| Dear Yuletide writer: |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|04:11 pm] |
Thank you so much for participating in this exchange and for offering one or more of my requested fandoms! Three important things I wanted to tell you before I begin the letter proper:
* Optional details are optional. I tried to offer at least one or two possible hooks for a story in each of my requests because that's how I like to write for exchanges, but if your creativity is sparked in other ways, or if you just don't like any of my suggestions, then feel free to ignore them and write a different story for those characters.
Also, I requested slash for all four of my requests this year, but if you're a gen or het writer or if you simply aren't seeing it for those pairings, then that's okay. I'm interested in these couples because of the complex relationships between the characters in canon, not just the possibility of them becoming romantically involved, so it's perfectly fine by me if you write those relationships as platonic. (Well, except for Nisus and Euryalus, whom I do see as having a canonical romance, but in their case I'm happy to receive a story that focuses more on their friendship or soldierly bond than on their sex life.) The only thing I ask is that you not pair my requested characters with anyone else (with a couple of exceptions that I'll discuss below).
* Despite the fact that I was a lot more loquacious in my first two requests, I really would be equally thrilled by a story in any of these fandoms, on the off-chance that you were worried that I might love my Wang Qiu Wang Zi or Aeneid requests less than the other two. My inability to brainstorm more than a couple of possible scenarios for those fandoms doesn't mean that I won't be charmed and amazed by whatever story you might come up with for one of them.
* Yuletide tends to be a high-pressure exchange for a lot of people, and while I'm not trying to invalidate your feelings if you're one of them, I do want to encourage you to not worry too much. All four of my fandoms this year are quite rare even by Yuletide standards (I don't think any of them has more than 20 stories at most in the fandom), so there's pretty much nothing you could write that I wouldn't coo over for the very fact of its existence.
As I said, I tend to prefer more info rather than less when writing for exchanges. If you feel the same, then please continue reading for my general likes and dislikes and some fandom-specific details:
( Havemercy, The Graveyard Book, The Aeneid, Wang Qiu Wang Zi ) |
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| ST XI Gynocentric New Year's Fic Exchange |
[Sep. 3rd, 2009|12:55 am] |
Sign-ups for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) ladies1st, the Star Trek: Reboot Gynocentric New Year's Fic Exchange, are now open. The exchange is for het (including m/m/f threesomes) and femslash featuring the women of Star Trek XI, with an option for requesting additional pairings that feature women from TOS or other Star Trek series.
The sign-ups will remain open until September 22nd, assignments will be sent out on September 26th, and stories will be due three months later on December 26th. Please sign up if you're interested, and pass word on to your friends! |
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| Gauging interest for a ST XI gynocentric fic exchange |
[Aug. 20th, 2009|02:06 pm] |
I'm thinking about running a Star Trek XI gynocentric fic exchange (both femslash and het pairings welcome). The way I see this working best is if all the participants both offer to write and request a minimum of three Reboot pairings/threesomes/moresomes that include one of the five named women with speaking parts in the film: Winona Kirk, Amanda Grayson, Nyota Uhura, Gaila, and Christine Chapel. (Which means that if you only write Spock/Uhura [or McCoy/Chapel, or Sarek/Amanda, or whoever], this is probably not the exchange for you.) The sign-ups will also allow participants to request/offer pairings involving other Star Trek characters such as Number One, Emony Dax, Janice Rand, etc., but those pairings won't count towards the required three pairings.
I'm leaning towards running this as a New Year's exchange, with stories due on December 27th and posted on January 1st, but I'm very open to changing that if a different schedule would work better for people.
If this sounds like something you'd like to participate in, please fill out the poll!
Poll #1446441 ST XI Gynocentric Fic Exchange
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12I am a writer, and I would be interested in writing fic for this exchange. I am a reader, and I would be interested in reading fic created for this exchange. December 27th...
Other questions, clarifications, opinions? Please comment. |
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| Star Trek XI: "Good Touch" (Kirk/McCoy) |
[Jul. 28th, 2009|07:11 pm] |
Title: Good Touch
Author: Jain
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 7298
Summary: It's McCoy's job to patch Kirk up.
