HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!!!

[tish]

Yes it is. I did have to edit, because i forgot my three things I do not want, then it deleted them, and i had to repost. Geesh! i am surprised i can even navigate online. I thank you all for your patience in my learning curve for techno stuff.

Also, my keyboard keeps sticking, which is why the caps are not always printing, and i am giving up with going back to edit all of them. I think hubby is planning to 'surprise' me with a new laptop soon. At least that is what our children seem to think with all the questions he is asking on their opinions of what to get. Heheeeee.

Sweet man of mine!

[tish]

horaaaaay panyasan! i am looking forward to your author/fanfic choice.

reposting and editing to say whoooooooop for your author choice! This will be awesome to read!

[bluetiger]

Congratulations Tish! A promise is a promise. I will be happy to try and depict a scene from what I am sure will be a wonderful story from EntAllat.

[EntAllat]

And for my author choice.......

ENTALLAT!

I am choosing you because I am intrigued by your strength in creating a suspenseful story line.

Oh, my. I'm honored and flattered.

Three things i want.....
- I prefer HET, however am open to PG13 SLASH if it helps create the suspense of the story.
- Most definitely must have a TnT set up, scene, whatever, and yes I do adore and want a fade-to-black scene (or two!) with my favorite couple! Hint, I love it when hubby kisses my neck with a slighty unshaven, scruffy beard, and wonder just how T'pol would respond to the same from a scruffy Trip!
- Set in the Azati Prime, Damage, The Forgotten episodes.

Three things I do not want.....
Violence other than what is canon, since that was enough
Too much techno or military stuff.
Too much Xindi dialog.

If you need to coauthor this, I am ok with that; you can pick your partner choice. As long as it is ok with them and the administrators!

The prompt, suspense in the arc of Trip and T'Pol tensions when Archer is thought lost, through erotic dream (shades of the bond?), into the soul reaching moments of trust and support amid the Xindi intrigue.

One last request, so i hope bluetiger reads this as well......
I won!!!! And now I get a picture from you as well!!!!!!!! (We had an earlier conversation and I was graciously promised my own picture from bt based on the fan fic to be written) My only request is for the picture to depict a scene in a sensual way, yet still follow EntAllat's pg13 rating...that is if you chose to draw one of THOSE scenes!

Thank you all and I hope this is how I am to request my story. if there is another episode that will better play out for you, EntAllat, please tell me, I am very flexible!

Oooooooooh. You gave me a FUN challenge! I'm going to enjoy this one. And bluetiger's going to illustrate a moment from it? Wow, I feel like I won the contest.

The episodes will work out great, don't worry. I'm off to work out the outline for this ...

[HopefulNebula]

You should have heard the little "geep" noise I made when you picked me, panyasan! I feel like I've won twice. I think I have an idea for the basic "skeleton" of your story, and I'm gonna let it sit for a couple of days before I start on it. I've found that poking at ideas too soon doesn't end well. (Besides, hockey season is rapidly approaching and I still have to finish my "Archer takes Shran to see a hockey game" fic.)

Would it be all right with you if I PMed you with a few questions later on? I may not have to, depending on how my idea ends up being shaped.

I'm going to pick Misplaced because I like her writing, and because we Colorado gals have to stick together.

Three things I want in my story:
-Trip/T'Pol because you're great at writing those two
-A misunderstanding of some kind
-Something uniquely alien. Could be something Vulcan (even exploring an aspect of the bond counts for this), could be something else. But some part of a non-human culture.

Three things I don't want in my story:
-Taking TATV as canon (that episode categorically Does Not Exist to me, and while there are some excellent fix-it fics out there, that's not what I'm looking for)
-Anything ultimately dark in tone -- it doesn't have to be all light and rainbows and fluffy bunnies, but some kind of happy or hopeful ending is always appreciated
-Character death

Let me know if you want a word prompt or not. I'm having trouble thinking of one, so if you have an idea based on just this, that'll save me some time. Otherwise, I'll prompt you.

[Misplaced]

I'm going to pick Misplaced because I like her writing...

*sputters* Thank you.

...and because we Colorado gals have to stick together.

Three things I want in my story:
-Trip/T'Pol because you're great at writing those two
-A misunderstanding of some kind
-Something uniquely alien. Could be something Vulcan (even exploring an aspect of the bond counts for this), could be something else. But some part of a non-human culture.

Check. Check. And check.

Three things I don't want in my story:
-Taking TATV as canon (that episode categorically Does Not Exist to me, and while there are some excellent fix-it fics out there, that's not what I'm looking for)

Wuuuut??? But, but TaTV is my ENT bible!!!

