete edit because my scenes are mostly loose sand, not necessarily connected by any logic. ;) It's taking me longer than I hoped but I do like the things I wrote.

**Posted by Dorothy83** November 6, 2015 11:45 am

I'm at 1900 words and I haven't even got to the 'main' bit. And now I have to go to an interview. In the rain.

**Posted by Lilythiell** November 6, 2015 12:19 pm

Good luck, honey!

**Posted by Schmiezi** November 18, 2015 5:16 am

How is everybody doing? I've written 2200 words so far and I like what I did, even though it is not enough yet.

Last edited by Schmiezi (November 18, 2015 5:16 am)

**Posted by RavenMorganLeigh** November 18, 2015 5:36 am

Schmiezi wrote:
How is everybody doing? I've written 2200 words so far and I like what I did, even though it is not enough yet.

Hello, Schmiezi--
I'm still plotting. Not much longer, and once that's finished, I'll get it done fairly quickly.

**Posted by SusiGo** November 18, 2015 8:11 am

Still waiting for my beta reader's opinion. Then one last thorough check and you will get it. Somewhere between 6,000 and 7,000 words.

**Posted by Lilythiell** November 18, 2015 8:19 am

I'm about 75% of what I want to write, totalling a number of 5,500 words. I'm quite happy with it though I'm sure I can make it better -and that's what my betas are for.
Don't worry, you'll get it on time. I'm aiming for "in advance" but one never knows. To be on the safe side, I'll say "on time" but I'm aiming for a couple of days before =)

**Posted by gently69** November 18, 2015 10:16 am

I have 2167 words now. And I'm not 100% sure where it's leading. Good, bad... I don't know.

**Posted by Lilythiell** November 18, 2015 10:22 am

If you work better under pressure that's good ;)

Just want to say how much easier it is to complete a work when you're doing it for the benefit of someone else...I've been writing a fic for a year and can't find the motivation to finish it -all the while knowing how it ends and the various steps to get there. But here the fic MUST be finished, otherwise the secret Santa would be very disappointed -to name but one argument.
So thank you all for giving out prompts, motivating us and generally just being there.

**Posted by nakahara** November 18, 2015 10:54 pm

My fic is looong already and it just grows and grows. Thankfully, it´s nearing its end, but I have still a lot of writing in front of me... but I´m content with the story so far and it´s a great fun to write it.

**Posted by Schmiezi** November 19, 2015 5:32 am

Hi everyone,

the first PMs are coming in, so let me tell you all what to do when you are finished.

First, write a short "introduction" to your fic, telling the readers something about your prompt etc.

Then you need to convert your fic, because:

Harriet wrote:
The thing is that Word software produces a kind of odd code for HTML/XML and it will be not too easy to convert a doc converted to HTML/XML (which is an important stepping stone) properly further to BBcode. Like you have to convert something complicated into something less complex and then have to reduce it again.

And here is how to do it:
http://sherlock.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=5799

Then let me know you are finished so I can send you my private email adress so you can send me your converted fic.

**Posted by Lilythiell** November 19, 2015 5:45 am

Pressure's getting high!