Because I clearly need more challenges in my life...

I've failed spectacularly this year up until now when it came to writing challenges - however, that was mostly due to being constantly sick, dealing with a dying laptop and having a horrific work environment. The latter has finally been taken care of, which will hopefully also mean the former will no longer happen (my body tends to force me to take a break when it gets too much for me mentally to deal with crap), and I finally have a shiny new laptop. \o/

So aaanyway.

I'm currently waiting to be tagged in the runthecon challenge, so this is an ongoing thing I'm active in (and a thing of beauty, I looove this comm!).

I've also still got my slashorific story to write (due July 13 *gulps*).

Then I signed up for my beloved spn_summergen fic exchange. And you can too! Sign ups ends May 24! :)

Sign-ups May 10-24 - Click the banner for details!

There's a new mini-BB challenge that sounds incredibly interesting, namely spnhorrorbang. If only I could write horror! I love reading it but seem incapable of writing it - and that from the person who started her fanfic career in the X Files fandom (and is now active in the SPN fandom). I fail at life. LOL But maybe someone else from my flist is interested so here ya go:



Author sign ups end May 20, artist sign ups end August 25.

And then there's the whitecollar_bb - one of my most beloved BB challenges, and one I failed spectacularly last year, defaulting due to...reasons. Anyway, after a lot of hemming and hawing, I finally told myself to go ahead and sign up again. I still have the unfinished fic from last year that really deserves to be posted, plus that awesometastic fusion idea I've been mentally working on since last summer (all elrhiarhodan's fault, of course). So yeah. Let's hope I'll manage to not drop out this time around... *crosses fingers*

And this is the current state of my insanity. Considering I haven't written much of anything at all this year yet, this is one hell of a full plate! *boggles* Wish me luck.

A recent multi fandom project showed there are a lot of authors wishing for art to go with their stories and a lot of artists with a desire to create. Both were not sure how to approach each other. I hope to bring y'all together in this new Supernatural art-community: quicky_bang!
The main challenge is for authors to offer short stories to artists to illustrate, but there is also a corner for art-prompts and a meet up post for collaborations. Sign up, join in, spread the news!



quicky_bang
Round 1: submit short stories until April 30th; create art before May 31st

1. I've had the week from HELL
2. I'm 800+ posts behind on my flist (sorry for not commenting, I probably haven't seen your post yet!)
3. My Muse has gone into hiding and I need inspiration
4. I want to try out something new (for me) and this looks like fun
5. Just because!



If you like SPN or SPNRPF, why not sign up too? :)

I know I have a lot of catching up to do but the weekend is already pretty full with RL obligations and running errands and such so...don't hold your breath that I'll be spamming y'all with comments. Le Sigh. Will try my best to catch up though!

In the meantime: Happy Spring Flinging! :)

runthecon is a flash writing challenge for the White Collar fan community. You sign up and agree to write a short fic within 24 hours after your tag and prompt gets posted (not when you see that you've been tagged). You can find the complete set of rules and FAQs here

Sign ups are now open and run through January 31. The first tag will take place on February 1 and the challenge will run until all participants have filled or been tagged out.

To sign up, simply click on the pretty banner above or follow this link.

Seriously, they're making it sooo easy for us pervs fans!

Which is why we celebrate with...



Come and play! I've got drabbles brewing in my noggin'... (if only I didn't have that stupid deadline for the WC BB breathing down my neck! *despairs*)

A Supernatural/CWRPF holiday gift exchange!
Sign ups/Rules/FAQs


The Moose wants you to sign up! *nodnod* You do not want to disappoint our beloved Moose, do you? (Or Squirrel, for that matter...*g*)

Rules & FAQ
Sign Ups: Artist | Writer | Beta


Come on. I know you want to! Join me in this madness (and hold my hand while I slowly freak out...*g*)

Originally posted by theatregirl7299 at Postcard Campaign for Jared and Jensen

Sign ups for runthecon close on Monday, August 31st.

So, if you want to be part of the mayhem and madness of writing a fic against a twenty-four hour clock, head over to the comm and sign up now (if you haven't already). You can find the complete set of rules and FAQs here

If you want to signal boost, you can find the code and the banner here.

Come on and join the fun. Let's Run the Con!

runthecon is a flash writing challenge for the White Collar fan community. You sign up and agree to write a short fic within 24 hours after your tag and prompt gets posted (not when you see that you've been tagged). You can find the complete set of rules and FAQs here

Sign ups are now open and run through August 31. The first tag will take place on September 1 and the challenge will run until all participants have filled or been tagged out.

To sign up, simply click on the pretty banner above or follow this link.

