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Sorry I'm late -- been insanely busy lately. Here are the prompts for November, with a November theme to them. Remember, you can post a story based on the fest prompts at any time, but this set of prompts expires November 30th, so if they inspire you to write something, better post it by then. :-)

Nov. 10 and 20 are Free Play. Post any story you like so long as it's about a woman over 40.

November prompts:

1. thanks
2. feast
3. vote
4. politics
5. changing time
6. veteran
7. saints
8. grades
9. fireworks
10. writing

I've been giving it some thought, and trying to figure out something fun to do that would give people freedom without being completely free form, since prompting and "deadlines" seem to keep people writing where "post anything whenever" tends to result in community death. So here are my ideas, and I'd like people to weigh in and let me know what they think.

- Community is open to the existing prompts only until Nov. 1.
- Beginning Nov. 1, we will have monthly prompts. Monthly prompts will not involve specific characters or fandoms; you write a story based on any female character over 40 (as hashed out in the definitions post).
- You can use monthly prompts for one month. You can use the original fest prompts anytime. During a given month, you can post a story based on the original fest prompts or on the current month's prompt any time during the month.
- The 10th and 20th of each month is Free Play. On those days, post any fic (or art, or fanmix, or any other creative activity) you like, from any fandom you like, about a female character over 40. If you started to write a story for last month's prompts and didn't finish it before the end of the month, you can post it on a Free Play day. Or if you have a fic sitting around on a hard drive or in an archive or on your LJ and it's not getting as much love as you want, post it or a link to it on Free Play day.
- Announcements for related communities (example: someone creates a community for BSG2003 femmeslash; someone creates a community dedicated to Janeway/Torres pairings from Voyager) and news (example: an interview with Mary McDonnell, who played Laura Roslin, is posted; the announcement of Majel Barrett's death could have been posted here if we had existed at the time) can always be posted. (Related communities have to actually be related. If you want to announce the creation of a comm for a pairing that doesn't have any women over 40 in it, it doesn't belong here.)
- Discussion posts that are on topic can always be posted.

What do people think?

Title: Toxcatl's Shadow
Author: calapine
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters/Pairing: One/Cameca
Rating: G
Word count: 1400
Summary: At the end of his first life, the Doctor spends some time with that nice Aztec lady he once accidently got engaged to (or My Totally True One/Cameca fanon.)

A/N: Written for the prompt 'Doctor Who, Cameca, One/Cameca, peace' at matrithon.

Toxcatl's Shadow

Thanks to everyone for all the great fic! This was a very successful ficathon, I think. I'm looking forward to having time to go back and comment on all the stories in the fandoms I know, and maybe some I don't, once the story I'm on deadline for stops kicking my ass. :-)

The community is now open to amnesty story posts and new stories. At the moment, I think we will be open to any story based on one of the existing prompts, whether it is an amnesty story from the ficathon, or a newly chosen prompt from the existing prompt list (including repeats); we may in the future open the community to stories about over-40 women that are *not* based on the existing prompts, or we may run mini-prompt fests like where_no_woman and older_not_dead do. Does anyone have a preference one way or the other?

Title: The Magic of Art
Author: willowgreen
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character: Joyce Summers
Rating: PG for implied naughtiness
Word count: Around 2500
Summary: At the beginning of “What’s My Line, Part 1,” Buffy mentions that Joyce is on an art-buying trip in L.A. until Thursday. What with all her own issues, Buffy never got around to asking what Joyce actually did on that trip…
Author's note: Prompt: “Buffy, what’s a MILF?” Set in an alternate Season 2 where Dawn is already around. Remember how, in “The Dark Age,” Ethan Rayne burned the Mark of Eyghon off of his arm with some kind of acid and then disappeared? Well, it turns out he had a deal with an unusually talented painter in L.A.

( The Magic of Art )

Title: Granny Weatherwax and the Royal Guest
Author violaswamp
Word Count: 2,197
Fandom: Discworld
Rating: Gen
Notes: set between "Maskerade" and "Carpe Jugulum." Prompt was "headology." Also, writing Pratchett-fic is HARD. Never done it before, will probably never do it again. *shudder*

( Granny Weatherwax and the Royal Guest )

Title: Motherhood
Author jaxomsride
Word Count: 565
Fandom: Blake's 7
Rating: Gen
Notes: Set After "Blake", *SPOILER ALERT*,prompt was "children"

( cut for spoilers )

Title: "Escape"
Author: dameruth
Characters/pairings: The Rani
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word count: ~ 1,090
Summary: Written to the prompt, "The Rani - escape." Mah personal canon of the Rani and the Time War, let me show you it . . .

( Read more... )

Title: Intelligent Designs
Author's name: AstroGirl (astrogirl2)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Main character: The Rani
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: For "Time and the Rani"
Summary: The universe is the Rani's test tube.
Length: ~700 words
Author's notes: Written for the prompt, "The Rani, playing goddess." It's not what I originally thought I was going to write, but I made the mistake of re-watching "Time and the Rani," and felt a sudden need to try to make sense of the Rani's plan... in character terms, if not necessarily in scientific ones.

