Unconventional Courtship 2021 Sign Up Post
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unconventionalcourtship
'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 2021.
This year's mod is
liadt.How to play:
It's as simple as:
1. Sign up! Sign ups close on June 14 and all you need to do is comment on this post with the day you want to post your fic. You can tell us which summary/pairing you're going with, but you don't have to. You can also ask us 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 us 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 may also help (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 ready made ones found over here and here.
Please do pimp where ever you think would be appropriate.
5. Post the fic to this community on your assigned day. If you unable to post on your day there is a amnesty week for those that sign up from July 1 - 7.
You can also post to our AO3 collection if you want!
You can see some examples of Unconventional Courtship fic by looking through the collection, or earlier in the com.
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Any questions? Leave a comment or PM me or email me.
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.
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.
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biwitched17pansiesriddlemethis_21out_thereIf you have questions, feel free to ask! And/or consult the FAQs.
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Date: 2021-04-02 03:35 pm (UTC)I've put you down and good luck with finding the magic summary:D
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Date: 2021-04-01 09:05 pm (UTC)Because I am nothing if not a procrastinator, put me down for the 30th as the posting date. Thank you! (gonna slide in just before finish time, woo)
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Date: 2021-04-02 01:27 am (UTC)May I request the 29th June if it is not already taken?
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Date: 2021-04-02 04:44 pm (UTC)178) The Virtuous Courtesan by Mary Brendan
Inherited: one mistress!
Gavin Stone discovers on his brother's death that, to inherit his estate, he must also take on his mistress! Gavin never thought that claiming his inheritance could be so pleasurable…Sarah is horrified—she never thought she would be passed on as if she were a chattel—but what choice does she have? And Gavin will expect a practised seducer when, in reality, she is as unschooled as a debutante! But just maybe an innocent courtesan is what it will take to thaw this rake's heart…
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Date: 2021-04-02 08:24 pm (UTC)Also I know there's probably at least one more I'll do. Do they have to be the same day or can it be a different one?
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Date: 2021-04-03 01:36 am (UTC)May I have June 24th please?
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Date: 2021-04-03 05:51 am (UTC)Could you put me in for the 23rd June please? :)
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Date: 2021-04-03 07:31 pm (UTC)i don't think i can actually play, but i'm tempted. and i'm delighted it's happening.
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Date: 2021-04-04 01:52 pm (UTC)Thank you:) I did think of going with a flavour of the month mega-fandom as this year's official banner, but decided to stick with what I know:D
Give into temptation! And there's the safety net of a amnesty week now. hat you started can't be stopped:D
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Date: 2021-04-03 07:44 pm (UTC)Also can I have a summary assigned to me? Love a surprise.
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Date: 2021-04-04 01:59 pm (UTC)Here's your summary. Enjoy!
Rome's Revenge (2001)
A novel by Sara Craven:
Rome d'Angelo could have his pick of women -- only, his fiancee had already been chosen for him, by his grandfather! A family feud meant Rome was being forced into a vengeful seduction: he must get engaged to Cory Grant, then jilt her... Heiress Cory was used to men wanting her for her money. But Rome seemed genuinely interested in her -- was this the real thing? Rome was amazed to realize he found Cory's innocence so sexy. Maybe instead of jilting her, he should marry her!
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Date: 2021-04-04 05:10 am (UTC)2119 June please!John/Rodney, Stargate Atlantis.
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Date: 2021-04-07 02:07 pm (UTC)Lord Havelock's List by Annie Burrows:
Lord Havelock is in need of a wife. But with no time for a society wedding and no stomach for girlish fripperies, his options are limited. So with help from his friends, he draws up a list of qualities he does desire in a wife... .
When orphaned Mary Carpenter discovers her handsome new husband's list, she's hurt - and incensed. If he thinks she'll sit meekly by, be "compliant" and "a mouse," he's got another think coming! Is it perhaps time for Mary to make a list of her own, and change the rules of their relationship forever... ?
I hope you can have fun with it!
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