-Gemini, by only_passenger. Very short Buffy/Faith, full of moments with subtle, heavy depths of meaning; vivid, compelling images of Faith; and hotness/introspection/hotness.

-ninebillion is an LJ community set up for us to explore the faiths/religions of characters we love. "Faiths/religions" includes everything you can think of, and some things you can't, from Angel's lapsed Catholicism to Roslin's prayers to the Lords of Kobol to Octavian's Roman sacrifices. Sign up for the fic exchange, where you can write and recieve fic about the faiths of characters you request from multiple fandoms.

-Considering my experience with hd_holidays was the only thing that got me to finish a Harry/Draco fic, I signed up for another fest. They're looking for even more people to join, so if you've ever considered writing Harry, Draco, Snape, or some combination thereof, here you go:

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-The Darogas' band, Landlord's Daughter. They sound like awesome does.

So, I wrote Now The Shining Sun Is Up for hd_holidays. It's a Harry/Draco story about dealing with the long-reaching social and political effects of war.

Although it really needs so much more work, I'm kind of happy with the story. It could've been so much better, really shiny, but as it is it got across the gut of what I really wanted to get across, I think. And that was why I entered the ficathon. You know I hate ficathons and only enter them because I love Lynne and Chrislee. But I've been trying to write H/D for a whole year now, and while I have millions of pieces of things on my comp, I've yet to really spit out one whole thing. For this ficathon I started about five different stories, 30,000 wasted words all told. It was in the last two days I wrote this one, and then the mods of the fest were nice enough to let me send in my second draft (which took another week or so to write, on top of moving) to post. The final draft would've been tighter, with excess talk cut out, and a couple vital moments added--but if I'd've had the time, I wouldn't rewrite this fic, just polish it up a bit. In TKPspeak, that means I'm a bit proud of it.

In other news, it was bizarre being a part of a fest with anonymous gifts, much less in a fandom I'd never participated in. Since no one in H/D fandom knows who I am anyway, I thought it wouldn't make much difference if I was anonymous or not, and that the fest would be a good way to get the story out there without having to wave my arms and say, "look at me!" Makes it weird, though, when people think they know who wrote it. Especially if they think it was mistful, which was flattering and also weird and also worrisome (i.e. I'm inspired by her writing! But am I "inspired" too much?). At any rate, it was pleasing and surprising the way people responded. It wasn't a mega hit or anything, but I don't really think the unpolished nature of the fic merits that. But there were people with really thoughtful comments who really appreciated what I tried to do with the story, which warms the cockles of my heart. (Not the mussels of my heart, though. Or even muscles; that's so purely clinical.) Since I've never participated in a fest like this before, and since I know no one in the fandom, it was weird to watch the comments trickle in--I kept wondering where they were coming from and who they were. Kind of like when I wrote Oroboros, the commenting on which was a surreal experience completely. In other words, I'm glad I did it, even if I've been stressing pretty much four months over it.

So, all five of you who read H/D, pls to be letting me know what you think, if you're so inclined as to read. I'll be reposting it on IJ in the next few days.

Next up is anelith's H/D, which I <3 so much I need to stop talking about it and just finish it!

I have no business doing this as my participation in the past three ficathon type things I was in has been so harried and kinda craptastic, and I haven't even read the IWRY Marathon entries yet! But I figure it's alright as I'm just casing your interest...Actually sign ups won't take place until February or so (only if there is enough interest). Enough excuses! Here is my idea for the ficathon:

This ficathon wouldn't be for everyone. It would be for people who identify as primarily Buffy/Angel fans or Buffy/Spike fans. NB: I don't mean for people who only identify that way; for instance, I "identify" as a B/Aer, but I do love me my Angel/Spike and Buffy/Faith and Buffy/Connor and Angel/Wesley and so on, and I have read an enjoyed a number of Buffy/Spike fics. But if you ask me what my favorite 'ship is in the 'verse, I'd definitely say B/A. So ends the explanation of who this ficathon would be for, and the rest of you can stop reading.

The idea behind the ficathon is that all the people who identify as B/Aers would try to write a quality B/S fic, and all the people who identify as B/Sers would try to write a quality B/A fic. I was thinking that if there were around an even number of B/Aers and B/Sers, each B/Aer could get partnered to a B/Ser. These "partnerships" could mean various things, something as traditional as each partner makes requests and the other has to write to one of their requests*, or maybe the partners could kind of discuss their ideas and process as they write.

( More info on a Proposed Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Spike Ficathon, for B/Aers and B/Sers )

Baby, I know you wanna show that thon, tha-thon-thon-thon.

-METATHON: Let's get metaphysical, metaphysical. Are you intimidated by meta? Now you don't have to be, with this easy one-two-three meta-thon(g)! Wear it, and all your fears about getting physical wear away!

I could totally be a scary announcer guy. But anyway, really, seraphcelene is asking us to do something really easy, something we want to do anyway, and something I've heard a lot of you say you want more of. She's asking us to talk about our writing. You can write a DVD commentary, an in depth analysis of control dynamics between your male and female characters throughout your entire body of work, or answer the question, Why Do I Always Write About Cheese? It's a chance to talk about yourself. Indulge yourself. It doesn't have to be difficult or mind-bending to be informative or illuminating to others. Sign up to write about why you write what you do: here.

-MARATHON: It's time for the IWRY Fic Marathon again. For those of you who don't know, it's a ficathon focused on Buffy/Angel. It's into its fourth (fifth?) year, and imo it's one of the things that helps keep Jossverse alive. Even if you don't write B/A, this is an excellent chance to try your hand at it. chrisleeoctaves always makes this event a pleasure in which to participate; for the entire month of November there're new fics by all kinds of writers, one each day. Please consider signing up, before I do something drastic like volunteer to write two which I know I can't do, but am thinking about doing anyway because I'm worried about the lack of participants.

-FICATHON: kangeiko is gauging interest in a faith ficathon, in which participants will write fics celebrating the faiths of different characters. As Kangeiko says, the character you write about doesn't have to have a strong on-screen/page relationship to his/her faith. Rather, you as the author has to determine what that relationship might be, and how it affects the character. Kangeiko uses the example of Firefly--Book is very religious, obviously, but how did Mal become so disillusioned? What is Inara's faith? Does Jayne have one? I think this would be a really awesome ficathon. State your interest here.

-For those keeping up with Another One Like It Tomorrow, posting will resume this weekend. I'm so sorry for the long delay.

-As for where I've been, thanks to all of you who've been concerned. I'm fine, and hopefully will be more active online soon. I owe some of you emails and others of you fb and others of you crazy souped up Phantom of the Opera plotlines, K, I'm looking at you. I miss you guys!

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On September 1, all of fandom here on IJ posts a piece of art or writing that has some sort of smut factor. It can be implied, it can be graphic, it can be raunchy (I vote for this one *cheeky grin*), it just needs to be.

Why?

Because after all the censorship issues, fandom needs to bring back the p0rn!

Don't tell me you can't- one sentence, a doodle, all of it will do.

Remember- Bring Back the P0rn - September 01, only on InsaneJournal!

Your Mission is...

(1) Pimp this in your journal
(2) Write or Draw fandom smut
(3) Post on September 01
(4) Comment, Comment, Comment

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Come on, everybody! Contribute anything -- a line, a stick figure piece of art! More importantly: PIMP!!!

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Trying to do my first cross post, here. The instructions I got about Semagic sucked. ...Sept 1 is my birthday, guys.