WRITER'S CHOICE!!!!

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Well I don't know how I let it slip by yesterday? So here's Writer's Choice just for today. Post LINKS to your favorite stories so we can read and enjoy them again!  Post a little blurb with your link, telling us a little bit about the story or what elements you like about it.  And please remember to use the tag writers choice. Looking forward to your postings!


                       

For Writer's Choice~ "Lucky'

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I chose this little story today as it takes place in the summer...a nice change from the frigid temperatures of winter that so many of us are experiencing right now. (though right now it's nearing 60 F... a far cry of sub-zero temps only a few days ago)

Here Napoleon and Illya are charged with safeguarding a member of the mob, and keep him sequestered in an U.N.C.L.E. safehouse in Northern New Jersey. It's hot, sultry, and annoying for the boys as the man they're guarding is a complainer....yet the weather sets their minds to wondering about a life without U.N.C.L.E.

Hope you enjoy a little summer warmth as the fireflies drift in the night air, and a little surprise that pops up out of nowhere. Comments are most welcome!

                 

Lucky: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8284790/1/Lucky

  Or if you prefer: http://section7mfu.livejournal.com/72340.html

Writer's Choice: Endangered Species

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Today I'm following Mrua's suggestion to post something that makes us all think of warm weather. (Plus, I'm nearly out of old stories to repost! Wow, I guess I'll have to write faster! LOL)

This story is based on an experience I had in Barbados one evening several years ago. It was magical, intimate, and I felt privileged to witness it. I wondered how Napoleon and Illya would respond to such a rare moment. Enjoy.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/444596

Writers Choice - Have No Fear

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A little fun, a little phobia... what more could we want today?  It isn't a warm weather piece, but perhaps a little laughter at the end of our Big Freeze might do just as well.
Have No Fear

Writer's Choice : The 'Adrift' Affair

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As has been the case in more that one of my Man From UNCLE stories, this one was inspired by a comment from MLAW.  In keeping with warmer thoughts, the boys are a little too warm in this one.  It's another of my sound/dialgoue series.

The 'Adrift' Affair

Writer's Choice: A Day at the Beach: A Sugar & Spies Tale

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http://archiveofourown.org/works/502994

Who wouldn't want to be able to bask in the sun at the beach right now, especially with these two attentive fathers.  The link takes you to AO3.

Valentine Day Art Event in the MFU Gallery

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Artist Trading Cards

The link above is to the official site of the Artist Trading Card movement.  ATC's are a miniature work of art that is traded, not sold, among artists and collectors.  I've done a few, and in spite of my sometimes status as an artist, one of my favorite methods is the cut and paste technique that allows me to use the images of some of my favorite people.  You know, Beatles, Men from UNCLE, etc...

In honor of the coming Valentine season, and in conjunction with the MFU Gallery, I'd like to propose an open invitation to make your own Artist Trading Card that features your favorite MFU character(s), embedded for all to see and featured in the Gallery.
ATC is a specific size...  2 ½ X 3 ½ inch or 64 X 89 mm.  You can use anything for a background, such as scrapbooking paper, magazine clippings or original art (crayons are fine, everything is fine).  Layer on whatever makes you happy and finish with the image that makes your heart sing.  Trading can be arranged by the participants at their pleasure.

 I hope to see many creative sparks flying in response to this event.  Let's face it, our fascination with Napoleon and Illya rests as much on their physical beauty as the altruistic bent they show us in the heroism of the job.  Now's your chance to indulge a little.

I am showing a few of my own, just to get things started.

First I had an image that I wanted to use, so copied it into a size that would fit the ATC dimensions.  Next, I needed a background.  In this instance I used a canvas, applied some paint in a random manner and then made a copy of it as well.  I positioned the illustration where it seemed best, used my trusty glue stick and then glued the finished piece onto a pre-cut form that is the correct size for an ATC.  I used a metallic marker to outline the figure and the border of the ATC.
Easy.  I used original artwork on this, but that's just one option.  You can see from the next example that I freely use photographs as well.




On this one I printed the photo of the Beatles on a paper that is partially transluscent, allowing the background to bleed through their images.
The background for this is from an Indian print, the foreground is a photo of a \ pillar.  It's just layering the elements until you have what you want.
And of course... Romantic, mysterious, elusive...

And there you go.  We can discuss it further if you like, ask questions and share the process.  We'll post these works of art on Valentine's Day in
mfu_gallery .  A change of pace from storytelling with words, we'll do it with pictures.