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LiveJournal's continued technical difficulties worry me that fkficfest/fkficfest authors are seeing their stories neglected.  (DW readers can view the DW posts and cross-links to LJ, but often can't get into LJ; many LJ readers can't view anything at all.)  Feedback never goes stale!  Whenever you do get to read their stories, please consider dropping a quick acknowledgment of their hard work.

Haven't had time for the fest yet?  Totally understandable!  Tell me what you like in FK, and I'll do my best to identify a tale in this year's game that will satisfy you, specifically!  We've got history, mystery, adventure, humor... all are enthusiastic and some are exquisite.

My own contribution, "Malicious Mischief" (PG, gen, ~9K words; Schanke, Janette, Nick, Natalie, Miklos, Alma, Grace), written for sholio's prompt, released yesterday on Dreamwidth, and was honored with a rec from Celli.  The story generously written for my prompt, "New Partners" (G, gen ~3K words; Tracy, Nick, Reese, Natalie) by twilight2000, dropped the day before that, on LiveJournal.  My thanks to twilight2000!  (Interestingly, hers is the first major Tracy role in this year's game so far.)

At the halfway point of fkficfest, I rounded up the recommendations of its stories that I had seen so far.  Here are the recommendations that I have seen since then:

• On 06/01, wiliqueen recommended:
• "A Contradiction in Terms" (G, starring Natalie, Nick, Schanke) by Hearts_blood
• "Sugar and Spice" (PG, starring Jenny, Schanke, Nick) by Malinaldarose
• "Health, Food" (PG, starring Natalie/Nick) by Celli
• "Stones, Fjords and Umbrellas" (PG, starring Stonetree and Denise Ford) by Natmerc
• "Beneath the Surface" (PG-13, starring Schanke, Nick) by Skieswideopen
• "Theory of Lost Things" (PG-13, starring Urs/Nick) by Leela_cat


• On 05/28, leela_cat recommended:
• "When Night Comes Down" (PG, starring Nick, Janette, Natalie) by Havocthecat
• "Health, Food" (PG, starring Natalie/Nick) by Celli
• "True to Life" (PG-13, starring Nick and Janette) by me


• On 05/26, celli recommended:
• "Attachments" (PG, starring Natalie/Nick) by Greerwatson


• On 05/25, havocthecat recommended:
• "True to Life" (PG-13, starring Nick and Janette) by me
• "Health, Food" (PG, starring Natalie/Nick) by Celli
• "Sugar and Spice" (PG, starring Jenny, Schanke, Nick) by Malinaldarose


• On 05/20, friendshipper recommended:
• "A Contradiction in Terms" (G, starring Natalie, Nick, Schanke) by Hearts_blood
• "Sugar and Spice" (PG, starring Jenny, Schanke, Nick) by Malinaldarose

Thanks, guys!

Before I list all the exciting FK blog posts you guys have treated us to lately, I'd like to note a development elsewhere.  Foreverknight.org has made the official debut of its Website Archive, which is greerwatson's project to preserve FK sites that would otherwise have been lost when Geocities shut down.  She has been working with authors like hearts_blood to ensure that things that people meant to go down stay down, but everything that should be saved is saved.

And while we're speaking of things one step aside from my usual scan, everyone already knows about the FK Wiki, right?  I believe that has been mainly susanmgarrett and greerwatson's project so far.  [Addendum 02/16: Susan observes that the project is actually Greer's, and she "deserves every molecule of credit for that work." My mistake! Well-deserved applause toward Greer, please.]

Okay!  Recently on my LJ Friends List and DW Reading Page:

