I know it's very ironic to have a project that was just about to launch not being able to fully launch and end up... half-dead.
What was this DP phandom project about?
This project was originally meant to connect with Danny Phantom phanfic authors who had left works unfinished to see if they'd like to participate in Q&A's from fans of their works, find help if they wished to have beta-readers, or consent to appear listed in a fic recommendation list of unfinished stories that other phans love.
Where are we now? (aside from half-dead)
Life happened, but in that process it also gave me a lot of time to think about what this project sounded like with a fresh perspective and how it could be repurposed to something easier to handle from an organization/logistics point of view, but also to have a more approachable way to provide help to authors who want to see their unfinished works find some closure.
There are probably a lot of new peeps in the phandom, but also others shifting to other interests, or busy with IRL. So, I want to bring back a bit of life to this project with a simple question for authors in the Danny Phantom phandom (yes, that includes crossover writers as well 💚):
Interest check: If you're having trouble continuing or finishing an ongoing phanfic, would you be interested in a yearly event to help continue/finish your works?
Yes, as long as I can go at my own pace.
Yes, as long as I have clear deadlines to help me.
Yes (other reason)
Maybe, but I need to know more about the event.
No, I have unfinished works but don't need an event.
No, I don't have works that fit this criteria.
No (other reason)
Yes, but I'd like to participate helping other writers who need it.
I'm not a writer but I want to learn about this potential event.
Ranch 2 (I just wanted to click an option / read results)
Voting ended onNov 19, 2024
What does "ongoing phanfic" mean? Any work you already started but has not been concluded. This is specially directed to those works that you're struggling as a writer to continue but want to see concluded somehow (common struggles include but are not limited to: writer's block, no longer feeling inspired, wanting to rework your previous chapters, not being sure how to wrap the story, etc.).
What happens after the poll closes?
If there's enough people interested, there will be a call for co-organizers and some planning brainstorming before committing to anything.
Hey, everyone! Two years ago, this project started as a way to reach out to authors who had left some beloved projects unfinished, mostly to reach out to them and see how they were doing, show them appreciation, and see if they needed any support in case they wanted to finish their projects or just wanted to have fun sharing behind the scenes information and tips through a Q&A.
As a part of bringing this project half-back to life, I would like to present the first Q&A of this project, in this case with the one and only @darthfrodophantom, who returned after almost 10 years to the phandom to share the ending for "A Secret Uncovered".
Special thanks to @dp-marvel94 for the questions submitted!
If you want to find out other amazing authors participating, make sure to check out this recommendation list for the project!
❇️ About Darth Frodo ❇️
[AO3] [FFN] A multi-fandom writer who has also written for Danny Phantom since the show was still on air, Darth Frodo joined the phandom classics early in the Fanfiction.Net era with beloved works such as "Tortured Truth" (2006) and "A Secret Uncovered" (First published on 2006). The latter was left on standby as life happened, but Darth's desire to finish the story was always close to her heart.
Her love for identity shenanigans and the philosophical analysis behind characters also took her to explore other ideas and stories back in the day, but also recently as she returned to the phandom for events such as Ectoberhaunt or the DP Reality Trip AU Zine, for which she published delightful new adventures.
Now that she has rewritten all of her first vision for "A Secret Uncovered" and added an incredible ending and epilogue, we reached out to Darth with a few questions...
❇️ Q&A ❇️
Q: What inspired you to write your story ("A Secret Uncovered")?
Darth: Not sure if you’ve caught on to this based on pretty much everything I write, but I love identity reveal fics. I love the awkward tension that happens right before, during, and after the reveal. I love the moment where you just don’t know how it’s going to turn out. And I love watching the aftermath of the characters struggling to adjust. I really wanted to write an identity reveal fic on a huge level that involved everyone finding out, and it kinda went from there.
Q: Who is your favorite character to write and why?
Darth: I feel like I have to say Danny because he’s pretty much my POV of choice. His internal monologues are so fun to dive into because he’s witty and snarky, but he can also be so clueless sometimes. I love putting him into different scenarios and watching him struggle through them. But if I had to pick a character outside of Danny, I’d have to go with Jazz. I just feel like I get her. She’s the mom friend and the big sister who ‘s an overachiever, and I love that. Jazz can connect pretty obscure dots, be the emotional comfort, and a voice of reason, which are so helpful.
