11th October 2015 - Spooky Pros Story 11

The Ghost and Raymond Doyle by Barbara Thomas.
This is one of my favourite Pros stories, I think, although oddly enough I don't often think of it. It's based, of course, on The Ghost and Mrs Muir, and although I wonder how much of our lads we see in there sometimes, actually I think we do see them - less so when Doyle's on his own at the beginnning, but then when he and Bodie are together, we can see that they're themselves, albeit very AU! Because this is set in the late 1800s, and Doyle has been married and has a daughter, and it's only when he defies his family and moves into the haunted house in Whitecliff-on-Sea (from which the estate agent firm of Macklin and Cowley tries to dissuade him *g*) that he meets Captain William Bodie... It's got the most gorgeous ending to it too, so very happy, after some heart-wrenching stuff in between... *sighs happily*

On another note, I'm rather curious about the author, Barbara Thomas - presumably this story isn't anywhere else because it's in Unprofessional Conduct 5, which is a real shame. Some of her other stories are on the ProsLib CD. The author is on A03, but only as posted by someone else (in one of those open door collections things, which seems to me alot like a way of doing what I was assured A03 would never do - posting stories without the explicit permission of the author) for a Sentinel series. I do have another name for BT in my notes, but I can't remember how or why, and carelessly I don't seem to have written down the connection... Any ideas, anyone? Does she have her own website, perhaps (or ever did have)? Are we ever likely to be able to rec this gorgeous story with a link, even if just to the ProsLib CD? (Feel free to email me rather than post here, for the sake of the author's online privacy)

Virtual Office Monday 12th October...

This one is for everyone out there who can't seem to get started today (*waves to milomaus... Let's start with a couple of photos taken last night on my new camera's whacky-photos settings... Today's work and stuff:
- 16 pages on the theme of bonds (well, I think that's the theme...)
- 16 pages (but half as many words) on the theme of migration
- 18 pages on the theme of energy and economics

- CST appointment at 2pm
- plunge bathroom sink and be unexpected covered in muck spurting out of that wee hole near the back top of sinks (also, no effect on slow drainage, which I didn't think there would be cos it's not just the sink)
- change out of muck-covered clothes and put on a wash and hang wash out to dry in sunshine

- worldbuilding for my languishing last-year's-NaNoWriMo story (yeay for this one)
- read and post a Pros October fic
- fiddle practice

And finally, some lads to just keep us on the right track... And as a treat from ali15son (thank you!) - a few more from that photoshoot! What we need now are the ones between where they're both looking quietly out different windows, and when they turn to each other... *g*

*peers into the depths of the office* How're you doing today?