Despatches

Note from the Editor
A very short edition this week, folks - for which I must confess I'm pleased because I'm suffering the worst cold known to man (it started with a major backache and headache and has since devolved to sniffs, sneezes and generally feeling under the weather). I have gone through the best part of a box of tissues in the past two days.

Fanfic:
Dogwatches Chapter 30 by wayward_shadows (M - Suitable for ages 16 and above) Discontent and mutiny aboard a Royal Navy frigate. American Revolution, 1780. OCs
Don't Ask, Don't Tell by feroxargentea (Gen) A discovery on a desert island leads to a dilemma and the dredging-up of old memories. Aubreyad

Of historical interest:
latin_cat tells us about Wellington's Spies">

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf tells us that aletheiafelinea is looking for a beta

Communities and challenges:
romcomorama is holding a multifandom fic fest wherein people rewrite romantic comedies in fandom

Rec of the Week:
Sitting by latin_cat (PG) Sharpe/Wellington, Richard Sharpe = Biggest Fidget in the history of Mankind. Sharpe

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Well, here we are on Dreamwidth. For those who don't know me, I'm sharpiefan or Sharpie. I am involved in the Sharpe, Hornblower and M&C fandoms, usually cheering from the sidelines but I occasionally write fics.

I thought there was a need for a newsletter such as we are used to on LJ. So here it is: Issue 1 of DW's very own despatches. If you know of the LJ version, you will understand the ethos and aims of this DW version.

This issue will feature a lot of my fics, which is unusual and not to be considered normal. I have had some difficulty finding a suitable cut-off point in reading back over things that ought to be linked here. For the next four issues, if anyone has anything suitable for inclusion here that was written or posted on DW before this first issue was posted, please comment with a link and I will include. This only applies for the next four issues - up to and including Issue 5. After that, I will only link to works produced or posted on DW between Despatches coming out.

Fanfic
Divided We Fall, United We Stand Part 1 by sharpiefan The events of Hornblower:Mutiny/Retribution from the perspective of a Marine (Hornblower, Bush, Kennedy, Sawyer, Whiting, OCs) Rating: PG
Divided We Fall, United We Stand Part 2 by sharpiefan The events of Hornblower: Mutiny/Retribution from the perspective of a Marine. (Hornblower, Bush, Kennedy, Sawyer, Whiting, OCs) Rating: PG
Passing of an Era by sharpiefan Hornblower. Rating: U
The Dogwatches Chapter 26 by barefoot_bard. Discontent and mutiny aboard a Royal Navy frigate. American Revolution, 1780. OCs. Rating: PG
The Dogwatches Chapter 27 by barefoot_bard. Discontent and mutiny aboard a Royal Navy frigate. American Revolution, 1780. Rating: PG
The Dogwatches Chapter 28 by barefoot_bard. Discontent and mutiny aboard a Royal Navy frigate. American Revolution, 1780. Rating: PG
The Dogwatches Chapter 29 by barefoot_bard. Discontent and mutiny aboard a Royal Navy frigate. American Revolution, 1780. Rating: PG

Son et Lumière
black_hound posts about American Revolutionary War re-enactment photos
black_hound posts knitting patterns for the American Revolutionary War

Of historical interest
wayward_shadows posts excerpts about period medicine

Miscellany and meta
le_russe_satan posts Excerpts from Gleig about Wellington
le_russe_satan posts excerpts from Wellington's letters
le_russe_satan posts A Naval Incident
le_russe_satan posts about A Spanish General
le_russe_satan posts about the painting of the Vienna Congress
Show the Colours is looking for new members
sharpiefan recs British Napoleonic Uniforms

Communities and challenges
w_i_r is a new comm for women in re-enacting in the 18th and 19th centuries
cesy asks whether people would be interested in regular Heyer challenges

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