( Good Touch ) |
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| w-inds.: "What Do You Hear in These Sounds?" (Ryohei/Keita/Ryuichi) |
[Jul. 26th, 2009|01:08 pm] |
Title: What Do You Hear in These Sounds?
Author: Jain
Pairing: Ryohei/Keita/Ryuichi
Rating: R
Word count: 1740
Summary: Too much is left unspoken for Keita's comfort.
Author's notes: Remix of Sounds Like by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mousapelli for remixredux09.
( What Do You Hear in These Sounds? ) |
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| Words meme and pairings meme |
[Jul. 26th, 2009|09:11 am] |
Reply to this post saying 'words' and I will give you five things that I associate with you. Once I've given you the words, make a post in your journal about what they mean to you.
I got rather more loquacious than I was expecting for my own answers. ninhursag asked me my thoughts on:
( Kirk/Uhura, yaoi, books (reading them), flying, writing )
( Pairings meme (filled out for Star Trek) )
Obviously, I favor a loose interpretation of the term OTP. In a similar vein, if anyone's interested in writing/illustrating/reading for a Star Trek rare pairs fic exchange (meaning pairings other than Kirk/McCoy, Kirk/Spock, Spock/Uhura, and Sulu/Chekov), you should fill out the poll that gblvr is conducting here. I really want this exchange to happen, so please weigh in on it if this sounds like something you might also enjoy. |
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| Star Trek XI: "Earth-style Romantic Gestures" (Uhura/Gaila) |
[Jul. 21st, 2009|12:14 am] |
Title: Earth-style Romantic Gestures
Author: Jain
Pairing: Uhura/Gaila
Rating: PG
Word count: 3179
Summary: This wasn't the first time Gaila had hit on her.
Author's notes: Written for katemonkey for femslash09.
( Earth-style Romantic Gestures ) |
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| Firefly: "Stakes Are High" |
[Jul. 19th, 2009|02:12 pm] |
Title: Stakes Are High
Author: Jain
Rating: PG
Word count: 4750
Warnings: Graphic descriptions of miscarriage.
Summary: Serenity had had a string of four or five nice, easy delivery runs; they were about due for more trouble.
Author's notes: Written for petitchouette for apocalyptothon.
( Stakes Are High ) |
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| Star Trek XI: "Speed" (Kirk/Sulu) |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|09:53 pm] |
Title: Speed
Author: Jain
Pairing: Kirk/Sulu
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 1249
Summary: Kirk and Sulu achieve terminal velocity.
( Speed ) |
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| Star Trek XI characters |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|10:42 am] |
There's a certain conversation that I've had with approximately nine-tenths of my real life friends, and that is: "Which characters from Star Trek XI would you have sex with?" The answers have been surprisingly varied (though I'm the only one so far who's answered Keenser), and, because I am nothing if not indulgent of my prurient interests, I thought I'd create a poll asking the same thing. And, no, Keenser is not on the poll (stupid length limits), but if there's anyone else out there who finds him rather attractive, please feel free to let me know in the comments.
( Poll behind the cut ) |
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| Fic challenges (mostly Star Trek-related) |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|01:46 am] |
My last week or so of thesis writing went something like this: "Write a couple of pages. Skim a book I should have read three months ago. Write another page. Check lj. Notice all the millions of things I'd rather be doing besides working on my thesis. Sign up for a fic challenge. Go back to writing my thesis."
The upshot of this is that I'm now signed up for three and a half new fic challenges, including two big bangs. (The "half" represents a challenge that doesn't have formal sign-ups, but for which I've submitted prompts and that I intend to participate in.) And, in an effort to spread the terror joy, I thought I'd post links.
The one multifandom challenge is polybigbang. Currently, most of the participants are from Torchwood or bandom, but there are no restrictions on your chosen fandom. (For the record, I'm planning to write Kirk/Uhura/Sulu.) This is also the big bang challenge that I have some confidence that I might finish, since it only has a 10,000-word minimum. Sign-ups for writers close July 18.
