Hmm...

[bluflamingo]

Okay, so it's possible I've signed up for a couple too many ficathons in the next couple of months:

1. sga_genficathon, about which I can't talk since it's secret, but which is driving me *insane* trying to figure out how I want to structure the story. Not the plot, not the characters, not even how it's going to end, but the damn structure. April. Done

2. femme_fic: prompt tbc (and may I just say that it's pathetic how excited I get every time I check my email, hoping there'll be a prompt. Seriously. Pathetic), but femslash of some description. 1st May. Done

3. lgbtfest #1: "Generation Kill, Brad/Nate, leaving the corps didn't mean he no longer had to worry about the UCMJ. He might be a grad student at Harvard, but retiring definitely wasn't on Brad's immediate horizon," which I swear I chose solely because I have this girl's voice in my head telling Nate that Brd's never going to leave the marines for him. No context, no idea who she is, just this one line. 12th May Done

4. team_sga AU fest: Pegasus B&B, which is a prompt that makes me dorkily happy, but I want more au fic where everyone's always been in Pegasus instead of always been on Earth. Actually, I want *any* fic where this is true, since it seems to be non-existent. 14th May. Done

5. lgbtfest #2: "Any fandom, any character, Being gay in the U.S. military means you've always got a secret -- but it also means you've always got a community," which I mainly chose because, as much as I liked the fic that was around a few months ago wherein there's a little male gay community on Atlantis, coordinated by Rodney (though, seriously, Rodney? I know, being a McKay/Sheppard fic it had to be one of them and couldn't be Sheppard, but seriously).... Um, right, as much as I liked that story, I got to the end and was all, but what about the girls? Lesbians and bisexual women exist you know! Which is possibly a spurious reason for choosing a prompt. 15th May Done

6. thelittlebang, which will be Firefly and for which I have kind of an idea, but it's one of those where I need to start before I figure it out. Also, it has to be 15,000 words. 20th May. Done

Which is not to say I can't probably manage it all, but just... now would be the time to panic, right?!

Comments

[dirty-diana.livejournal.com]

Holy ficathon commitments.

I'm flailing trying to choose my lgbtfest prompts. There's too much choice! I just don't know!

*flails more*

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

There's too much choice! I just don't know!

Last year, I would have said exactly the same; this year it took me ages to find a prompt I wanted to write. Most of them are just so depressing - I want some hopeful lgbt fic, where it's not all secrets and misery and questioning the last twenty years of your life. I mean, I know issue fic is kind of what the challenge is about but I want stories where people can be gay and single and have issues but still have hope and happiness.

[dirty-diana.livejournal.com]

but I want stories where people can be gay and single and have issues but still have hope and happiness.

I'm with you. The framing of the challenge kind of leads to depressing prompts, I think, even though I love the challenge. I did try to put forth some prompts that were not too sad, but all my fandoms are so wee. But I'm going to grab one and write a happy coming out story.