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I somehow didn't see this until

elistaire pointed it out just now, but

hlh_shortcuts sign-ups have been open since 10/06, and will be open through 10/15 — tomorrow!

Coming to it this late, I doubt there's enough time for me to make up my mind whether to play and to compose a sign-up. (You've seen me agonize through these things, right? And I have a lot of hesitation in HL fandom.) But I always read in this exchange fest, and look forward to that reading very much!

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

Fandom PSAs

Any known Mexico City earthquake fan efforts?
fandomlovespuertorico is fundraising via fanwork auction to help Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. The designated charity is ConPRmetidos. Creator sign-ups go through 10/15, with the auction starting 10/21 (closing TBA).
harvey_fanaid closed on 9/30. (I was able to donate to a charity, and a fellow fan is writing a new story! I hope lots of others could, too.)

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

yuletide, the massive annual small-fandoms exchange, is going strong. You know the drill!
smallfandombang, a 10K+ words challenge for small fandoms, has sign-ups through 10/31.
spook_me, a Halloween challenge, will release on 10/26.
trickortreatex, a Halloween exchange, will reveal on 10/31.
Recommendation communities recap: fanart_recs, het_reccers, gensplosion, recshelf, underheard, and fancake. (More FK-friendly rec comms? Let me know!)

FK fanfiction & other fanworks

Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary:
4 of the 789 FK stories on the AO3 show posting dates in September.
- "Blood of Me" by deaniebtvs (~1K words) (PG, multi)
- "Hungry Like The Wolf" by sanguisuga (WIP) (~63K words) (X, m/m) (crossover w/Sherlock)
- "Ancient History" by Charena (759 words) (PG, gen) (German)
- "Balancing Desire" by Nicholas_Lucien (~25K words) (X, multi) (Part 3 of "Myths & Art")
Other:
"Twenty-Five Minutes" by abby82 (810 words) (G)

News & conversation:

9/14: nicholas_lucien summarized and linked to another live Q&A by some of the in-production movie actors and directors. Rights issues are blamed for the movie being so fundamentally unlike our FK that their Nick doesn't even want to be human.
9/07: nicholas_lucien shared a look at the in-production movie's new title logo, and summarized an earlier live Q&A by some of the movie's PTB.

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

Fannish charity fundraisers

harvey_fanaid is fundraising via fanwork creation/sponsorships, including auctions, buy-it-nows, and custom requests, through the end of September. (sharpest_asp's are the only offers I recognize so far.)
RevelCon, an annual fan-run Houston zine/fic convention, is fundraising for ConvoyOfHope.

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

trickortreatex, a Halloween exchange, has nominations through 9/09, sign-ups 9/11-18, due-date 10/24, and reveals on Halloween. FK is nominated.
yuletide time has come again. Check out the Master Index Post or Fandoms Brainstorming.
ladiesbingo, a challenge featuring relationships (all kinds) between women, runs September-March. (I've recognized chelseagirl, lightbird, sharpest_asp, and muccamukk among the sign-ups so far.)
fffc, a weekly "flash fiction" community, is holding a special September event with daily (rather than weekly) prompts.
picture_prompt_fun is a weekly picture-prompt fiction community.
Recommendation communities recap: fanart_recs, het_reccers, gensplosion, recshelf, underheard, and fancake. (More FK-friendly rec forums? Let me know!)

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 4 of the 787 FK stories on the AO3 show posting dates in August.

"Balancing Desire" by Nicholas_Lucien (~25K words) (X, multi) (Part 3 of "Myths & Art")
"On the Eve of Totality" by Nicholas_Lucien (~2K words) (G, gen)
"One Death Too Many" by PJ1228 (~10K words) (R, multi) (Part 2 of "Relationships")
"In Sickness and in Health" by TonksForever36 (>1K words) (G, gen)

News & conversation:

8/05: abby82 proposed and illustrated actress Caroline Dhavernas to play Janette in a more faithful series reboot than the currently-in-production movie.
8/10: nicholas_lucien updated us on the filming of the upcoming movie. (Why they paid to use the FK title and character names to apparently reincarnate Angel: The Series remains unknown.)
8/15: nicholas_lucien wished Ben Bass a (belated) happy birthday.
8/19: pj1228 announced the sequel ("One Death Too Many") to the story she wrote for this year's FKFicFest ("One Loss Too Many"), and promised a concluding third installment.

