Writer's Choice - Clean Up On Aisle 9

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This is very fluffy, but fun.  I know it was for a challenge here on Section VII, I just don't remember which one.
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Thank You For the Stories Weekend X

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Originally posted by st_crispins at Thank You For the Stories Weekend X

As I do unilaterally every year [yes, the week of my own birthday ---deal] I am declaring the Tenth annual "Thank You For the Stories" Weekend.

Our fandom has survived 50 years now and there's a new movie on the horizon.

And what has sustained us all these years? What is the life blood of this --or any--fandom?

The fanfic. The stories. Always, the stories.

If that movie is successful, the folks at the WB should probably send residual checks to all the fan writers who kept the damn property alive for half a century. Because, without the fan writers and the fanfic, MFU conceivably would have been long dead and forgotten. But it's not, as the folks at Time/Life discovered with their best selling and award-winning DVD set.

The story of Solo and Kuryakin and the mythical organization they work for continues to be retold again and again. Every day.

So we need to keep the writers writing---and keep in mind, there are new ones on the way! --- and the best way is to send feedback. Good, thoughtful feedback. It doesn't have to be entirely positive. In fact, writers love to have discussions.

So, this weekend, pick out three of your favorite writers, a few new ones, perhaps, as well as those who you've probably been reading for years. Both could use a little support now and then. Send them a private note telling them you’re out there. Just that. Even if you’ve never, ever done it before. Even if you write yourself. (And YES, if you’re reading this, I mean YOU).

Consider it "Thank You For the Stories Weekend." It should take you all of fifteen minutes to send three emails. If you have more time, write to five writers instead of three. It doesn’t have to be a long note. Don’t know what to say? Simply say hi. You might comment on a specific story but in general, just thank them for the hard, uncompensated work they’re doing, the pleasure they’ve shared, the fact that they’ve kept Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin and the dream that is U.N.C.L.E. alive and well.

So I’d like to take the opportunity right now to say, personally, thanks to all the wonderful cousins who keep all our communities going and make it possible for all writers, both new and old, to share their work. The recent 50th anniversary celebrations have been wonderful, along with the writing/reading communities! Considering how old we are, the fact that we have new communities and new writers appearing all the time is a miracle. For what else is writing and reading but a kind of dialogue and so many stories begin with a conversation.?

And finally, thanks to all my fellow writers and also anyone who has produced a web page, drabble, poem, story, puzzle, contest, rec, review, challenge, vid, icon, illo, graphic for MFU over the past year. Your contributions guarantee that the MFU community will continue to exist.

So, thanks everyone! Here's to us!

Psst: Pass it on.

It's WRITER'S CHOICE1

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Sorry I'm a little late...I overselpt today. Was up past my 11 pm bedtime. ( I've become such a fuddy-duddy, lol)

Time to post links to a story you've written and would like to give people a chance to read it a new, of for the first time.  Readers, feel free to post a link to a story by your favorite author.  Remember we're a gen site, so appropriate links only please.

             

WRITER'S CHOICE: the Bowery Mission series by mrua7 (aka mlaw)

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Since it's November and we're nearing Thanksgiving in the U.S. I thought this would be an appropriate series to recommend.

Basically, they're stories... and one poem about Illya being alone on the holiday, and the friendship he gains when deciding to help out at a local soup kitchen.

"An attitude of gratitude" is first in my 'Bowerly Mission Series." and hope you enjoy it.  There's 3 other fics,  A Cat's Tale, A Friend in Need, and T'was the Night before. ( The Bowery Mission and the character of Claire were also referenced in my long story: "Blood Moon.")

Hmm, maybe I'll write a new story in the series, as it's been a while..."D

Links to:

An attitude of gratitude
A friend in need
A cat's tale
T'was the night before...


                             

Writer's Choice: Out of the Mouth of Babes by Spikesgirl58

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Out of the Mouth of Babes

This is the first of Spike's delightful "Mouth of Babes" series.  One of Napoleon's dalliances has borne fruit and he is simply not ready for fatherhood.  The link takes you to AO3.

A Big Thank You To All Of The Writers On Section VII

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This community has been steadily building over the past three years, and we've had an amazing assortment of contributors during that time.  From our first innaugural stories right up until the present, I've been continually amazed and grateful for your participation here on this writing site devoted to the Man from UNCLE in its original concept.  We aren't the only place you could post your stories, and so I want to thank you for including this community in your writing adventures.  Thanks to mrua7 and carabele for hosting their signature challenges that we've enjoyed nearly since the beginning; and to jantojones and lindafishes8 for their recent enlistment as challenge host and calendar girl.
To everyone else who's written and posted a story here, thank you.  And thank you to those who read and support the writers, we appreciate you.
I don't know what we'll be doing this time next year, but for the foreseeable future, you can count on finding new stories here on Section VII for as long as we have writers willing to share the dream.
Thank you.