Unconventional Courtship 2016
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unconventionalcourtshipIt's time for the fest we've ALL been waiting for! YES -
Welcome to 'Unconventional Courtship 2016'!
'Unconventional Courtship' is a panfandom fic fest where you write and post a 1000w+ fic based on a M&B/Harlequin plot. Fics will be posted to this community, staggered through June 2016 (from the 1st to the 30th).
How to play:
It's as simple as:
1. Sign up! All you need to do is comment on this post with the day you want to post your fic. You can tell me which summary/pairing you're going with, but you don't have to. You can also ask me to assign you a summary, if you want. (You don't need a Dreamwidth to play - just comment with OpenID, although you will need to ask me to post your fic on the com. If you are on DW, please follow the community!)
2. Choose a M&B/Harlequin summary (or two etc) - we have hundreds of suggestions here, but there are literally thousands. Our prompt generator is even biggerer and betterer than last year! (thank youjohn_amend_all) You can write more than one fic, if you want. You can also combine prompts, if you like.
3. Replace the names (and pronouns if necessary) with the names (and pronouns) of the pairing of your choice. Any any all fandoms and pairings are welcome in this fest.
You can also replace place names and jobs as long as you keep to the spirit of the prompt. So, if you want to write Kirk/Spock, but you don't want to write a modern day AU, you could replace 'the Sahara desert' with 'a desert planet' and Kirk wouldn't need to be the boss at a law firm, he could be the boss... in the sense that he's the captain.
4. Write a fic based on your altered summary. You can take the prompt seriously or use it as an improbable basis for lols.
4.5. Pimp the fest far and wide. I'm hardly going to do this at all, so it's up to you - the players! I've re-uploaded the make-your-own banners and of course you can use any that I've already made. But please do pimp where ever you think would be appropriate.
5. Post the fic to this community on your assigned day. Use the header provided.
You can also post to our AO3 collection, but please post to the com whatever you do, and please post to the com first.
You can see some examples of Unconventional Courtship fic by looking through the collection, or earlier in the com.
6.Profit! Fics for all! I'll post a masterlist once all the entries are in. Crossposting is encouraged.
Any questions? Leave a comment or PM me or email me at heroic.tendencies@gmail.com
Rules:
1. All fics must be over 1,000 words long.
2. You must use a modified Mills & Boon and/or Harlequin summary.
3. You don't have to use a beta, but it is strongly advised.
4. Please use the following header (or similar - the AO3 share function is fine) when you post to the community:
5. Please post on your assigned day. If you can't for whatever reason, please let me know either by PM or email heroic.tendencies@gmail.com
6. You can use this fic for another challenge i.e.trope_bingo
7. You can sign up for any day you like, but if it is possible for you to sign up for a day that nobody else is interested in then that'd be best of all.
JUNE 2016:
1staralias, badass_tiger
2nd
3rdmisslucyjane
4thmerryghoul
5tha_q
6thtosca1390
7throseveare, fleetsparrow
8thkatemacetak
9thrivulet027
10thselenicdistance, thequipkid, still_lycoris
11thnanslice, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dangerousdame
12thmeridian_rose
13thscifishipper, estirose
14thempressearwig
15thmara
16thtorigates
17thsidhe_faerie
18thstarwish_starwoe
19thliadt
20thtraincat
21stjohn_amend_all
22ndpameluke
23rdsamuraiter
24thautiotalo
25thperfidiousfate
26thparanoidangel
27throsied, fleetsparrow
28thrandom_nexus, argylepiratewd
29thtree, merryofsoul
30thlilly_c, pixieboots, urami
If you have questions, feel free to ask! And/or consult the FAQs from last year, which are still mostly accurate.
'Unconventional Courtship' is a panfandom fic fest where you write and post a 1000w+ fic based on a M&B/Harlequin plot. Fics will be posted to this community, staggered through June 2016 (from the 1st to the 30th).
How to play:
It's as simple as:
1. Sign up! All you need to do is comment on this post with the day you want to post your fic. You can tell me which summary/pairing you're going with, but you don't have to. You can also ask me to assign you a summary, if you want. (You don't need a Dreamwidth to play - just comment with OpenID, although you will need to ask me to post your fic on the com. If you are on DW, please follow the community!)
2. Choose a M&B/Harlequin summary (or two etc) - we have hundreds of suggestions here, but there are literally thousands. Our prompt generator is even biggerer and betterer than last year! (thank you
john_amend_all) You can write more than one fic, if you want. You can also combine prompts, if you like. 3. Replace the names (and pronouns if necessary) with the names (and pronouns) of the pairing of your choice. Any any all fandoms and pairings are welcome in this fest.
You can also replace place names and jobs as long as you keep to the spirit of the prompt. So, if you want to write Kirk/Spock, but you don't want to write a modern day AU, you could replace 'the Sahara desert' with 'a desert planet' and Kirk wouldn't need to be the boss at a law firm, he could be the boss... in the sense that he's the captain.
