Author Reveal + Wrap-up Post for the V-Day Fic Exchange
Hello, participants of the first EVER gleefics Fanfiction Exchange!
To say that we were overwhelmed by the turnout of the V-Day Exchange ’10 would be an understatement: this exchange prompted the writing of 55 stories!
Before we get to the author reveal, we have a few people that we want to thank. First of all, our writers. Without you guys, this would not have happened. It’s been a blast working with each one of you. Special thanks go to our wonderful, beloved pinch-hitters: becca_radcgg, eldee, flopthedrop2, summerstorm, and tigerstriped86. And bellonablack and cruiscin_lan share the official title of V-Day Exchange Heroes for writing two pinch-hit fics apiece, despite not having signed up for the exchange in the first place. Thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts. Your good humor, talent, willingness to work with crazy deadlines, and support pretty much saved our butts.
Thanks also go to ad_astra4love, cattylina, eldee (again!), kle_hungry, mistress_britt, omnisilver, phenomenal0cat, and stellarscience, who generously donated fics to the community.
While we’re loving up on people, here’s some appreciation for kathrynthegr8 (who made our banners!), and all our LJ affiliates who promoted us and let us spread the word. And our beta readers! Many of you read more than one story for this exchange. Some of you didn’t get named, in the interest of protecting anonymity. All of you are incredible. Thank you.
A quick note to all recipients: please, please leave a comment on your fic - even if the story written for you was not exactly as you imagined it would turn out. If we made the contents of our Gmail inbox public, you all would know how much work, thought, and love went into the writing of these stories. We’ve seen it all, as mods and, in Steph’s case, as a writer. At the very least, say “thank you” for the story written in your honor.
And now, for the moment you have been waiting for! ::drumroll:: Sorted by primary pairing and then by alphabetical order, here are the stories of the gleefics 2010 V-Day Fic Exchange!
Note - this journal's custom layout takes all link text and makes it lowercase. It wasn't some kind of precious stylistic quirk on the park of the mods, jsyk.
Artie/Kurt
Looking for My Jesse James - for sparrabethx, by tigerstriped86
You’ve Got a Friend - for whatyoulove, by chef_hector
Artie/Tina
Children, Wake Up - for judexseven, by bethandbee
How to Find Love in Three Steps - for the community, by stellarscience
Five Times Artie Tried to Talk to Tina - for rhap_chan, by penikitty
Brittany/Santana
In Media Res - for the community, by ad_astra4love
The Sweeter Things in Life - for mistress_britt, by flopthedrop2
Brittany/Quinn/Rachel/Santana
Cherries and Oranges - for the community, by mistress_britt
Finn/Kurt
Angelfish - for westendbound, by morgan_d
It’s the Effort That Counts - for komu_kun, by starryskies
Surround Sound - for the community, by kle_hungry
What You Need - for omnisilver, by whatyoulove
Who Knew Fatigue Could Lead to so Many Wonderful Things? - for morgan_d, by komu_kun
Finn/Rachel
Book of Love - for artemisreigns, by believeinme_14
First Day - for here4castiel, by myownmetaphor
Follow Through - for office_bluth, by snoozin81
Insomnia - for greysgurl, by x0_aquarius_x0
It Takes Two - for musicgurl1889, by office_bluth
Persuasion, However Unconventional - for alifab, by hpchickadee
There’s a First Time for Everything - for hpchickadee, by alifab
would you look at that girl with the lights… - for believeinme_14, by artemisreigns
Finn/Santana
I'm Just Waiting to Win The Lottery With You - for myconstant, by dainty_bella
Finn/Will
can’t fight this feeling - for hopenight, by eldee (PINCH-HIT!)
Dance With Me, Darling - for starryskies, by hopenight
Snowed In - for the community, by judexseven
Gen: Brittany
Free - for jaciira1323, by sparrabethx
Gen: Finn
Okay - for x0_aquarius_x0, by greysgurl
Gen: Sue
Elevators Are for the Weak - for the community, by phenomenal0cat
Kurt/Puck
Achieving the Perfect Score - for kle_hungry, by tigerstriped86 (PINCH-HIT!)
After-School Special - for bardlover6, by here4castiel
'Cause I Love You a Bushel and a Peck - for chef_hector, by flopthedrop2 (PINCH-HIT!)
