I love good guys

saturdaymorningex, the exchange for animated fandoms, has released its stories! They have 15 works in 14 fandoms. Check out the collection.

I wanted to participate in saturdaymorningex, but no one requested any of the fandoms I offered. It looks like many of last year's participants decided to do the new event earlybirdgetstheword, a small fandoms exchange, instead. The dates overlapped closely; I must not have been the only one who felt she could sign up for only one of the two. earlybirdgetstheword is currently waiting on pinch hitters before releasing its stories.

It looks increasingly like everywoman, the exchange for female characters, won't happen this year. I've enjoyed this event -- and its respected line of predecessors! -- for many years now. I'll be sorry to lose it. For me, this means no known fic exchanges to look forward to participating in until hlh_shortcuts at the end of the year. If you happen to know of an event that might suit me, please bring it to my attention. Thank you!

everywoman has a "post-reveals pinch hit:" Read their post with the request. They're asking for a fill ASAP (500 words), to be given as a treat in the collection, as there is no assignment to claim.

The fandoms are assorted Star Wars (Prequel Trilogy, Sequel Trilogy, The Clone Wars, Rogue One, Solo, Andor, and Mandalorian) and Marvel (MCU, Moon Knight, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). The recipient seems to be totally up for romance tropes and fluff.

(A post-reveals pinch-hit is odd... In this case, it looks like the intended fill was fanart, and from a comment, the img tag link to the fanart isn't (or wasn't) working for all viewers, perhaps including the recipient and the mods. I can see it, though.)

Updated, Sunday evening: The pinch hit has been filled! Also, it seems that the problem was that some (but not all) antivirus software blocked the image hosting site.

Many thanks to whomever picked up my request as a pinch hit in everywoman; I will enjoy whatever you have in mind!

There's still one unclaimed post-deadline pinch-hit over there (see the claiming post): The Walking Dead (TV), The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Witcher (TV), Westworld (TV), Yellowjackets (TV), Bunny - Mona Awad, Crossover Groups, The 100 (TV), Sex Education (TV), The Last of Us (TV). If you know folks in those fandoms, pass it on?

The release is this Friday, August 2.

Tuesday: That last pinch-hit has now been claimed. Great!

everywoman, the annual exchange celebrating female characters, closes sign-ups on Saturday, June 22, at 11:59pm (23:59) Pacific Time. See the current sign-ups summary on the AO3.

Stories come due on Friday, July 26, to be revealed on Friday, August 2. So participants have almost precisely one month to write (minimum 500 words).

FWIW, this year, I personally signed up with requests for: ( 7 fandoms )

And with offers for: ( 4 fandoms )

I probably overdid my "Dear Author" letter again. ;-) Check out my letter.

The everywoman nominations will close on Sunday, June 9.

They have not yet approved all nominations submitted so far. For example, they have approved my Battlestar Galactica (TV, 1978) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (movie, 2022) nominations, but they have not yet approved my Highlander (TV, 1992-1997), Dungeons & Dragons (cartoon, 1983), or Journey to the West (literature, 1592) nominations.

This year, nominations may be 10 fandoms with 10 characters or groups each. I'm wondering whether I should nominate more. I admit that I may be a little FKed out for the moment as a writer, unless I coincidentally click with a particularly compelling request, but should I nominate FK there for others to write? Similarly, I'm not sure I dare offer Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, but I'd sure like to read about Lunella's grandmother, Mimi. I feel I'm "falling down on the job" a little, not filling my nomination slots. Maybe I add more literature? More cartoons? Comics? Pokemon GO? Zelda?