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.”

– icecat45, The Importance of Commenting on Fanfiction

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.

For more information on this event overall, please visit the Author Appreciation Day Page.

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.