The Fic of a Snick

This website is nabbing and reposting LJ fic. I'm told the admin will take down stuff down if the author complains, but is otherwise standing firm on his perceived right to repost anything he likes without permission. ladydragon76 has more information.

kwritten, there's TVD fic on the first page that was written for you, but it doesn't say who it's by. Taken care of.

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I've concluded that one of the reasons I find Yuletide stressful (and thus why I haven't done it for a couple of years) is the pressure of writing a giftfic for someone whose enthusiasms are really different than mine. Obviously that's a hazard with any exchange, but for Yuletide fandoms I feel it more? I don't know.

Anyway, the obvious solution is to write treat fics instead for whatever prompts take my fancy! All the prompts go live around Christmas Eve, I think, but I'm already at home on Ye Olde Dial-Up Connection by then, and that's really inconvenient. Hence, the the Dear Yuletide Letter spreadsheet of amazing is a wonderful, wonderful invention. I've just spent half an hour trawling for things that might maybe result in plotbunnies.

Testimonial: I got Wallace & Gromit fabulousness one year from someone who wasn't even assigned to me. So yes, people do actually do this!

All of which is to say, if you've signed up for Yuletide and wrote a Dear Yuletide letter, be sure to drop a comment at the collection post so it can be added to the spreadsheet! Because then someone might find it and write you something extra. (Protip: if you include the actual text of your sign-up prompts in the letter, too, it makes it easier for random people to write you things.)

Also, FYI, Yuletide signups are still open until here until the 31st.

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brutti_ma_buoni has decided Jossverse fandom needs a boost in the form of a motivation-a-thon. The theory here is that you make whatever commitment you like to finish some project you're working on or start a new one you've been wanting to start by the early December deadline. Fic, vids, fanmixes, whatever media you like is welcome. Graphics folks are especially welcome, as Brutti is hoping to get a little bit of a mini-bang going, where people make art to go along with the fics.

Personally, I'm going to use this as an excuse to finish that Faith&Giles snowbound-in-a-cabin fic that I've posted precisely one chapter of so far.

If this sounds like your thing, click on the banner above or check out the comm, letsgetitdone.

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1. Artist claiming is still open over at spn_j2_bigbang. If you're interested, you can see all the prompts by joining the comm and then going here (post locked to non-members). If you see a prompt you want, sign up at the artist sign-up post and then claim. There are still intriguing prompts available! And also mine.

EDIT: Mine's claimed now! My self-serving PSA totally worked, you guys. :D

2. Over at shipswap (which mod team I have joined! hurrah!) we're looking for online resources for nominated canons. We're especially interested in resources for minor canons, but anything you can point us to - wikis, script databases, legal sources of canon, etc - would be appreciated.

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snowpuppies is organizing a Feedback-a-Thon.

Basically: you sign up with a list of three BtVS/Ats works you'd like feedback on. (This could include artwork or vids as well as fic.) You get a list of three authors with three works each, and you write "meaningful feedback" for at least one work per author. Meanwhile, three different people each give you feedback on at least one of your three works.

If I understand the rules correctly, when you sign up you can choose whether or not to receive concrit as part of your feedback. (That seems like at least half the point of this to me, so I would definitely want to.)

OTOH, if you're really more excited about giving the feedback than getting it, you can participate unofficially. snowpuppies says there will be a masterlist of fics by Jan. 15.

Anyway. Yeah. This is very nifty, and I'm excited.

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As usual Buffyverse Classic Recs is coming the end of October. Yay!

Now, I have a question for y'all: is there any particular sort of thing you'd be interested in seeing recced? I've gone through a lot of my favorite topics already for previous classic recs sessions, but if y'all have something you'd like to see recs of, I might could accommodate you. :)

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This is the fest that inspired me to finally post my first Buffyfic three years ago (the matching set of Spike&Darla fics, specifically), and two years ago someone wrote me some Faith/Giles. brutti_ma_buoni, in fact. The first fics in the Rulesverse, in fact. (I will never not be squeeful about inspiring the Rulesverse.)

So. Make a list of things you would like, and then go make other people things they would like. Simple and fun!

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I neglected to mention this when sign-ups first opened, but there's still time; they close August 15. There's a lot of new faces signed up this time, I notice. Come join the Spuffy party!


sign up at dreamwidth - sign up at livejournal

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If you like the idea of fic remixes but the pressure of fic exchanges make you nervous, remix_gone_wild might be just the comm for you. Remix fic by any author who's signed up (or anyone else, as long as you get permission), fics due by Dec 31. Sign-up post here.

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