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Yesterday, I learned about a new fanfic gift exchange, retrotvexchange, which reminds me of the defunct exchanges myoldfandom and oldschoolfic. Specifically, this exchange celebrates television canons that closed no later than the 2001-2002 season.* Pretty much all scripted fiction genres are eligible (an exception is variety shows).

retrotvexchange requires a minimum of 1K words or graphic-art equivalent. Participants request and offer 3-10 fandoms. They plan an accompanying prompt-challenge fest, to accommodate folks who have too few eligible fandoms for the exchange.

Schedule:

• Nominate: July 15 – 22
• Sign up: July 26 – August 1
• Due: September 19
• Reveal: October 2 (or as soon as all exchange creators have a gift in queue).

* In the US, a broadcast television "season" traditionally aligns roughly with the school year, mid-August to mid-June, especially encompassing the November, February, and May "sweeps" that were the lifeblood of broadcast ratings. July "sweeps" were omitted, from the traditional belief that folks watched too little television in the summer for advertisers to care.

Recently in FK in my corners of social journaling:

Ficathons, Fests and Communities

• oldschoolfic released on 5/30 with three FK stories.
• remix_her/remix_her is a new female-characters remix challenge, in lieu of a 2012 round of femme_fic/femme_fic. They're polling to pick fandoms.
• fandom_of_one is a community for very small fandoms; FK is eligible.
• fkficfest/fkficfest sign-ups were open through 05/25. Assignments are out, and writing is underway! Initially, we had 11 players, but a community-members-only Prompt Swap event (open until 11:59PM Pacific 6/01) brought the game to 13 players.
• rarewomen released on 5/07, with one FK story and some FK icons.

Fanfiction

• 5/30: "Need" by foxy11814 (PG, ~5K; Nick, Urs, Vachon, Tracy) in oldschoolfic
• 5/30: "Stalemate" by pj1228 (PG13, ~8K; Nick, Lacroix, Natalie, Reese) in oldschoolfic
• 5/30: "Informed Consent" by me (PG, ~3K; Nick, Janette, Natalie) in oldschoolfic
• 5/17: "The World Will End at Half-Past Six" by hearts_blood (FK/Doctor Who; G ~400; Lacroix, Eighth Doctor)
• 5/07: "Move Forward" by senmut (G, 100; Janette)
• 5/07: "Midnight Shakes the Memory" by skieswideopen (PG, ~2K; Myra, Nick) in rarewomen
• 5/06: "Repercussions" by senmut (G, 100; Nick, Lacroix)
• 7 FK works on AO3 currently show May 2012 publication dates.

Meta (Essays, Analysis, Discussion)

• 5/31: crystalplumage posted in fk_fanfiction that she is seeking Imajiru (J M R).
• 5/30: greerwatson promoted the community-members-only FKFicFest Prompt Swap.
• 5/29: [Locked] mentioned watching episodes to prepare to write fanfic.
• 5/28: [Locked] mentioned picking from among FKFicFest prompts.
• 5/23: [Locked] mentioned signing up for FKFicFest, and invited others to join in.
• 5/23: greerwatson discussed the effects of the FortuneCity disappearance on FK sites, and also mentioned that she signed up for FKFicFest.
• 5/16: misura, in a fandom_of_one newsletter, noted FKFicFest sign-ups.
• 5/09: greerwatson commented on the FK story that skieswideopen wrote for her in rarewomen.
• 5/09: havocthecat promoted FKFicFest and FKCommentFic.
• 5/07: gnosticdiva shared that she's signed up for FKFicFest, and is posting FK drabbles at 100_words.
• 5/05: gnosticdiva mentioned five of her FK stories in the "Most Popular/Most Overlooked (on AO3)" meme.
• greerwatson is continuing to share FK faction userpic icons: 5/01, 5/06 (as part of rarewomen) and 5/24.

Actors

• 5/28: [Locked] shared a clip of Stratford's opening-night red carpet with GWD.
• 5/24: [Locked] shared a clip of The Matchmaker with GWD.
• 5/23: [Locked] shared a clip of Stratford's current Cymbeline with GWD.
• 5/20: [Locked] linked to "THE TEMPEST Starring Academy Award Winner Christopher Plummer" on FathomEvents with GWD.

Airings
Chiller has no FK scheduled for June or July. (Bad network! No ratings for you.)

Please forgive the lateness of this bulletin, and all my delays related to my computer crash. I am still catching up.

Recently in FK in my corners of social journaling:

Ficathons, Fests and Communities

• fkficfest/fkficfest will open sign-ups this weekend!
• rarewomen will release its queue on 5/07. Writers may still pick up pinch-hits and treats (whether or not they played in the main game).
• oldschoolfic is holding its queue for a pinch-hit; release may come at any time.

Fanfiction

• 4/18: gnosticdiva announced "Walk With Me" (G, ~4K words) on LJ and posted it to the AO3. (On 4/19, she posted about it on fkfanfiction added a link to ff.net.)
• 5 FK works on AO3 currently show April 2012 publication dates. (One is an unreleased mystery work; two are crossovers; three are new to me.)