Ficathons

• fkficfest: The FK-only ficathon community is open (welcome post), and the sign-up post will go up on Thursday 02/18 (three months before the final due date, 05/18).  (Several people very kindly gave us a shout-out: my co-mod Amilyn, Havocthecat and Wiliqueen.)
• femslash_today: On 02/10, I learned that "Femslash Today" is having its annual multifandom porn battle.  Entries are welcome through 02/19.  There are three intriguing FK prompts (no FK entries as of 02/14, as far as I can see).
• 17daysinfeb: On 01/28, celli noted a multifandom ficathon about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games.  FK's characters could easily be in Vancouver during the Olympics!  (As of 02/14, there are no tags, and seem to be no FK entries.)
• halfamoon: To see FK-tagged entries on "Halfamoon," go here.  There don't seem to be any yet for 2010, but the event doesn't close for many hours yet.  (On 01/26, abby82 remembered her FK contribution last year, and encouraged us to all play this year.  On 01/21, havocthecat let us know that the community was gearing up for its annual 02/01-02/14 multifandom celebration of female characters.  FK's characters are eligible.)
• Porn Battle IX: The final total was three FK entries, all by gnosticdiva.  (On 01/27, gnosticdiva catalogued her contributions to Porn Battle IX.  On 01/26, abby82 noted that the event was open and running through 02/01.  On 01/19, abby82 announced that prompts were being accepted that week (prompts, FAQ).)
• Gen in January: The final total is one FK entry, by senmut.

Fanfiction

• On 01/30, I posted "In a Family Way" (PG-13, Gen, Nick and Lacroix and Others).
• On 01/27, senmut posted "A Shared Bottle" (PG, Gen, Nick and Janette).
• On 01/27, gnosticdiva posted "Menage a Trois" (NC-17, Pairing, Janette/Nick/Natalie)
• On 01/27, gnosticdiva posted "Partners" (NC-17, Pairing, Nick/Tracy).
• On 01/26, gnosticdiva posted "Making Up" (NC-17, Pairing, Natalie/Nick).

Vids

• On 01/28, abby82 posted her '09 Vidding Year-in-Review, noting three FK vids and one NK vid for the anniversary.
• On 01/31, abby82 shared the reveal that the vidder behind the FK "Cemetaries of London" is giandujakiss.  (This was the only FK vid in Festivids this round.)

Recommendations

• abby82 continued her FK recommendations on crack_van through the end of January.  Since my last round-up, she's pointed out:
  • "Memories" by falcon_horus (rec)
  • "Cold Comfort" by Klytaimnestra (rec)
  • "Keeping it Together" by Ell H. (rec)
  • "Hiding Out at the Raven" by fickitten (rec)
  • "Last Minutes" by Me (rec)
  • "Gay Vampire Toronto Cop Fathers Alien Love Child" by The Lurkers (rec)
  • "The Hands of Time" by Stephen L. (rec)
  • "Why Should I Cry For You" by lizbetann (rec)
  • "Farewell, Old Friends" by kirbyfest_fiction (rec)
  • "Physical Therapy" by Ophelia P. (rec)
  • The Dorian Stories by susanmgarrett (rec)
  • Vid: "In A Dark Place" by kristin1228
• On 01/31, abby82 mused on her contributions to crack_van over the past two months, and encouraged us all to participate.

Assorted Goodies

• On 02/06, gnosticdiva mentioned that she's working on the Dark N&N site, including moving it to a new host; the move might cause some very temporary outages.
• On 02/03, hearts_blood announced a dive back into FK fanfic!  The very next day, she wrote, lost, and found an outline for a new story.
• On 02/02, abby82 pointed us to a great sale on Deep Discount, of any FK season for $11.98.  Unfortunately, the sale did not last long.
• On 01/22, gnosticdiva shared the FK-related content in four different vampire reference books.
• gnosticdiva has been sharing reviews and commentaries as she rewatches the series.  02/01: Nick Knight.  02/02: "Dark Knight" and "Dark Knight, The Second Chapter.

abby82 rocks, you know?  She has brought FK to crack_van!  For any who don't know, this community is Multifandom Fanfiction Recommendations Grand Central Station.  I've rarely dropped by there myself because, well, FK hadn't been featured.  But batdina emailed me the Saint Nicholas Day treat of news to Go. Look. Now.

abby82 posted an exciting, extensive FK Fandom Overview on 12/03.  It's great fun to read, even if you already know the facts.  And then on 12/06, she launched FK recommendations on the community with my short story "A Little Salsa Picante" (2006).  Wow!  Thank you so much, abby82!  I'm flattered and touched and delighted.  And I'm so much looking forward to your future FK recommendations there!  I cannot overstress how strongly I am in favor of people recommending great FK stories for me to read. ;-)

A month of crack_van recommendations: what a wonderful holiday gift to FKdom.  Thank you!