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Fan authors and pro editors will find much that is familiar in wendymr's rant about authors who don't care about their own stories.

A funny Torchwood/Sarah Jane Adventures crossover, Down the Lane. Safe for work & very much in character all the way around.
From inside the house, the boy's voice drifted out to Torchwood. "Mum, there's some guy in a long coat outside with a piece of blank paper in a billfold and he wants to see you."...

Rapid footsteps neared the door, and it was flung open by a very attractive older woman. The happy expression on her face vanished in an instant when she spotted Jack.

For his part, Jack gaped. "Sarah Jane?" he said, flummoxed.

The woman reached forward, slapped Jack across the cheek, and slammed the door in their faces.

Ianto cleared his throat in the silence. "Good with the lady of the house, indeed."

"Shut up," Jack snapped, rubbing at his cheek and his wounded ego.

Whovian Gallimaufry

Other copies of Quality of Leadership are appearing in the author's hands, including Fearless Editor. (I still got mine first. Neener.) Available from the authorized Who merch resellers, Amazon.co.uk, and, of course, Big Finish.

BF, by the way, are branching out; in a couple of months their Companion Chronicles is going to a monthly release program. (This and the BAFTA for Blink - I know, I need to write a FFN report. One more day, s'il vous plait. Still not getting everything done of an evening that I hope to do.)

Amazon.co.uk has sent me my latest round of audio goodies, and although I sincerely intended to keep this for the M*W drive, I think I'm going to listen to Pest Control right now. I'm thrilled to see that it's the first of the official Donna tie-ins; considering that you could order the Doctor-Donna September books before you could even get a description of Pest Control, I was wondering if the audio would even come out at all, or if it would go MIA like the third of the Torchwood audio releases.

Amazon.com has cover art of the next three Torchwood books, but Amazon.co.uk has nothing on any of them, so they must be winter releases (as the Sept. Who books are already orderable). Why .com would have any info before .co.uk puzzles me. I'm confused. I'm also assuming that at least one is set before the end of S2, because of the big honkin' no-longer-applicable picture on the cover.

Apparently there will be no Doctor Who next week, not in America or Britian. Considering the spanking the Whofen gave the Holiday Inn router last Media*West, I think I'm relieved. (Why I love fandom: trying to call a friend to see how her Internet connection was, getting the wrong room, and having a total stranger cheerfully say "Oh, no bother, let me hit pause on the disk I'm watching and see what my computer says.")

via nnwest, this multi-companion vid to Mambo # 5 (like everyone else, I lose it on "Jessica"), which then linked to the 10/Rose That Don't Impress Me Much and the 10/Martha Kiss the Girl.

And jigglykat has delightful one-shot art but all I can say in description is "Season 4 finale spoiler." You have been warned.