#w.e. johns

[sholiofic]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Biggles Holiday Airdrop is currently in signups on AO3!

What we are:

A low minimum (500 words), low pressure holiday fic exchange for W.E. Johns' Biggles books. (Fic only this year, art to be added in future years if there is interest!)

Run through AO3

All pairings and gen welcome

Signups close Nov. 15

Assignments due Jan. 6

Everyone who writes for someone else is guaranteed a gift!

This exchange is run by @sholiofic / @laylainalaska.

Assignments will be sent and posted on AO3, so you must have an AO3 account to participate! If you need an invite, DM me for one.

Full instructions at the link. DM me if questions! Feel free to reblog this far and wide.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[writer-of-worlds]

So I was checking out TV Tropes’ Author Existence Failure page and looked at the examples and...

This sentence tho:

That’s how I would die if I’m an author: died in the middle of a goddamn sentence.

[laylainalaska]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Biggles Holiday Airdrop, the annual Biggles fic exchange I run, just dropped with 28 brand-new fics, featuring a variety of pairings plus gen. If you're interested in this fandom, go forth and check out the bounty!

[silveronthetree]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Worrals Series - W. E. Johns Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Joan "Worrals" Worralson, Betty "Frecks" Lovell Summary: In which Worrals and Frecks continue on together as always, albeit with a little more drag.

I got the best fic for Yuletide this year!

I can't quite express how utterly delightful this fic was. It features our favourite girl pilots and some all new adventures featuring cross-dressing disguises, Frecks's probably heaving bosom, some amusing aliases and ends with a terribly, terribly English declaration of love, all in the unique style of W.E. Johns. I squeed and giggled all the way through.

[ignoreourignorance]

When you are flying, everything is all right or it is not all right. If it is all right there is no need to worry. If it is not all right one of two things will happen. Either you will crash or you will not crash. If you do not crash there is no need to worry. If you do crash one of two things is certain. Either you will be injured or you will not be injured. If you are not injured there is no need to worry. If you are injured one of two things is certain. Either you will recover or you will not recover. If you recover there is no need to worry. If you don't recover you can't worry.

W.E. Johns

[biggles1914]

My favourite Biggles book, Biggles Learns to Fly! This one just must be read. It depicts how Biggles got into flying and tells about his time at his first squadron, the one before 266 squadron were he becomes famous.

[biggles1914]

Biggles Information

So maybe you guys don't know who Biggles is. I could sit here and give a beautiful long summary and it wouldn't properly sum him up. Instead I shall give you a beautiful short summary, my blog and a link to Biggles' wikipedia page. Maybe that will fill the gaps. Who knows?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggles

Alright, here goes my summary. Biggles is short for James Bigglesworth. Biggles is a fictional character who spans more than 98 books. The series is written by Captain W.E. Johns, a WWI fighter pilot. Biggles begins when James Bigglesworth joins the Royal Flying Corps in WWI. He starts out in two seater fighter aircraft before moving to Sopwith Camels. His cousin, Algy (Algernon Lacey) soon joins him on the front along with various other characters including Mahoney and McLaren. After WWI Biggles has numerous flying adventures with his newest protege Ginger Hebblethwaite. When WWII comes around the friends are joined by Bertie Lissie as their adventures continue. 

Honestly I can't do Biggles justice and neither can the movie. Please, just read the books. At QBD in Australia you can buy an omnibus for five dollars if you get it on sale. :D Read it and haunt the second hand book stores for more.