From the Keeper's Desk
A Little Summer Fare
Friday, June 18th, 2010 | From the Keeper's Desk | 1 Comment
It was not even the end of May before I realized my personal calender was filled practically every week with some excursion or another during June. For some reason, the stars aligned to give everyone the idea that the weekend of June 25/26 was the perfect weekend for their activity and so more ‘no’s’ were said than not to all the invitations we had. Despite all that, two stories have managed to come our way to post:
A short story in our Single Character section written by Jackie about a Terry Thorne returning home with a small bundle he bought on a whim, a leather-covered book with empty pages…at least the pages and his life was empty until he wrote in it. Please venture into a sweet and charming “What You Wish For.”
The second story is the first installment based on the Twitter Role Playing game that went on for several months between various characters, most notably between Capt. Jack Aubrey and a new lady, Madeleine Musette. Maddy knows all about the secret of Crowe’s Point - has lurked there for sometime but has never gained enough courage to take that one final step into the universe…until she read and saw Jack. Now she hovers at a social function held on the deck of the Surprise, and Maddy finds herself under the captain’s influence…or rather, the influence of his special stock of wine. Please visit “We Have The Weather Gods.”
As always, if you wish to convey your thoughts to the authors of the pieces, write us and let us know!
Sharon
Website Update
Friday, March 19th, 2010 | From the Keeper's Desk | 4 Comments
Greetings all - so much has been happening around my household - changes in homeschooling schedule, spring fever (with all the requisite bunches of herbs and bags of dirt to go with it - it is a well-known joke in our family that my favorite birthday present is garden soil), and my daughter turning a Sweet Sixteen (I’m too old for this! Driver’s license!!) that I don’t have much to say in announcing the update except to list the stories that have been added to the archives for your perusal:
PicFest vol 4 is the evolving saga of the Boyz at the Point.
Added to the Chronicles archive are:
By Way of Introduction by Tina
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Kazlyn
Tina’s Valentine’s Day - Tina
Perfect, by Tina
Checking Into Crowe’s Hotel by Bugdog
And the Nominees Are… by Laura
And The Winner Is… by Laura
B-17 by Arny
A Valentines Tale by Steph and Tina
In the Singles Section:
Ways to Stay Warm in Alaskan Winters by Steph
Prey For Darkness by Kazlyn
Cort & Herod by Dunbar
And a new chapter has been added to Viridian Control : Inception by Sharon in Multiples.
We know many of you will enjoy re-visiting old favorites! Be sure to drop the authors a line to encourage them!
Sharon
webmistress
PIC FEST & More
Saturday, December 5th, 2009 | From the Keeper's Desk | No Comments
Here’s another little update for you - Our latest series of installments involve one huge voluminous story written by the originators of The Gaslight Hotel and Crowe’s Point, and chapters 8 & 9 will prove how a simple (and fun) a little writing challenge can morph into a wonderful exploration of character and plot. All based on pictures, no less! Do check out our latest installment - both good and bad things happen to Tina and John, and Colin craves to know if things will ever be the same for him and Michelle. WARNING: adult situations, rated R.
Along with our update, we’d like to introduce you to some new arrivals to the Crowe fandom itself - one involves a blog dedicated with love to the actor himself and his various characters. Golden Girl presents “Russell Cove” for the purpose of discussing our favorite characters and latest news of our Favorite Man. She’s a brand new fan and we always love to welcome newcomers to the fandom. She has excellent taste in actors and men, doesn’t she, ladies?
If you’re wanting to know where she got her beautiful graphics, check out Lithium Designs.
We’ve also added their blogs as well as new friends to our Favorite Links list, so be sure to check them all out! Among them are our friends Vicki Lyn (”its the way you ride the trail that counts”) and Ithildin with her own fanfiction website, Darkwood, featuring stories centered in Forever Knight and Highlander.