Q. Are there any characters or types of scenes (action, dialogue, ect) that you struggle to write?
Darth: I feel like I struggle the most with transitions. How do we move from one scene to the next and conveying what happened in the downtime we don’t cover? How do we give the readers a sense of the emotional or logistical events that happened without actually having to spell it all out, but also not make it too exposition heavy? I want to include the details, but I don’t want to bog people down with exposition and passive tenses. It’s contrary to that “show don’t tell” tenet of writing, but it’s also acknowledging that from an editing perspective, you can’t show every minute. (Of course this is now all you're going to pay attention to when reading my writing lol)
Q. This one is based on a screenshot I saw on tumblr of a tweet saying "writing a fic consists of having one scene you want to write and scrambling to come up with an entire plot just so you can write one scene." If this applies to your story, what is THAT SCENE for your fic?
Darth: I actually did! I literally pictured the scene where Danny walks into school that first day after his secret has been revealed and everyone stares at him and whispers about him and crowds around him. When I first thought of doing an “everyone finds out” identity reveal, this was the first scene that popped into my head, and everything else spun from that concept.
Thank you so much Darth for the time to reply to these questions.
To anyone reading, we'll bring back the Q&A part of this project before we reach the 20th Danny Phantom Anniversary, as a way to hear from beloved writers and celebrate our phandom.
Half-Deadfic Project: Danny Phantom Fic Recommendation List
Last Update: December 12, 2021
There are many incredible stories in the phandom and we’ve been honored to have fantastic authors giving us so much lovely content. We’ve made the following list based on a survey we launched a few months ago [originally shared here], from the love several phans showed to these unfinished works and authors.
This list has been classified according to the latest information we have from their authors or from the stories’ current updates. This will be updated as we finish gathering information from authors who wish to participate in this project with efforts to bring closure to their stories, but please consider not all authors are still around to reply and that the story status might be updated if the author decides.
You will find for each story a note if the author is participating somehow and if they have Q&A’s open (as well as their corresponding deadlines).
Last but not least, please read each classification carefully and let us know if you have any question :)
In-Progress
(Still writing the story; not on hiatus)
📖 “Switch” by @reallydumbdannyphantomaus || [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: Kwan doesn't really want to deal with Fenton's new ghost-powers problem, but he wants his mom to find out that he'd dared another kid to do something dangerous and irresponsible even less. So he strikes a deal with the runt: don't tell his parents, and Kwan will keep Dash off his back for three months and help him figure out how to stop falling through the floors. For his part, Danny just wants to get back to normal and Kwan is the only one who even knows what the problem is, so he doesn't have much of a choice in who to turn to. Still, they're both just looking forward to when things can go back to normal. Then other ghosts start coming through the portal and everything gets real complicated, real quick. | Warnings: there is some occasional violence and referenced child abuse.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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📖 “To Shatter Like a Jar of Glass” by Eucerei (@schwoopsiedoodles ) || [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: [Miraculous Ladybug Crossover] Danny Fenton is a sixteen year old kid running from an accident. He has found himself in Europe, with a weight on his back and a secret- sleeping in alleyways and metro stations when the security officers don’t force him out. But on a rainy day under the Eiffel Tower, he meets a young man who shows him the first kindness he’s seen in months, and a friendship is born. And when Danny witnesses the real danger that Paris today can bring, he feels the duty to help however he can, at any cost.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Jun 2022 [Here]
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📖 “Learning to Live, Learning to Die” by @galaxyghostart || [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: Ghosts aren't real. That, at least, is what Danny Fenton tries to tell himself. You'd think it'd be an easy belief to keep, but it gets harder to hold onto once you start seeing the dead wherever you go.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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📖 “The Green Sun Project” by GothMoth (@phantomphangphucker ) || [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: The core of the ghost zone used to just be a place, an energy from which all ectoplasm came. But now it had a personality, a person, a home: Danny.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Jan 2022 [Here]
