Little bit helping

[kerravonsen]

Well, I've just volunteered to write a story for this Charity Auction raising money for the Hurricane Katrina victims. I think of it as sort of ficathoning in a good cause. The auction isn't operating yet, they're still calling for volunteers. Wanna volunteer?

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[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Hmm, that sounds like a really cool idea. Um, is it just Starsky & Hutch (since that's what the website appears to be), or is it multi-fandom, or what? I'd volunteer, but unless there are people bidding who'd actually want my stories (which would only be Farscape, B7, or maybe Doctor Who), there wouldn't be much point.

[kerravonsen]

Well, it was started on a Starsky & Hutch list, but I found out about it on a Sentinel mailing list, so it's at least those fandoms. And I got the impression from the instructions that one was free to offer stories from any fandom, since one is supposed to say what fandoms one wants to write in...

I optimistically listed my major fandoms, and my willingness to write crossovers with them... 8-)

[kerravonsen]

The other thing is, the more widely this is publicised, the more likely you are to get folks who aren't just S&H fans...

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Wow, this would be great. I literally have no $$ to donate to Katrina victims (unless I want to get myself evicted, lol), and this...this I could do! :-)

I must ponder what I could contribute that wouldn't completely kill the rest of the stuff I'm currently working on. Heh.

Oh, and "what fandoms?" is a good point. Perhaps I will email wolfpup and ask her.....

[kerravonsen]

Wow, this would be great. I literally have no $$ to donate to Katrina victims (unless I want to get myself evicted, lol), and this...this I could do! :-)

Similar reasoning on my part -- Australian dollars wouldn't go very far...

I must ponder what I could contribute that wouldn't completely kill the rest of the stuff I'm currently working on. Heh.

Well, you could say you could only offer something short...

Oh, and "what fandoms?" is a good point. Perhaps I will email wolfpup and ask her.....

Probably a good idea.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Well, you could say you could only offer something short...

Yeah, I saw that she suggested that one could offer a missing scene/epilogue of the winner's choice. :-) That appeals to me: short, and offering the excuse to rewatch some specific episode (as opposed to doing LOTS more research) of the offered fandom.

I'm still gonna email wolfpup.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Let us know what she says...

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

::sigh:: Of course I want to do this, but just as I've resolved to cut back!?! ::sigh::

[kerravonsen]

(gently) Volunteering is not compulsory. That's why it's called "volunteering", not conscription.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I realize that. But when you think about it, I'm the person who's always saying that it's people who should be taking care of each other, rather than depending on the government, and there's not a lot I can really do... I can send a few dollars to the Red Cross on payday, but it's not enough, and it irks me.

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

There's also one for Buffy and Angel, the_fund. IF someone did a Farscape one, I'd be on in a minute, but B/A I don't think I can do on demand.

[kerravonsen]

Looking at them, they also appear to be getting multiple fandoms there -- the most recent posts are offering HP fic and anime fic...

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

Really? Damn... I may have to start horing my butt over there.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Here's what Tonya (wolfpup) replied to my query about what fandoms the auction encompasses:

Sarah, I'm only announcing the auction in the S&H and TS fandoms; however, a lot of those folks are involved or are interested in other fandoms, as well. So, I would recommend if you, for example, write in the TS and SG-1 fandom. That in your auction description, you say you would write in either of those two fandoms. And then let the winner choose which fandom they want you to write in. Plus, if you're involved in another fandom, you can certainly spread the word.

So, it looks like it's limited right now (I think she went for my SG-1 suggestion because a LOT of TS fen are also into SG-1) but only because knowledge of the auction itself is limited.

I may have to wander over to my Invisible Man lists and spread the word....