Anyone who's interested in this year's Vividcon, the engines are rumbling to life, so I thought I'd point out the next couple of deadlines FYI:

1. Voting for this year's Challenge Vid Theme closes tonight, Friday 3/18, at 11:59pm EDT!

2. Also, we're recruiting volunteer vidders for this year's Vividcon Vidder Auction. All the details are here, and interested vidders should send me an email at dorinda [at] thechicagoloop [dot] net by this Sunday, 3/20!

Viddddddddses. *\o/*

As a followup to the idyll discussion of the other day, may I boost the announcement of arduinna's Idyll Challenge! Open challenge, for fic, vids, art, etc. Here's her post, where you can actually see the molecules aligning as she talks herself into it. \o/

I also like her two-tracked chart, with the Cave->Shack line parallel to, but with its start point set slightly further back from, the Desert Island->Idyll line. ARDUINNA IT IS ALMOST LIKE SCIENCE.

I also also seriously wish that the Pros story "In Hot Water: an Idyl" was available somewhere online, instead of (as far as I can tell) just on the Pros story-CD set. Does anyone know, are there any flexibilities for sharing any of those CD stories, like private email circulation?

kouredios is hosting a friending meme, over at her DW and LJ, for people interested in finding likeminded others on DW/LJ to have fannish conversations with. Missing discussions? These folks are too!

So, ten years ago (?)(!) I was involved in the original 101 Ways to End Up in a Canadian Shack challenge (Fanlore article. My shacks then were I Spy and Hornblower (TV).

Now, for an anniversary celebration, cesperanza has opened up a new collection, Canadian Shack 2011! Writers from the original challenge have put up some shacks to start, but now it's open to everyone, until we get to 101.

So, if you feel like throwing your favorite characters into (or in the vicinity of) a Canadian (or the vicinity of *g*) Shack, come and play! As Cesperanza says in the anniversary celebration link above, "Write a short (around 500 words-ish) story putting your fandom/characters/pairing of choice into a Canadian shack!" I would add: your fannish universe has no "Canada" as such? Doesn't even matter! And repetition of fandoms is totally fine!

My shacks for the anniversary challenge are, alphabetically by fandom: I Spy (the more things change...), Persuaders, Rubicon, and Trapeze. Details:

Reveille in the Key of Shack (500 words) by Dorinda
Fandom: I Spy (1965)
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kelly Robinson/Alexander Scott
Characters: Kelly Robinson, Alexander Scott
Summary: For some people, this would be an upsetting situation to wake up to.

Shack of the Sinclairs (500 words) by Dorinda
Fandom: The Persuaders
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brett Sinclair/Danny Wilde
Characters: Brett Sinclair, Danny Wilde
Summary: Into the darkest wilds.

Unlocked (500 words) by Dorinda
Fandom: Rubicon
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Walter Carrington/Kale Ingram/Will Travers
Characters: Kale Ingram, Will Travers, Walter Carrington
Summary: Will is brought through some of those doors.

There Was No Net Then (500 words) by Dorinda
Fandom: Trapeze (1956)
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tino Orsini/Mike Ribble
Characters: Tino Orsini, Mike Ribble
Summary: They think more clearly in the air.

Spread the word, bring your friends, come and play, shack 'em up!

I'm very sorry to say that Sandy has died.

I'm thinking of her, and of everyone else who loved her, knew her, was affected by her, heard of her, was touched by one of the many many ripples she sent out into the world.

♥

Re: my earlier post, X has been re-uploading some additional art today. So, to the fandom list, let me add: Invisible Man, Firefly, Millennium/Constantine crossover, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Heroes, Horatio Hornblower, Prison Break, and Lost.

ETA: And Wiseguy!

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