And finally, we’ve been honored with new additions to our Twitter Role Playing family - newcomers to the fandom @nyteraider and Golden Girl have kindly agreed to participate in our little social media game for the Crowe’s Point, the alternate universe for all our favorite Crowe characters. If you’ve been following the RP with @SIDSixPtSeven and @Ava_James, then you will be excited to learn that SID has gone through a reboot…Good Lord, what sort of mesmerizing monster will come out of SID now? And will Ava be able to figure him out (in time)? We can promise you, NOTHING is boring at the Point…
(and a big round of applause for @nyteraider, @Ava_James & GoldenGirl - they’ve already given us a taste of things to come…)
The BEST way you can keep up with all these streams (of consciousness…or lack thereof) is to check out our MixTweet site - this has been a LOVELY answer to our collaboration issues on Twitter, especially in regards to role-playing. It can be hard enough trying to figure out how Twitter works on a general basis - throw in a continual soap opera of conversation and things can rapidly get lost in the chatter. But MixTweet allows us to create groups of the Twitter people we want you to see, and everyone is collected in our Group, The Gaslight Tavern, as well as individual pairings. Some of those pairing include @CaptJackAubrey with @MaddyMusette2 and @MrTerryThorne with @Shaina_Y.
Plus,the really neat thing about MixTweet is, if you want to go back in history, just click the “more” button at the bottom of the page. Its role-play reading made easy!
Working to bring more to you soon!
Sharon Ferguson
New Story, New Volume
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | From the Keeper's Desk, Kudos | No Comments
Hello again!
As promised in our Receiving Room post of a few days ago, we’d like to announce the next upload of PIC FEST - Volume 2 to the website (listed on our Crowe’s Chronicles page under Multiple)…
AND….
…a brand new story that I am quite certain that all those Ben Wade lovers out there will thoroughly enjoy. It is called ‘On a Raven’s Wing‘ and it is written by an old friend of mine who goes by the nomme de plume Ithildyn. She has written many a fan-fiction for her favorite shows, Highlander, Forever Knight, Lord of the Rings, and a few other fandoms as well. In this particular story, she was challenged to write a crossover that puts Ben Wade in the middle of some very interesting places and relationships and I daresay even if you havent ever seen the Highlander series or The Magnificent Seven, you will very easily enjoy Ith’s story.
‘On a Raven’s Wing‘ is in our Multiple Character page.
Sharon
And Now, For Something Completely Archival
Monday, November 16th, 2009 | From the Keeper's Desk | No Comments
Greetings there!
Just another sporadic-out-of-the-blue-totally-not-in-keeping-with-our-regular-schedule post. Neither rain nor sleet nor blanket of snow kept us from our appointed task, nor did the few hummingbird stragglers buzzing around waiting for the prevailing winds of the next cold front distract us from writing to you of a new upload onto the site.
No, indeed, it was the fact that both Tina and I took time out of our lives to meet each other at the Newark Airport and fly to London, England at the end of October. At least, that’s the excuse we have THIS time. But oh, what a fun time we had elaborating on that excuse! We stayed in a flat in Canary Wharf and took an excursion to Portsmouth to see the HMS Victory, as well as to Bath and Leeds Castle, and essentially toodled around London itself to experience both its day and night life and its cultural centers…not to mention one foray that prompted a new phrase for the two of us: “what happens in Paddington, STAYS in Paddington.”
No, I will not elaborate on that. At least not here.
Anyway, we were mindful on our return that it had been a while since we posted anything new and Tina was determined to bring to the fore a particular favorite of Gaslight members of the past, one that we hope you will find entertaining and inspiring. PICFEST - an ever evolving…er…documentary? Report? Round-robin involving all of your favorite characters as played by the Inimitable Mr. Crowe (well, at least those characters up to and including Maximus Decimus Meridius.)