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

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

wip_amnesty, an event to encourage progress on works-in-progress, holds its first round 8/10-8/24.
ficpositivity is encouraging a positive feedback meme (no deadlines).
underheard is a new recommendations community for underappreciated fiction.
Recommendation communities recap: fanart_recs, het_reccers, gensplosion, recshelf, underheard, and fancake. (Know more FK-friendly rec communities? Tell me about them!)

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 7 of the 782 FK stories on the AO3 show posting dates in July.

Untitled Canada Day ficlet by abby82 (~750 words) (PG-13, m/f)
"Sesquicentennial" by greerwatson (~750 words) (G, gen)
"Reshaped in His Image" by rhodrymavelyne (~250 words) (Unrated, m/m)
"Ein Mädchen von edlem Geblüt" by LucySummerlove (~141K words) (R, m/f) (German)
"Die Konkubine - 1. Teil" by LucySummerlove (WIP, ~16K words) (R, m/f) (German)
"Schmetterling und Nachtfalter" by LucySummerlove (WIP, ~42K words) (R, m/f) (German)
"Forever Natalie" by LucySummerlove (WIP, ~17K words) (R, m/f) (German)
"Vaterfreuden" by LucySummerlove (WIP, ~10K words) (G, m/f) (German)

News & conversation:

Upcoming new movie

7/16: nicholas_lucien analyzed how these characters look when vamped.
7/08: nicholas_lucien shared the announcement of an original character, a werewolf named Jason, and observed that this Nick smokes.

Cast & crew

7/23: skieswideopen shared that Geraint Wyn Davies narrates the audio version of the "Regions of Canada" chapter of the Canadian citizenship test study-guide.
7/10: nicholas_lucien recognized the 8^th annual Lindsay Thomas Memorial Hockey Game, and that Geraint Wyn Davies is coaching again this year.
7/03: nicholas_lucien wished Deborah Duchene a happy birthday.
7/01: pj1228 linked to reviews for this year's Stratford productions, in which Geraint Wyn Davies, Nigel Bennett, Lucy Peacock, and Joseph Ziegler are performing.

Miscellaneous

7/10: abby82 celebrated the recovery of her lost FK DVDs. (Her brother had them.)
7/06: hearts_blood offered "DVD commentary" on any of her short stories (or chapters from long stories).

For the month of June, 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 finished releasing in June!
fksquee had 6 posts.
serendipityclaims is a new panfandom, "prompt table" community.
genex, a panfandom gen, relationships exchange, has signups to 7/16.
porn_tree, a panfandom, "prompt tree" community, has a new round to 7/31.
iddyiddybangbang, a panfandom, 5K+ words challenge, has signups and prompting to 7/17.
fandomgiftbox is a gifting fest a la Fandom Stocking (for summer).
auexchange, a panfandom, alternate-universe exchange, has signups to 7/19.
unconventionalcourtship, a panfandom, romance challenge, releases from 8/18 to 9/17 (signups seem open yet).
scribblemyname, a traditional (100 words) drabble exchange, opens its collection on 7/16.

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 11 of the 781 FK stories on the AO3 show posting dates in June.

FKFicFest stories
- "Flicker of a Memory" by Merfilly (~1K words) (G, gen)
- "Five Things that Didn't Happen: Litovuterine-B Edition" by LastScorpion (~4K words) (G, gen)
- "An Orphan's Choice" by Nicholas_Lucien (~9K words) (G, gen)
- "Die & Rise" by MelissaTreglia (~2K words) (PG, m/f)
- "All That's Left You" by Batdina (~3K words) (unstated, gen)
Other stories
- "Goodnight, Sweet Prince" by Mary44 (~8K words) (G, gen)
- "New Life" by Rhodrymavelyne (<1K words) (R, multi) (xover w/Highlander)
- "Almost Like a Quickening" by Rhodrymavelyne (<1K words) (R, multi) (xover w/Highlander)
- "It Was Vampires, Eddie" by Rhodrymavelyne (<1K words) (unstated, multi) (xover w/First Wave)
- "Amy's Story" by Dlyt (~2K words) (G, gen)
- "Hungry Like The Wolf" by Sanguisuga (~62K words) (R, m/m) (WIP) (xover w/Sherlock)

News & conversation:

Upcoming new movie
- 6/22: nicholas_lucien discussed the starring/featured characters announcement for the upcoming movie.
- 6/22: melissatreglia expressed enthusiasm for Nick/Natalie promo photos from the upcoming movie.
- 6/10: nicholas_lucien reported the announcement that a Natalie will be in the upcoming movie, and that the Vachon runs a bar.
Miscellaneous
- 6/25: melissatreglia commented on ending her virtual fourth season.
- 6/22: nicholas_lucien marked Catherine Disher's birthday.
- 6/20: melissatreglia noted plans to write a lot of Nick/Natalie romance this summer.
- 6/11: pj1228 shared what she gave and received in this year's FKFicFest.
- 6/01: sharpest_asp pointed readers to FKFicFest, including the story she gave this year.

