In the wake of finally finishing Through a Glass Darkly I have decided to try, in the vernacular, to push my luck a little bit... at least as far as fanfiction goes.

See, I have a casefic I want to write. The working title is Bitter Nocturne. Those of you as talk to me via IM may have heard a little bit about this story: the basic gist of the idea is that it owes its existence to my wanting to play with the whole concept of Weiss Kreuz supernatural fiction a little. There's a lot of it about out there, but I've not been very impressed by what I've seen so far and, simply put, I believe that I can do it better. I'm vain like that.

So, what does this have to do with pushing my luck? Well, it's really very simple. In the style of weissday and other timed fic challenges, I am going to attempt to write the entire fic this month.

I should, theoretically, be able to manage this. I completed my weissday assignment on time, despite the fact that I was ill on several occasions during the month I had to write it, and all-too-frequently stressed out my tiny mind. Earlier this year, I also managed to satisfy my need to write a Valentine's day fanfic by completing 2/14: The Florist's Tale in under a week. I know damn well that I can write quickly when I feel like it, and when I can actually be bothered to concentrate instead of messing around on Gaia. I should, therefore, theoretically be perfectly capable of completing this casefic within the next 31 days. I have the outline all ready to run; I have the prologue finished. There is - in theory, anyway - no reason why I should be incapable of completing it if I just put my mind to it and stop messing about on Gaia so much.

The difficulty, of course, lies in putting theory into practice,. Watch this space, if you will/dare.