There *are* a few quirks present in the story, such as: it began as a lark and with humor, but quickly became a saga of personalities and drama and pathos in ways that can only happen at a place called The Crowe’s Nest…which leads me to the second quirk: the Nest was the original name of the alternate universe where “the Boyz” resided before it eventually became the Crowe’s Point.
Another quirk will become quickly obvious: there are pictures involved in the telling of the story, the author(s) writing the scene to fit the picture (or finding the picture to fit the scene) and this makes our document voluminous…so that’s what we’ve done: created volumes, the first of which we’d like to announce as now linked in our Crowe’s Chronicles Page under the Multiple heading and one of the documents loaded into our Scribd account.
So if youre an old ‘fan’ of Gaslight and wondered whatever happened to PicFest, here it is back in “living color;” and, if you’re a newcomer to the world of Crowe’s Point (er, Nest) boy, are you in for a treat!
The first volume of PicFest contains the first three chapters. Subsequent volumes are currently being reformatted and prepped to load and we will announce each upload as it occurs.
Your ever-wandering web mistress,
Sharon
Just a Little Note to Say Hello
Sunday, September 27th, 2009 | From the Keeper's Desk | No Comments
Hello!
Actually I have more to say than that: we havent updated not because we dont have anything to update with, but rather both of us have seen Real Life torque things up - the Louisville PD has stepped up its watch hours for all its employees and Tina has been raking in the overtime. Not sure if its because something changes in the water at this time of year for Crime Scene Techs or someone having fun with everyone’s schedules…needless to say, Tina has barely enough time to come in from one night’s work, grab a bite to eat, collapse for a few hours and then get up again to start the whole thing over. And if that weren’t enough, her mother had a heart attack and had to be hospitalized for a while. The lady is doing well now, but you can see how the website and writing have been farthest from her mind. Continued prayers and wishes for her mother’s recovery and perhaps a gentler schedule in the future!
As for me, Ive been busy too - homeschool has new responsibilities and new subjects this year, such as Geometry and Texas history (required for every student in the state). The former is…well, lets just say Ive learned to recruit other help. The latter is a subject near and dear to my heart, so its not a burden, but the method of teaching relies more on field trips than anything else…much fun with that as well, but takes more planning than one would think.
Writing is ALWAYS on my mind, but finding the peace and quiet to do it is almost as much a challenge as prepping a Geometry lesson.
So having presented our excuses for THIS go ’round, Id like to say that we do plan to update with more stories from the vaults within the next few days. Tina tells me it will involve a story called PicFest, which used to be an old favorite of Gaslighters. Ive only seen bits and pieces of it so this will be as much a new discovery for me as it is for those who are just now getting to know Gaslight.
And there are stories that are being worked on to bring up to date, but fate/the weather gods have conspired to make that a slower process.
Please do keep checking back with us!
Best regards,
Sharon Ferguson
Summer Changes - Update
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 | From the Keeper's Desk | No Comments
Thought we’d forgotten you? Wrong. In fact, we’ve been keeping you in our thoughts rather steadily now for the last few months, even though summer landed pretty fast and hard and early. When I wasn’t taking trips to San Antonio or Galveston, I was driving to Florida and back, or visiting family in the hill country of Texas; and Tina, our Resident Crime Scene Tech, aka “List Mum”, was working Derby and coping with an increase in cases, a workload that continued to rise as June settled in. It has not been until July that both of us have had a chance to really evaluate the website and implement some new things as well as reorganize the old.
So if you click on the link, you will find that the Gaslight Hotel has a New Look: leaner, cleaner…you might even say more austere. Our focus here is on the many stories we have housed and will continue to add to in the months to come.
And there’s lots of good stuff this time around, especially if you’ve been wondering about the ‘history’ of Crowe’s Point. We’ve opened up our archives once more and uploaded several stories, ones that had been long time favorites and even some that haven’t been up in quite some time. These stories are listed in Crowe’s Point Chronicles.
Near Side of the Point - Jack Aubrey’s entrance into the Point as told by Laura. One would think characters like Maximus and Cort would make the transition to Point life easier…well, they’d never met a character like Jack!
