So, let me start by saying: THANK-YOU.

If you've read this whole thing, you amaze me, and I adore you for it.

The response on this story has been overwhelming to me, and I must say, it's a very humbling experience, to see so many people reading, liking, reviewing. It's... well it's crazy, to me, really, because I'm just some chick who listened to a song and thought, "Oh hey, those would be awesome story titles, too bad I don't have a story for them..."

Because truthfully, I didn't. I heard, "Hallelujah," as performed by Rufus Wainwright one night; just a moment of, "Huh, haven't heard this one in a while, lemme give it a listen..." And then those lyrics came on, and the titles popped into my head, and all I could think was, "But what would I even DO with this?"

Well, apparently, I write a Sherlock AU Trilogy.

So, if you've come this far, and you want more, have no fear! After, "The Minor Fall," comes, "The Major Lift," followed by, "The Baffled King." Both are already started, and I'm super duper excited to bring them to you soon (or at least, "The Major Lift," will be soon)!

And now, because you are all awesome readers, I'm going to give some random and pointless facts about the writing of this story (and this series in general):

1 - In case you didn't know, this whole series is called, "Composing Hallelujah." You'll find out why, precisely, it's called that. Part of it is because that was literally the next line in the song. And part of it is in the stories.

2 - I write out of order. I do this A LOT. See, I don't just have ADHD, I have ADOS (which is Attention Deficit OH SHINY!). One of the only things that saves my bacon on this is the writing program I use, which is WriteWay. It's similar to Scrivener, in that you can write bits and move them around within the document. I can print out a scene, a chapter, an act, or the whole document, depending on what I'm doing. This makes it phenomenally handy for editing, because I can go through and say, "Oh look, I used this already, change that..." Don't get me wrong, I'm still human. I make mistakes. It's normal. But with this, I find I am writing better. And that's a good thing.

3 - Chapter 48 (The proposal scene) was written before I was even halfway finished with the story. It's had minor tweaks and such, but overall the scene is nearly completely unchanged from it's original form.

4 - I also started work on both, "The Major Lift," and, "The Baffled King," before I was halfway through, "The Minor Fall." Because I knew how they would be opening, and there were certain scenes I wanted to incorporate, so I wrote them while they were in my brain.

5 - I wrote the ending of, "The Baffled King," when I was all of 5 or 6 chapters into, "The Minor Fall." So yes, I know exactly how this whole thing is going to end. No, I won't tell you, it would spoil the fun of getting there. ;D

6 - In fact, I know how each story will start and end. The tricky bit is figuring out that stuff in the middle.

7 - There are... 3, maybe 4, short stories that will fit in the universe of, "Composing Hallelujah." I'm hoping to put one of them out between, "The Minor Fall," and, "The Major Lift." It should be a prequel to, "The Minor Fall." Title TBD.

8 - The music of Adam Hurst is one of my favorite go-to playlists for writing this. He does cello music, all instrumental, and it is amazingly emotional and moving. I've bought all his albums from either Amazon MP3 or CD Baby. He's awesome, and if you like instrumentals, give him a listen.

9 - Jason, the heroin addict in Chapter 47, is based on a very good, very close of friend of mine, whom I am sad to say did not survive his battle with drugs, despite rehab. His system was too abused, and a few days after he turned 29, his heart gave out. Words cannot express.

10 - For those of you who are perhaps trying to figure out when exactly, "The Major Lift," should be starting, look for it around August 6th. :D


And now, one quick heads-up for all my lovely readers on FF-dot-net: Due to the policies regarding explicit fiction, it's possible that some of these stories may be taken down. The prequel especially, which is going to deal with what happened immediately before the opening of, "The Minor Fall." In other words, it's going to focus on what happened between Sherlock and Jim that particular night.

SO, if you want to make sure you're reading EVERYTHING in this series, I recommend checking out my AO3 account here: archiveofourown-dot-org/users/Ricechex (Just replace the "-dot-" with a "." and you're set). There you'll also find some of the other stories I've written that FF-dot-net won't allow, so feel free to browse around! Any questions, hit me up! Send me a PM or find me on Twitter/Tumblr. I promise, I only bite if you ask nicely. ;D

Once again, I thank-you.

You have no idea just how much each and ever review, alert, and fave means to me. You are all amazing, lovely, wonderful people, and you have made my life richer simply by sharing my world.