Oldest WIP is finished and posting has begun!

[dbskyler]

I can hardly believe it, but I have FINISHED my oldest, and longest, WIP!

I started this fic so long ago, I'm not even sure how old it is, but after poking around on my computer's hard drive, I think I began it in 2001. OMG, that was a long time ago! It's also my longest fic, coming in at over 26,500 words.

The fandom is the 1969 version of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Not many people know it -- it qualifies for Yuletide -- but even so, I am beyond thrilled to have this finished and finally posted to the world.

First chapter is now up, and the rest will be posted at the rate of about one chapter per day (the fic is 8 chapters long). If you're interested, you can find it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15216503

Comments

[eve11]

Woot! Congratulations! That's awesome. Such a great feeling to finish something!

Also, hey, it must be the season for it :) But you've got me beat; the one I'm finally updating again is (a) still not finished and (b) only from early 2011.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Yes, I saw that you've updated Principal Components! Congratulations on getting back into writing that one! I'm excited to read it, and excited to have an excuse to go back and re-read the earlier chapters.

[eve11]

Thanks! I didn't realize (or possibly forgot; it has been years) you were reading it! :D

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't think I left you a review. I remember enjoying it, though! I have a special fondness for hurt/comfort, and you hit the sweet spot of a hurt Doctor who is still extremely competent. Plus, statistics! ;) Anyway, I'm hoping to be able to settle down and do some re-reading soon, and I promise to review this time.

[eve11]

Oh, no obligation. I swear I'm not fishing for compliments; I'm just super excited. And thanks!

Yeah, my take on writing this story was basically, "If I'm going to do this, I'm going to do it right." A major theme is that you are not defined by what is taken from you; the core of yourself is always there--possibly indeed the principal components of who you are, though there is also serendipitously a statistical technique by the same name that is associated with organizing data along its own intrinsic orthogonal axes. I . . . get a lot of mileage out of math metaphors.