Fic Rush: the two-day ficathon

Tentatively, pending implosions, alarums, and excursions by night:

Beth (lolmac)
first post midnight GMT (8 pm EDT Friday)
last post 4 am GMT (midnight EDT)

Don (isdon_isgood9)
first post 5 am GMT Saturday (3 pm ET [Sydney] Sat)
last post 8 am GMT Saturday (6 pm ET [Sydney] Sat)

Glinda(glinda_penguin)
first post 9 am GMT Saturday
last post 1 pm GMT Saturday

Pitry (pitry)
first post 2 pm GMT (4 pm IST Sat)
last post 7 pm GMT (9 pm IST Sat)

Beth (lolmac)
first post 8 pm GMT (4 pm EDT Sat)
last post 10 pm GMT (6 pm EDT Sat)

Skyler (dbskyler)
first post 11 pm GMT (4 pm PDT Sat)
last post 4 am GMT (9 pm PDT Sat)

Don (isdon_isgood9)
first post 5 am GMT Sunday (3 pm ET [Sydney] Sun)
last post 8 am GMT Sunday (6 pm ET [Sydney] Sun)

Jenni (lullabymoon)
first post 9 am GMT Sunday
last post 1 pm GMT Sunday

Idlewild (idlewild_)
first post 2 pm GMT (10 am EDT Sun)
last post 7 pm GMT (3 pm EDT Sun)

Lothi (lothithil)
first post 8 pm GMT (3 pm CDT Sun)
last post 10 pm GMT (5 pm CDT Sun)

Beth
first post 11 pm GMT (7 pm EDT Sun)
last post midnight GMT (8 pm EDT Sun)

[Poll #1786949]

Wow, that was one hell of a round -- especially since it started with two mods fresh out of hospital, myself being one of them.   Plus some mods and several members sick, and a couple injured.

I'm always grateful to the Mod Squad, but even more so this weekend, since I was in no condition to post until the very end.  In particular, the Official Junta, dbskyler and idlewild_, and the Unofficial Junta, pitry and chibifukurou. Plus lullabymoon and isdon_isgood9.  That's right:  we did the round with only six mods actually standing.  Wow, folks.  You are amazing.

And not only did we have much writing, editing, revising, research, and witty banter, we also had faster-than-light Rescue Penguins, alpha readers, ducks and chickens, flamingos, cake, cookies, and chocolate, all on this temporally inverted round.  And ponies!

So brag about your exploits here, and be sure to check back later this month -- or maybe it was earlier last month -- whatever -- so we can decide when we're going to do all of this again!  (Hopefully minus the heavy bleeding and the savage viruses and wrenched knees and all that.)

This is my tenth or twentieth attempt to post this . . . if there are any errors in it, I may not be able to correct it until LJ does its next round of RTE fixes, or Hell freezes over, whichever comes first.

Skyler, will the Friday shift work for you?

Beth (lolmac)
first post midnight GMT (8 pm EDT Friday)
last post 1 am GMT (9 pm EDT)

Skyler (dbskyler)
first post 2 am GMT (7 pm PDT Friday)
last post 5 am GMT (10 pm PDT Saturday)

Don (isdon_isgood9)
first post 6 am GMT Saturday (4 pm ET [Sydney] Sat)
last post 8 am GMT Saturday (6 pm ET [Sydney] Sat)

Glinda(glinda_penguin)
first post 9 am GMT Saturday
last post 1 pm GMT Saturday

Pitry (pitry)
first post 2 pm GMT (4 pm IST Sat)
last post 7 pm GMT (9 pm IST Sat)

Beth (lolmac)
first post 8 pm GMT (4 pm EDT Sat)
last post midnight GMT (8 pm EDT Sat)

Chibi (chibifukurou)
first post 1 am GMT (9 pm EDT Sat)
last post 4 am GMT (midnight EDT Sat)

Don (isdon_isgood9)
first post 5 am GMT Sunday (3 pm ET [Sydney] Sun)
last post 8 am GMT Sunday (6 pm ET [Sydney] Sun)

Jenni (lullabymoon)
first post 9 am GMT Sunday
last post 1 pm GMT Sunday

Idlewild (idlewild_)
first post 2 pm GMT (10 am EDT Sun)
last post 7 pm GMT (3 pm EDT Sun)

Lothi (lothithil)
first post 8 pm GMT (3 pm CDT Sun)
last post 10 pm GMT (5 pm CDT Sun)

Beth
first post 11 pm GMT (7 pm EDT Sun)
last post midnight GMT (8 pm EDT Sun)

[Poll #1772630]

This was a really great round!  We had an entire parade of ninja animals to keep us on our toes and inspire crackiness.  We had new faces in addition to the usual round of suspects.  We celebrated sidlj's birthday!  And we wrote, revised, edited, posted, and did research.  And "Research", of course.