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📖 “Furthest From Myself” by @wastefulreverie || [FFN Link] [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: An accident during a ghost invasion leaves nearly a hundred citizens with inexplicable ghost powers. Little did they know, this was only the catalyst for a series of revelations. | Warnings: Minor Character Death
Half-Deadfic Project Participant | Submit your Q&A's by Jan 2022 [Here]
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📖 “Escape Vlog” by @siospace || [FFN Link] [AO3 Link]
Rated: G | Summary: When his secret is revealed to the world and government agents try to chase him down, what will Danny, along with Sam and Tucker do? They try to clear his name of course. When a website appears overnight and starts posting videos from the trio on their feuds with the government and their new adventures, the online and physical worlds go crazy.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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Hiatus
(Stopped writing the story for a bit, but plan to continue it)
📖 “Red Flags” by @ave-aria || [FFN Link] [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: Lancer refers Danny to the school counselor, hoping he'll work through whatever issues are keeping him from succeeding in school. The counselor notices A Lot. | Warnings: The story is focused on therapy and so mental issues will be at the forefront.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Jun 2022 [Here]
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📖 “Seen Again” by @bored-jester || [FFN Link] [AO3 Link]
Rated: G | Summary: [Rise Of The Guardians Crossover)Jamie has grown older, eventually forgetting about Jack. Without the non- immortal to call friend, Jack is left feeling empty. Hating to see Jack so downtrodden, the other Guardians suggest Jack visit a town they generally don't go to too often: Amity Park. Why don't the other guardians go there?... And why can everybody see him?
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Mar 2022 [Here]
Rated: T | Summary: When Danny's transformation is caught on tape, Danny has a whole new battle to face, including a press conference, Valerie, and, of course, school. But who is the mysterious ghost who set him up? And how much can he possibly mess up his life?
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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📖 “The Goth and the Ghost” by The Cinderninja (@elladrawn) || [FFN Link]
Rated: T | Summary: Sam is new to Amity Park, and learns pretty quickly that it's not your average small town. What's with the Shadow following Sam around? Why can't Danny stop thinking about the Ghost Portal? And what exactly is the Fenton-Phantom connection?
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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📖 “Misplaced Hero” by @mokulule || [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: They ran, following the green splotches of ectoplasm. Sam almost couldn’t breathe, the pressure in her chest overwhelming. But she forcefully moved on following the glowing trail. That was the good part about ectoplasm she thought hysterically, even if her eyes blurred she could still see that glow - The glow from Danny’s blood.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Jan 2022 [Here]
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📖 “Binge Drinking” by Nikaya || [FFN Link] [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: A depressed Danny - due to family and girlfriend problems - ends up getting drunk at the bar, only to be discovered by Sam. When she takes him back to her apartment is when things start to get interesting. But Danny has a lot of mistakes coming back to haunt him, and Sam soon discovers that she's not as innocent as she'd once thought herself to be.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Jan 2022 [Here]
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📖 “Snow and Song” by @five-rivers || [FFN Link] [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: Based on prompts from hauntedjoanns and shower-phantom-ideas. Danny is forced to join the drama club to make up for a missing 'fine arts' credit on his transcript. He wants to stay in the background, or, more accurately, stay backstage. Will he? Of course not! | Warnings: Contains cults as a joke.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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📖 “A Different Sort of House Call” by Hornswaggler (@johnandrasjaqobis ) || [FFN Link] [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: [House M.D. Crossover] House's new case is a little tougher to diagnose, primarily because the patient should be, quite literally, already dead. | Warnings: Hospital setting, continuation of AnneriaWings' Lab Rat
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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📖 “Lazarus Green Eyes” by Keetajet || [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: [Justice League Crossover] "So, what I'm getting with this is- You think this guy might be a Kryptonian?" // "....." // "Okay, half Kryptonian. Same as the girl?" // "....." // "You know Bats, it's actually kind of hard to understand brooding language. I'm not exactly fluent in it." // "Hn." // "Ah, there's the language I can understand. And here's another thing, this guy is half Kryptonian. But wHY IS HIS BLOOD GREEN?" // "Either Martian half of his parentage or he's half a physical embodiment of the Lazarus waters. Maybe both. I'll need to test that." // "......That's the craziest theory I have ever heard."