For the month of May, 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 started releasing in May (and finished in June)!
fksquee had 1 post.
slowburnbigbang, a panfandom big-bang challenge, has sign-ups through 6/30.
smallfandomfest, a panfandom prompt-claiming game, is posting through 7/31.
treatyoselfcomm matches "cheerleaders" with writers to complete a backlogged WIP. Sign-ups for cheerleaders are through 6/10.
rarepairfest, a panfandom rare relationships exchange, has nominations through 6/14.

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 7 of the 776 FK stories on the AO3 show posting dates in May.

FKFicFest stories

"One Loss Too Many" by PJ1228 (~9K words) (PG13, m/f)
"The Decline and Fall of the Murphy Case" by Brightknightie
"The Advantages of Age" by dlyt (~4K words) (G, gen)
"The Siege of Hastingues" by greerwatson (~4K words) (PG13, gen)
"Feint of Heart" by WaltD (~1K words) (G, gen)

Other stories

"The One" by macgyvershe (~25K words) (G, gen) (crossover with HL)
"A Vampiric Sonnet" by mary44 (112 words) (G, gen)

FK news & conversation:

Cast & crew

5/04: nicholas_lucien let us know that JK will perform in London, Ontario in support of the William Singeris Centre for Myotonic Dystrophy.
5/15: nicholas_lucien announced that GWD will play Sir Peter Teazle in The School for Scandal at the Stratford Festival this year.

Upcoming new movie

5/18: nicholas_lucien reported the leads casting for the upcoming new FK movie from Horror Society.
5/26: melissatreglia discussed the available information about the upcoming new FK movie.
5/24: nicholas_lucien relayed the premise and backstory of the upcoming new FK movie from the movie's Facebook page.

Miscellaneous

5/07: abby82 pointed out a 4-part FK video review on Movie Nights (YouTube).
5/16: melissatreglia talked about her writing for FKFicFest.
5/20: abby82 related that all but one of her FK DVDs have somehow gone missing.
5/21: hearts_blood suggested a connection between FK and October Project.

All 10 new 2017

fkficfest stories are now revealed! Read them on the AO3.

Tomorrow, I'll post the "closing ceremonies" master list of all the stories, and we'll wrap for the year.

If you haven't already, this would be a great time to point your friends and followers to the game! Share the FK love! And of course it's never too late to share a comment or kudos to make an author's day.

This is our halfway point! We've released 5 stories in this year's

fkficfest, and we have 5 to go. You can follow the game live on our AO3 collection or from our DW community.

If you read a story, please consider letting the author know! You can leave a comment or click the "Kudos" button. You don't have to have an account or be signed in!

If you haven't had time to read during the workweek, I hope that the weekend brings you time!

The first story of 2017's

fkficfest is released!

This particular story went first because it's one of the longest this year, and it seemed good to space out the tales that could take more time to read. It's also one of two sharing another characteristic (shh! spoilers!), which also seemed good to stagger for variety.

It did not go first because it was the first loaded, although it was one of the earlier loads. You can see its original loading date of "2017-05-16" right now. Authors can change those dates when their stories release! I'd encourage authors to consider doing so. I'd suggest that when your story releases, you open it to edit and change the date from when it loaded to when it released. I believe that this boosts your story up to the top of the AO3 lists at that time. It gives your story a better chance to be seen by readers who are casually browsing "recently posted" content on your release day. I will do this for the story I wrote.

Yay, FK writers! Yay, FK beta-readers! Yay, FK readers!

All ten 2017

fkficfest stories are in our AO3 queue! No pinch-hitters needed!

I'm checking that each looks ship-shape (with a recipient and rating and so on). And I'm drawing up our schedule. The first story will release tomorrow; the last will release June 7.

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