Hi! My name's Jenny, I'm 21, from England, and am a perpetual student with a passion for culture, books and theatre. At the moment, I am just starting a Masters degree at the University in my hometown, Portsmouth in Museum and Heritage Studies. Rather unsurprisingly, I want to work in Museums when I am properly qualified. I have a degree in History, and specialised in Regency, Victorian and Edwardian Medicine. I write for the Sherlock Holmes fandom on fanfiction, although at some point, I'd like to start writing for other fandoms. Sherlock Holmes is, however, the fandom I'm most comfortable writing for. Here are some lists (because I like lists!) of my favourite things...

Films: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Serenity, Stardust, Pride and Prejudice, Star Trek, The Young Victoria, 500 days of Summer

TV: Sherlock Holmes (especially the Jeremy Brett/Granada series and the 2002 Hound of the Baskervilles with Richard Roxburgh and Ian Hart), Doctor Who, Poirot, Ashes to Ashes, Keeping up Appearances, Diagnosis Murder, Scrubs, Top Gear, Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime, Miss Marple, Lewis, Dad's Army

Books: The Bible, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, The 'Adventure' books by Willard Price, Anything by Jeremy Clarkson, Books by Lori Wick, James Herriot, the 'Lady Julia' books by Deanna Raybourn

Music: Within Temptation, Nightwish, Hillsong, Shakira, The Hoosiers, Feist, Regina Spektor, Ben Cantelon, Tim Hughes

Actors: Jeremy Brett, David Tennant, Philip Glenister, Hugh Fraser, Richard Armitage, Alan Rickman, James Marsden, Christopher Eccleston, David Suchet

Actresses: Emma Thompson, Freema Agyeman, Kate Winslet, Kate Mulgrew, Ava Gardner, Audrey Hepburn, Catherine Tate, Kristin Scott Thomas, Carey Mulligan

Other stuff about me:

- I love horse-riding, walking and shopping, as well as reading and playing (very badly) the piano

- I am a bible-believing Baptist/Pentecostal Christian

Things I don't like (in Sherlock Holmes Fanfic):

- Slash (especially Holmes/Watson), HolmesxIrene (There is a reason ACD did not put them together)

- Any really obvious Mary Sues (look who's talking! My heroine in 'A Singular Woman' is about as Mary-Sueish as you can get!)

Book Review!

I've recently started reading the Laurie R King stories about Holmes and Mary Russell. Mostly, I like them and the stories are very good. Mary Russell is quite often hilarious, and Holmes' little bits of humour are also very funny. She seems to have got the whole sardonic, sarcastic Holmes off to a tee. However (and this is a big however), there are quite a few things I really, really don't like. Firstly, and most importantly, I feel, her representation of Watson as rather stupid, naive and a 'doddering old fool'. This is completely uncanonical (get ready for me to wax quite lyrical about this!) Watson was a trained medical man (so he was not stupid). He lived with Holmes for over twenty years, and was an ex-soldier (so he was not naive). As a bit of a Watson devotee (he is my favourite character, I reckon) I feel my hackles rising whenever I see him in her books. Also, I don't like the whole Irene/Holmes thing that apparently went on during the hiatus (I think Holmes would have done something productive with his time if he was in hiding, rather than go and set up with Ms Adler). Also, I think Mary Russell is a bit of a Mary Sue, but then again that is my interpretation. Overall then, I liked the books, good stories, well written and all that. But I have to say, I enjoyed ACD's books by far and away more than I enjoyed these.

My Stories

A Singular Woman was a story which I wrote when I was about 16, and edited more recently. As such, it probably is not my best work. However, please do read it - for honest enjoyment because you like Holmes/OC romance fics or just for a laugh (I really don't mind!) Basically the story is that a young woman is orphaned, and eventually goes to live with Holmes and Watson.

Unsolved is probably not to everyone's taste, being a time travel fic, but it is quite good fun, and I think (due to the fact that I wrote about the Ripper for part of my degree) quite historically accurate. Please Read!

I am a Doctor, not a... is a series of drabbles using the TOS/McCoy challenge. Most of them are funny, or sweet and one or two are angsty. For this one, I am going to keep updating as and when inspiration hits me.

The Old Shikari is Moran's perspective on the events at Reichenbach falls. I was always kind of interested in Moran's character (not romantically or anything like that), just because he is Moriarty's right hand man, and I would like to know what attracted him to joining Moriarty's organisation. This is a one-shot probably, unless I decide one day to write EMPT from his perspective.

The Gentleman's Game is a little tribute to Dr Watson. It's a one-shot exploring the possibility of Watson returning for a one-off game of Rugby at his old club, and Holmes turning up to cheer him on. I thought of the idea in the university cafe (as for some reason there seemed to be a rugby gathering in there one day). I have to say that Watson (especially played by David Burke) is my favourite character (just because he is so lovely!)

Friends is a tribute both to Mrs Hudson, and to our own VHunter07. It is a one-shot about Mrs Hudson's life after Holmes' retirement. I wanted to write something sweet and happy, so I came up with the idea of Holmes, Watson and Mrs Hudson spending her birthday together.

The Adventure at Morton Manor is a Christmassy/Gothic themed mystery with a bit of light romance (in the form of Meredith Throckmorton) thrown in. It's the story of Holmes and Watson going to stay in a big manor house for a family christmas, but ending up investigating a murder. This story is the first of a trio of stories set in this 'universe' and starring (to a greater or lesser extent) Meredith. The next is:

The Mystery of the Lionsmere Ghosts which is a horror/ghost story set in this almost cursed village called Lionsmere. The story is about the friendship beween Holmes and Watson, as well as being a mystery and (crossing everything here!) I am really quite proud of it. Meredith makes a very fleeting appearance (one or two chapters, I believe).

The Case of the Cursed Treasure is the third in the trilogy of stories with the Throckmortons in them. This one is more of an action/adventure story, about a mysterious buried treasure and including a rather difficult riddle (although if you study English history, you might be able to figure out some of it). This story is finished at last, and will probably be the last I write about the Throckmortons (I think - although never say never!)

The Affair of the Red Leech is one of those rather teasing titles that Watson gave us, but didn't explain, so here is my version! Its based around the Royal Family just before the turn of the nineteenth century and contains my favourite two original characters, Lord Jack Darcy and Lady Magdalena Grey. It's a bit of a medical story, an old fashioned murder mystery, and has a bit of a romance and action thrown in.

OK, at the moment I am planning a different kind of story, still in the tradition of Conan Doyle (an in-character Holmes and Watson, lots of action and history etc.), but set in the early twentieth century after Holmes' retirement. And due to the fact that I am having a bit of an egyptology phase, it may have Holmes and Watson jetting (well, not jetting precisely, more sort of ambling) their way off to Egypt. This story will more than likely be in collaboration with Boston Manor, who is a fantastic Sherlock Holmes writer, and who is in my favourites list (go and have a look, the stories are brill!)