Distant Echoes - Maximus meets a new arrival to the Point, a much needed doctor. Will he accept that Anthony is not what, or who, he appears to be?
Sarah Lacey has added new chapters to her story, Programmed For Success – will she and Maximus have time for each other while she works for SID 6.7? (addition begins on p. 9)
The entirety of This Is Your Captain Speaking, by Kazlyn, is now loaded for your enjoyment. Tensions rise as Terry and Kaz discover a connection.
Harry Potter at Crowe’s Point?! Well…not quite, but Sophy has some issues to discuss with a mentor and she does so with magical flare in Heisenberg At The Point.
In conjunction with Distant Echoes, we present the next three stories as a means of getting to know how a non-Crowe character ended up becoming part of the Point Family. Faith, First Date, and Grace are told from the perspective of Stephanie.
God’s Gift is a wonderful little story that was written specifically with Jeff Mitchell in mind.
Crowe’s Point:
Scarlet Meets the Big Bad Wolf receives a new chapter this go around – Hando has been making it clear to Maximus and everyone else how he intends to receive newcomer, Scarlet Moran.
Two stories from our archives: After The Fire, by Roberta, is focused on Cort, while Ayesha, by Athena, centers around Maximus.
A new single story is added to the list, by Tina and Sharon, called Mirror and Mask. A death in the family draws Terry Thorne home to a past long forgotten.
Multiple
We are happy to announce the debut of a new multiple character arc - ‘Viridian Control.’ What is Viridian? The premier story, Inception by Sharon, introduces you to a powerful corporation involved in far more than can be imagined by the citizens of Houston. Inside a picturesque old building in the city’s downtown are secrets known only to a few; one of them is SID 6.7, who rebels against the mercy of Dr. Evan Polidori.
Miscellaneous
Sharon adds to her movie adaptation of the 1999 movie, “The Mummy” starring some of the Crowe’s Point denizens and a very flustered Chloe Navratil. (addition begins on p.14)
We’ve also added a YouTube video featuring lovely scenes of Max Skinner and Fanny, to the tune of “La Vie en Rose,” a delightful video that is sure to have you watching A Good Year again…and again…
Finally, we’d like to make mention of some new links on our site, ones we have re-established old connections with and new ones we have met while tweeting away on Twitter. An Englishman in LA is an artist who designs replica artwork for museums, a lovely man who has created some truly beautiful pieces. Also, Deborah Riley-Magnus is a familiar name to those of us in the Crowe fandom, but an up and coming literary writer who is currently promoting her book, Cold in California.
We have friends at Omega Squadron (hello Kaz!), and Moonlight is a fan fiction source for a variety of interests; and if you REALLY want to know the ins and outs, the depths and heights of the world of fandom, you can’t go wrong entering the wiki of Fan History (beginning of course with a page featuring our favorite actor, Russell Crowe). Many thanks to site administrator, Laura Hale, for her assistance and support!
And we’d like to give a special thanks to fellow Tweeters @deepbluesealove, @katmars, @Emma_Camden, @purplepopple and @jackiesfeet, for all their support and enthusiasm and good will on Twitter. You guys have made Twitter an awesome place to be!
Last but not least, a huge thank you to Jessie, Darrin, Kaspinet, Riley, and Natalie! Be sure to visit their sites and the others listed for beautiful artwork, fantastic forays into imagination, and lots of news and discussion about Russell Crowe. Can May 2010 come soon enough? NO!
One last thing – if you should wish to contact the author of a particular story, perhaps to convey a compliment upon their writing, or want to know how to become part of the Gaslight Tavern Yahoo group, be sure to go to our Contacts page and use the email and links listed there. Feedback is Pure Love to writers and they might be inspired to write more if you encourage them!
Happy reading!
