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Netflix BANS Corsets?

Hat tip to Michael, who sent me a link to the Metro article about this.

I hope you enjoy this extremely random video.

Live-streaming on Friday!

At 1900 GMT, all welcome (I'll make a public community post in a couple of days, but I thought you should get some advance notice)

https://timeanddate.com should convert that for you if you aren't in Merry Olde England :)

Hope to see you there! If you have any questions, pop them in the comments under this post and I'll try and answer those first. 

Happy February!

Literal Breast Plates and other reviews

Good morning! Welcome to a new armour review, which has a new tier! Kind of! (For which merch is...in progress) :) Hope you're all well!

Streaming this Saturday, 1600 GMT

Yay, we're back! Or at least, we're back enough that I'm streaming on Saturday! 

I have missed chatting to you, so I hope you can make it, or that you enjoy the replay!

Woman Yells At Cloud :D

Which is how you know she's mostly feeling better. Welcome new Patrons! I hope your stay is an enjoyable one, and that you enjoy this early access video :)

Livestream delay till 4th Feb 2023

Hello, friends! Normally there would be a livestream this Saturday but I am not quite up to it yet. And next week there are scheduling issues, so: Saturday 4th February, 1600 GMT, we'll be streaming again.

Sorry to miss this month, but I am trying very hard to be sensible and not do too much, and I am still a bit up and down.

Going in the right direction though, which is to say generally up. :)

See you soon!

One Crisis At A Time, v3

Lovely people, I have finally got myself a printer, which is very exciting because it means that I can look at more than one page of a draft at a time. This makes it much easier to figure out what needs moving where.

I told my husband that I think I'm getting to the stage where I need professional help, and he told met that writing a novel is a sure sign of that, yes.

I have a balancing act to pull off, here, in that I don't want to make radical changes to the story structure unle...

The Bridge and Rabbit

It would be an overstatement to say 'I'm back!' but I have been to the doctor and I am on the mend.

In celebration, please enjoy this Fantasy Heroine snippet from after the wedding. (Names may be subject to change but I have a theme going so work with me :D)

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Mother Marian declined their kind invitation to the Bridge and Rabbit for the celebrations, but Gretel carefully adjusted her iron-grey bun and declared herself in urgent need of a sherry. She and Robin followed the ne...

Armour review (in 720p for reasons unknown)

Hello, lovely people! I have been ill. This is a pain. I was not expecting to get this video finished today, but I did, because I thought I'd go to sleep after I went to the doctor, but instead I just lay there feeling sorry for myself. So I thought I might as well work. 

Also there is literally nothing I want to watch right now. Is this just me being crotchety and ill, or is anyone else thinking the same thing? I look at Netflix and Disney+ and think: meh.

The doctor said th...

A Very Unchronological Fantasy Heroine snippet

I mean, I promised you one for the New Year. And since Joriam suggested I might like to try a worldbuilding exercise, I decided to introduce you to the in-universe reason that people seem to heal from their injuries more quickly than you might expect.

I have, not including this, 51,000 words of novel right now, and I am missing at least half a dozen scenes between Caroline and Henry. 

Ha.

Ha.

What is my life, even.

This snippet, at least, does not require an...

Happy Almost New Year

Let me show you one of the presents I got from my in-laws this Christmas!

What I got myself for Christmas, as you can see behind my rose comb, was something like 30,000 words in the space of a month. Aha. Ha. Hahaha.

Ha.

Snippets forthcoming, but I'm trying to get an actual draft done in the next couple of weeks so I can start fixing it. 

Wish me chocolate.

Saturday 17th December, 1600 GMT

In the interests of being organised, here's the link for Saturday's livestream. Hope to see you there, or if not, catch you on the replay!

If you have questions, you can leave them here, I think there are a few on the previous announcement post so I'll look at those too. 

See you soon!

She Should Not Have Googled That (episode 50!)

Yes, this will be the last one for a while, but I hope you enjoy it. 

Please note that you can fanfic to your little hearts' content, the opinions of Caroline (who is young and has never had people write fanfic about her before) are not the opinions of Jill, who careth not. :)

Things for New People and Not-So-New People!

Hello friends! There are...a lot more of you than there used to be, and you give my heart joy, you honestly do, so thank you. 

Here are some things that you might enjoy in one handy post!

Up at the top is the playlist of all the extended edition videos I have made since...2020 or so. I have updated it! It is up to date! I think!