Meta (Essays, Analysis, Discussion)

• 4/23: gnosticdiva asked for "badass/awesome" Natalie moments.
• 4/23: gnosticdiva discussed using the yWriter5 application for writing FK.
• 4/23: gnosticdiva mentioned the FK resonance of a song on the Iron Man soundtrack.
• 4/22: greerwatson discussed symbols for non-existant factions.
• 4/21: [Locked] recommended "Serpent's Tooth" by Thomas (PG, ~6K words).
• 4/19: senmut is making May "the month of vampires" in her ongoing drabble-request project, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of FK's premiere (and other things).
• 4/17: [Locked] remembered a long-ago FK/XF crossover (title and author forgotten) in which Nick briefly battled aliens.
• 4/12: rhi mused on an FK/Lost Girl crossover story idea.
• 4/07: greerwatson posted about an essay about Lacroix by a Ken H.
• greerwatson is continuing to share FK faction userpic icons: 04/03, 04/11, 04/14, 04/15, 04/18 and 04/27.

Actors
4/12: [Locked] mentioned the opening day at Stratford's Shakespeare Festival.

Airings
Chiller has no FK scheduled for May or June. Bleah.

Recently in FK in my corners of social journaling:

Ficathons, Fests and Communities

• rarewomen is underway, and is also periodically posting unmatchable requests and pinch-hits for claiming.
• oldschoolfic, the ficathon for canceled fandoms, almost had too few players, but they appear to have pulled through.
• month_of_meta/month_of_meta aims to fill March with fannish non-fiction (essays, analysis, discussion, etc.).
• celli launched "The 10th Annual Unofficial Taxfic Challenge," a multi-fandom challenge-style ficathon due 04/17 (the US federal income tax deadline this year).
• scifibigbang includes FK among its promotional banners.
• fkficfest/fkficfest is planning an exchange-style game with a July due date. (Schedule TBA by April.)

Fanfiction

• 2/23: hearts_blood posted a revised version of her vignette "Warmth" (G, 690 words, Nick and Urs).
• 2/04: hearts_blood posted "Lost Boys and Golden Girls" (G, ~600 words) in reply to a "Tracy/Vachon, kiss, docks" prompt in a Cuddle/Kiss/Sex fic meme. (Then she locked it, because it had not been beta-read and revised.)
• 4 FK works on AO3 currently show February 2012 publication dates. (I believe that one is new, and three are old.)

Meta (Chatter, Discussion and Essays)

• 2/25: [Locked] discussed US vs. Canadian spelling and terminology in FK fanfiction (and the vagaries of canon).
• 2/21: [Locked] shared that FK fan Diane E. died.
• 2/20: ithildyn mentioned Nick brought to mind by a song.
• 2/18: hearts_blood is playing a "Cliche-Fic Meme." FK is eligible; she's written two FK humor ficlets there so far (one with Nick and Natalie, one with Nick and Lacroix.)
• 2/17: hearts_blood updated her WIP list with two FK stories.
• greerwatson is sharing faction userpic icons: 2/25, 2/20, 2/18, 2/14 and 2/12.
• hearts_blood planned (2/08) a FK marathon, then explained (2/11) why it didn't happen, then reminded (2/13) herself to watch.
• 2/02: gnosticdiva included FK in a WIP meme.
• 2/02: hearts_blood included an FK line in a WIP meme, and then posted a FK WIP draft called "Wrong Side" and requested opinions on whether and how to finish it.
• 2/01: hearts_blood noted the anniversary of the death of Heny II, Duke of Brabant (analogue of Nick's theoretical older brother).

Actors

• 2/26: pj1228 reviewed The Pitmen Painters, a play in which NB performed.
• 2/21: pj1228 announced that NB has a recurring role on the radio drama Trust, Inc. (Thursdays, 11:30PM, CBC Radio One; downloads available).
• 2/05: [Locked] noted Blu Mankuma's appearance on Fringe.

Airings
Chiller has FK scheduled for Monday, March 12, 9AM-5PM, DK-CB!

I'm thinking of signing up for oldschoolfic, the ficathon for canceled series, even though it's due on the same day as rarewomen, for which I'm already signed up.  (Usually, I offer 10+ fandoms in this game; I'd offer just 4 this time. And I'd write nearer the minimum 1K words than usual!)  If I should reconsider, please tap my shoulder and remind me of sensibleness...?

oldschoolfic sign-ups close on Wednesday 02/29; stories are due 04/30.  Players submit three prompts, usually two from two listed fandoms and a third from any canceled fandom ("wildcard"), but the rules also permit multiple prompts in a single listed fandom.  ( Listed Fandoms in Alphabetical Order )  The game twist this time is that in addition to another player's direct prompt, each writer also receives a third player's random song-lyric prompt.  As always, this game's minimum 1K words may be a single story, or two 500-word stories, or ten 100-word stories, etc.

Are any of you playing?  Considering playing?