Sign-up Post 2016

[thisbluespirit]

dw_guestfest is now open for sign-ups!

Schedule:

* Leaving prompts - From 23rd Jan 2016 (until posting begins).
* Sign-ups/prompt-claiming - from 28th Jan 2016 (until ficathon closes).
* ficathon opens for posting - Sat 27th Feb 2016
* Ficathon closes - Sun 27th March 2016

How to sign up
(Sign-ups close Sat 26th March. You can also still leave prompts until posting begins, whether or not you wish to sign up.)

1. Choose a date from the below list. Try to choose an empty date if you can, so we get a good spread across the month (but it's absolutely fine for two or three people to claim the same date if that's the one that works).

2. If you would like to write from a prompt, choose one from the Prompt Post. Only one claim per prompt, please. You do not have to claim a prompt to play.

3. Comment to this post with your date, username (for wherever you're planning to post the fic), the prompt you've chosen and/or the minor character(s) you're going to focus on.

4. Congratulations! You're signed up!

Template for signing up (copy + paste into comment box):

<b>Username:</b> <b>Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing:</b> <b>Date:</b>

You can sign up for up to two characters/prompts - simply choose a second date/prompt etc., and repeat the process. (If you would like to write more as the fest continues, you can claim a third after you have posted your first fic. & so on.)



Posting
(Posting: Sat 27th Feb - Sun 27th March 2016)

You must either post the fic (under a cut) to the comm, or link back to it from wherever you choose to post it. There is also a collection on AO3, so do please add your fic to that if you post there.

Min. word count 500 words. (No maximum). It's a low pressure fest, but please ensure your fics are correctly formatted and spell-checked before posting. (Having a beta is a good idea, if you can.)

You are welcome to use your fic to double up for another challenge (e.g. bingos, prompt tables etc.), but do check that's okay with the other challenge's rules.

You MUST use a heading with rating, word count, any relevant warnings and all fics must be under a cut if posted directly to the comm.

You will need to join the comm to post. (If you're not on LJ, please contact the mod to arrange to make the link post to the comm for you. See below.)

Please post on the date claimed or let the mod know if you won't be able to manage it. (Don't worry - rearranging a date shouldn't be a problem and there's no penalty for having to drop out. Real life eats us all at times.)

I will post a masterlist once the fest is over.

There's non-LJ contact info and a FAQ at the Introduction & Info post (so, if you can't comment/post on LJ, you can sign up via a Dreawmidth PM/Tumblr ask; you can also link to your story for the mod when your posting date comes around & the mod will post here for you).

You can also find the banner post for pimping purposes - please do promote the fest if you can!

Template for posting to the comm (coding for copy/paste in the text box).

Author:
Title:
Rating:
Word Count:
Prompt/Chosen character:
Notes/Warnings: (eg. spoilers, triggers, warnings etc.)
Summary

LJ cut/link to fic.

<b>Author:</b> <b>Title:</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Word Count:</b> <b>Prompt/Chosen character:</b> <b>Notes/Warnings:</b> <b>Summary</b> LJ cut:<lj-cut text="YOUR TEXT HERE"> Link: <a href="link to fic here">Your text here</a>

(Alternatively, you can just use the AO3 share feature if you prefer.)


