Shadowhunters Fic Writers: Sign Up Here to Receive a Personalized Thank You Card!
“When fic authors receive comments, they know, clearly, that someone enjoyed their writing. And while leaving kudos on a fanfic also allows you to say that you enjoy what you’ve read, as a fanfic author, I can tell you that there’s nothing sweeter than getting comments on my fics. I love reading them, and knowing that people enjoy my writing when I do.”
As a fic writer, you have spent countless hours thinking and writing about plot, character development, important dynamics, and the evolution of romantic relationships. You have taken time away from your other responsibilities and your personal life in order to create and share wonderful works of fiction with the rest of us.
Collectively and individually, you have all given so much to the Shadowhunters fandom. Now the fandom wants to give back to you.
For this year’s Author Appreciation Day event, readers and/or writers have the opportunity to write a personalized thank you message to an author that they are assigned to through a sign-up and selection process. Once all of the messages have been submitted, I will have thank you cards printed and mailed or PDFed and emailed to the author based on their preference. Similar to comments, this is a tangible and personal way for members of the fandom to interact and show their appreciation for fic writers and their work.
If you would like to receive a personalized thank you card, please sign up using this form. It will remain open until May 15th at 9:00 PM EST.
If you have questions or concerns, please read the Event Guidelines and Sign-Up Basics included below the cut. If your question is not addressed, please feel free to contact me here.
The earth kept spinning, tipping beneath him like he might roll off the edge. Magnus made him feel like that. In good ways, like a spinning in his stomach when they kissed…But in bad ways too, like everything between them was fragile.
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Alec leaves the bar and heads for Brooklyn. Magnus comes to find him.
Anonymous asked: Hi there! I’ve seen the author appreciation event post and this is such a good idea! I have a question though, I don’t think I’ve seen an answer anywhere, is it possible to send a thank you card or smth to an author who hasn’t signed up for it but whom I really want to do something for? Thanks for your answer and for your hard work with this blog! 😀
Hi! I’m really glad that you like the idea of Author Appreciation Day! I’m very excited about it 🙂
Unfortunately, for practical purposes, the only ways that I will be sending the thank you cards will be via mail or email. I liked the idea of it being something more tangible than a comment or message, which is why I’d love to be able to mail a lot of them, but I realize some may not be comfortable giving out that information and opened up the email option as well. I did not want to post JPGs of the cards on Tumblr or Twitter, because I really want this to be a personal experience and felt that that may not be as organic if they were going to be made public. (Of course, authors are more than welcome to share their cards once they receive them. That is completely up to them. I just did not feel that it was my right to make that decision for them).
Because these are the two options that I will be using, if an author does not sign up, then I have no way of knowing their contact information and, by extension, no way of knowing how to get their card to them. However, if you know they have a Tumblr and/or Twitter account, you could perhaps tag your favorite author(s) so they can see the event information and ask if they would be interested in participating because you would like to write to them specifically. Some authors may not want to take part in it and that is completely okay. I figured sign-ups would be the easiest way to determine those who wanted to receive a card and those who did not.
I hope this makes sense. If it doesn’t or if you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to me.
A knock on the door startles Luke from his thoughts, and he looks up just as the door opens slightly, Maryse standing on the other side.
“Alec told me you were here, I thought you could use some company,” she said, unmoving. Luke smiles slightly, and nods, gesturing to the chair beside his. She makes her way to it, the door shutting again behind her, and they sit in silence for a while, Luke’s eyes on Ollie, even though he can feel Maryse’s on him.
Shadowhunters Fic Writers: Sign Up Here to Receive a Personalized Thank You Card!
“When fic authors receive comments, they know, clearly, that someone enjoyed their writing. And while leaving kudos on a fanfic also allows you to say that you enjoy what you’ve read, as a fanfic author, I can tell you that there’s nothing sweeter than getting comments on my fics. I love reading them, and knowing that people enjoy my writing when I do.”
As a fic writer, you have spent countless hours thinking and writing about plot, character development, important dynamics, and the evolution of romantic relationships. You have taken time away from your other responsibilities and your personal life in order to create and share wonderful works of fiction with the rest of us.
Collectively and individually, you have all given so much to the Shadowhunters fandom. Now the fandom wants to give back to you.
For this year’s Author Appreciation Day event, readers and/or writers have the opportunity to write a personalized thank you message to an author that they are assigned to through a sign-up and selection process. Once all of the messages have been submitted, I will have thank you cards printed and mailed or PDFed and emailed to the author based on their preference. Similar to comments, this is a tangible and personal way for members of the fandom to interact and show their appreciation for fic writers and their work.
If you would like to receive a personalized thank you card, please sign up using this form. It will remain open until May 15th at 9:00 PM EST.
If you have questions or concerns, please read the Event Guidelines and Sign-Up Basics included below the cut. If your question is not addressed, please feel free to contact me here.
General Event Guidelines
This is designed to be a positive event, showing support for our amazing authors and helping strengthen the bond between fic readers and writers. As such, I reserve the right to disregard and/or not post any negative responses.
Although this blog recs Malec-centric fics, everyone in the Shadowhunters fandom is welcome to participate in this event regardless of what pairings you prefer or kinds of fics you write.
However, this blog is also dedicated to healthy representations of characters and relationships based firmly on equality. I reserve the right to deny the opportunity for participation to those who write homophobic and/or racist material (i.e., erasing a minority or character’s sexuality).
Whether you’re relatively new to the fandom or you’ve been here for a while, everyone is welcome to participate.
If an author and/or reader would like to participate in both parts of the event, they are more than welcome to do so.
If authors would like to participate as both a reader and writer in either part of the event, they are more than welcome to do so.
Sign-Up Basics
Through the Google Form linked above, you will be asked to disclose your first name / nickname; the pseudonym you write under; the characters, pairings, and other elements you tend to write about; and a link to where your work is located. All of this information will be publicly posted in the Author Claims List to help thank you card writers familiarize themselves with your work and identify who they would like to write to.
Fic writers will also be asked to include their mailing address or email address, depending on how they would like to receive their personalized thank you card. I will be the only person who sees this information and it will only be used in order to send your thank you card.
The last portion of the Google Form has a space for early submissions of Part #2 of the event. If you would like to take part in this while filling in your sign-up form, you are more than welcome to. For more information about Part #2, please click here.
The 3A Episode Collection Event will end this month. This weekly, three-day event, spanning Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, will feature fic recs related to the previous week’s episode, as well as any predictions based on the upcoming episode’s promotional material. It will run throughout the entire airing of Season 3A. For more information, please click here.
The beginning phases for Part #1 of Author Appreciation Day 2.0 kick off this month. The Shadowhunters fic writers who would like to receive a personalized thank you card may start signing up on May 1st. Following the closing of that sign-up form on May 15th, the Authors Claim List will be posted on May 26th. It will identify the authors who have signed up for the event. The readers and/or writers who would like to write a thank you message can use the Claims List to begin signing up on May 29th. For complete information about this event, please click here.
1,258 total fics recs have been posted in the 14 months since this blog’s creation. 100 of them were posted in the last 30 days. To view this month’s recs, please click here.
The 3A Episode Collection Event continued throughout the month. This weekly three-day event will continue following the next four episodes of Season 3.
After playing with custom page themes for a few weeks, eight pages were updated and revealed towards the end of the month. For more information, please click here.
Per an anon’s suggestion, Alec and Magnus’ familial relationships and friendships will be featured on the Tags Index page under the section title of Additional Relationships. These tags will start being used on May 1st.
The blog surpassed 1,300 followers this month. To view the post that marked the milestone, please click here.
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