Week 52 - December 25th to December 31st

[akamine_chan]

Community News and Announcements

• Announcements
  
  • Happy holidays, everyone. This is the last newsletter of 2008 and I want to thank everyone for reading and supporting this fannish endevor. I'm opening up and unscreening comments - you can be anonymous if it makes you feel more comfortable - but this is your chance to complain and compliment, point out problems, make suggestions, call your editor names or give hugs. Let me know what works and what doesn't, so I can make c6d_weekly even better next year.
    
  • I've complied a list of Yuletide stories from the c6d fandoms. Let me know if I've missed anything. Author's names have been edited in.
    
• Chats
  
  • This week's C6D chat is canceled due to the holidays.
    
  • vsee is continuing to hold live Flashpoint chats. See theconstabulary for more information. The show is on hiatus until January 9th.
    
• Movies
  
  • The best of Canadian film in 2008.
    
  • Zombie romance, sci-fi horro, singing vampires among the Canadian flicks in '09.
    
• Movie Festivals
  
  • The Victoria Film Festival has been scheduled from January 30th, 2009 to February 8th, 2009 in Victoria, B.C.
    
  • The Palm Springs International Film Festival is scheduled for January 6th to January 19th.
    

Battlestar Galactica

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • bsgficexchange is hosting a Spring 2009 Fic Exchange. It is an anonymous multi-pairing/character fanfiction exchange for Battlestar Galactica: 2003. It is gen, het, and slash friendly, and welcomes all characters, pairings, and ratings. Sign-ups run until January 1st and stories are due April 1st. See the FAQ or the rules for more details.
    

DMacI

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • The 2008 Honour Roll.
    

Flashpoint

• Fanfic
  
  • So Much More (Jules, PG13) by wordsflow.
    
• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • meresy posted a link to some pictures from the Toronto Film Festival, then posted the actual pictures with help from kanzenhanzai because she loves us. Enrico does look drunk.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Cinematographers honor CBS shows.
    
  • scriggle posted an article from TV Guide.
    
  • 'Flashpoint' showcases fine fold musicians Kim Taylor, Jenn Grant.
    
  • Top 5 Best New International Shows to Debut in NZ in 2008.
    
  • Is Flashpoint the Turning Point for Canadian TV?
    
  • Borders have come down for Canadian TV.
    
• Miscellaneous
  
  • For those of you who Twitter, Mark Ellis, the co-creator, has a twitter about the show.
    

Hard Core Logo

• Fanfic
  
  • 1,300 Miles To Home (Billy/Joe, NC17) by akamine_chan.
    

Multi-Fandom

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • ds_snippets's Challenge # 97 has lovely new prompts: light, flurry, chimney, oil, cookies, count, anticipation. Snippets are dhttp://community.livejournal.com/ds_snippets/937.htmlue by January 4th. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • slashthedrabble's Challenge # 192 is Past Challenges Revisted. Drabbles are due by January 7th. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • slashtheimage's Challenge # 7 is a past prompt challenge - all previous prompts are fair game. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • smallfandomflsh's Challenge # 19 is renewal. Fics are due January 14th. See this post for further details.
    
  • writers_choice's Challenge is the 6th Annual Open Challenge, which covers all previous prompts. See this post for the rules.
    
  • movie_100's Challenge #15 is memories. See this post for more details.
    
  • The schedule for rounds_of_kink's New Year's Mini-Round: post between December 31st and January 10th. Prompts are cedar, sluice, ivory, shimmer, kinks are accidental stimulation, claiming. Please choose at least one prompt and one kink. See this post for more details.
    
  • 3some_ficfest has posted the masterlist of prompts. Fics are due January 3rd. See this post for more details.
    

Of Murder And Memory

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • From page to screen: Adapting 'Of Murder and Memory'.
    

Passchendaele

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • What is a fairy tale?
    

PG

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • silence01 posted a picspam to pg_daily.
    

Slings & Arrows

• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • satinlie created some icons.
    

Tin Man

• Fanfic
  
  • The Consequences Of Choice Part 2 (Cain/Zero, others, NC17) by godess_jessie.
    
  • Thicker Than Water - Suit Up (Jeb, Zero, Wyatt, Adora, Adora/Zero, PG) by diabolicalfiend.
    

The Tracey Fragments

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • 2008: Year In Film.
    
  • Hits and Misses of 2008 (sort of): The Tracey Fragments.
    

Zone Of Separation

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • 'ZOS: Zone of Separation' launches high-flying premiere on Air Canada.
    
  • New Canadian war drama premiers on Air Canada flights.
    
  • Bringing the Darkness.
    

Please let me know about any broken links, incorrect information or anything that was missed. Submissions are welcome. Contact the moderator at c6d_weekly at livejournal dot com or akaminechan at gmail dot com.