Woo Hoo! I Won a Fic at waltzmatildah's Flood Relief Fic Auction!

[rusty_armour]

This is kind of embarrassing, but I didn't realize until today that waltzmatildah's fic auction was separate from qldfloodauction, so I was surprised when I received notification that I'd won bwblack's fic offering (as the qldfloodauction doesn't wrap up until Wednesday). If I had known, I would have definitely plugged it on my LJ. In my defence, I sort of gained access to waltzmatildah's fic auction through the back door, as I clicked on a link from holmesian_news. I'm also quite dense and get easily confused. *g* Anywaaaaaaay, I'm happy to say that I was able to donate $10 AUD to Mission Australia and will receive a Sherlock fic in return. :-)

Comments

[lazigyrl.livejournal.com]

Yay! :D

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Thanks, lazigyrl! I think it's good news too! :-)

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

I think it's particularly good news! Thank you so much! Aside from Mystrade any requests?

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! I wasn't expecting my author to respond to this post! *g* Let me think about the subject of requests and get back to you. I'll try not to be too specific in order to leave you lots of room for creative freedom. Maybe my request/prompt will work with an idea you've been hatching already.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Hi again. Okay, I've thought about it and I have two possible ideas. Please feel free to toss them back and ask for something else if you don't like them.

1) This is actually based on a request I came up with a while ago, but it went unanswered. Lestrade is a widower and every year (for the past three or four years) someone places flowers on his wife's grave on her birthday. As his wife's birthday comes around again, Lestrade is determined to discover who is behind this kind gesture. He stakes out the cemetary and discovers it's Mycroft (who perhaps does it as a way to say thank you because of Sherlock). Maybe Lestrade questions Mycroft there and then or maybe he makes a gesture in return.

2) Lestrade has finally had enough and refuses to work with Sherlock anymore. Mycroft tries to convince Lestrade to change his mind, but Lestrade won't budge. Out of desperation, Mycroft says that he'll give Lestrade whatever he wants most if he'll work with Sherlock again. Lestrade agrees but won't actually tell Mycroft what he wants, leaving Mycroft to figure it out on his own. Lestrade might even say it isn't anything Mycroft can give him. Anywaaaaay, to make a long rambling request/prompt shorter, it turns out that what Lestrade wants is something simple and sappy (e.g. not to come home to an empty flat/house, have someone go to the trouble of cooking him a romantic meal, etc.).

Uh, I said I wouldn't be too specific, didn't I? Oooops. *g* Like I said, you don't have to use either of these ideas.

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

These are great. I can work with one of these! Thanks!

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so relieved to hear that. :-) I began thinking yesterday that maybe I had been a little too helpful. In the past, I've won fics on charity auctions and some of the writers in question have asked for this kind of detail after I've given pretty vague requests. However, that doesn't mean that all writers want something this specific, so I really should have asked you first. Anywaaaay, please feel free to play around with whatever idea you choose. If you want to change it around completely that's okay. These are really meant to be suggestions. As the writer, you shouldn't feel bound by them as I want you to have creative freedom, etc.

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

I'm good with vague or specific but I don't like prompts where the ending is given away in the prompt. It could have been that neither prompt worked for me but I really like both so I'll play around with them and see what seems promising. Looking forward to it.

[karen9.livejournal.com]

It's good of you to donate to Mission Australia. I hope you enjoy the Sherlock fic.

These floods in Australia and Brazil are devastating. We have flooding in several parts of South Africa right now, but not as bad.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

It's good of you to donate to Mission Australia. I hope you enjoy the Sherlock fic.

Well, it seemed like the least I could do. Besides, there's an added incentive to donate when you're receiving a fic in return. :-)

These floods in Australia and Brazil are devastating. We have flooding in several parts of South Africa right now, but not as bad.

I'm sorry South Africa has been having floods as well, though I'm glad to hear that they're not as bad as the ones in Australia and Brazil. I hope you're not in one of the areas being flooded.

[karen9.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not in one of the areas experiencing floods. (Touch wood!)

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

I'm very happy to hear it. :-) I hope you continue to stay dry.

[sublunarfields.livejournal.com]

That's great. :) Have fun. And I hope the money helps a bit. What a terrible thing to happen. It's scary. I don't know what to expect next from the weather or the climate.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how much waltzmatildah's auction raised, but I believe the qldfloodauction was up to $710 AUD at one point during the Lightning Round. I'm sure it will have made a lot more by the time the main auction closes on Wednesday.

What's happening in terms of the weather in certain countries is scary. And I fear that it might only get worse before it gets better.