Fortress Of Good Fortune

Halloween Recs

The page link above contains links to the Challenges I hosted for my many years with Halloween prominent among them. Click on the Challenge Page you want and you'll find a Master List link. If a link is broken (deleted journal) or whatever, you might be able to find the creator and fanwork on AO3. Or you might prefer reading over there, anyway, to give current feedback. Enjoy! :D

Crossposts: https://bradygirl-12.livejournal.com/1571465.html

Hi, luvs! Time to update 2014's BradyGirl_12 Challenges! :)

You may have noticed that I didn't host a Winter Holidays Challenge last December or unveil a Valentine's Day Challenge yet. That was due to a bunch of factors: LJ being abandoned by fandom, people leaving DC Comics fandom because of the Reboot, and so on. While my Challenges were always successful in the past, I noticed a downward trend the last few years that helped my decision to cut back on hosting Challenges. I will host a Halloween Challenge later this year, but I really don't know if I will be hosting any others. I'm a little sad about that, because I've been doing this since 2007 and having a lot of fun, but I'm afraid my little Challenges aren't inspiring people quite as much anymore. Like I said, it's due to many factors. I guess Big Bangs are more in fashion! :)

Anyway, we'll see what spring brings (Robins! ;)) and in August, it'll be time to unveil the Halloween Challenge. Beyond that, I really don't know. Like my fanfic writing, I'm bobbin' on the waves here!

If you'd like to enjoy past stories and art, please go to the Fic/Art Challenges Page for links to all of my past Challenges. And you can go to my Profile Page to view all the fabulous banners that ctbn60 has made for me. There are current banners and links to older banner archives there.

So, I hope to host more in the future (and with ctbn60's wonderful banners!) but for now, looks like we'll have to eat our Valentine chocolate in private! ;)

It's -6 below zero here (am I living at the North Pole?) so everyone who's in the deep freeze, stay warm 'n' cozy! :)

Hi, luvs! teridop has drawn an incredibly beautiful illustration in honor of my slavefic, Rainbow's Freedom. Please check it out! Note: NSFW as it contains nudity.

She also has more illustrations honoring fanfics. She just joined LJ and S/B fandom, so let's give her a warm welcome! :)

I needed some joy today, so I am pleased to share these fannish gems with you.

( Sparkling Jewels )

Hey, flist! I know most of you are DC fen but I have to ask: are you planning on writing or drawing or iconizing or manipping (etc.) anything to do with The Avengers movie? I know some of you have *waves* but what are some of your projects that you plan to do? Fabulous fic or dazzling drawings? Long series or quick one-shots? Steve/Tony sizzle or Natasha/Pepper fire? ;) Planning on signing up for the marvel_bang or any other Marvelous Big Bang or Challenge?

Speaking of Big Bangs, have you signed up for any recently, Marvel or otherwise? :)

dcu_bang || dcu_bang || dcu_bang

Author Sign-Ups Close June 15th

Artist Sign-Ups Close September 14th

I see some familiar names over there! ;)

Now for our sister community, Marvel Comics:


marvel_bang

Sign-ups for authors begin on May 30th. Here is the Prompting Post.

Did I tell you guys I got to see The Avengers movie again a few nights ago? I sure needed that after last week! Even if you're a DC girl or guy through-and-through and know nothing about the Marvel characters, see this movie! As a superhero fan you will enjoy it. :) And if you're all fired up about writing Marvel after seeing the movie, this is a good place to do it! :)

Also, imagine my delight when I posted The Soldier And The Scientist I: Man Out Of Time to A03 and in less than two hours received almost 200 hits and six kudos and a comment, up to eight kudos this morning and 278 hits. Wow, after getting only a handful of comments on DC work lately, this is heady stuff! :)

Hi, luvs! Get ready next week for a BUNCH of Fest and Big Bang posts from me. I know, I said this already but I'm getting things squared away for the special posts. My history_bigbang story has some FANTASTIC artwork by mella68, so I hope you'll take a look! :)

I'm excited that dark_fest posting begins next week! Not only will I be posting my two masterpieces (ha, ha!) but I'm eager to see how many of my prompts that were claimed get filled. I was really inspired! ;)

Quickie note: queer_fest is open for claiming so get on over there and take a look! I finally claimed one and it's already started in my notebook. I still have time before April 2nd to claim another if I decide to go ahead.

Hi, luvs! Well, by now you know that I posted Waves Upon The Shore, my superbat_bb entry. I've very excited!

I wanted to showcase my artist, min_taiwan. Her work is incredible! Click on each pic to enlarge and see the wonderful details, and there's her own entry here. I was blown away with the illustrations when she sent them to me. Make sure to let her know if you agree! :)

Hi, sweethearts! Check out the mouth-watering recipes for Autumn/Halloween food and drink we've got so far here. Feel free to add your own! :)

And if you want to get into a spooky Halloween mood, check out min_taiwan's Halloween Dream, starring Clark/Bruce. :)

Can you believe that Halloween is just around the corner? *bounces*

I've got so many writing ideas bouncing around! I gotta make some of those recipes, too. ;)

Oh, and take a look at the Comment Meme over on batcat_fic. One of my prompts already got filled! ;)