Er... I hope you're in the mood for some long fic *crosses fingers*

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

For my second post on the Christmas Stocking Challenge, there's a book sticking out of the top of the stocking (or possibly stuffed down the side...)

Yes, folks, I have finally finished that Scarlet Pimpernel (well, Chauvelin, actually *g*) fic that I seem to have been writing forever.

And it's long, if not quite a novel,(62,000 words!!) so many thanks to byslantedlight who volunteered not only to put it up at palelyloitering, so it didn't have to be broken into multiple posts (I said it was long, didn't I) but who then sat in front of her lappie *all evening* editing line breaks and lord-knows-what into the RTF file I'd sent over, so that it's readable, and has now headed for bed with her eyes bleeding... quite understandable, say I!

So - THANK YOU BSL!

She also sent me the link to the story at palelyloitering, which I have (as per her instructions) carefully cut and pasted here:-

Breaking the Chains by SAC

So hopefully that will work.

Meanwhile the trailer/header with the story information is under the cut below.


Title: Breaking the Chains
Author: SAC
Format: Novella. Scarlet Pimpernel/Pros
Archive at Circuit/Proslib/Hatstand: yes
Slash/Gen: Slash
Pairing: (Bodie/Chauvelin)
Warnings: NC-17. Torture, rape, references to past physical and sexual child abuse.
Summary: What happens when Major Bodie meets the man of his dreams, and he is an enemy of Bodie’s closest friend...?


I hope I got all that right - and that you enjoy the story.

Happy 8th December, all!

ETA: Several people have said they intend printing this out - so, just for info, I've just added this to the Automated Hatstand, with all the html tags and stuff, and divided into chapters.

Comments

[erushi.livejournal.com]

Congragulations on finally finishing it! And just in time for me to print it out and to read it on my way to Paris after Scarsdale too. *g* I've just snuck a read of the first few paragraphs, and I'm already feeling terribly excited. Cheers!

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay, it's finished! I'm so looking forward to it! Now, the thing is, given my life as it is right now, and my life as it will be in the next few weeks...I'm putting reading this on hold until I'm on holiday. Thank you for the lovely anticipatory holiday reading!!

Well done!

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so looking forward to reading this!
Yeah! I'm very much in the mood for a long story! :)

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Wow, a novel from you - how wonderful! I shall start this evening.. Well done. I'm so impressed.

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

I'm always in the mood for a long fic!
That's great, thank you!

But first I have to print it! Nothing better than to make comfortable in a chair, with a good fic and a bottle of wine and a cat... :-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

There - the link should be working, and I've checked them both ways from here and they do!

And NaNoWriMo would think 62,000 words was a novel, and if it isn't then I don't know what I was doing in November... *g* Hurrah for finishing, and I'm looking forward to printing it out and having some quiet time!

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh well done finishing it!
I'm looking forward to printing it out and reading it, thank you!

[rosie55.livejournal.com]

Oh, yum - can't wait. What a very cheering prospect for this evening.... if I can wait that long. And Chauvelin....., oooohhhh, double yum!
Well done, you!

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Yay! The link works, and my eye strayed down the first few paragraphs and OMG I can't wait to read more of Major Bodie (and the man of his dreams).

(Thinks) The train journey to London on Saturday might be a good opportunity. *g*

Thank you so much for all your hard work, I'm sure it will be completely ravishing.

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! A great big long darling of a fic from you! Thank you! I'm squirreling it away for a day when I'm not doing a headless chicken impersonation (sometime in January at this rate *g*) so thank you in advance. ::bounces::

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

You're off to Paris!? Lucky you. I hope my story isn't an anticlimax after that! Enjoy your visit - and your read. *g*

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised that you don't have the time to spare at the moment, and flattered that you're going to find time to read it later!

I hope you enjoy it! *crosses fingers again*

And good luck with the weather - I'd love to have snow before Christmas (not that there's much chance in this part of the UK) but then, our snow isn't nearly as vicious as yours - or as persistent.

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! I hope you enjoy it!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

well, erm... I hope it's worth being a novel, and not just me rambling on and taking thousands of words to express what hundreds would have done just as well.

I'm also a tad confuzzled - I thought that a novel was 80,000 words, and that what I'd written was a novella? Not that it matters, of course - it's as long as it is, as byslantedlight kept telling me every time I started to panic over how long it was getting (ooh, matron!)

whatever, I do hope you enjoy it!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Nothing better than to make comfortable in a chair, with a good fic and a bottle of wine and a cat...

Absolutely! That's far and away the best way to read fic, IMHO. I hope my story turns out to be worth the special treatment!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Thank you for all the hard work to get it loaded up and linked and everything!

After all that, I really hope you like it...!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Oh, God.

I just hope people like it, now... *is beginning to panic - just a bit...*

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

I really hope you like it when you settle down for a read!

I am panicking a bit now - what if it's awful?? *gnaws fingernails*

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Phew! I hope it's worth all this planning...

I really hope you enjoy it, and it makes the train journey go quickly!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

I only hope it's worth waiting for! *g*

I've never written anything this long before, so - fingers crossed!

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

I've made the most of a dreary, rainy holiday (in my country) and I'm halfway through. I just wanted to pop in to tell you that I think it's great. Let's see, how far I'll get this evening. :-)

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! I hope you enjoy the rest of it as well!

Gulp - just glanced at your profile and found out where you live! Lawks!

I'll be interested in what you think of the final few scenes... *crosses fingers and toes - metaphorically speaking, that is...*

I'm apologising right now for any major errors!

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

mutter mumble grumble... late for work... 3 am...

I started reading last night and I couldn't stop. The first few chapters just dragged me in and I had to read the rest.

Fabulous work, m'dear. I really enjoyed it. One adventure led seamlessly to the next and you drew the characters extremely well. I may have to reread over the holidays to say anything more coherent than that, but I wanted you to know... *yawns*

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You liked it! *breathes huge sigh of relief*

And thank you for commenting so quickly as well - I'm really grateful!

Now - get to bed and sleep well (hopefully dreaming of a certain Army Major and a Frenchman...*g*)

Chauvelin!!!!

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

OMG I was hoping for this!!!! and you've made it happen!!!! ::flails::