Update

Sep. 23rd, 2021 01:46 pm
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Well, Carpe Diem came to a bit of a halt for me after Wednesday’s Child but I did carry on with the little fic started for Monday’s Child and there are some echoes of the rest of the rhyme in there if you look closely enough. It also fitted with the [community profile] what_if  Challenge #22 Steampunk, so it was nice to include it there as well. The completed fic, is uploaded to AO3: The Race

In other matters, lockdown persists in other states, which means our borders are closed and therefore no family visits since Easter. But on a good note, daughter and grandsons will be coming back here to live permanently (hopefully) at the end of the year. I’m quite excited about that and keeping fingers crossed that everything goes through smoothly for their relocation. Right now with all our restrictions and lockdowns travel between the states is limited and rather fraught with regulations, so 'going smoothly' is not a given!

Other than that life is pretty much normal. The weather is typically spring – nice warm days interspersed with cold, wet and windy ones. I started doing Pilates some months ago and really feel some benefit from it, the old bones and muscles seem to be working a bit better anyway:)

Easter, when the grandsons were here, we went to Gorge Wildlife Park and of course there a photos.

here )

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May. 14th, 2021 04:11 pm
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My last update was February and quite a bit has happened since then.

There’s been a trip to Victoria to visit daughter, son and grandchildren – the first time since 2019 we’ve been able to see our son and granddaughter. She’s grown a lot of course and so have the grandsons, the oldest of whom is up to my shoulder in height now. It won’t be long before he’s taller than me! He’s turned nine last December so I suspect he is going to be a big lad when he grows up.

Daughter and grandsons came our way for Easter and that was really nice, we had some gorgeous weather for it and got out and about quite a bit.

In amongst all that I have finally managed to fullfill my [community profile] fandomforoz  auction obligation and finish the marathon that has been the Lewis Steampunk fic, duly presenting it to my bidders [personal profile] moth2fic  and [personal profile] kat_lair . I admit to feeling a little lost now that it’s finally done and dusted. But no doubt inspiration for new writing efforts will strike sooner or later. If you fancy a look it’s up on AO3 here Death in Jericho

I will be posting some photos from the visiting in due course, once I’ve got around to sorting them all out. In the meantime here’s some pretty pictures from the park.

Photos )

 

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We had another trip to Victoria a few months ago and spent time in the gorgeous wine growing area
 

Lots of photos )

 

On the writing front, there has been a small fic for the

[community profile] lewis_challenge , another episode in the Victorian Lewis and Hathaway vampire world and their attempts to catch up with the elusive Dracula. I’ve quite enjoyed creating this world and might carry on with it for another fic next year.

So that's me up till now.
margaret_r: (Pros Hearts)
Title: Journey to the Summer Country
Authors: moth2fic/Fictionwriter (margaret_r)
Genre: Slash/AU
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Word count:
19,412

Summary: Raedwolf and Beau, in mediaeval Oxfordshire, are assigned another special task. Study of Cowley's scroll at the Oxford priory has produced a possible lead to the holy grail or something equally wonderful. The pair set out for Glastonbury with Henry (Cowley's son) and his tutor. The adventure might take them to the Tor or under it. And there may be others interested in their destination.


Notes:
Thank you to ci5mates for the beta work, advice and being a sounding board for ideas and to Loxleyprince for some brilliant artwork that has brought the story to life - this artwork must be viewed!!

Thanks [personal profile] moth2fic  for making this a fun project:D I hope you enjoyed working on it as much as I did.


This story follows The Morning Gift by moth2fic and An Oxford Tale by yours truly, but can be read as a stand-alone.

Link to Fic on AO3: Journey to the Summer Country
Link to Art on AO3: Art by Loxleyprince
margaret_r: (Heart of Darkness - Pros)
So, it was my turn for posting on the Pros Big Bang for 2012 today.  My story has now been posted and here are the details:

Title: A Mercenary’s Tale
Artist: [livejournal.com profile] bodiecuddle
Fandom: The Professionals

Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle, Bodie/OMC
Word count: 46,800
Warnings (highlight to read): Violence. OC Deaths

Summary: A midnight phone call, a mysterious visitor and Doyle’s persistence force Bodie to relive his mercenary past, bringing that past into the present. Over one long night Doyle listens to the tale Bodie has to tell and when he’s done it’s up to Doyle to try and stop his partner risking all in a headlong dash to revenge.

Notes: Thank you once again to [livejournal.com profile] moth2fic for her beta skills, her suggestions for improvements in the narrative (telling me where I was going wrong in other words) and for keeping me on track with grammar and punctuation as well as making some gorgeous icons for the story. Happy birthday Moth, have a good one:)  A big thank you and hug to my artist, [livejournal.com profile] bodiecuddle for such a stunning visualisation of my story. Thanks also to the Box of Tricks mods for again giving us another year of Pros goodness.


Link to Fic: Fic Master Post/A Mercenary’s Tale
Link to Art: Art Master Post
margaret_r: (Big Bang 11)
Written for:  [livejournal.com profile] ci5_boxoftricks
Title:
The Riverboat Queen
Author: FictionWriter - [livejournal.com profile] margaret_r
Artist:  [livejournal.com profile] milomaus
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes
Genre:
Slash.
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle.
Word count: 30,652 words.

Summary:

It’s said diamonds are forever but they ended up costing a young flight attendant his life. Now Bodie and Doyle must go undercover in part of London’s gay scene to find a missing girl and the diamonds they believe she is hiding before the international racketeers who want them back get to her first. That’s not easy when you’re faced with murder, mayhem and drag queens. How will the lads cope with putting on a gay front when they have their own secrets to try and keep?


The Riverboat Queen )

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five

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