-Anything ultimately dark in tone -- it doesn't have to be all light and rainbows and fluffy bunnies, but some kind of happy or hopeful ending is always appreciated

Soooooooo.... Not a Mirror Universe story?

-Character death

How you tie my hands, woman!



Jus' messin' with ya.

Let me know if you want a word prompt or not. I'm having trouble thinking of one, so if you have an idea based on just this, that'll save me some time. Otherwise, I'll prompt you.

I think I have enough already from your list. But if you come up with a word prompt in the next couple of days, feel free to pass it along. Congrats again! And I'm honored to write a story for ya!

[asearcher]

Hi...

I guess I'm the last. I'm a newbie to these things (I've never had to choose and author and things I want and don't want in a story.) However....

I choose Kathy Rose.

I'd like the story to be an A/T'P.

Want:
1. Don't care where in the storyline you want to write this but only unrequited love/friendship before TATV. If requited love, after TATV. (I can't see Archer and T'Pol together that way if he's her captain. Wouldn't fit either of their characters and should be in universe (not AU))
2. Would like the story around a first contact
3. Archer to have read the new book from the author Kirk talks about in City on the Edge of Forever and this is used in the overall plot. Putting in the germane dialogue.
(KIRK: "Let me help." A hundred years or so from now, I believe, a famous novelist will write a classic using that theme. He'll recommend those three words even over "I love you."
EDITH: Centuries from now? Who is he? Where does he come? Where will he come from?
KIRK: Silly question. Want to hear a silly answer?
EDITH: Yes.
KIRK: A planet circling that far left star in Orion's belt. See?)

Don't want
1. This is to be an A/T'P story so other than what is screen canon, no other TnT.
2. Death, Extreme Torture. Canon pon'farr (per Amok Time i.e. not dinner and a movie but something that Vulcans are terrified of) is ok if you want to use it.
3. A sad or bittersweet ending.

Hope this works for you.

[Kathy Rose]

Hi...

I guess I'm the last. I'm a newbie to these things (I've never had to choose and author and things I want and don't want in a story.) However....

I choose Kathy Rose.

*wipes screen* That's what I get for drinking my morning coffee while I check what's happened on TDE overnight, and find out you picked me after taking a drink.

Thank you for picking me, asearcher. I'm very flattered, and I'll do my very best to write the story you want.

I'd like the story to be an A/T'P.

*rubs hands together* Ooooooooh! I do seem to have developed a groove for those two.

Want:
1. Don't care where in the storyline you want to write this but only unrequited love/friendship before TATV. If requited love, after TATV. (I can't see Archer and T'Pol together that way if he's her captain. Wouldn't fit either of their characters and should be in universe (not AU))
2. Would like the story around a first contact
3. Archer to have read the new book from the author Kirk talks about in City on the Edge of Forever and this is used in the overall plot. Putting in the germane dialogue.
(KIRK: "Let me help." A hundred years or so from now, I believe, a famous novelist will write a classic using that theme. He'll recommend those three words even over "I love you."
EDITH: Centuries from now? Who is he? Where does he come? Where will he come from?
KIRK: Silly question. Want to hear a silly answer?
EDITH: Yes.
KIRK: A planet circling that far left star in Orion's belt. See?)

Don't want
1. This is to be an A/T'P story so other than what is screen canon, no other TnT.
2. Death, Extreme Torture. Canon pon'farr (per Amok Time i.e. not dinner and a movie but something that Vulcans are terrified of) is ok if you want to use it.
3. A sad or bittersweet ending.

Hope this works for you.

Oh, definitely! And I love the part about the author that Kirk quotes that you have requested. This should be fun! And truthfully, I love the parameters you've set. I've already got several ideas from what you listed.

[Aquarius]

Okay! The winners of the September reviewing contest have chosen their authors, and stories are under construction!

There are still plenty of great authors left for the winners of this contest! You can review their specialties and limitations in this thread. Just remember, if the top of their post has "CLAIMED BY ______________" in big bright letters, that means they were chosen by someone who won the other contest and are unavailable to write for this one.

I'll list the names of who's still available here, but you'll still need to check out the above thread to make sure they can write what you ask for.

Aquarius
Honeybee
Mistress Euclid
Artisticmom2
Section69 (listed on second page in case you can't find it!)

Looks like whatever your tastes and preferences, there is someone on this list who can make it happen and will have fun doing it!

So what's the hold-up??? Go leave a review and win a story that's tailor-made for YOU!!

[asearcher]

Cool!

Looking forward to the story.