Merlin links and lotr_fic_recs

[sophinisba]

Eep! I just signed up for camelotsolstice, the Merlin winter fic and art exchange! I saw the sign-ups post go up last night and had been hesitating, feeling bad about some other challenges I flaked out on recently and thinking I should get some other writing done before I add a new commitment... But then there was a post a little while ago saying they already had 40 participants, and I know they're planning to cap it at around 60 or 70, so! I couldn't wait! I'm happy that slightlytookish and a few other f-listers have also signed up so at least I won't be alone in my flailing. Also I'm reminding myself that I did come through at RemixRedux and that I'm usually a good fest participant. Even the one exchange where I dropped out, I notified the mods about two months before the deadline and they said it was fine, so I really should not let that haunt me for the rest of my days.

One thing I liked about their sign-up form is that they have a space where you can name a friend that your writer can contact if they have questions about what you like. I'd named claudia603 as a good person for that in my Yuletide letter last year, but I haven't seen it in any other fest sign-up forms. I'm especially glad it's here because I'm afraid my requests might be confusing. Claudia, you should join us at camelotsolstice! aralias? Any interest?

In other Merlin multishipping news (or not so new but I've been meaning to link to them for a while), vicky_v posted a great bunch of screencaps of When Gwen Did Awesome Things And/Or When I Especially Loved Her and miakun wrote Test of Patience, a great Gwen fic with hints of lots of pairings but especially Gwen/Lancelot.

Oh also I saw someone say she thought the new season of Merlin was going to start on September 19th, which is my birthday! :D Even if this is not true and even though if it is true I still wouldn't be able to watch it until the next day at the earliest, this was still totally awesome to read.

Earlier today I put up a new challenge at lotr_fic_recs, looking for fics about birthdays. This one should be especially easy for the Frodo and Bilbo fans, but I hope we will get some good rps recs too. I feel like there are a couple classics about Elijah's birthday but I don't remember details.

(Eep, I signed up for an exchange! *flails*)

Comments

[msilverstar]

Yay, Gwen fic!

Congratulations on everything else!

[sophinisba]

Thank you! It's actually Gwenfic that I'd signed up to write and promised myself I would finish before I signed up for anything else. But you understand, don't you? They were running out of spots! I was forced to break my resolution! I will still write the Gwenfic! I have this very inspiring icon now, you see!