Fanfics and Other Writings

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Challenge #6

In your own space, make a list — anything between one and ten things is a sweet spot, but don't feel constrained by that! - of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, or that you'd like someone to make for you.

One Beta request and a list of prompts, all Star Wars so cut for possible spoilers.

( Prompts list )

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Challenge #4

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.

1. I have been betaing books for one of my author friends and decided I wanted to work with more than one author. So goal would be to beta for a second author. I took steps towards that, talking to another friend who writes about betaing the book she wants looked over.

2. Work on betaing as soon as I get the fic/book. Sometimes I get burned out, especially when I'm busy with school, and I let a beta sit there for longer than I should. I need to get better at doing the beta as soon as I can or emailing the writer letting them know I'm not at a place where I can, even though I said that I would.

3. My longest fic is All is Not Lost and it's 15,788 words. I'd like to write a story that is 30,000 to 50,000 words.

4. I owe people fic. I would like to sit down, write out what I owe and then finish all those fics by the end of the year.

5. A few of the fics I've written I intended to go back and write sequels to. I'd like to at least start one of those sequels this year.

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Challenge #2

In your own space, talk about your fannish history.

I'm not really sure where to start. My dad's love of Star Trek? My aunt's love of anything remotely geeky and need to take all her nieces and nephews on adventures? My grandma making sure my brother and I got to watch Batman (the Adam West version), Gillian's Island, X-men the Animated Series, Gargoyles, etc? My grandpa's enthusiasm for Tarzan? I shed a few tears when I inherited his entire Edgar Rice Burroughs collection.

Do I talk about the characters that shaped me? Princess Leia from Star Wars. I will always remember the way I felt the first time I saw her grab that blaster and rescued her rescuers. She had long gorgeous long hair and I wanted to be as badass as she was with gorgeous long hair. Northstar from Marvel Comics who I discovered as I was having a difficult time coming out. His take no BS attitude really helped me find confidence in voicing who I am. Michael from Queer as Folk who was geeky and gay and sometimes struggling with his confidence, but tried to be true to himself. He gave me hope because I was geeky and queer and constantly struggling with my self-confidence. There are so many more, but these are the three that first come to mind.

I started RPGing and really getting into online fandom when I was thirteen. I'm so grateful that the mods were so nice to me. My strongest memories are the few times I made missteps and they calmly took the time to explain to me how I'd made a misstep and what I could do to correct it. I did some X-men RPGS, mostly as Jubilee and Jono. I joined a Power Rangers RPG and met one of my best friends.

I wrote my first fic when I was sixteen. Roswell. Never posted. One of my English teacher critiqued it as too cliché and I moved on. The first fic I posted with in the BtVS fandom. I was also very much into Marvel and Jean-Paul/Bobby for a long time. It's been Power Rangers and MCU as my main fandoms for awhile. I adore Legends of Tomorrow and somehow last year (I read Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston) I fell into becoming a bit obsessed with Star Wars.

Do I talk about getting into Power Rangers? I started dating a woman in college who really loved Power Rangers while I was into Stargate. We attempted to share. She wasn't interested in Stargate, but then I watched Power Rangers Ninja Storm and I knew I would love this show and characters. The first show I saw as it was airing was Jungle Fury. I came to the fandom a bit late. I have vague memories of the Green with Evil saga as it aired, but that's it for early me. Thankfully I was on LJ as the time and then joined an RPG. I made friends. I watched more of the shows. I started writing fic. I introduced friends to each other. They introduced their friends to me. It's always great when you meet someone by having a friend go 'You two both like this character that few people like, you should be friends'! So lost the girlfriend, but gained a lot of great friends!

The first convention I went to was Morphicon 2. I've since discovered several nearby cons. I like to go to Motor City Con and Steel City Con. I recently started taking a few more days around a con to explore the area I'm in. This year I went to The Shedd in Chicago and Universal (Harry Potter!) in Orlando.

I joined Geek Girl Brunch (so sad it ended) a couple years ago and through that have made several local geeky friends. We get together for movie nights and food adventures. Last November I took a road trip to NYC with two friends to see the Percy Jackson musical. I'm so excited that they're getting another tour and can't wait to see it again!

snowflake_challenge Day 3: In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

It was difficult to decide what to write about. At first I was like let me flail about Legends of Tomorrow because it's so good, and then I was all so was clone!Jack O'Neill and there needs to be so much more fic about him. I think though I'm going to write about a book I read this year.

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. If you like Pretty Woman you should read this book. My review on Goodreads is basically me keysmashing and screaming Reverse Pretty Woman as loudly as I can. I have recommended this book to so many friends, and a friend even gave it away at the book swap our Geek Girl Brunch does every year. I listened to it on audiobook through Hoopla and it's just fantastic. Stella decides she needs professional help when it comes to dating and sex so she hires Michael and then they precede to fall for each other.

Day 4: Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've interacted with and friend/follow them. Afterwards, leave a comment in this post with the equivalent of "I did it!"

Yep, did this.

Day 5: In your own space, promote three communities, challenges, blogs, pages, Twitters, Tumblrs or platforms and explain why you love them. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

fandomcalendar This is a place where people post links to challenges and exchanges. It's a good place to find different placed to write, as well as promote your own exchange.

fandomweekly A weekly challenge community that just rebooted. Come play with some fun challenges!

worldbuildingex A worldbuilding fic exchange that just open for nominations.

fandomtrumpshate I just participated in Marvel Trumps Hate and that was a blast. I'm looking forward to the fic I won, the fic I'm writing, donated to a good cause, and had people donate to a good cause. This community of a similar vein and looks like a lot of fun.

snowflake_challenge Day One: Happy Place

Fandom probably. It's where I made a lot of the friends I've had for years. It's the people I've vented to when everything else in my life was going wrong. It's reading that one fic you love over and over again. It's seeing your favorite characters go on new adventures. It's having people to talk to about your favorite characters.