Tina Bennett & Sharon Ferguson
Announcing: Deadline for March/April Updates
Saturday, March 7th, 2009 | From the Keeper's Desk | No Comments
The deadline for submissions will be Tuesday, March 31st and just remember, to make it easier for us to keep track of what we get, be sure to direct your work to gaslight@gaslighthotel.net. That way it goes right into that special inbox and it bypasses our regular email addresses where it might be lost or misplaced.
Life happens. After an earthquake last summer, a hurricane in September, long shifts of overtime and then an ice storm in January (the worst natural disaster in Kentucky history), you just never know what could happen. (In Kentucky, spring = tornadoes). Some of you may be under several feet of snow right now (you have my sympathies). Some of you may just have other things going on. Very understandable. If you think you’ll have a delay and you’re trying to get in at the deadline but see you’re going to be a few days late, just email and let us know. We’ll work something out and remember, we’re always on the lookout for a variety of things, from 100 and 200 word drabbles, to artwork and poetry, to single and multi-character stories, to of course Crowe’s Point stories.
The update will be in April — we’ll announce that date when everything is ready to go.
And of course send those Blip.FM requests to the same address with BLIP ME in the subject line. There’s never a deadline with those!
That’s it for now! Wherever you are, have a good and safe one and talk to you again soon!
For those of you new to the Gaslight Hotel, the only restrictions we have are that we do not accept Real Actor fiction and we do not accept slash fiction. Our intent is to stay as close to canon to the characters as they are portrayed in the movies as possible. If you have any questions, please contact us!
Tina
www.gaslighthotel.net
gaslight@gaslighthotel.net
To Break Winter’s Icy Hand…
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 | From the Keeper's Desk | No Comments
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Good morning, good afternoon and a very good evening to all of you!
Well, time definitely does fly when you are having fun, and it doesn’t seem that it was that long ago when we were announcing the updates before the end of last year and now here we are again! It is the height of winter in most of the world (except in Australia, where it is the height of summertime), and many of us are buried under snow, ice, more snow and more ice and then more snow, so that along with the bitter cold temperatures, well let’s face it, it is winter after all. And in Kentucky, we are suffering through the worst natural disaster in our modern history with power outages, ice and snow.
So…let’s think spring…let’s think warmth…and we invite you through our Gateway and into the world of the Gaslight Hotel.
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Welcome to our update and we not only have stories for you, but a few new special additions to add to your experience. Settle back and get ready for what all we have to offer this time.
When you enter the Receiving Room at http://www.thereceivingroom.com/wordpress/ (and you definitely ought to), be sure to scan the page for the right hand sidebar and you will find the link for Blip.FM!
You’re going “Huh? What’s Blip.FM?” It’s a way of building a playlist of your favorite music and Gaslight is now a part of it. We have loaded songs and other music for you to enjoy while you read our stories. Approximately twenty-five songs can be incorporated at a time in the scroll, so we’ll be changing the rotation as regularly as possible, probably every few days.
All you have to do is click on the link to start the rotation, and when one song has ended, manually click the ‘next’ button and you’re on your way again. We’ve also included – with many of the tunes – some little comments we hope are appropriate to the particular song and many will actually tie into the stories themselves! But the nice thing is that no download of Media Player or QuickTime is necessary!
Update coming soon!
Sunday, January 18th, 2009 | From the Keeper's Desk | No Comments
The deadline for submissions for The Gaslight Hotel website will be Friday, January 23rd.
Please send everything to gaslight@gaslighthotel.net so that it goes into the general mailbox and that way we don’t miss anything, and as always, have a beta go over things for you, no matter what you’re sending.
For those of you that sent off things off last time and didn’t get them into our last 2008 edition, we’ll be posting those this time around as well.
If by some chance, you’re working on something, get to the deadline and realize you need another day or two to finish it up, please get in touch and we’ll see what we can do.
And remember, if you ever have any questions, well, you know where to write!
Tina - Keeper and Moderator
Sharon - webmistress
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