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Born 1961 (after my time in a number of respects). Former music and recorded sound librarian. More than slightly technophobic. Proud seat-of-the-pants computer user (no real skills).

My screen name is my own middle name combined with the name of the street I grew up on. Supposedly, that's how golden age film stars came up with their, er, screen names.

My avatar is a large detail of Valentin Aleksandrovitch Serov's Portrait of Mara Konstantinovna Oliv (oil on canvas, 1895; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg). We resemble each other - except that I no longer have that nice, even hairline, so I got bangs cut in.

I am an American trying to write fan fiction for a British TV series. As it happens, I grew up on British TV, kidlit, and (mostly light) fiction. This has had an effect on my day-to-day speech patterns, and I flatter myself that I'm fairly proficient in British locutions. I may only be fooling myself, however, and in any case spelling and punctuation are another matter entirely. If you read anything in my work that seems inauthentic or out of place (or, of course, if you spot a typo), please point it out to me in a PM so I can fix it.

Now then, down to business:

SAM/ANDREW SHIPPERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT A COUPLE OF DEEPLY REGRETTABLE PLOT LINES!

IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE ANDREW.

And why do I believe this?

First, I strongly suspect that Anthony Horowitz originally intended for Andrew to be his alter ego to some extent. He (and/or Jill Green, his producer and wife) even cast an actor in the role who bears a passing resemblance to himself. Second, there is an interview in which Honeysuckle Weeks recalls that when season three was in the works, Mr. Horowitz and Ms. Green suggested that Sam should marry Andrew. Ms. Weeks quite rightly demurred, but the point is that they didn't suggest that she should marry anyone else. (The interview is on the same DVD as 'A War of Nerves.' Many thanks to Foylephile for pointing this out to me.) Third ... well, you are aware, aren't you, that the names Andrew and Adam mean essentially the same thing, in Greek and Hebrew respectively? Ἀνδρέας is an adjective, אדם is a noun.

I rest my case.

I recommend reading the stories below in chronological order (that is, in the order in which they take place, which not the same as the order in which I wrote them), as they form an arc:

When Thou Goest Forth to War

The Cavalry

Please Remain Silent

Fires Within Fires

The Post

Separate Boxes

Someone You Know

Return Fare, or, The Sort of Thing That Happens Here

Parachute Silk

(Incidentally, my other big things include opera and classical music generally, particularly vocal and choral music. You've been warned.)