Soledad's Journal

First of all, the cookie recipe I've promised. noadvertising, this one is for you.

( Toffeeküsschen )

In other news, I've actually finished "EMV II - The Disinherited", my second story in the "Enterprise - The Maiden Voyage" series. *is proud* The November session of picowrimo already counts as a great success.

Crafting-wise I haven't done much, since I was busy with cookie decorating and boxing, cooking (that was the easy part: pulled pork from Lidl I just had to warm up in the oven, and mashed potatoes), a food run and preparing for tomorrow's cleaning frenzy. Yeah, another fortnight is over, go figure! I did make one more cat-in-the-sack gift box, though, so there was some crafting as well.

This is the 3rd sequel to my nearly-finished story Enterprise - The Maiden Voyage. I've decided to end the first part with Chapter 23 instead of turning it into another never-ending monstrosity. Part II will be my very AU version of the canon episode "Minefield" and Part III that of "Cold Stop". My hope is to end the series with Part VI, but we'll see.

Anyway, this is Chapter 1 of my version of "Shuttlepod One", featuring Hoshi and Reed instead of Tucker and Reed for reasons probably obvious for those who've read the first part. *hint, hint*

( Chapter 1 - The Trap )

I was busy today. Very, very busy. But it was a good thing, as I was busy with my own interests, with lots of me-time. Yay!

First, I boxed the Easter biscuits that got finished yesterday. That was quick, but I'm glad it's done and out of my hair.

Then I took out my Enterprise/Whoniverse crossover trilogy and completely revised the layout of the second and third parts. Well, perhaps "rearranged" would be a better word for it. I've finalized the canon episodes that will be handled in these two parts, inserted the AU elements I'm going to use, and now I know what will happen, in which order and how it will all end. I'm very pleased, even though it means that Part 2 will gain at least six additional chapters, aside from the two or three that had originally been planned. But that can't be helped, if I want to deliver a coherent story.

This, of course, means downloading and printing out several more episode summaries and transcripts (I'll need a lot of canon dialogue for this to work), but hey, it can be done! I'm very happy.

I also did a bit of crafting in the afternoon. The Hello Kitty booklets now all have the beds and the bedroom rugs fixed. Next up will be the bedside tables, the lamps(*) and the wall clocks, and the bedrooms will be finished. That would be two rooms out of four, each, so I actually might be able to complete the things by the end of June when they are due.

Oh, and Stories of Arda is down again. It briefly worked last night, but all I'm getting now is an error message again. I hope it doesn't mean the site would be about to collapse. I was planning to download a few favourites today... :((

(*) The original bedroom design I downloaded as a free template had a fish bowl on the bedside table, but that could be dangerous, right? What if Kitty becomes peckish during the night? That goldfish wouldn't stand a chance! *g*

Chapter 19 - Secrets, Insults and Lies has been posted to FF.Net and to AO3.
Enjoy!

Chapter 15.2 - Search, Rescue & A Lost Trail has been posted to FF.Net.
Enjoy!

Firstly, the regular stuff: Chapter 6 - The Gateway of Enterprise - The Maiden Voyage has been posted to FF.Net on schedule. Go me!

Secondly, I've finally sit down to rewrite the next four-part sequence of Prophecy&Change, the Babylon 5/Crusade AU I originally started with eye_of_a_cat as a parody. She kindly consented to my rewriting it into an actual, serious story, but I was hindered by other projects for a while. But now Chapter 6 - The End of the Line, Part 1 has also been finished and I'll regularly update for the next 3 weeks.

Afterwards, I'll actually have to write new stuff, so a lengthy pause is to be expected. Apologies in advance.

Chapter 14 - Conversational Klingon has been posted to FF.Net.

In which they finish the first part of their mission, visit the Klingon homeworld and gain a new Science Officer. This story is now complete, but there will be numerous sequels later... or so I hope. Give the muse nice treats and she might cooperate sooner rather than later. ;)

Chapter 12 - The Time Lock has been posted to FF.Net.

In which Ianto makes a startling discovery...
(ominous music's playing in the background)

Enjoy!

Chapter 09 - Rest & Recovery has been posted to FF.Net - in the unlikely case that anybody is interested.

Aside from canon events (for Enterprise), Archer and Ianto have an informative chat about time wars and stuff in this chapter.

Chapter 07 - The Ice Trap has been posted to FF.Net.

In which Ianto meets a species he knows from his Torchwood times, Sandra has to struggle with Suzie's memories and Lt Reed is apparently not better than Owen when it comes to women... even alien ones.

Enjoy!