27th Feb: irishvampire13 - 30. Salamander meets the Master. Fireworks happen.
28th Feb: irishvampire13 - Borusa: Where he went wrong.
29th Feb:
1st Mar:
2nd Mar: john_amend_all - 8: Karen Coltraine working with the Master.
3rd Mar:
4th Mar: romanajo123 - 28. Hannah Bartholomew has recovered her emotional faculties... now what's an anachronistic Edwardian to do with herself?
5th Mar: scripsi - 18. Queen Galleia and power balance.
6th Mar:
7th Mar: gehayi - 57. Miss Evangelista: More (or less) than just a pretty face.
8th Mar:
9th Mar:
10th Mar:
11th Mar:
12th Mar:
13th Mar: irishvampire13 - 47. Any Castrovalvans: ordinary life in a place that you don't know shouldn't exist
14th Mar: gehayi - 108. Madame de Pompadour - What might have been with the Doctor.
15th Mar: paperclipbitch - Ashildr | Me
16th Mar: dancingdragon3 - 15. Harriet Jones: Election-night jitters.
17th Mar: dancingdragon3 - 87. Agatha Christie: That strange sense of things forgotten.
18th Mar: shivver13 - General Cobb.
19th Mar: evelyn_b - 106. Rusty the Dalek - What is it like to be a "good" Dalek?
20th Mar: merryghoul - 39. Ashildr: a part of her life we haven't seen
21st Mar: a_phoenixdragon - #29 Craig and Alfie meet Strax, and put Strax's nursemaiding skills to the test
22nd Mar: a_phoenixdragon - #38 Orson Pink: So, where did he come from?
23rd Mar: romanajo123 - 94. Cassandra (Cassie) Schofield-her life before the events of Project: Twilight
24th Mar: newmoonstar - Professor Travers & Anne Travers
25th Mar: jjpor - Castellan Spandrell - Police Procedural
26th Mar: paranoidangel42 - 22. John Chesterton realizing his parents might not have been making it up
27th Mar: astrogirl2 - 24. The Sisterhood of Karn: "He's on his way."



And now - have at it! Sign up and share the minor character love!

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Well, of course, I couldn't resist signing up. :) I do want to at least try to get my stupid long crossover thing finally done first, though, so I'm going to take advantage of my promptness and snag the last available date.

Username: astrogirl2
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 24. The Sisterhood of Karn: "He's on his way."
Date: 27th Mar

(Now I just need to think of something to do with that prompt.)

[thisbluespirit]

Heh, great! You're all signed up - and it's definitely an intriguing prompt! Good luck. :-)

[romanajo123.livejournal.com]

Username: romanajo123 (on here and Teaspoon)/human_nature (AO3)
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 28. Hannah Bartholomew has recovered her emotional faculties... now what's an anachronistic Edwardian to do with herself?
Date: 1st March

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! You're signed up! :-)

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Yay!

Username: scripsi/Dancingsalome
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 18. Queen Galleia and power balance.
Date: 5th March

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! You're signed up now. :-)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Username: a_phoenixdragon
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: #29 Craig and Alfie meet Strax, and put Strax's nursemaiding skills to the test AND #38 Orson Pink: So, where did he come from?
Date: 3/21 and 3/22

[thisbluespirit]

Signed you up for both dates - thanks! :-)

[paranoidangel]

Username: Paranoidangel
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 22. John Chesterton realizing his parents might not have been making it up
Date: 26th March

[thisbluespirit]

You're signed up - good luck!

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Yay! :D

Username: irishvampire13
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 47. Any Castrovalvans: ordinary life in a place that you don't know shouldn't exist
Date: March 13 (Hehe, my birthday!)

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Username: irishvampire13
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 30. Salamander meets the Master. Fireworks happen.
Date: February 27.

Might as well sign up for two at once. ^.^

[thisbluespirit]

Signed you up for both - thanks!

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I've not been on LJ much lately, but I was thinking about this only the other day...!

Username: jjpor
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: That brilliant prompt I don't think got used last year about Castellan Spandrell doing a police procedural on Gallifrey.
Date: the 25th of March, please

EDIT: Ignore my ravings - I completely misread the post from last year. john_amend_all suggested the prompt. ;)

[thisbluespirit]

I'm not sure what you thought you misread - Castellan Spandrell - Police Procedural was Prompt 24 on last year's post; it was unclaimed and it's now all yours! (And a fab prompt it is too!)

(I'll come back to update this post for everyone, but consider yourself all safely signed-up, with nothing to do but write an SF detective novel. ;-p)

[newmoonstar]

Username: Meadowlark (on Teaspoon)
Characters: Professor Travers & Anne Travers
Date: March 24th

[thisbluespirit]

You're signed up! Good luck! :-)

Might as well try to do two of these ;p

[romanajo123.livejournal.com]

Username: Romanajo123 (on here and on DW/Teaspoon), human_nature (AO3)
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: Cassandra (Cassie) Schofield-her life before the events of Project: Twilight
Date: 23rd March

Re: Might as well try to do two of these ;p

[thisbluespirit]

Added! :-)

[gaiamix.livejournal.com]

Username: Gaiamix
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 9. Jake and Ricky, and how they manage to maintain their relationship while devoting their lives to the resistance
Date: 28th Feb

[gaiamix.livejournal.com]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/5850916 here is mine!

