Finish-a-thon Master List

[kerravonsen]

This is the Master-List for the Finish-a-thon 2005! The stories are due TODAY. Participants, post your story somewhere (a web page, your LJ) and give the link in a comment to this post; I will update the main post.

Your story must be posted whether it is finished or not. Whether it is beta-read or not. Just give us what you have so far, letting us know in the comment whether it is finished, unbetaed, or unfinished. But don't panic. I am allowing another week for participants, if they so desire, to post revised versions; just give another comment to this post, letting us know that there is a revised version available (and give an updated link if it needs one). I will update the master-list.

Note for readers: the stories here are an enormously wide mixture, from G to NC-17, gen to slash to anything in between. Caveat Emptor!

Stories:
For What It's Worth by zylimbron25 (Farscape)
BenT by executrix (Firefly/Due South)
Two bloods mingled by blakefancier (Blake's 7)
"Warm in the Night, Cold as a Stone" by astrogirl2 (Farscape)
Sleeping with Ghosts by kyuuketsukirui (Harry Potter)
The Hand of Friendship by vilakins (Blake's 7)
A Tale Unfolds by entropy_house (Blake's 7)
A True War Story by winter_baby (Firefly) unfinished
Necessity by kerravonsen (Doctor Who)
Eclipse by jedibuttercup (Stargate/Pitch Black)
The Nameless Seeker by izhilzha (Firefly/Serenity) unbetaed
Untitled by mistraltoes (Blake's 7) unfinished
The Mystery of the Scarred Assistant by toft_froggy (Harry Potter) unfinished
Fated Knight by estirose (Time Trax/Forever Knight) unfinished
Chimera by jengrrrl (Lost) unfinished
The Body Snatcher, Chapter 3, Part D by alara_r (X-Men) work-in-progress (earlier parts at The Body Snatcher Main Page)
Use of a Sword by azarsuerte (Firefly/Highlander) unfinished
Booty Call by snowgrouse (Blake's 7/Farscape)
A Reason for Dancing by lady_smith (Angel) unfinished
All Quiet Now by sallymn (Blake's 7) unfinished
Firmness and Restraint by alixtii (BtVS/WW) unfinished
Wet on Wet by bloodygoodgirl (Supernatural) unbetaed

Have no posts from:
fikgirl
ladyjanelly
andrastewhite (has computer problems)
alicamel
wizefics

Comments

[blakefancier.livejournal.com]

I didn't manage to finish my finish-a-thon story (ah, the irony), but what I did manage to get down is here:

http://blakefancier.livejournal.com/395738.html

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Yay! Here's mine: "Warm in the Night, Cold as a Stone" (http://astrogirl2.livejournal.com/321244.html) (Farscape)

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Here's mine: http://kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com/364723.html

Sleeping with Ghosts (Harry Potter - Sirius/Remus, Remus/Tonks - NC-17 - finished)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Mine is: The Hand of Friendship (http://vilakins.livejournal.com/170193.html) (Blake's 7).

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

And it's gen, rating PG if you need that.

[kerravonsen]

I decided not to put ratings and stuff in the list because not everybody gave me that, and it's not worth chasing up. People are usually good at putting that stuff at the top of their stories anyway.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. I did in my post.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

'A Tale Unfolds' by entropy_house, is up. It's Blakes' 7, Gen, and I think it's finished. Possibly might be minor tweaks, but I doubt it. Has had one quick beta (thanks! blakefancier) but under the circumstances, it may still have Evil Typos. :^)

http://entropy-house.livejournal.com/146264.html

[kerravonsen]

Oh good, you made it!

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Yay! :^)

[typicrobots.livejournal.com]

I suck.

A True War Story (http://winter-baby.livejournal.com/137294.html) (working title) - unfinished

[kerravonsen]

You do not suck. You participated!

Eclipse

[jedibuttercup]

I'd call this one temporarily unfinished.

Eclipse

That's a link to the first entry; there are currently five, and they're all linked together.

I said my fic was meant to be a prologue, four acts, and an epilogue. Well, it grew on me. I finished the four acts, but there's at least one more act, maybe two, remaining to be written before the story can draw to a close. So I'm posting what I have complete (though unbeta'ed), and maybe (if I'm lucky) I'll be able to finish the rest of it over the weekend.

