That's all folks!

Dear reader,

Finished!  At last!  Finished!  The story is finished, and my soul has gone out into it.  That is all.  It is nothing worth mentioning.

I hope you enjoyed the adventures of the Gilbert & Sullivan gang.

If you're stumbling across this for the first time, welcome!  Here's a summary of what the stories are about, along with links to the start of each.

Hilarity Ensues
Inspired by a dream a friend of mine had.  The aim was to incorporate all of the silly ideas friends of mine had about settings for shows- In space!  On fire!  On ice!  With turnips! (not a clue)  With a spoon! (don't ask).

Things I learnt in writing it: Planning is good.  Attempting to insert an overarching story arc when half of it has already been 'published' is not. 

Misplaced
This was inspired by a conversation with my housemates at the time on what would happen if we and our friends were stranded on a desert island.  I've never seen Lost and have only read extracts of Lord of the flies but influences from both somehow got in, as well as a slight Narnian element. 

Things I learnt in writing it: Having too many characters and then creating a duplicate version of each is confusing, for the author and the audience.  Although it does give you freedom to be nasty and still have a happy(ish) ending.

Fantom of the operetta
Once the character of 'Future James' was created while on holiday, time travel seemed the natural follow up to space travel and alternative dimensions.  And what would a group of G&S fans do with a time machine if not go looking for Thespis?  There's also visible Discworld influence, although I didn't realise that till late on in writing it.

Things I learnt in writing it: Aargh time travel is a pain to write if you are a pedant and want a plot that holds water with no obvious flaws.  Aargh.