How could I resist?

[john_amend_all]

Username: john_amend_all
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 8: Karen Coltraine working with the Master.
Date: 2nd March.

Re: How could I resist?

[thisbluespirit]

You're signed up - thanks! :-)

[merryghoul]

I really shouldn't sign up, but I really want to write this prompt, so:

Username: merryghoul
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 39. Ashildr: a part of her life we haven't seen
Date: 20 March

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, well, I'm glad you were tempted back - and good luck. I've added you to the list. :-)

[shivver13.livejournal.com]

I'd like March 18, please. I haven't settled on a character yet and will let you know if I change my mind, but for now, please list General Cobb. Thanks!

[thisbluespirit]

Okay, that's cool. You're signed up! And, as you say, just let me know if you change your mind. :-)

[paperclipbitch.livejournal.com]

Username: paperclipbitch
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: Ashildr
Date: 15th March

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! You're signed up - and good luck! :-)

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm new here, but I'm excited to take part!

Username: dancingdragon3
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 15. Harriet Jones: Election-night jitters.
Date: March 16

Username: dancingdragon3
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 87. Agatha Christie: That strange sense of things forgotten.
Date: March 17

[thisbluespirit]

Welcome! And I've signed you up for both prompts - thank you very much for joining in! :-)

Doctor Who Ficathon Promotion!

[livejournal.livejournal.com]

User dancingdragon3 referenced to your post from Doctor Who Ficathon Promotion! (http://terror-scifi.livejournal.com/116099.html) saying: [...] [...]

[evelyn-b.livejournal.com]

Ok, I am TERRIFIED of writing for Doctor Who, but I badly need to write something somehow, so. . .

Username: evelyn_b
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 106. Rusty the Dalek - What is it like to be a "good" Dalek?
Date: 19 March

Phew, ok, here goes. :\

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, welcome! Good luck with it & hope it doesn't prove scary at all - and your prompt is a great one. You're all signed up now. :-)

(If you do find it too scary, you can just ask to drop out or move your date back; it's not a problem. Life happens.)

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Username: Gehayi
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 57. Miss Evangelista: More (or less) than just a pretty face.
108. Madame de Pompadour - What might have been with the Doctor.
Date: March 7 and March 14

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you for signing up! I've added your claims to the list and look forward to seeing the fic. :-)

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

I know that, technically, this is against the rules, so I've been holding off on asking this for days. But, this close to the start of posting, I'm thinking that the 28th is probably not going to be claimed. And I'm a few paragraphs away from finishing the prompt for a third fic, anyway. I'm literally this ][ close to finishing it--I'm actually closer to being done with it than I am for the two I've claimed.

So, even though I know the answer should be no, would it be okay if I made another claim?

[thisbluespirit]

That's fine - just formally sign up for the third as soon as you've posted the first as per the rules. Even if someone did claim the 28th in the meantime, you can easily double up anyway, so there's no worry. Or, if you'd prefer you can swap out one of your other claims for this more finished one; that's totally fine. I'm glad you're so enthused, though!

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Username: irishvampire13
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: Borusa: Where he went wrong.
Date: February 28th.

[thisbluespirit]

I'll add this to the list when I'm a little less tired, but consider yourself signed up for tomorrow okay! Thanks. :-)

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Username: irishvampire13
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: 43. Strax: a situation that calls for grenades.
Date: March 6th

[thisbluespirit]

I've no problem with adding this one as it happens - but please if you do want to write another story, make sure you leave enough time for the mod to reply BEFORE posting! And if I don't reply, then please wait for me to do so before posting an entry. If there should be a problem, you're not giving me any time to say so & that isn't fair. I know it's natural to want to post something quickly after writing, but there's no harm in waiting a few days just to make sure everything's okay. There's no hurry, after all. I do appreciate your enthusiasm, but please try to allow a little more time if signing up again. Thank you!

Doubling up...

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Username: irishvampire13
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: Journey Blue: Maybe being a soldier isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Date: March 21

Username: irishvampire13
Prompt/Character(s)/Pairing: Courtney Woods--Throughout her life, she's a disruptive influence. She figures that that a lot of things (and people) need to be disrupted.
Date: March 22