WRITER'S CHOICE! For Saturday October 11th

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Time to post a link to one of your Man from U.N.C.L.E. stories or readers, post a link to a story by your favorite author!  Remember this is a gen site, so appropriate links please.

                                   

A message regarding the Down the Chimney Challenge

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Borrowed from Spikesgirl and Vysila

Y'all are just an amazing group of people and I have been overwhelmed by the enthusiastic "YES!" response. I'm so glad that DtCA is such a welcome and highly anticipated event - all thanks to green_key for having started it 11 years ago.

As suggested, instead of a doing a gift exchange where authors are assigned to stories through the system, we'll try a less formal structure, where folks can put up their prompts and authors and artists are free to choose the prompt of their choice. Right now I have a help ticket in to the good folks at AO3, asking how to change this year's DtCA from a gift exchange to a prompt meme and how it all works. Once I have that info I will set up the 2014 exchange and open it to prompts.

Also as requested, please note that your prompt may be answered by an artist (or vidder) instead of an author, so if you really only want fic, you will probably have to state that in your prompt.

A full set of FAQs regarding the 2015 Down the Chimney Affair will be posted as soon as I get things set up.

Thank you for your support, oh awesome fandom!

P.S. Feel free to cross-post anywhere you like.

WRITER'S CHOICE! For Saturday October 11th

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Writer's Choice is about promoting your previously published stories or stories penned by your favorite authors, but today is a special day as it's my turn to post for the MFU50 Mini-Bang!

So here's the link to the Mini-bang site and my new story.  It's a long one, nearly 17,000 words, and beautifully illustrated by my friend, (that worked out well) and coconspirator here on Section VII, glennagirl

There's lots of other stories already posted there for the Mini-Bang 50th MFU Anniversary, so check them out as well.

Here's a piece of artwork that wasn't used for the story, but it's too nice for you not to see it. Thank you again Glenna for your fantastic work!

                                                 

Writer's Choice - a Birthday Shout Out to Renn

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This was a Down the Chimney Affair entry for Renn, and so because it's her birthday, and because we'll be having another celebration of DtCA this year, I offer the following story.  I hope it sets your hearts in a mood for unabashed sentimentality and Christmas love.
I'll Be Home for Christmas

Writer's Choice: Out of Touch

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Out of Touch

Why I Like It:  Part of my "The Start of Something Good" series, Illya finds out what it means to be partnered with Napoleon.
Word Length: 977
Gen
The link takes you to AO3.

Writer;s Choice : Uncle Charlie's 'The Importance of Listening'

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Why I like it : There's something about it that, to me, shows UNCLE in exactly the light that I see it in and also shows Mister Waverly as I view him. Every one at UNCLE regardless of home country, race or religion/lack thereof is to be treated with respect regardless of their position and gain position according to ability -- and those ignoring those standards get to face the Old Man's wrath *g*. It's been on my favorites list since the first time I read it - and I've read it more than once.

The Importance of Listening by Uncle Charlie (the link leads to FanFiction)

For Writer's Choice

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Only after you have finished reading our own mrua7's 'Lost in War Affair' of course, which is fabulous btw, and enjoyed the beautiful artwork created by our own glennagirl, take a few minutes more for another talented pair.

Why I like these stories- They give rare psychological glimpses inside our favorite men from UNCLE that we are generally not privy to. Neither are very long but both are wonderfully done.

Read this story first. 'On the Couch' by Uncle Charlie, Words: 1,406
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7030854/1/On-the-Couch

Then read it's companion story- 'Mind Game' by Avery, Words: 2,672
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7030896/1/Mind-Game