OH MERCEDES LACKEY. If you want, like, a distillation of my high school experience, I just silently point you to the Mercedes Lackey section in any bookstore or library. Just the other day I was in Twice Sold Tales and ended up sitting on the floor rereading bits of Arrow's Fall, as you do.

I would be happy to beta your Sherlock fic! Also ahahaha NaNo, yeah that's... not happening this year...