Then there's startrekbigbang, which I noticed a number of you have already signed up for. 15,000-word minimum. (Aka, nearly twice as long as my longest story to date. Yikes!) Sign-ups for writers and for artists both close July 15.
The Star Trek Genderswap Ficathon is taking prompts until July 8. It's inspired by liviapenn's Genderswap Recasting--which is a thing of beauty, if you haven't yet seen it--but the ficathon allows you to envision your own characters, as long as it's a fully genderswapped cast (e.g. you couldn't pair a male McCoy with a female Kirk). Anyone can contribute prompts, regardless of whether they plan to write a story for the ficathon, so if you have any great ideas, please throw them that way.
Finally, I'm participating in cliche_bingo. Sign-ups for that one are already closed, but you can see my bingo card behind the cut. The gold squares indicate stories I've already started writing, and the purple ones are squares for which I've gotten ideas, but haven't written anything. You'll notice that the combination of colored squares makes no acceptable bingo pattern. If anyone has story ideas to suggest for some of the other squares, feel free to share.
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| Star Trek XI: "Five Times Jim Kirk Was Jealous of His CMO" (Kirk/McCoy) |
[Jul. 5th, 2009|04:08 pm] |
Title: Five Times Jim Kirk Was Jealous of His CMO (And One Time He Had Nothing to Be Jealous About)
Author: Jain
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Rating: G
Word count: 1968
Author's notes: Written for deepsix, who asked for Kirk/McCoy in which Kirk is jealous. (If she even remembers requesting it, given that it took me a month to finish this story. Sorry for the delay, V!)
( Five Times Jim Kirk Was Jealous of His CMO ) |
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| Jdrama remix exchange and a poll |
[Jun. 20th, 2009|03:17 pm] |
Sign-ups for jdrama_remix close in two and a half four and a half days, and so far one person's signed up besides me. This is...troubling. I know that a couple of people on my flist were waiting to see who else signed up before committing to the exchange, but that strategy doesn't really work if everyone's doing the same thing. If you're in that position, I'd suggest (or maybe 'beg' would be a better word) that you sign up now, and if you don't like your chances in a couple of days, just delete your comment. I'll be using the comments that are in the post at midnight on June 22nd to make the assignments.
In other news, I've been faffing about instead of actually writing, despite having a number of WIPs. (Though I do have a couple of Star Trek stories completed that my beta reader has promised to get to eventually; she just finished writing a novel and is too busy editing her own work to look over mine.) Care to weigh in on what you think I should write?
Poll #1418685
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17What should I work on next?
ETA: Thesis is done, so there's no point in voting for it anymore. (Well, until I get the comments back from my committee so that I can write the final draft. But that won't be for a while.)
ETA2: And the Kirk/McCoy kitten story is done.
ETA3: Kanjani8 exchange fic has been submitted.
ETA4: Apocalyptothon and Remix Redux fics are done.
ETA5: Femslash09 story is done. |
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| Japanese Drama Remix Exchange |
[Jun. 15th, 2009|07:58 pm] |
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The jdrama_remix sign-ups are now open! See this post for further details and to sign up. The challenge produced some really great fic last year, and I hope to see some of you there as participants and/or readers this year. |
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| Japanese Drama Remix |
[Jun. 10th, 2009|10:14 pm] |
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jdrama_remix sign-ups will open in five days. In the meantime, there's a poll up regarding whether remixes should be eligible for remixing. Please fill out the poll if you have an interest in the question, either as a writer or a reader. |
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| Dear femslash09 writer: |
[Jun. 8th, 2009|11:34 pm] |
This is my first year participating in this exchange, so I'm very excited and can't wait to see what you come up with! I'm guessing you're either a Firefly or Star Trek XI writer, based on the sign-ups, but I've included a few details on all of my chosen fandoms, just in case.
Generally speaking, things that I don't like to read include breathplay/asphyxiation, character-bashing, death, abuse, betrayal, PWPs, non-con, coercion, and violence.
