Everywoman '24 stories released (I received a story + a treat!)

The everywoman '24 stories have released! The exchange has 69 total works in 56 fandoms. Check out the collection sorted by fandom or in the complete works list.

Fandoms include Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Captain Marvel & The Marvels, Dungeons & Dragons (Cartoon, 1983), Hawkeye, Labyrinth, The Lord of the Rings, 6 kinds of Star Trek, 3 kinds of Star Wars, and Stargate SG-1.

I personally received both an exchange story and a treat!

• "Girl Time" (D&DC, T, gen, ~700 words). This vignette gives Sheila and Diana a quiet, restful interlude between episodes, an opportunity to relax from the often frantic pace of their adventures and reflect on the actual weight and emotional wear of those adventures. It's full of canonical allusions, yet with an undemanding touch that doesn't require a reader to know the references. Thought-provoking!


• "The Acrobat's Dream" (D&DC, T, gen, 100 words). This drabble shows Diana triumphant, solo and as a teammate, her hard work and talent fulfilled, both on the Olympic podium and by having made it home from the Realm. Satisfying!

Of course there is a story by me somewhere in the mix. Author reveals are scheduled for this coming Friday, August 9.

Fannish options & enthusiasms: August 2024

Here are some recent fannish things I've happened to see and would like to share:

Highlights

• I very busily participated in both saturdaymorningex and everywoman, coming in hot off fkficfest.
• I've discovered "The Prydain Chronicles" by Lloyd Alexander, which I somehow missed growing up, and am now utterly reveling in. (No spoilers, please. I'm halfway through Taran Wanderer.)

Ficathons, fests & communities

• Create & engage
  • everywoman released 69 total stories in 56 fandoms. Check out the collection.
  • fandomgiftbasket gift posting continues through 9/14.
  • no_true_pair is a challenge in which a writer submits a list of characters who are then randomly paired (platonic or romantic) in prompts provided later. Prompts come 8/12; posting 9/01-9/28.
  • womansplace ("[...is in the Resistance]") has a prompt fest. Prompting closes 10/29; works due 11/04.
  • ships_crossing is an exchange for crossover and fusion ships (platonic is allowed). Nominations and sign-ups through 8/09; works due 9/20.
  • austenexchange is an exchange for all Jane Austen fandoms. Sign-ups through 8/11; works due 9/27.
  • multifandomtropefest is an exchange for tropes and their subversions. Nominations through 8/04; sign-ups through 8/20; works due 10/09.
  • pine4pine is a pining-themed exchange. Sign-ups through 8/12; works due 9/21.
  • resurrectfeeling is running a "Rarest of Rarepairs" event through 10/01.
  • trope_of_the_month's August theme is "sports & games."
  • allbingo's August theme is "Discworld."
  • pinchhits is a forum for pinch-hits in fannish exchanges. For example, justmarriedexchange is currently seeking pinch hitters.
• Enjoy & share
  • fancake (themed fanfic recs); August theme: "trope subversion & inversion"
  • het_reccers (m/f fanfic recs)
  • gensplosion (gen fanfic recs)
  • recthething (fanwork recs)
  • fanart_recs (fanart recs)

Some shows I missed the first time around (that I'm catching up on now)

• Daredevil (2015-2018). ( Read more... )
• Babylon 5 (1994-1998). ( Read more... )
• Earth: Final Conflict (1997-2002). ( Read more... )

Note: "Recently:FK" is now "Recently:Enthusiasms."