Fantasy Heroine complete Series 4, if you'd like to watch everything we've got so far: 2022-12-12 10:36:57 +0000 UTC View Post

S4 E10, the Writening

I give you this thing, because it cheered me greatly when I wrote it, and so I hope it cheers you too. Or makes you squee. Or both. Both is good. We come in right after the events of S4 E9, where Leo has just asked Rosamund if she'd like some help with her unfortunate knife wound. Which...she would, please.

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Rosamund had insisted on walking (very slowly) past the members of the Queen’s Guard who were patrolling the halls of her home, but as soon as they got to the kitchen she...

Wednesday Addams what the heck kind of fencing club is this?

Have I watched this through more than once...umm...no, but it's going up tomorrow (i.e. Wednesday) so it had to be done. If you spot any weird transitions or odd frames, do let me know. :)

Yay, a fight analysis? Well, more like an extended rant with some analysis thrown in. But I hope you enjoy it anyway.

[Excerpt] There's just something I need to...do...

We passed ONE THOUSAND PATRONS at the weekend. WHAT. HOW. WHO. YOU. IT.

I am so grateful for all of you right now I cannot even.

So here is something I wrote, set between S4E11 and S4E12, that made me squeal like an excitable schoolgirl. I hope it does the same for you.

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‘And so I haven’t written their Important Conversation just yet, but I know that while Rosamund and her hot ene- husband will have a lot of challenges down the road, most of them won’t b...

Series 4 Compilation

Have a lovely weekend, and enjoy all of series 4 in one handy parcel!

"Legal Reasons" - takes place between S4E3 and S4E4

Robin arrived at the house shortly after the dinner hour, worse luck.

He found Leo first, wandering the formal garden with a preoccupied look on his face. Robin considered jumping him, but thought better of it. He’d probably get a knife in his neck before Leo realised who it was.

Still, he couldn’t help but indulge in a little bit of drama.

‘Psst!’ he hissed, sticking his head out from behind a box hedge.

Leo flinched, and then grabbed him into a hug.

‘...

Fantasy Heroine Finale: S4E13: Obvious Sequel Bait

So ends Rosamund and Caroline's adventures...for the moment. And yes, I am indeed aware that we didn't tie up...most of the plot threads. But you know what? I think I'm OK with that. 

Also I am definitely Writing The Thing, so expect not very much about Series 5 for the foreseeable, as it seems politic to actually write the book before making any more shorts :D

It's been a wild ride, gentles. Thank you for coming along for it. I made a story! With a beginning, a middle and an...

Guess whose parcel arrived today?

And guess who subsequently spent forty-five minutes sewing the shoulders together so that it actually sat properly?

Yeah, that was me. Ahem. Episode 13 will be up when I've shot Caroline's part, so probably some time tomorrow!

Livestream for 17rd December, 1600 GMT

Hello friends! This month's livestream will be on the 17th December at 1600 GMT, and possibly I will tell you about my trip to the theatre earlier on in the day. Unless it was a bit rubbish, then I might darkly allude to it and talk about something else. If there's anything you would like to talk about, you can let me know!

See you in a couple of weeks (if not before!)

S4 E12

Ah, the meta-plot thickens! I will see you on the 1st December for the start of the public release of S4, and at some point when I have made it I will give you episode 13. You'll like it. It's cute. :)

S4 E11

Ah, the joys of a stress crash. Poor Rosy.

S4 E10 Patching up your...

hot wife, presumably.

S4 E09

Poor Rosy, didn't catch a break so much as a glancing knife blow. 

S4 E8 (and 7 again)

Here's 6 again but very slightly different: https://youtube.com/shorts/lOhq5Z_gNJ4 

and 7 again but also more correct https://youtube.com/shorts/CPklzMz9BBE?feature=share

I have to wait for a costume to arrive before I can film E13 so...I'm writing, so I do in fact have time to put my pearls on just to prev...

S4 E07

And...breathe out. :)

Next episode will be up for you in...IDK, 12 hours or so, because I have decided that since I won't be able to film episode 13 for a bit, I'll just show you the videos I've got and you can see that one...as and when I've actually made it. :)

Which also means that next week I can do less multitasking and more writing, the fruits of which I hope you will (eventually) enjoy :)

A Not Very Early Tier List!

Hello to those of you on the Everything Early Patreon tiers, two videos in one day for you! I present, for your general delight, not actually very far in advance because I literally finished the thumbnail etc two minutes ago, AN ARMOUR TIER LIST!

I know...I do those. Occasionally. I hope you also enjoy my merch shilling, because it was fun. :)

S4 E06 Dramatic Entrance

Hello to the 30 or so of you who have joined in the last couple of days, you are most welcome here! Drop a comment and say hi, if you like, we're friendly people.

For now, we continue with Feast of Remembrance Shenanigans.