Over.

[janedavitt]

We've just finished the final chapter of Secretary and it's been posted to secretary_fic.

I don't quite know what to say apart from 'thank you'.

Thank you to the readers, who've been unstinting and generous with feedback and support.

Thank you to cheesygirl and xmirax for making beautiful graphics to go with the fic.

Thank you to the three people I've spent the last eight months writing with: allegraslade, darling_effect and lovesbitca. You made this an experience I'm not going to forget, one I wish never had to end.

But it does, and it has, and....

swmbo came closest to the final word count of 661,895 and wins the four drabbles!!! Congratulations to you, Queen of the Correct Guesses! :;smooches::

As she doesn't actually read the fic she has very kindly said that she's more than willing to let nikitangel who came so very close to winning and got second place, and has been a tireless reader/feedbacker, to choose what the drabbles should be about.

One subject has been suggested by me, inspired by a comment laurelin_kit made; Faith and Anya meeting for the first time, but you can choose any four you like nikitangel and we'll do our best with them.

I'm going off to collapse in a corner now.

From It’s pouring rain the day of her interview to 'The End' it's been one hell of a lot of fun.

And I'm more in love with this Wesley than any other character I've ever written. Maddening, mercurial, lonely, lovable and loving - and hotter than Faith's backside when he's finished spanking it.

I've learned such a lot from the fic and my fellow authors writing this; how to write het smut, which I'd not done much before, how to plot out a book-length fic - how to write a book-length fic, writing about 1-2,000 words every day pretty much for eight straight months.

I know I can do it now. I can write a book. Hell, I have written one; a quarter of Secretary is a book by any standards. I won't be daunted by the idea any more.

Thanks for that, too.