We even have crack to show for it!
The Rare Avis Affair, by idlewild_ (Man From UNCLE)
The Ark in Time and Space, by dbskyler (Doctor Who)
Punchline, by lolmac (MacGyver)

Be sure to watch the comm for the poll for next month's 'Rush weekend.
And please take a moment to thank your Mod Squad, especially isdon_isgood9, who did an extra shift, chibifukurou, who went on stand-by for extra modding and also found us lovely ninja art, lullabymoon, idlewild_, dbskyler, pitry, and lothithil! And I'm lolmac, for those who don't know me yet or are afraid I've been replaced with a ninja double.

To answer JTurtle's question about the fic gallery:  good question, and one I've been thinking about a lot.
There is a very, very out of date gallery for this comm, of fic written (or partly written) during various rounds of the 'Rush.  It was originally maintained by the comm's founder, studyofrunning, but she hasn't been able to keep it going in recent months.  In addition, this comm has grown a great deal in the last year, and I don't think the single 'fic gallery' post is a good format for handling the massive amount of fic that has been written here!

Accordingly, I'm thinking of setting up another sister comm as a fic gallery.  I'd welcome thoughts and feedback.

I'd also be interested to know where people archive their fic.  I'm about to create a poll to ask that; please stand by.

Here's the (partially tentative) Mod Squad schedule.  Please let me know if I've scheduled you for a time that won't work!

SoR (studyofrunning)  (If she is not available, I will cover this shift)
first post midnight GMT (5 pm PDT Friday)
last post 2 am GMT (7 pm PDT)

Beth (lolmac)
first post 3 am GMT (11 pm EDT Friday)
last post 5 am GMT (1 am EDT Saturday)

Don (isdon_isgood9)
first post 6 am GMT Saturday (4 pm ET [Sydney] Sat)
last post 8 am GMT Saturday (6 pm ET [Sydney] Sat)

Glinda(glinda_penguin)
first post 9 am GMT Saturday
last post 1 pm GMT Saturday

Idlewild (idlewild_)
first post 2 pm GMT (10 am EDT Sat)
last post 7 pm GMT (3 pm EDT Sat)

Skyler (dbskyler)
first post 8 pm GMT (1 pm PDT Sat)
last post midnight GMT (5 pm PDT Sat)

Chibi (chibifukurou)
first post 1 am GMT (1 pm Sat EDT)
last post 4 am GMT (midnight Sat EDT)

Don (isdon_isgood9)
first post 5 am GMT Sunday (3 pm ET [Sydney] Sun)
last post 8 am GMT Sunday (6 pm ET [Sydney] Sun)

Jenni (lullabymoon)
first post 9 am GMT Sunday
last post 1 pm GMT Sunday

Lothi (lothithil)
first post 2 pm GMT (9 am CDT Sun)
last post 4 pm GMT (11 am CDT Sun)

Pitry (pitry)
first post 5 pm GMT (8 pm IDT Sun)
last post 9 pm GMT (11 pm IDT Sun)

Beth
first post 10 pm GMT (4 pm Sun EDT)
last post midnight GMT (8 pm Sun EDT)

So let's think about Round 20.  Round 19 was very lightly attended; I blame summer (except for Australia, where it's winter), and the Harry Potter movie.  Hopefully, the next round will work better for more people.  (But look at it this way: there were no [Poll #1764306]

Let's see if I actually managed not to include any mistakes this time!

StudyofRunning (studyofrunning)
first post midnight GMT (5 pm PDT Friday)
last post 2 am GMT (7 pm PDT)

Beth (lolmac)
first post 3 am GMT (11 pm EDT Friday)
last post 5 am GMT (1 am EDT Saturday)

Don (isdon_isgood9)
first post 6 am GMT Saturday (4 pm ET [Sydney] Sat)
last post 8 am GMT Saturday (6 pm ET [Sydney] Sat)

Glinda(glinda_penguin)
first post 9 am GMT Saturday
last post 2 pm GMT Saturday

Beth
first post 3 pm GMT Saturday (11 am EDT Sat)
last post 5 pm GMT Saturday (1 pm EDT Sat)

Skyler (dbskyler)
first post 6 pm GMT Saturday (11 am PDT Sat)
last post midnight GMT (5 pm PDT Sat)

Chibi (chibifukurou)
first post 1 am GMT (9 pm Sat EDT)
last post 4 am GMT (midnight EDT)

Don (isdon_isgood9)
first post 5 am GMT Sunday (3 pm ET [Sydney] Sun)
last post 8 am GMT Sunday (6 pm ET [Sydney] Sun)

Jenni (lullabymoon)
first post 9 am GMT Sunday
last post 3 pm GMT Sunday

Lothi (lothithil)
first post 4 pm GMT (11 am Sun CDT)
last post 7 pm GMT (2 pm Sun CDT)

Beth
first post 8 pm GMT (4 pm Sun EDT)
last post midnight GMT (8 pm Sun EDT)

If studyofrunning is not available on Friday, I'll do her hours.

Ack. It's already the 7th, and I'm only just now getting this posted![Poll #1759911][Poll #1759912]