FK Recently: What You Guys Have Been Up To (7/05/15-9/15/15)

[brightknightie]

For the months of July to September, in my corners of social journaling, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests and communities that welcome FK

• fkficfest/fkficfest released 13 all-new FK tales! Adventure, romance, mystery! Go, read, enjoy! (I promoted FKFicFest on every eligible community of which I know. If you know more, please promote the fest there, too!)
• snickfic is promoting a No-Frills Multi-Fandom Friending Meme.
• genprompt_bingo, a story bingo challenge with gen prompts but any kind of fills, is now open for its Fall 2015 round.
• ladiesbingo, a story bingo challenge celebrating relationships between women characters, is now open for its 2015-2016 round.
• tagyourfic/tagyourit, a story exchange that matches on tags, has new stories coming on 10/02.
• iddyiddybangbang, a mini-bang "idfic" challenge, has new stories coming on 10/15.
• femslashex, a f/f story exhange game, has new stories coming on 10/23.
• spook_me, a Halloween challenge ficathon, has new stories coming on 10/26.
• Recommendation communities that would welcome your recommendations of your FK favorites include: fanart_recs, het_reccers, gensplosion and recshelf.

Fanfiction

• FKFicFest 2015
  • "One Last Drink" by LastScorpion
  • "Wake the Morning After" by Brightknightie
  • "Family from the Ashes" by Merfilly
  • "On-the-Job Training" by Vorpalblades
  • "Ministrations and Manipulations" by Dlyt
  • "Vale of Mysteries" (crossover) by WaltD
  • "No Requiem" by MelissaTreglia
  • "Perfect Specimens" (crossover) by Celli
  • "En Vacances" by GreerWatson
  • "A Dozen in a Single Night" by PJ1228
  • "One Pin Short" by Skieswideopen
  • "Mortal Mistakes" by Argentum_LS
  • "Through the Compass of the Years" by Havocthecat
• Others
  • "Jus post bellum" by Imladrissun
  • "And a Sparrow Falls" (crossover) by Macgyvershe
  • "LJ Buy One, Get One ficlets" (assorted) by ChristinaK
  • "Survivor" by Merfilly
  • "Settling in Smallville" (crossover) by Glamourcat
  • "A Dragon and A Meezer" (crossover) by Glamourcat
• Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary
  19 of the 627 FK stories on the AO3 show June-September 2015 posting dates. 13 are from FKFicFest. 5 are crossovers.

Actors
7/21: pj1228 announced that Nigel Bennett appears in The Strain (season 2, episode 2).

Discussion, essays, etc.

• 9/12: argentum_ls discussed the story she wrote for FKFicFest 2015.
• 9/11: havocthecat hoped that her FKFicFest 2015 story and other recent inspirations have broken a spell of writer's block.
• 9/10: greerwatson recommended the story written for her prompt slate in FKFicFest 2015.
• 9/01: [Locked] discussed writing a story for FKFicFest.
• 8/31: melissatreglia noted that her FKFicFest 2015 story was revealed.
• 8/30: lightbird recommended all of FKFicFest 2015 (up to that point).
• 8/28: [Locked] recommended a story from FKFicFest 2015.
• 8/27: [Locked] recorded that a story from FKFicFest 2015 had revealed.
• 8/26: [Locked] noted that FKFicFest 2015 was underway.
• 8/22: melissatreglia described coming down to the due date in FKFicFest 2015.
• 8/12: lastscorpion shared her progress on her FKFicFest 2015 story.
• 8/03: melissatreglia showed a photo representing the first scene of her FKFicFest 2015 story.
• 7/20: melissatreglia played Game of Thrones "doll dress-up" with Natalie and Nick (and with Janette and Lacroix in the comments thread).
• 7/08: melissatreglia listed her 2013-2014 fanfiction.

Comments

[lightbird]

Thanks for the mention. I've now finished all the stories from the fest so I'll be linking the whole thing again in my next monthly reading/rec update. :)

I've done ladiesbingo both rounds that happened (successfully completed bingo the first time, was not successful the second time) and have signed up for that again. I highly recommend that one -- really low-key and low-pressure, some terrific prompts, and I'd love to see more and more stories about awesome women characters (FK and other fandoms).

[brightknightie]

You're welcome, and thank you!

I know that a few people on my f-list really love bingo story-challenge games; I haven't tried one yet, myself.

I do have an idea for a new FK story I'd like to write, outside any fests or games, but it includes only one woman character at this time (in my imagination); I should keep in mind, as I plan it out, that this is unfortunate, even if canonical, and should be addressed.