( Intelligent Designs )

Title: Gender Confusion
Author: Laure
Author on LJ & dreamwidth: ladyoneill
Author Email: lara@meanderingmuse.com
Author Web Site: www.meanderingmuse.com
Fandom(s): Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Main character or main pairing: Illyria, hints of Angel/Nina, Illyria/Wesley
Rating: R
Warnings: adult concepts
Spoilers: Set sometime late AtS season five
Word Count: 642
Disclaimer: I don't own Angel the Series or any of the characters. Joss does.
Summary: Illryia is confused by gender.
Prompt: what is a woman?

( Gender Confusion )

Title: What’s Past is Prologue
Author: gotatheory
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica 2003
Main character: Ellen Tigh
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3,443
Warnings: Character death.
Spoilers: “Sometimes a Great Notion” and “No Exit”
Disclaimer: Battlestar Galactica and all related names contained herein are the exclusive property of Ronald D. Moore. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: The life of Ellen Tigh.
Prompt: Ellen Tigh, “I have seen a medicine / That’s able to breathe life into a stone.”

What's Past is Prologue

Title: "Sunrise over Eden"
Author's name: aelfgyfu_mead
Author's website: Aelfgyfu's Mead Hall
Fandom: Deep Space 9
Main character: Amsha Bashir
Rating: G
Word Count: 2,000
Warnings Spoilers for "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?" and previous episodes
Summary: Amsha welcomes her son for his first visit since she moved to New Zealand.

Notes: My prompt was "Amsha Bashir: prison widow." The idea that I got when I first read that prompt changed quite a bit after I watched the episode again. I hope the prompter is not too disappointed.
Thanks to dudethemath and loriel_eris for reading and commenting on drafts! They made the story better than it was. Remaining faults are my own.

( Sunrise over Eden )

Title: Writing History
Author's name: aralias
Fandom: Doctor Who
Main characters: Evelyn Smythe
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,200
Warnings Spoilers for 'Thicker than Water', which this leads into.
Summary: Written history alters everything.

( Writing History )

Title: New Beginnings
Author's name: willowgreen
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Main character: Joyce Summers
Rating: G
Spoilers: Refers to events through the end of Season 7.
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me; I'm just borrowing.
Summary: Joyce is a perpetual optimist. Seven drabbles.
Author's note: Written for the prompt Joyce/new beginnings. I considered being more creative with the title, but I couldn't think of anything better.


( New Beginnings )

Title: An Alternate Life

Word Count: 14447

Author: jaxomsride

Fandom: Star Trek AOS/ Star Trek (TOS)

Main Characters: Amanda Grayson (AOS) / Sarek (TOS)

Rating: Adult 16 years and Above

Spoilers: For Star Trek XI

Notes: Written for the Prompt Amanda Grayson, Adjusting. Original did say AOS but my Muse had other ideas. Story is split into 2 parts due to length. I posted it to my own journal and linked to here.Mnay thanks to kalinda001 for the beta



Part One

Part Two

Title: Lessons in Diplomacy
Author's name: bigdamnxenafan
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Main character: Elizabeth Weir
Rating: PG
Spoiler: None Warnings: none
Optional: I don't own Stargate Atlantis or any of it's characters. I simply play around with them from time to time.
Summary: Elizabeth's first attempt at diplomacy
Author's notes: Written for the prompt: Elizabeth Weir/Lessons in Diplomacy Thanks to justmalea for the super fast once over.

( Lessons in Diplomacy )

I was sick yesterday and too shivery to put fingers to keys. I beg forgiveness for the day's tardiness of this ficlet.

Title: The Taste of Cigarettes and Candy
Author: Laure
Author on LJ & dreamwidth: ladyoneill
Author Email: lara@meanderingmuse.com
Author Web Site: www.meanderingmuse.com
Fandom(s): Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Main character or main pairing: Joyce, Joyce/Giles in the background
Rating: R
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Set after Band Candy
Word Count: 527
Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or any of the characters. Joss does.
Summary: Joyce fears the possible consequences of a night of candy-inspired sex on cop cars.
Prompt: consequences

( The Taste of Cigarettes and Candy )

Title: And Another for Good Luck
Author: Katta
Fandom: Doctor Who
Character: Barbara Wright Chesterton
Rating: PG
Prompt: Doctor Who, Barbara (New Who era), the things she's lived to see.
Word count: 683
Summary: Barbara's not ready to stop having adventures just yet.
Author's thanks to: nam_jai, for first beta reading the story and then resending it to me after I lost the access to my computer.

( Through the tedious, sometimes painful washing, Barbara did her best to ignore the nurse's chirpy voice and focus on Ian, who was sitting in the armchair reading a newspaper. )

Title: Memories
Author's name: bigdamnxenafan
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Main character or main pairing: Charin
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Spoiler: None
Optional: I don't own Stargate Atlantis or any of it's characters. I simply play around with them from time to time.
Summary: Charin's final days
Author's notes: Written for the prompt: Charin memories. This fic is short but I poured a lot of love into it. For the past couple of month's I've struggled with writer's block and this almost didn't get written. Thanks to justmalea for the super fast comma check. I didn't finish in time for a proper beta. Oh and excuse the Teyla icon. Couldn't find one of Charin.

( Memories )