The research on this sucker has been kicking my ass; I'd forgotten how much sci-babble the average Stargate episode requires, and Pitch Black was such a very, very visual world I've had to get more descriptive than I'm used to if I want to capture the scenes adequately. I think I've done a decent job, but it's taken so much freaking time to get even one scene on paper, I've wanted to rip my hair out by the roots several times.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Alright. Mostly finished (I still need to add a bit at the end, but the story stands all right); very much unbeta'd. :-P

The Nameless Seeker (http://izhilzha.livejournal.com/73030.html#cutid1) (Firefly/Serenity)

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

I have... a really good outline and two unrevised paragraphs, which I'd just as soon nobody read yet. I shall be making full use of the week to revise. However, I've complied by posting the two paragraphs on my site; I'm NOT gonna post the outline, because that would spoil it.

On the up side, it's definitely my story; Jarriere gets his foot in the door in the first paragraph. ;-)

Untitled (http://www.mistralamara.net/Fanfiction/jenna%20pi.html)

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

I've finished the fic, but don't see any point in posting it before it's been betaed (why would people want to read unbetaed and unfinished stuff is beyond me). Hopefully I can get it back and polished up today, as it's still Saturday where I am;).

[kerravonsen]

That's why you get a week grace period. The story is still overdue. I made it clear all along, repeatedly, that it was Saturday my time, that it would be Friday for most countries. It's not fair on everyone else who has posted.

[estirose.livejournal.com]

Frigging heck, I had the wrong date written down!

This is a WIP. Neither the characters or my real life cooperated, so I'm just going to continue to evolve it as I can.

Fated Knight (http://inkwell.estirose.net/weblibrary/viewstory.php?sid=122)

[robotjen.livejournal.com]

Not complete, unfortunately:

Chimera

The finished and revised version will be up before the week is out (and that's when I suggest you look at this monster). Apologize for the delay... (http://jengrrrl.livejournal.com/143922.html)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I've just beta-read it. It imagine should be up soon.

Sorry if this is late.

[alara-r.livejournal.com]

I'm on US Eastern Time and I remembered the deadline as being Jan 28; well, it's Jan 28 here for the next three and a half hours. :-) I always forget the conversion to Australian time.

I got almost exactly half of the 15,000 words I'd planned -- 7,400 -- and it needs a medical beta reader if I can find one (any gynecologists in the audience? :-)) but it's a self-contained section of about the size as most of the sections I've previously released.

The Body Snatcher, Chapter 3, Part D (http://www.alara.net/xbooks/body3d.html)

The previous parts of the story as well as the disclaimer can be found at The Body Snatcher Main Page (http://www.alara.net/xbooks/bodydisc.html).

Re: Sorry if this is late.

[kerravonsen]

I remembered the deadline as being Jan 28; well, it's Jan 28 here for the next three and a half hours. :-) I always forget the conversion to Australian time.

Everyone seems to be. (sigh) Should I make Special Dates For The Rest Of The World? (sigh)

I had a bit of a panic when I couldn't reach your site, but I rebooted and that seems to have cleared it up.

Re: Sorry if this is late.

[alara-r.livejournal.com]

I always need to hit the page twice to make it load. Dreamhost aren't the most responsive of hosts, apparently. On the other hand, they were dirt cheap and I like their TOS.

I think maybe the next time you have a ficathon, announce that the deadline for Americans is the night before it really is and then add at the bottom that Aussies have until the actual deadline Australian time (whichever Australian time zone you're in). Americans will just ignore anything that says it's just for Aussies, but the Europeans will pay attention to the whole post. :-)

Re: Sorry if this is late.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Well, you *could* give the date as GMT date/ and Australian date.

You might want to consider also sending a group email to participants at the time you put up the Master Post, saying there's 24 hours from *NOW* to post whatever they have.

[azarsuerte.livejournal.com]

I didn't finish. I barely even started. Yikes, I suck. :-P

Use of a Sword (http://azarsuerte.livejournal.com/276973.html)

Re: Sorry if this is late.

[kerravonsen]

You might want to consider also sending a group email to participants

Well, I was hoping that having a separate challenge community would make that unneccesary.

[kerravonsen]

Oh well, you will finish it eventually.

Re: Sorry if this is late.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

It would help quite a bit, I think. I'm a belt and suspenders sort of person, myself. :^)

Re: Sorry if this is late.