It's back, new and improved, and just waiting for people to come and play!

runthecon is a flash writing challenge in which you get tagged with a prompt and then have 24 hours to write a fill. It's oodles of fun, causes despair and frantic scrambling to meet the deadline, and leaves you feeling panicky, exhausted and incredibly pleased with yourself because you managed to post your fic in time! *g*

Sign ups for the new challenge start August 1st - keep an eye out for the official announcement! Until then, please feel free to peruse runthecon, familiarize yourself with the rules and, if you're so inclined, pimp the living daylights out of the comm with this awesometastic banner!

Seriously guys! I know that my beloved NCIS fandom is slowly dying, but only having 5 (!!!) people sign up after a week? That's embarrassing.

I admit to slowly being sucked into SPN fandom (why, god, why???) and the amount of fic produced there is ridiculous (Big Bangs with literally hundreds of participants). But NCIS is a small fandom compared to SPN. So let's look at an equally small fandom: White Collar. How come we get tons more responses there? So it's clearly not the size of the fandom. It's the people in it actively participating!

Don't disappoint me, fellow NCIS fans! I'm counting on you!

Why haven't I seen this before? Probably because Real Life interfered.

Anyway. I've seen a bunch of my flisters proudly displaying their "I got nominated!" banner (congrats, guys!) so I went to have a look at the comm. I'm all for spreading fandom (and especially fanfic/fanart) love, after all! :)

I was a bit surprised to see names I've never heard of in fandom being nominated while others I was sure would get tons of nominations aren't listed (yet). I shall rectify that oversight! *g* And then I will check out the - for me - new members of our fandom. Always neat to get potential awesomeness recced, after all!

So, if you haven't already but want to, why not check out the comm, think if there's a story or two you absolutely love, and nominate your favorite(s) before it's too late? (Deadline: end of January!)

Announcing a new White Collar writing community - The White Collar Reverse Big Bang - wc_reverse_bb

What Is a Reverse Big Bang? In traditional Big Bangs, authors write fan fic, and about halfway through the challenge, artists get to claim a story and create a non-written fanwork for that story (cover art, fan mix, video, etc.) but in a Reverse Big Bang, artists create their fanworks first, post them, (or samples) and then writers will have about two months to write stories for those artworks. In Round One, we are sticking with visual media - drawings, digital paintings, manips, picspams.

You can read the Rules post for art, schedule, and writing requirements.

Signups for Round One will open on October 15, 2013 for Artists and for Authors.

You can find the signal boosting code and more banners here.

Shamelessly copy-pasted from the wonderful rabidchild (because I'm shameless and lazy and shameless):



Is it that time again?

Yes, fellow Collars, the Fourth Anniversary of the airing of the White Collar Pilot episode is on October 23. Time for another round of Caffrey-Burke Day!

In case you didn't catch it last year, I will start with what Caffrey-Burke Day ISN’T: It’s not a swap or challenge, there are no sign-ups, there are no rules. This is not Slash-only. It is not Gen-only.

What it IS is a celebration of the relationship we love so very much – the one that makes watching White Collar such a joy – however you choose to interpret it.

How can you participate? It’s simple:

On or around October 23, publish a White Collar fanwork that focuses on or otherwise features the relationship between Peter and Neal. Any fanwork. Any subject matter. Any pairing. Any genre. Then, when you cross-post or otherwise promote your work, merely include in the summary or author note that it is for “Caffrey-Burke Day”.

That’s it.

If you’ve got any questions, head to my comments, but I think it’s pretty straightforward:

1. Create Neal-Peter works, any medium, any length, any subject matter

2. Publish on or around October 23

3. Mention it’s for “Caffrey-Burke Day”

On October 24, rabidchild will post a recap of all the submissions on her LJ (and here's last year's list for science! or something).

If anyone cares to signal-boost for this, please do!

And many thanks to the lovely and talented kanarek13 for the artwork!

...and you should, too!

We definitely need more participants (I should know, I'll be the one assigning the fics *g*) so we'd be thrilled to have you! Yes, you! *points*

I mean, come on. It's easy, it's fun, and you get some fic written for you!  So, what's not to like?!

Sign ups end on August 15, so run, don't walk! :)

Because I'm a sheep, I signed up for the hc_bingo challenge again. :)

My card can be found here in my fic journal gaby_fanfic.

Prompts are very welcome!

Since we're on the subject of ficcage...



I just signed up for whitecollar_bb, and you should, too! :)

All you have to do is write at least 10K of White Collar goodness and manage to have a rough draft ready by July 15th. See? Easy, ain't it? :)

(Artists on my flist? Keep in mind that we'll need awesometastic art to go with the ficcage! Artist sign ups will begin May 1st!)

The challenge I've been waiting for ever since I became active in this fandom is up and running again! \o/



Round 3 of wcpairings has just launched!

White Collar Pairings is a works-swap community focused on the terrific relationships on White Collar. The definition of relationship includes gen friendships as well as slash, het and poly relationships so there's room for everyone. See? There's absolutely no excuse not to sign up!

This round, not just writers but also artists can participate, so mosey on over and sign up! I expect y'all to see ya there! :D