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[aralias]

'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 March 15th-April 14th 2013.

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 don't need a Dreamwidth to play - just comment with OpenID. If you are on DW, please follow the community!)

2. Choose a M&B/Harlequin summary (or two etc) - we have a few suggestions here, but there are literally thousands. 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.

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.

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 1000 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) when you post to the community:

<b>Title:</b> <b>Author:</b> <b>Fandom:</b> <b>Pairing/Characters:</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Length:</b> <b>Summary:</b> <b>Notes:</b> <b>Link:</b>

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 you can sign up for a day that only one or two people are already interested in, that'd be best of all.


March 15th: aralias, lost_spook
March 16th: spikesgirl58, john_amend_all
March 17th: merryghoul
March 18th: the_redjay, kalloway
March 19th:
March 20th:
March 21st: wbaillie, john_amend_all
March 22nd: synner23, shaviva
March 23rd: snowynight, john_amend_all
March 24th: whiskeydaisy, dqbunny
March 25th: lbilover, prodigy
March 26th: hamimi_fk
March 27th: pressedbunson
March 28th: bruttimabuoni, corialis
March 29th: samskeyti, sunspeared
March 30th: daxion
March 31st: lamardeuse
April 1st: traincat, beckymonster
April 2nd: amaresu, preuxfledge
April 3rd: madisuzy, ultrapsychobrat
April 4th: kestrel337, sabinetzin
April 5th: honeynoir, mandralyne, rroselavy
April 6th: doreyg, evil_plotbunny
April 7th: loxleyprince, silver_galaxy
April 8th: spikesgirl58, mayfic, scifishipper
April 9th: agirlnamedtruth
April 10th: loveyourcrooked, vilakins
April 11th: rubberglue, stalkerbunny
April 12th: alltoseek, paranoidangel, mymisguided
April 13th: kizzia, neveralarch, random_nexus
April 14th: amy_wolf, sjh2009, reverie, jungle_ride

Comments

[amaresu]

I will take April 2nd!

[aralias]

hurrah! thank you for being the first vict- i mean, volunteer :D i've added you to the list.

[lost_spook]

March 31st.

Also, you're evil. I was absolutely not gong to sign up for anything at all until Yuletide, except maybe if Sixathon happened.

[aralias]

i think the sixathon is going to happen as far as i know :D although i had forgotten when i chose these dates. never mind - i like a challenge/many of them to pile up on me.

(my gf's just suggested that we combine the two and have a six and frobisher romance novel of platonic awesome).

[amy_wolf]

Can I grab April 14th? (I suspect I'll need all of the time I can get.)

[aralias]

of course! you're on the list. (and thanks for being the first person not on my f-list to sign up).

[loxleyprince]

May I please have April 7th? I'd like to try THE DESERT VIRGIN
by Sandra Marton as the basis for an Eagle AU for Marcus/Esca. :-)

[aralias]

yes, of course! and thanks for being the first person to volunteer a fic summary :D i'm enjoying it already.

I'm in

[spikesgirl58]

Mya I take April 8th, please. I will try #93 - Matters of Seduction by Amanda Stevens. May Napoleon and Illya (Man from UNCLE)have mercy on my soul!

Re: I'm in

[aralias]

Yes, of course - and that sounds amazing :D

[wbaillie]

March 21st, please? :)

[aralias]

Yes! And thanks for taking a relatively early one :D

[vikingprincess]

Your summary of summaries link leads to a deleted site....

[aralias]

You're quite right (I'd forgotten that was there - thanks for pointing it out). The link should be fixed now.

[kizzia]

Can I have April 13th please?
I shall be doing Racing Against the Clock, Johnlock style :)

[aralias]

april the 13th is yours :D

[regndoft]

Snagging April 10th, for Six/Ainley!Master based on #19. Moahahaha.

[aralias]

aha - this plot is basically: the for reals plot of a doctor/master fic. and six/ainley! \o/

[merryghoul]

I'd like to take March 17.

[aralias]

great! it's yours.

[alltoseek]

I"d like April 12th, thanks! :D

[aralias]

you can have it! thanks for signing up.

[rubberglue]

Ooh can I get April 11? Thanks.

[aralias]

you can indeed!

[agirlnamedtruth]

May I have April 9th? And I think I'm going to try my hand at either 58 or 62 (or maybe both).

[aralias]

you can! and that section of the chart has now filled up nicely.

[honeynoir]

This sounds amazing! Could I have April 5th? (I daren't take March...)

[aralias]

you can indeed! you can even have a later april one if you want (we already have a two on one day-er), although i've put you down for the 5th at the moment.

[doreyg]

Oh, why not! April 6th please! :D (Now, just to figure out what to write...)

[aralias]

great! you're in. (re - figuring out what to write: yes, very much me too).

[bruttimabuoni]

28 March please!

Probably Buffy fandom, possibly something else. And thank you for this! I've seen it in SPN fandom and been *so* envious.

[aralias]

it was also jealousy that compelled me to found the fest! which all seems very appropriate.

you're done for the 28th :D

[traincat]

This is such a fun idea! April 1st, if you please!

[aralias]

it's yours!

[synner23]

The 22nd, please. My birthday. :D

[aralias]

and a nice early date on the list! excellent, thank you :D

[kestrel337]

I'll take April 4th. Hopefully by then I can figure out how DW works.

[aralias]

april 4th is yours :)

if you need any help with anything DW wise let me know - i've probably googled it.

[gillo]

I'd like March 20th please. It will probably be something from the Buffyverse.

[aralias]

excellent! :D march 20th is yours.

[spikesgirl58]

Okay, I've gone through the list and I will also add #42 Prince Pleasures to my selection. March 16th please. Man from UNCLE - Napoleon/Illya

[aralias]

I will also add #42 Prince Pleasures to my selection. is surely one of the most perfect things you could ever get in your email inbox :D

and thanks for taking the 16th!

[lamardeuse]

I'd like the 31st of March, please! :)

[aralias]

you're on the list!

[daxion]

I'll take March 30th.

[aralias]

great! i've put you on the list.

[hamimi_fk]

I really like this idea! Put me down for March 26th. I'm going to use #1 - THE VIRGIN'S SEDUCTION with Homestuck - Vriska/Rose.

(I may write another fic, with some other f/f pairing from Homestuck. As for summaries... *eyes #13 and 14*)

[aralias]

march 26th is yours - and i should add homestruck to our interests list!

[madisuzy]

Could I have April 3rd please?

Summary -

4)The Boss’s Secret Mistress – Alison Fraser
An affair simply isn’t on her agenda. But Tory Lloyd’s new boss, Lucas Ryecart, is determined to make her his mistress. Working with him all the time, her body betrays her attraction… What comes after seduction?

Fandom - Final Fantasy VII
Pairing - Rufus Shinra / Tseng

Are yaoi pairings accepted?

[aralias]

yaoi pairings are definitely ok, as is pretty much anything you can think of!

april 3rd is yours.