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paperlegends fic. I'm not even halfway done and it's already touching up to 5,000 words. I don't think I'll have any trouble making the 30,000 minimum word requirement (the question is whether or not I can freaking finish it on time). On the bright side, I can definitely say I'm already 1/6 done with my Merlin bigbang fic.
It's a modern!AU, with Prince of Wales!Arthur and PM's son!Merlin. Prologue takes place just after Hunith has become Prime Minister, when the boys are about 10-11 years old. So much fun to write! ^+^ That said, this is a lot of heavy British culture and politics and I'm an American. You can see the difficulties that lie ahead. :|
Any of you Brits (or anyone else very familiar with British politics and culture) out there willing to put up with me incessantly asking questions about the most inane things (i.e. tea, food, drinks, schools, ect.) for the sake of accuracy? Anyone feeling like getting barraged by an annoying and frizzled out me?
Please and thank you!
paperlegends fic. I'm not even halfway done and it's already touching up to 5,000 words. I don't think I'll have any trouble making the 30,000 minimum word requirement (the question is whether or not I can freaking finish it on time). On the bright side, I can definitely say I'm already 1/6 done with my Merlin bigbang fic.It's a modern!AU, with Prince of Wales!Arthur and PM's son!Merlin. Prologue takes place just after Hunith has become Prime Minister, when the boys are about 10-11 years old. So much fun to write! ^+^ That said, this is a lot of heavy British culture and politics and I'm an American. You can see the difficulties that lie ahead. :|
Any of you Brits (or anyone else very familiar with British politics and culture) out there willing to put up with me incessantly asking questions about the most inane things (i.e. tea, food, drinks, schools, ect.) for the sake of accuracy? Anyone feeling like getting barraged by an annoying and frizzled out me?
Please and thank you!
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Date: 2011-02-26 12:48 am (UTC)...right now, actually. o.O I don't suppose you know any places where the really really rich and really really famous might hold banquets and parties and things? (Like, say, if Uther were throwing a banquet for Hunith to try and cement King-PM relations?) One with a lot of gardens and/or spaces for ten year old boys to get in a fist-fight within the sight of a few dozen eyewitnesses/reporters? :) I've currently just picked the Dorchester hotel after Googling "luxury hotels in London" and clicking the first one that offered event hosting.
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Date: 2011-02-26 01:00 am (UTC)Or Windsor Castle with even more gardens!
Both would have a lots of gardeners.
Also popular are state lunches or dinners, less people, as might occur between the PM and the Queen now.
Hope this helps?
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Date: 2011-02-26 02:59 am (UTC)I seem to be getting mixed messages about just how close the Queen and PM(s) are, or are supposed to be, in Britain. And considering the sheer-AU-ness of my fic, a lot of that might change. My first/handwritten draft of the fic actually had it at Buckingham Palace, but then I read a lot of stuff about how the Royalty is supposed to be all Distant and Things, so I thought that might be overstepping it. But if Buckingham or Windsor (in this case Pendragon/Camelot/something-more-canony?) Palace works, then I'd love to put that back in.
Thank you! :D