4. Write a fic based on your altered summary. You can take the prompt seriously or use it as an improbable basis for lols.
4.5. Pimp the fest far and wide. I'm hardly going to do this at all, so it's up to you - the players! I've re-uploaded the make-your-own banners and of course you can use any that I've already made. But please do pimp where ever you think would be appropriate.
5. Post the fic to this community on your assigned day. Use the header provided.
You can also post to our AO3 collection, but please post to the com whatever you do, and please post to the com first.
You can see some examples of Unconventional Courtship fic by looking through the collection, or earlier in the com.
6.
Any questions? Leave a comment or PM me or email me at heroic.tendencies@gmail.com
Rules:
1. All fics must be over 1,000 words long.
2. You must use a modified Mills & Boon and/or Harlequin summary.
3. You don't have to use a beta, but it is strongly advised.
4. Please use the following header (or similar - the AO3 share function is fine) when you post to the community:
5. Please post on your assigned day. If you can't for whatever reason, please let me know either by PM or email heroic.tendencies@gmail.com
6. You can use this fic for another challenge i.e.
trope_bingo7. You can sign up for any day you like, but if it is possible for you to sign up for a day that nobody else is interested in then that'd be best of all.
JUNE 2016:
1st
aralias, badass_tiger2nd
3rd
misslucyjane4th
merryghoul 5th
a_q6th
tosca13907th
roseveare, fleetsparrow8th
katemacetak9th
rivulet02710th
selenicdistance, thequipkid, still_lycoris11th
nanslice, dangerousdame12th
meridian_rose 13th
scifishipper, estirose14th
empressearwig15th
mara16th
torigates17th
sidhe_faerie 18th
starwish_starwoe19th
liadt20th
traincat21st
john_amend_all22nd
pameluke23rd
samuraiter24th
autiotalo25th
perfidiousfate26th
paranoidangel27th
rosied, fleetsparrow28th
random_nexus, argylepiratewd29th
tree, merryofsoul30th
lilly_c, pixieboots, uramiIf you have questions, feel free to ask! And/or consult the FAQs from last year, which are still mostly accurate.
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Date: 2016-03-27 08:39 pm (UTC)Can you give me a summary too? nothing's appealing to me so far.
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Date: 2016-03-27 09:06 pm (UTC)nwed and Unrepentant - Marguerite Kaye
PRETEND ENGAGEMENT
Burned by love, and fearful of being trapped by marriage, headstrong Lady Cordelia Armstrong is furious when her father manipulates her into a betrothal with his business partner and her one-time lover Iain Hunter. Understanding Cordelia’s reluctance, Iain proposes a pretend engagement. For now they will make believe – but there is no need to fake the attraction that still burns hotly between them. As they travel to magical Arabia the lines between fantasy and reality blur. Will either of them really be able to walk away once their deal is done?
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Date: 2016-03-27 09:03 pm (UTC)Please can I have the 26th with this summary:
297) Second Chance with the Rebel by Cara Colter
Everyone in the town could see they didn't belong together. Sarah Jane Smith was the adventurous outsider with a mysterious past, and Harry Sullivan was the wholesome doctor
's son. And Sarah's sudden departure just proved the rest of the town right...Seven years later
a Mother's Day Galathe Doctor dropping her off brings Sarah back into Harry's life, and once again he finds himself charmed by her. Everything feels different, but the risk of heartbreak is just as strong. But doesn't everyone deserve a second chance at happiness — even him...?(no subject)
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Date: 2016-03-27 09:24 pm (UTC)I'll take June 8.
And I'll be using "What The Librarian Did" by Karina Bliss: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7463932-what-the-librarian-did
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Date: 2016-03-27 09:58 pm (UTC)Thanks - and thanks for organizing this! ^5
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Date: 2016-03-28 02:18 pm (UTC)The 19th please!
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Date: 2016-03-28 10:55 pm (UTC)Thank you for hosting this challenge again. I intend to redeem myself for my failure to post last year.
Choosing Prompt #269 from the main page, and would like to pick June 23 if at all possible.
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Date: 2016-03-29 06:59 am (UTC)ETA: Had to change the date, forgot I was away for part of June.
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Date: 2016-03-29 11:55 am (UTC)I'll be signing up with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2044222.Just_a_Little_Fling
with Alec/Magnus from Shadowhunters, so some minor changes for gender and a Shadowhunter Wedding instead of a Scottish one.
Edited to add: I AM SO EXCITED
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Date: 2016-03-29 05:49 pm (UTC)I have a summary and I have been waiting for this fest!
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Date: 2016-03-31 06:58 pm (UTC)26)Lady Jane’s Physician by Anne Ashley
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