Week 1 - January 1st to January 7th

[akamine_chan]

Community News and Announcements

• Announcements
  
  • Expect some tweaking of this newsletter during the next few weeks. Comment are welcome, as always.
    
  • Don't forget to read all the great c6d Yuletide stories. And leave feedback to the authors. They really deserve it.
    
  • The Organization for Transformative Works has some great news. First, the fan-wiki is open and in beta. Check out Fanlore. Second, the website and blog have been launched. And best of all, the archive is open for visitors. Please check out all of these great fan resources and help by leaving feedback. If you've got the time and energy, please consider volunteering.
    
  • Please consider archiving your works at one of the many archives available. Additionally, remember to archive you LJ.
    
• Archives
  
  • The Ebook Library. Contact amothea or sprat for more information.
    
  • Cap it! Before I die of waitin' and Geez, look at all the pretty!. Please stop by and thank stormymouse for all of her hard work and her generosity in hosting these sites.
    
  • isiscolo's del.icio.us page for Slings & Arrows fics and for Wilby Wonderful fics. Please contact isiscolo if you have anything to add.
    
  • Touch My Stump is a Hard Core Logo archive. Please thank shrift while you're there.
    
  • The Hugh Dillon Screencap Gallery. Please thank jcjoeyfreak while you're there.
    
  • The due Slash archive is in the process of being overhauled and upgraded. Please help the site out by uploading stories and beta testing the archive for problems. Please contact the archivist at dueslash @ gmail.com.
    
  • The due Slash (old) is still available. Please contact the archivist at dueslash @ gmail.com.
    
  • The due South Fiction Archive continues to accept stories into the archive. Contact the archivist at exwood @ hexwood.com.
    
  • mergatrude keeps a masterlist of c6d wing!fic here.
    
  • viciouscats has compiled a list of due South crossovers with dS6degrees fandoms.
    
• Chats
  
  • Next week's C6D chat will be held on January 10th and will feature unknown episodes of due South, starting at 8 PM EST. Contact sisterofdream for more information.
    
  • vsee is thinking about continuing to hold live Flashpoint chats. See theconstabulary for more information.
    
• Conventions
  
  • Muskrat Jamboree 2009 has been scheduled for April 3rd and April 4th, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Muskrat Jamboree is a mutli-fandom, slash-oriented con. Check out the con community muskratjamboree or contact a member of the con committee brooklinegirl, driense, kageygirl, misspamela or mrsronweasley for more information.
    
    Registration is closed for Muskrat Jamboree 2009, but a wait list has been posted. You still have a chance to get in. The Official, Superduper Muskrat Attendees list has been posted. Cancellation information for Muskrat Jamboree 2009 has been posted.
    
    NEW: Hotel booking information and a reminder that suggestions are still being taken for the Vid Show.
    
    
  • WriterCon 2009 has been scheduled for July 30th through August 2nd, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Registration will go live on October 30th. WriterCon is a multi-fandom con for readers and writers of fan fiction. Check out the con community writercon or the website for more info.
    
• 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.
    
• Politics
  
  • PG will be participating in an open discussion at Ryerson University on January 21st. The event is free and open to the general public.
    
  • The script stops here.
    
• Television
  
  • grey853 posted the news that DaVinci's Inquest is being shown on the Sleuth Channel in the US.
    
  • Those living in Canada can watch all the episodes of Flashpoint on-line.
    
  • Canadian programming saves television from iteself.
    

Battlestar Galactica

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • bsgficexchange runs until April 1st, 2009.
    
• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • 3riplespank posted some icons.
    
  • amberatlantic posted some icons.
    

CKR

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • scriggle posted a picture found by mirylla.
    

Durham County

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • ION heads to 'Durham County'.
    
  • Ion Grabs U.S. Rights to 'Durham County'.
    
  • First original series for Ion.
    
  • Ion Migrates 'Durham County' To Us.
    

Flashpoint

• Fanfic
  
  • My Girl (Greg, Jules, Ed, PG13) by amandafan81.
    
• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • euphoricagony posted a picspam from episode 1x01.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Enrico Colantoni Interview.
    
  • Comedy blocks face off on Mondays.
    
  • CTV quotes bogus publications in 'Flashpoint' promos.
    

Hard Core Logo

• Fanfic
  
  • Untitled (Billy, Billie, Joe, R) by llassah.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • 2008...so that happened... [seekrit HCL news toward the end]
    

HD

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Hugh betcha!
    

Multi-Fandom

• Ongoing Challenges/Ficathons. See the schedule for more details.
  
  • 3some_ficfest
    
  • ds_c6d_bigbang
    
  • ds_snippets
    
  • flashslash
    
  • kink_bingo
    
  • movie_100
    
  • rounds_of_kink
    
  • slashthedrabble
    
  • slashtheimage
    
  • smallfandomflsh
    
  • smut_bingo
    
  • writers_choice
    
• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • anesthezea posted some icons.
    

Of Murder And Memory

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Canadian author Linda Spalding's bond with American convict inspires CTV movie.
    

Passchendaele

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Passhcendaele.
    
  • The 2008 Survey of Canadian Films in the GTA.
    

PG

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • _scally posted a picture to pg_daily.
    
• Miscellaneous
  
  • FCAD Dean's Lecture Series - A Discussion With Paul Gross.
    

RPF/RPS

• Fanfic
  
  • No Fail Mode (CKR/HD, PG13) by sionnain [posted to a locked community].
    
  • skin to skin (CKR/HD, NC17) by akamine_chan.
    

Slings & Arrows

• Fanfic
  
  • If We Shadows (Oliver/Geoffrey/Ellen, PG13) by ariastar.
    
  • Common Spirits (Geoffrey, Anna, Richard, G) by atrata.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • 2008, My Year in Review: Slings and Arrows.
    

Tales Of The City

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • The Long Tale.
    

Tin Man

• Fanfic
  
  • Auld Lang Syne (Azkadellia/Zero, R) by greenspine.
    
  • twist the knife (Zero, Cain, PG13) by sionnain.
    
  • Wedding Bells , Capture Zero, Zero - Tutor, Confinement, Eclipse, and Not again (various, various) by diabolicalfiend.
    
  • The Consequences of Choice Part 3 and The Consquences of Choice Part 4(Cain/Zero, NC17) by godess_jessie.
    
  • Once When I was Little (Cain, Zero, PG) by golden_goddess.
    

Twitch City

• Fanfic
  
  • A Thing about Machines (Hope/Curtis, Hope/Curtis/Newbie, R) by belmanoir.
    

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