Fic Rush: the two-day ficathon

Round 18 is over!

Another great round!  New faces and familiar ones, and lots of activity, especially in the first 24 hours.  So, post here and brag about what you accomplished!

The poll for Round 19 will go up soon.  Watch this space!  Closely!  It might do tricks!

Thanks again, and again, and again, to the Mod Squad, because there's no way I could do this alone:

dbskyler, glinda_penguin, isdon_isgood9, pitry, chibifukurou, and idlewild_, and a special welcome to our newest recruit, lothithil!

And three cheers for studyofrunning, who founded this comm and made it happen.



And if anyone feels like continuing to write for a while, feel free to join us here.

Round 18 starts tomorrow!  See you all there, I hope!

Round 18 will probably be the 18th and 19th of June.  However:

One of our regular Mod Squad members, lullabymoon, is not available in June at all.  She regularly takes the shift from Sunday 9 am GMT to 1 pm GMT.  Is there anyone who would like to pinch-hit? 

I would especially welcome new mods -- if we have more people in the pool, the existing mods are less likely to get burned out, yaknowwhatImean?

Although the mod is often the Chief Crackmeister of the Hour, this is not actually a requirement of the position.  If you're a writer not a stand-up comedian (Damn it Jim!) and you've been hesitating to offer on this account, please, hesitate no longer!

ETA:  If you're interested in modding, I will ask for the following information:

- your time zone (That's a big part of how I manage the calendar)
- your general preferences and limitations (Do you work till 5 on Friday?  Go to church on Sunday?  On Saturday?  Sleep in till noon?  Get to bed by midnight?  Stay up till 2 am on weekends?)
- your specific preferences (Are you always online on Sunday afternoon?  Usually bored on Saturday morning?)

Unless otherwise specified, I will begin by assuming that you are not available between 1 am and 9 am in your own timezone, that you work till 5 pm on Friday, and that you do not work on Saturday or Sunday; so I really want to know if those assumptions don't hold.

Also, none of this is ever set in stone; you will never get flack from me when your availibility changes.

If you weren't there, you missed the Best Fun of The Entire Month, Folks!

Especially when the Time Chicken kidnapped the moderator.  And when the ninja penguins got drunk and started skateboarding.  And when the drunken ninja penguin took over from dbskyler and demanded herring!

So tell the world about your triumphs!  And take a moment to thank your mod squad:  dbskyler, pitry, glinda_penguin, lullabymoon, isdon_isgood9 and idlewild_.  And me.

Remember:  Round 17 is the next weekend!

This is what the schedule currently looks like.  Please let me know if there are any problems I've missed.

SoR (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 1 pm GMT Saturday

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

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

Skyler (dbskyler)
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

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

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

See you in 5 days!

Since we've had some changes in the Mod Squad line-up, I've tentatively put together a new master schedule.  On any given round, there will almost certainly be adjustments, but please review this and confirm that it will work for you (or not) in general:

SoR (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 EDT Sat)
last post 8 am GMT Saturday (6 pm EDT Sat)

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

Pitry (pitry)
first post 2 pm GMT (5 pm IDT Sat)
last post 7 pm GMT (10 pm IDT 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 EDT [Sydney] Sun)
last post 8 am GMT Sunday (6 pm EDT [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)

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

If you're not a moderator and you're interested in helping, please ping me; I'm always interested in you.  Be sure to tell me what time zone you're in, and when you're likely to be available.  With summer approaching (in the Northern hemisphere, that is), we'll need Emergency Back-up Stunt Mods; and we could still use a second mod in Australia (or Japan or China or Malaysia . . . ) (or one with really bad insomnia).

And if you haven't yet voted on the dates for the May round, why the heck not?

ETA:  I think I have all the glitches fixed now, but please flag me if I missed any.

And what a round we had!

Only one item of crackfic was added to our badly warped collection, but it was a doozy:  curuchamion's first contribution to the crack.

The Russian Cheese Mafia attempted to move our cheese off the internet; the brutes kidnapped jjpor and ate the Time Chicken, and we had to mount a Daring Rescue Mission to save him!  We acquired Engine-X, and don't ask where it is now.  We added flamingos to our menagerie (was that your doing, floren8?), enjoyed the antics of the motorcycle-riding space pirates, and manged to keep most of the penguins from getting drunk this time.

Seriously:  in spite of the DDoS attacks and the frustration with outages, we kicked ass.

We had new folks and regulars, and new regulars.  We had writing!  Lots and lots of writing!  So comment to this post and brag about it!  (Gentle reminder:  do not post excerpts here; do link to posted fic when available.)

As always, my deepest gratitude goes out to the Mod Squad; even more than usual on this weekend.  You folks absolutely rock:
dbskyler, pitry, lullabymoon, isdon_isgood9, and the newest recruit, chibifukurou!

Keep an eye on the comm!  I'll post the poll to choose dates for the May round in a few days.

Subject to temporal fluctuation, hacker attack, and nefarious adjustments:

SoR (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)

no coverage 6 am to 1 pm GMT Saturday -- anyone able to help here?  Yay, Jenni will cover this shift!

Glinda(glinda_penguin)  We'll miss you!
first post 9 am GMT Saturday
last post 1 pm GMT Saturday

Pitry (pitry)
first post 2 pm GMT Saturday (4 pm IDT)
last post 7 pm GMT Saturday (9 pm IDT)

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

Chibi (chibifukurou)   (I hope you don't mind the nickname, because the syllables are keeeling me)
first post 1 am GMT Sunday (9 pm EDT Sun)
last post 5 am GMT Sunday (1 am EDT Sun)

no coverage 6 am to 8 am GMT Sunday  Yay, Don can cover this shift!

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

Beth
first post 2 pm GMT Sunday (10 am EDT)
last post 4 pm GMT Sunday (noon EDT)

Chibi (chibifukurou)
first post 5 pm GMT Sunday (1 pm EDT Sun)
last post 6 pm GMT Sunday (2 pm EDT Sun)

Pitry (pitry)
first post 7 pm GMT Sunday (9 pm IDT)
last post 10 pm GMT Sunday (midnight IDT)

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

Well, let's see if I can manage to post this.[Poll #1727489]

And it was a splendid round!  We had some terrific writing progress made by most of the attending folks, including a new victim visitor.  The Time Chicken made off with an entire hour from the UK, but the rest of us had already succumbed to that evil.  The automatic shipfic generator stole even more time.  Rush Penguin and the Time Chicken failed to find true love, but that would be a great name for a band.

Meanwhile, the penguins inspired, danced, waved glowsticks, kept muses from decamping, and played drinking games. 

Not much crackfic this round; I did produce this timeless offering here.  And jjpor gave us this magnificent tale!

Fervent thanks to the Mod Squad, as always, mostly especially dbskyler, who stepped into the breach and did three shifts, and pitry, who did two shifts in spite of having a rotten weekend.  glinda_penguin, lullabymoon, and idlewild_ all dealt with changed schedules as well as the Time Chicken, and isdon_isgood9 carried her modding baton whilst in the throes of serious writing!  Go you!  Thank you!

A special salute as always to studyofrunning , who made this comm happen!  PM her with details on what you've written here.  I think the fic gallery is a little out of date.



Be sure to watch for the poll to choose Round 16 dates.