God is Totally on Puck’s Side - for cattylina, by bardlover6
Maybe This Time - for the community, by omnisilver
MILFs Don’t Love Candy Hearts - for eldee, by westendbound
Untitled - for the community, by cattylina
Kurt/Quinn
Where is Your Boy? - for bethandbee, by musicgurl1889
Mike/Mercedes
It’s Friday, I’m in Love - for snoozin81, by plotbunnytiff
One Foot in Front of the Other - for plotbunnytiff, by myconstant
Puck/Quinn
Just Say No - for myownmetaphor, by goldstar94
the things we handed down - for goldstar94, by andbless_mybaby (PINCH-HIT!)
this offer stands forever - for domfangirl, by andbless_mybaby
Puck/Rachel
Playlist on Repeat - for the community, by eldee
Prone Position - for becca_radcgg, by rdg1983
The Star Trek Mentality - for the community, by becca_radcgg
There Might Have Been a Time When… - for rdg1983, by becca_radcgg (PINCH-HIT!)
We Become the Things We Do (I) (II) - for andbless_mybaby, by domfangirl
Quinn/Rachel
A Fine Line Between Lust and Hate - for flopthedrop2, by darklashes03
There is a Balm - for ad_astra4love, by cruiscin_lan (PINCH-HIT!)
when you’re smiling - for darklashes03, by bellonablack (PINCH-HIT!)
Quinn/Santana
Tied Up In Something True - for phenomenal0cat, by summerstorm
Santana/Tina
some girls wander by mistake - for summerstorm, by andbless_mybaby (PINCH-HIT!)
Will/Emma
Angel’s Food - for tigerstriped86, by milk_and_glass
To Refresh the Eye - for penikitty, by rhap_chan
what we want - for milk_and_glass, by bellonablack (PINCH-HIT!)
Will//Rachel
The Bistro - for dainty_bella, by cruiscin_lan (PINCH-HIT!)
That’s all, folks! We hope you all had as much fun as we did.
Authors - you may now go forth and post your stories wherever you wish. Thank you for your help in keeping everything secret. :)
Please contact gleefic.exchange@gmail.com if you need to for ANY reason. If you wrote a story and did not receive one (except for those two awesome pinch-hitters), let us know as soon as possible. If we messed up any links, failed to credit any pinch-hitters or fic donators, mislabeled a story, and/or generally screwed up, let us know that too. Questions? Comments? Suggestions for the NEXT fic exchange, which will probably take place over the summer? Send ‘em on over. We love hearing from you.
Oh - and join gleefics for awesome fic year-round, and add gleefics_exch so you can be the first to hear about what we’re doing next.
Signing out
-andbless_mybaby (Steph) and bklyangel (Esra)
To say that we were overwhelmed by the turnout of the V-Day Exchange ’10 would be an understatement: this exchange prompted the writing of 55 stories!
Before we get to the author reveal, we have a few people that we want to thank. First of all, our writers. Without you guys, this would not have happened. It’s been a blast working with each one of you. Special thanks go to our wonderful, beloved pinch-hitters: becca_radcgg, eldee, flopthedrop2, summerstorm, and tigerstriped86. And bellonablack and cruiscin_lan share the official title of V-Day Exchange Heroes for writing two pinch-hit fics apiece, despite not having signed up for the exchange in the first place. Thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts. Your good humor, talent, willingness to work with crazy deadlines, and support pretty much saved our butts.
Thanks also go to ad_astra4love, cattylina, eldee (again!), kle_hungry, mistress_britt, omnisilver, phenomenal0cat, and stellarscience, who generously donated fics to the community.
While we’re loving up on people, here’s some appreciation for kathrynthegr8 (who made our banners!), and all our LJ affiliates who promoted us and let us spread the word. And our beta readers! Many of you read more than one story for this exchange. Some of you didn’t get named, in the interest of protecting anonymity. All of you are incredible. Thank you.
A quick note to all recipients: please, please leave a comment on your fic - even if the story written for you was not exactly as you imagined it would turn out. If we made the contents of our Gmail inbox public, you all would know how much work, thought, and love went into the writing of these stories. We’ve seen it all, as mods and, in Steph’s case, as a writer. At the very least, say “thank you” for the story written in your honor.
And now, for the moment you have been waiting for! ::drumroll:: Sorted by primary pairing and then by alphabetical order, here are the stories of the gleefics 2010 V-Day Fic Exchange!
Note - this journal's custom layout takes all link text and makes it lowercase. It wasn't some kind of precious stylistic quirk on the park of the mods, jsyk.
