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Well, I finished the Spectral Stalker. And in the end, as I knew I would even while quibbling, I kept my original intentions. I finally just kind of gave up and accepted that I wanted to do it with Caldwell being alive. It's been very difficult to get reviews on the last few chapters; Harry has vanished again (although by this point I'm convinced he will be back) and Kaleen is an on-again off-again reviewer (although I'm pretty sure she does read, even if she doesn't review). There has been definite interest, though; my hit counts have been very good. Overall, though, I know it's not as strong or as good as my other Perry mysteries and I'm discouraged about that and disappointed in myself. But I "fixed" what I set out to fix, so in that respect I'm pleased.

As usual, I kind of planned to stop the series with this installment. And also as usual, I ended up with another plunnie before I'd even finished. It was the plunnie that kind of sealed my decision to go ahead and write the rest of the Spectral Stalker without waiting for reviews, as I was anxious to start trying to share the new story. It's going to feature Paul in a large role (and his friendship with Hamilton, although his friendships with Perry, Della, and Steve Drumm will play important roles too). And I'm going to try to keep it from swerving into sci-fi or supernatural territory. Keyword: try.

One thing I've always done quite deliberately that I'm not sure anyone has ever noticed is that Paul never (or very rarely) addresses Hamilton by name when speaking to him. His reason for that is that he's not sure what to call him. "Hamilton" would indicate a level of closeness that they don't have, "Burger" sounds too cold and removed when talking right to him, and "Mr. Burger" sounds too formal. So Paul tried to resolve the dilemma by not calling him anything. When talking about him to others, Paul usually says "Burger", as per canon information. I may eventually force him into a situation in the new fic where he has to call Hamilton something.

I also wrote up something random and dark for yesterday's 31_days prompt. It was supposed to end on a tragic note, but in the end I couldn't do it. I wrote another segment after that one. I'm hopeless.

I'm currently working on a crossover conversation I've wanted to do forever, with Lieutenant Schrank and Dan Mathews. It's coming along very nicely. Next step: get a Highway Patrol category requested on FF.net. I still have that straight-out Highway Patrol fic I want to do sometime, where Dan is shot by a nut and Sgt. Williams (William Boyett's character) and maybe Sgt. Walters (Stuart Whitman's character) come together in righteous outrage to catch the creep.

Comments

[gweniveve-skyes.livejournal.com]

Heh, it has been forever since I've watched Perry Mason. I remember watching that with my mum, Kolchak too lol. (those and Murder She Wrote. I'm fully convinced that she's some sort of Grim Reaper, with all those people dying around her and what not)
You made me want to pull out my Kolchak DVDs and watch those again, BTW.
. . .And then promptly write a YGO/Kolchak and possibly Dresden Files crossover.

I'm sorry. Lol.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Yay, someone else who knows what I'm talking about! I adore Perry; my local station shows an episode most nights and I watch. Although my tastes differ quite amazingly from the majority of viewers I've run into. I'm most partial to the district attorney.

Haha, a Kolchak/YGO crossover happened last year. Now that was a wild ride. I'm not familiar with the Dresden Files, though. Just the X-Files.

(LOL, have you ever seen Monk? His second assistant comments to him that he must be the Prince of Darkness because murder always happens around him. Later on, though, she changes her tune and decides that maybe he's meant to be at the murders so he can catch the killers.)

[gweniveve-skyes.livejournal.com]

LOL. I'd have to re-watch the series again, so I don't sound like a complete idiot when talking to you.
The Dresden Files are a book series written by a guy named Jim Butcher. It's about Chicago's only wizard, named Harry Dresden( in the phone book, nonetheless) who ends up investigating all sorts of funky magical stuff. It's a fantastic book series--KoK can attest to that--and I'd think you like it. I actually enjoy it more than the Harry Potter series, IMO.
I've actually watched Monk before, almost the whole series, I never got to watch the very last episode though, so I know what you're talking about C:

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Once you get past the formulaic writing, there's some pretty awesome stuff in there. That was the district attorney Hamilton Burger in my previous icon, from the only color episode. Here he is with Perry in court.

LOL. That does sound interesting and fun! I'm actually only a casual fan of Harry Potter at best. I'm always curious to check out things people like better than it.

That's too bad you haven't seen the final episode. I didn't think I would like it, but it ended up that I did after all.

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

A little late, but congrats on completing the fic!

And ooh, something Lt. Schrank. Awesome.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

It's still coming along quite well. I really like being able to compare and contrast the characters, especially since I felt that sometimes Schrank sounded like Mathews in some of his speech pattern. With this, I can fully see how they're the same and different.