Would original fiction be welcome? I have a plot bunny involving the NO of my era, and if I were a published author, I'd be talking to my editor about doing a benefit anthology, but as it stands I don't know what to do with it.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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Susan W. - Sep 01, 2005 7:37:15 am PDT #949 of 10434
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Anne W. - Sep 01, 2005 7:49:43 am PDT #950 of 10434
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Would original fiction be welcome? I have a plot bunny involving the NO of my era, and if I were a published author, I'd be talking to my editor about doing a benefit anthology, but as it stands I don't know what to do with it.
Hmm. I don't see why not. There's probably a way to phrase things so that someone would pledge on as-yet unwritten original fic.
Edit: Actually, one of my LJ challenge communities (contrelamorte) is actually a group of four related communities: one is for slash fic, one is for anime-related slash fic, a third is for gen-het, and another is for original slash (there was a fifth group for original het/gen, but it's gone). That might be a way to arrange things in a more or less central location.
Michele T. - Sep 01, 2005 8:36:05 am PDT #951 of 10434
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Susan, if you have an agent, or a friend who has an agent, or a connection at a publishing house, it's still a great idea to pitch professionally. The amount of time it'll take to get a book through the publishing system is still bupkes compared to how long NO will need the help.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 03, 2005 10:26:24 pm PDT #952 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Betsy HP - Sep 09, 2005 8:15:24 am PDT #953 of 10434
If I only had a brain...
Go forth and read tafkar's Daniel/Vala fic, for, lo, it contains not a single sexual body part and yet it will make you break into a cold sweat.
Katie M - Sep 09, 2005 8:28:50 am PDT #954 of 10434
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Seriously. So much more porny than most porn.
Connie Neil - Sep 13, 2005 2:52:28 pm PDT #955 of 10434
brillig
I've been digging through a Harry Potter slash archive, and I am utterly boggled at the amount of Harry/Snape out there. The romantic Harry/Snape. No, I didn't read more than the summaries.
The archive even has a standard label for Out Of Character-ness. Oh, as usual, dear.
Emily - Sep 13, 2005 2:59:32 pm PDT #956 of 10434
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
The archive even has a standard label for Out Of Character-ness.
Wouldn't it be nice if they all did? Of course, it's essentially a self-identification process, and thus flawed.
Anne W. - Sep 13, 2005 3:52:02 pm PDT #957 of 10434
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The archive even has a standard label for Out Of Character-ness.
Wouldn't it be nice if they all did?
Oh, goodness, yes. I posted the following list of truly useful fic warnings in my LJ a while back.
- No spell-check was used.
- No beta-reader was used.
- Beta-reader is the author's bestest friend in the whole world.
- Author cannot tolerate constructive criticism.
- Smutfic written by 13-year-old who has learned everything she knows about sex from other fics.
- Main characters display the emotional maturity of an eight-year-old. So does the 25-year-old author.
- Laughably bizarre euphemisms used for genitalia.
- You will need brain bleach.
- Author has jettisoned accurate characterization in order to portray her least favorite character as a screaming harpy.
- This story is exactly like every other story this author has written.
- Pairings in this fic are based solely on teh hotness, and not on anything ever seen in canon.
- One half of the m/m pairing behaves like a weepy little girl throughout the fic.
- Against all probability, everyone in this fic is gay. Everyone.
- This fic is nothing but 10 paragraphs of the lead character whinging about how miserable his/her life is.
- Everyone is happily paired off with another character by the end of the fic. Everyone.
- The author is sticking to canon, except for those pesky bits that get in the way of her favorite pairing.
- Hurt/hurt/hurt/hurt/hurt/hurt/comfort: The author's favorite character is subjected to a level of suffering that would give Job a lovely feeling of schadenfreude if he saw it. Then, hot sex, usually in a hospital bed.
- Even though the two male characters being paired up are in the military, police force, etc., everyone knows about their relationship and is very, very happy for them. Everyone.
- Fic was written 20 minutes after the episode was aired and is virtually identical to every other fic written 20 minutes after the episode was aired.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 13, 2005 5:45:39 pm PDT #958 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
• Against all probability, everyone in this fic is gay. Everyone.
Ah, my number one gripe about certain kinds of slashfic, being set in the Mirror Ball Universe. Here's a hint, unless your fic exclusively pairs Armistead Maupin characters, some of them should still be heterosexual as per canon.