Artie/Kurt
Looking for My Jesse James - for sparrabethx, by tigerstriped86
You’ve Got a Friend - for whatyoulove, by chef_hector
Artie/Tina
Children, Wake Up - for judexseven, by bethandbee
How to Find Love in Three Steps - for the community, by stellarscience
Five Times Artie Tried to Talk to Tina - for rhap_chan, by penikitty
Brittany/Santana
In Media Res - for the community, by ad_astra4love
The Sweeter Things in Life - for mistress_britt, by flopthedrop2
Brittany/Quinn/Rachel/Santana
Cherries and Oranges - for the community, by mistress_britt
Finn/Kurt
Angelfish - for westendbound, by morgan_d
It’s the Effort That Counts - for komu_kun, by starryskies
Surround Sound - for the community, by kle_hungry
What You Need - for omnisilver, by whatyoulove
Who Knew Fatigue Could Lead to so Many Wonderful Things? - for morgan_d, by komu_kun
Finn/Rachel
Book of Love - for artemisreigns, by believeinme_14
First Day - for here4castiel, by myownmetaphor
Follow Through - for office_bluth, by snoozin81
Insomnia - for greysgurl, by x0_aquarius_x0
It Takes Two - for musicgurl1889, by office_bluth
Persuasion, However Unconventional - for alifab, by hpchickadee
There’s a First Time for Everything - for hpchickadee, by alifab
would you look at that girl with the lights… - for believeinme_14, by artemisreigns
Finn/Santana
I'm Just Waiting to Win The Lottery With You - for myconstant, by dainty_bella
Finn/Will
can’t fight this feeling - for hopenight, by eldee (PINCH-HIT!)
Dance With Me, Darling - for starryskies, by hopenight
Snowed In - for the community, by judexseven
Gen: Brittany
Free - for jaciira1323, by sparrabethx
Gen: Finn
Okay - for x0_aquarius_x0, by greysgurl
Gen: Sue
Elevators Are for the Weak - for the community, by phenomenal0cat
Kurt/Puck
Achieving the Perfect Score - for kle_hungry, by tigerstriped86 (PINCH-HIT!)
After-School Special - for bardlover6, by here4castiel
'Cause I Love You a Bushel and a Peck - for chef_hector, by flopthedrop2 (PINCH-HIT!)
God is Totally on Puck’s Side - for cattylina, by bardlover6
Maybe This Time - for the community, by omnisilver
MILFs Don’t Love Candy Hearts - for eldee, by westendbound
Untitled - for the community, by cattylina
Kurt/Quinn
Where is Your Boy? - for bethandbee, by musicgurl1889
Mike/Mercedes
It’s Friday, I’m in Love - for snoozin81, by plotbunnytiff
One Foot in Front of the Other - for plotbunnytiff, by myconstant
Puck/Quinn
Just Say No - for myownmetaphor, by goldstar94
the things we handed down - for goldstar94, by andbless_mybaby (PINCH-HIT!)
this offer stands forever - for domfangirl, by andbless_mybaby
Puck/Rachel
Playlist on Repeat - for the community, by eldee
Prone Position - for becca_radcgg, by rdg1983
The Star Trek Mentality - for the community, by becca_radcgg
There Might Have Been a Time When… - for rdg1983, by becca_radcgg (PINCH-HIT!)
We Become the Things We Do (I) (II) - for andbless_mybaby, by domfangirl
Quinn/Rachel
A Fine Line Between Lust and Hate - for flopthedrop2, by darklashes03
There is a Balm - for ad_astra4love, by cruiscin_lan (PINCH-HIT!)
when you’re smiling - for darklashes03, by bellonablack (PINCH-HIT!)
Quinn/Santana
Tied Up In Something True - for phenomenal0cat, by summerstorm
Santana/Tina
some girls wander by mistake - for summerstorm, by andbless_mybaby (PINCH-HIT!)
Will/Emma
Angel’s Food - for tigerstriped86, by milk_and_glass
To Refresh the Eye - for penikitty, by rhap_chan
what we want - for milk_and_glass, by bellonablack (PINCH-HIT!)
Will//Rachel
The Bistro - for dainty_bella, by cruiscin_lan (PINCH-HIT!)
That’s all, folks! We hope you all had as much fun as we did.
Authors - you may now go forth and post your stories wherever you wish. Thank you for your help in keeping everything secret. :)
Please contact gleefic.exchange@gmail.com if you need to for ANY reason. If you wrote a story and did not receive one (except for those two awesome pinch-hitters), let us know as soon as possible. If we messed up any links, failed to credit any pinch-hitters or fic donators, mislabeled a story, and/or generally screwed up, let us know that too. Questions? Comments? Suggestions for the NEXT fic exchange, which will probably take place over the summer? Send ‘em on over. We love hearing from you.
Oh - and join gleefics for awesome fic year-round, and add gleefics_exch so you can be the first to hear about what we’re doing next.
Signing out
-andbless_mybaby (Steph) and bklyangel (Esra)