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The halfamoon challenge is running again this year.

For those of you new to DW/LJ, half-a-moon is a fourteen day celebration of female characters - any fandom, any female. I admit to not knowing about the fine print around female-presenting or trans women, but I assume they're encouraged and allowed. (I don't believe Rule 63 is permitted, though.)

I always start with the best of intentions and then get stuck a few days in.

This year, I was hoping to post The Other Side Of Infinity (Maria! Jane! Valkyrie! Hela! Wanda! Nebula! Gamora!) but I'm only at 25K and they haven't even hit the first mission. (I'm dreading it. But also kind of looking forward to it. But mostly dreading it.)

It's just that I'm pretty bad at keeping stories short.

Anyway, if you have fics to post, icons to make, recs for fic | art | vids | other, or anything that's centred around female characters, then get them ready. I'm hoping the increased flow of people to DW, not to mention the slight increase in the number of female options in fandoms, might get us some solid engagement this year.

So, I haven't sent out my Christmas cards yet: want one?

I came down with a 48 hour flu over the weekend. There was shaking and hot-and-cold sweats, a nose that ran the Boston Marathon in record time, and I ended up sleeping in most of the Monday morning at which I was supposed to be starting three weeks of work at a previous client. But frankly it was the Best Sleep-In Ever and I woke feeling human enough to run a few errands and do stuff that I'd planned to do on the weekend but didn't have the energy for.

Today I'm at work, feeling mildly crappy but not utterly awful, and mildly crappy is at least manageable. I've left my phone behind, which means I can't check my email or my social media at all, because this company limits EVERYTHING. On the plus side, it means I'm not fretting too much about how crappy the world is becoming. (Guardian UK: The Shattering Of The Upward Mobility Promise. I think this applies to Australia and almost certainly America, too, right now.)

The vision in my right eye is starting to get a little blurry - that's the side where there was an infection in the upper back molar which got removed, and where there's still a little 'puff' of tooth filling spilling out of the root canal for the next molar along, and where the area is still swollen and giving me occasional twinges and muscle aches up the jaw and temple. I think I might have to make an optometrist's appointment sometime soon - ideally before next Monday afternoon when I have an appointment with the dentist who insists that that puff of tooth filling shouldn't be causing any issues at all and thinks it's a myalgia (a.k.a. all in my head). I need an eye test anyway, along with a new pair of glasses. I keep losing a pair and needing to replace it with my 'backup pair' which then requires that I acquire another backup pair in case of further loss...

I'm signing up for fandom_stocking again, because I always do and because a little happiness is always nice come New Year - and may be especially necessary come January!

Also, if you have a wish list of some/any kind that you'd like me to look at, please link me. I've spotted a few around, but haven't delved deep, largely due to ughness through November. Given this contract runs until at least Christmas, I think I'm in a position to be able to help some people out.

genex is finishing nominations in about 10 hours (just after midnight 'Pago Pago' time, which I presume is the last island in the Pacific to flip the date over). Here is the existing tag set and I've nominated a bunch more female friendships besides!

(Damn, forgot Pacific Rim? Anyone willing to go in and nominate all the Mako friendships, although particularly with the female characters?)

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auexchange has opened sign-ups! This is a fairly specific AU exchange, matching on fandoms and characters and AU scenarios - both fusion and canon divergence.

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crossovering is also presently taking nominations although they're not showing the tagset.

In order to check that you haven't doubled-up on fandoms, you have to go to here and see if someone's said they're nominating your preferred fandom. It's a bit tricksy IMO - easier just to show what fandoms have already been nominated so you can add the ones that aren't there without problem.

I think the difference between AU Exchange and Crossovering is that the first is pretty specific scenarios, and the second has a lot of leeway around general universes.

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Northern Hemisummer is always crazy for sign-ups...

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I have the mcu_aufest story in, as well as not_primetime, and I'm contemplating treats for both. Not convinced I'm going to have time, though...

The wipbigbang is still looking for artists. There's a whole range of stories that are looking for artists, whether graphics designers or fanmixers or illustrators.

(Yes, I'm in there; I don't know if I'm still waiting for an artist, I haven't checked. I'm a little iffy about whether or not I'll be finished in time, but I'm damn well going to try.)

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And then seasonofkink is starting up again from 1st June.

Rules | FAQ | Kink Prompts

The MCU AUfest profile says there's only 10 sign-ups so far.

D:

If you're thinking of signing up, now is a good time!

They're doing nominations for the MCU AUfest tagset right now:

1. They're asking people to only submit pairings for better matching; threesomes/moresomes may be requested in letters, but they can't be demanded/enforced this round.
2. They're asking people to submit the AUs

Their links are up at LJ, they have no plans to cross-post to DW due to the extra work. (Is there no way to crosspost communities?) However, I've blocked the elements that Russian ElJay are using to keep you from interacting with the site. It's inconvenient, but so far it's gotten around the user agreement.

In the meantime, I've submitted:

Relationships
Maria/Steve
Maria & Pepper
Maria/Bucky
Maria & Sam

AUs
AU - Sedoretu
AU - Black Jewels
AU - Jaegers/Pacific Rim
AU - Pern
AU - Daemons
AU - Psy-Changeling
Canon AU - Maria in Civil War
Canon AU - Winter Soldier has a different identity
Canon AU - Maria Hill, Director of SHIELD
Canon AU - Female Character Superhero Team (not genderswap)

Not sure there are too many MCU writers still around here who can/will write Maria (Steve, Tony, Bucky, and Clint seem to be the popular ones, with Natasha, Peggy, and the Agents of SHIELD ladies being the popular ones in femme-focused writers) but I always encourage them all the same.

Also, consider nominating T'Challa and the Black Panther cast? (Or more Maria-centric pairings.)

fic_promptly is always taking prompts and I think there's a daily/weekly component?

For people who try to keep their writing up, this might be a comm to check out?

And there's a friendship fest going on - list groups of characters to have fic written about their friendship!



[Multifandom friendship fest]

And sign-ups are go!

Sign-ups close on Saturday, May 28, at approximately 8PM EDT.

Pinch-hit signups will remain open.

Remix Treats sign-ups are now open.

If you are not participating in the main remix but would like treats, we'd also like to encourage you to sign up as a pinch-hitter (however, you are not obligated to claim a pinch-hit).

Before I go zone-y on painkillers and forget this entirely:

femmeremix is up and running again this year, for remixing stories about female (or female-identifying) characters.

And sign-ups are open for the next 10 days!

This year, for those who may not have the time/energy to commit to an exchange but wouldn't mind someone remixing one of their fics (or remixing other people's fics), there's also a Treats Opt-In.