Words in the Heroes' Tongue

At last here is the final part of “Lonely on the Mountain”, my contribution to ludditerobot’s Scatterlings and Orphanages ‘Africander’ ficathon. Still pretty much PG-13. There are a couple of pretty bad swearwords but most of them are in Afrikaans. This part is 3,065 words. The whole thing is 14,025 words.

Part 1 was HERE. Part 2 was HERE. Part 3 was HERE

Summary; The time is now, January 2006, and Xander is staying at a camp site on Zomba Plateau in Malawi and taking in the view. There’s a little more to his trip than rest and recreation, however …

( Lonely on the Mountain: Part 4 )

I've been nominated in two categories (best Willow/Spike author, and best Willow/Spike fic for Angel of the Morning) at The Willowy Goodness Awards. Thanks to whoever (I think I know who it was, but I'm not certain) nominated me.

Here is Part 3 of my contribution to ludditerobot’s Scatterlings and Orphanages ‘Africander’ ficathon (which has some great stories, go check the others out). It’s not the final part; I know that I said there was only going to be one more, but I was wrong. The real last part should go up tomorrow. This part is 3,055 words. Still PG-13, and it looks as if it might stay that way.

Part 1 was HERE. Part 2 was HERE

Summary; The time is now, January 2006, and Xander is staying at a camp site on Zomba Plateau in Malawi and taking in the view. There’s a little more to his trip than rest and recreation, however …

( Lonely on the Mountain: Part 3 )

Happy birthday to schehrezade_1

This is not a Birthday fic, I'm afraid.

Here is Part 2 of my contribution to ludditerobot’s Scatterlings and Orphanages ‘Africander’ ficathon. My original plan was to post it in two installments but I’ve decided to go for four parts instead. This part is 4,550 words. Rating PG or thereabouts, although I think that it’ll be R by the time it’s finished.

Summary; The time is now, January 2006, and Xander is staying at a camp site on Zomba Plateau in Malawi and taking in the view. There’s a little more to his trip than rest and recreation, however …

Part 1 was HERE

( Lonely on the Mountain: Part 2 )

I’m in need of some relief after the stress of the plagiarism affair and so I’m going to post the first half of the story that I'm doing for ludditerobot’s Scatterlings and Orphanages “Africander” ficathon now rather than later. The due date is the nineteenth, but I’m working then and “early posting is encouraged”. The second half should have been finished tonight but the ramifications of the plagiarism have cost me three damn hours of writing time and I’m not going to make it. It may have to wait until my next 5 nights off work, around the 22nd.

The ficathon is for post-NFA Xander-in-Africa stories, covering every single one of Africa’s 55 countries. My country is Malawi, where I lived for six years, and I’ve stood on every inch of ground that Xander stands on in the story. This part is 3,250 words, rating PG or so, although that might change in part two. Don’t expect my usual overt humour, by the way. This isn’t a comedy.

Summary; The time is now, January 2006, and Xander is staying at a camp site on Zomba Plateau in Malawi and taking in the view. There’s a little more to his trip than rest and recreation, however …

( Lonely on the Mountain: Part 1 )