I personally tend to prefer more direction rather than less when I'm writing for a fic exchange, but if you like things more open-ended, that's fine. Just avoid my squicks and I'll be very happy. If you're like me, though, and want further suggestions, some of the story elements I particularly enjoy include:
Happy (or at least hopeful) endings; friendship; family (either biological or chosen); female competence at computers, electronics, cars and spaceships and other heavy machinery, or go; eating (but no foodsmut, please); sharing beds; kissing; first-time fic; established relationship fic (especially if there's some sort of shift in the dynamics of the relationship); and mild angst with an eventual happy ending.
( Fandom-specific details: Firefly, Hikaru no Go, Nobuta wo Produce, Star Trek XI )
I hope this letter was helpful. Either way, please have a lot of fun writing your story. I'm really looking forward to seeing the end result. |
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| Star Trek XI: "Stress Relief" (Kirk/Uhura) |
[Jun. 2nd, 2009|11:23 am] |
Title: Stress Relief
Author: Jain
Pairing: Kirk/Uhura
Rating: G
Word count: 544
Summary: When conventional relaxation techniques don't work.
Author's notes: Written for the st_xi_kink meme.
( Stress Relief ) |
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| PSA for all the younger sisters out there |
[Jun. 2nd, 2009|03:28 am] |
When you're spending the evening with an older man whom you don't know very well, do not 1) stay out until past 2:30 a.m., 2) without calling home to say you're okay, when 3) your cellphone's battery has died, so that the very worried people who are trying to reach you get to imagine terrible things as they listen to your voicemail message for the sixth time in half an hour.
My brother just drove me and my sister's friend to the guy's house so that we could make sure my sister was still, you know, alive, and she was perfectly fine and sitting outside chatting and hadn't realized how late it had gotten. Still, that was a not a fun time. |
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| Le Corsaire, Remix cubed, and Star Trek |
[Jun. 1st, 2009|02:31 am] |
I went in to New York for the ballet with my mother Saturday night. Things that you don't notice when you see a ballet as a fairly oblivious teenager but that are really obvious a decade later: those pirates have a pretty, half-naked male slave. Gee, I wonder what his job description was before the pirates acquired some female slaves for him to protect from villains, rescue, etc. Besides that revelation, it was a good performance, but not quite as impressive as the first two times I saw Le Corsaire. Possibly I'm just getting jaded in my old age.
jentfic_remix is gearing up again, though I'm thinking I might sit out this round. I already have four other fic exchanges I've committed to this summer, plus forty or so pages of my master's thesis left to write. Not to mention that the last round just ended a month ago, and that seems a bit recent even for my remix-loving self.
However, there are other remix exchanges I'm definitely doing. A heads up to people on my flist that jdrama_remix will open sign-ups in a couple of weeks. It's running a bit late this year to give remixredux09 and jentfic_remix participants some time to recover between deadlines (and also to accommodate me completing my thesis). I'm planning to have assignments sent out around June 25th and stories due August 25th.
( Further details on the Japanese drama remix )
Finally, Remix Redux has opened sign-ups, and DBSK, JE, bandom, and popslash have all been added to the list of qualifying fandoms. (Which means I really need to get to work on updating my website, including shifting all my old popslash stories over there.) There are fewer animanga fandoms among the qualifying fandoms due to the paucity of animanga writers participating last year, but of course you can still submit them as additional fandoms and offer to write them, as long as you have at least one qualifying fandom to submit and offer.
And my newest shiny obsession is also on the list of qualifying fandoms! I'm definitely going to offer to write it, but it would be nice if I could also have enough ST:Reboot stories that I could submit it as one of my qualifying fandoms. Unfortunately, I'm still two short stories or three drabbles short of that goal, so, prompt me? I won't write breathplay or non-con, and I'm a little scared of writing Scotty or the parents, but most other prompts should be okay. |
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| Star Trek XI: "Matched Set" (Kirk/Uhura) |
[May. 27th, 2009|02:49 pm] |
Title: Matched Set
Author: Jain
Pairing: Kirk/Uhura
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 2717
Summary: All of the members of Starfleet were issued five tunics, three pairs of trousers, and five dresses.
( Matched Set ) |
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