[kerravonsen]

Yes, but I don't want to have to do it. Well, it wouldn't be feasible this time around, because I don't have people's email addresses. And I don't want to have to do both, because, judging by this one, I will be extremely stressed out trying to finish my own story, and having to do everything twice just because people can't be bothered to friend this community... is making me cross, right now... (sigh)

Re: Sorry if this is late.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Well, when it's your ficathon, you set the rules. But in my limited experience, no matter *what* the rules are, someone's going to get confused by them, or ask to be excused from following them. It seems to be a law of fandom.

I hope you had more fun than annoyance out of this finishathon. :^) I enjoyed it, even though I didn't do as well as I'd hoped.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Ah well, fair or not, it's now finished and betaed and yay!

Booty Call (http://snowgrouse.livejournal.com/727240.html) (soft NC-17, maybe R, comedy with a bit of sex).

I thought I'd never ever finish that one, actually, so am rather bouncy about it. Vila and Chiana aren't easy to write, no...

[kerravonsen]

There shall be rejoicing!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yes, thanks very much for organising this. It's a great idea and you did well. I don't think I've ever been in a ficathon where people didn't default.

I'd give the dates in US ones next time, or the day before the one you want. I know some ficathons do ask for e-mail addresses then e-mail you with reminders, but that still doesn't stop some people from failing to produce anything.

I liked this whole idea because no one was left story-less which can happen in the sort where you write for someone else.

Thanks again. I hope you do another one as you said you might.

[kerravonsen]

Thanks.

[lady-smith.livejournal.com]

I also succumed to the confusion over timezones - which is entirely my own North American fault - and to real life issues, but anyway.

Here's what I have of A Reason for Dancing (http://lady-smith.livejournal.com/29208.html) - Angel: The Seires, PG, very much unfinished.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Well done! I didn't finish.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I'm late, and I'm not finished (that's the state of things at work too, sigh...) and I haven't managed to stuff a plot into it yet.
But here 'tis.
All Quiet Now (http://sallymn.livejournal.com/74771.html?mode=reply) - Blakes 7, PGP.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Despite my unfinishedness and inadequacies, I want to say thank you too.

I have to admit, I messed up on dates too but with considerably less excuse - I thought "oh, it's still 28th over there" and blithely forgot (none so forgetful as them that don't wanna remember) that you're not over there, you're over here...

But I have no excuse except lack of inspiration and overabundance of RL (the Family Letter is also late - I must write that tomorrow or get disowned).

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

And I'd like to echo the "thank you"s!

Sadly, I think it was only to be expected that a number of people didn't finish. (And, personally, if I were almost finished or just waiting on a beta, I'd doubtless have held off a couple of days, myself, rules or not, because my dislike of posting things unfinished is possibly even greater than my dislike of missing deadlines. So I can understand that there was tardiness as well.) But, regardless, this was a very cool idea, and it prompted me to write something I'm not entirely unhappy with, and which I'm pretty sure I would never have written otherwise. And, while I haven't had the chance to read most of the posts yet, what I have read, finished or otherwise, has been good. Heck, I'd say this thing was entirely worthwhile just for having led to the production of the two stories I beta'd.

[alixtii.livejournal.com]

Firmness and Restraint (http://alixtii.livejournal.com/60943.html), BtVS/WW

[kerravonsen]

Thanks.

One of the things I'm glad about with this finish-a-thon is that we've got a bunch of longer stories out of it... that's another thing that the plethora of ficathons works against; ficathon stories tend to be short, quick things, which all have their place, but I'd like to encourage the longer stuff too.

[bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com]

Wet on Wet (http://bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com/14079.html#cutid1) Supernatural, Sam/Dean.

Sorry lost my keys in Vegas. Which sounds a lot more torrid than it actually was.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I did a little revising/tweaking & added a scene near the end of A Tale Unfolds. (http://entropy-house.livejournal.com/146264.html) It's the same URL, so I suppose I didn't really need to mention it, but I hope some of the flaws people noticed at first have been corrected.

[kerravonsen]

Thanks for letting us know, anyway. 8-)

[blakefancier.livejournal.com]

So, uh, I actually finished my story. The complete and betaed fic is here:

http://blakefancier.livejournal.com/396120.html

Eclipse -- Finished, and new link!

[jedibuttercup]

Whew, done at last. The finished product clocks in at around 14,000 words.

Eclipse

The link is to the first of two posts (they're linked) in the stargate_xing community.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

All right, The Nameless Seeker (http://izhilzha.livejournal.com/73853.html#cutid1) is revised...still not betaed, but much better and feeling really finished this time.

It's a new link.