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Half-Deadfics
(Stories looking for collaborators - More information coming soon)
Rated: T | Summary: Phantom pain is pain that feels like it's coming from a body part that's no longer there. Doctors once believed this post-amputation phenomenon was a psychological problem, but experts now recognize that these real sensations originate in the spinal cord and brain ... but a ghost doesn't HAVE a spinal cord, let alone a brain ... right?
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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📖 “Welcome to Loserville” by @browa123 || [AO3 Link]
Rated: G | Summary: After Technus invades Tucker's P.D.A for the millionth time, the group chat the trio share gets invaded by friend and foe alike. Let this be a lesson to not let ghosts interfere with your discord server.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant
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📖 “Running to the Enemy’s Arms” by Deadlydaisy8o8 || [FFN Link]
Rated: T | Summary: He can't trust his friends, His parents are officially ghost Nazi's, and his life has pretty much fallen to pieces within the last twelve hours. However there is one person who might be able to pick up the pieces, if Danny would only let him.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Feb 2022 [Here]
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📖 “Zeus' Dice” by ElphieBLW || [FFN Link] [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: [Batman Crossover] AU. Two years, almost to the day, after the Great Amity Park Tragedy finds Danny Fenton, orphaned and alone, being handed over to his newest foster parent. But, unlike the others, this foster has a secret that could bring Danny back into the hero business. Because, unlike the others, this foster is a hero himself: He is Batman.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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📖 “Learning Curve” by Isono_Den || [AO3 Link]
Rated: Not Rated | Summary: The GiW have managed to get their hands on Vlad Master's cloning research, and with it Danny Phantom finally captured they are able to produce an army of expendable ghost hunters. At least that was idea. Number 31 is one of the few stable clones produced from their experiments, but the GiW never expected one of their subjects to fight back. Follow 31 as he learns to navigate a world outside the GiW's control and grow to become his own person.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Feb 2022 [Here]
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📖 “Mother Knows Best” by MayAnny || [FFN Link]
Rated: T | Summary: Instead of his best friends, Danny only had his ghost hunting parents to witness how his life was ruined by the Ghost Portal.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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📖 “DC Phantom” by Slayer Anderson || [FFN Link]
Rated: T | Summary: [Teen Titans Crossover] Daniel Fenton never thought school would mean anything more than bullies, bad grades, and worse teachers... that was before the HIVE Academy for Exceptional Young People; Re-write of HIVE Minded.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Dec 2021 [Here]
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Rewrite
(Currently rewriting or heavily editing the story)
📖 “Sound of Silence” by @amabsis || [AO3 Link]
Rated: G | Summary: Danny can't talk for whatever reason and has to attempt to communicate in increasingly ridiculous ways. Sam and Tucker sometimes/usually know what he's trying to say but will purposely incorrectly interpret him for the laughs and memes.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's [Here]
Rated: T | Summary: [Harry Potter Crossover] Remus travels to America on Dumbledore's orders in search of a uniquely powerful ghost, and finds much more in the process. Three young untrained witches and wizards, and a friend in the form of a spirit... Remus has his work cut out for him.
Half-Deadfic Project Participant || Submit your Q&A's by Jan 2022 [Here]
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Other Fic Recommendations
(Stories that are not participating in the project)
📖 “teenage rebellion for the soul” by Elletz (@lemon-dropshot) || [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: Ultra ... vine references? // Ultra ... I thought I raised you two better than this. | Status: Discontinued
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📖 “The Cryptid Trio Of Amity Park” by MarionettePuppet (@trickstermiraculous) || [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: Danny Fenton, Tucker Foley and Sam Manson were weird. Weird enough for people to take notice even though people should consider them to be normal what with the fact that their town was constantly attacked by ghosts but no they were noticeably weird. | Status: In-Progress (Series of One-shots)
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📖 “Phantom of the Panic Room” by Runs_With_Wolves1 (@mulletstanyears) || [AO3 Link]
Rated: Not Rated | Summary: [Supernatural Crossover] Bobby stared at the teenager on the front porch. The kid was soaked from the storm but he wasn't shivering. Blood ran down the front of his white t-shirt as he clutched at his front with both arms. A morbid shadow of a hug. The teen raised his head, raven black locks fell back to reveal his eyes. His eyes were blue. They reflected the light like a cat's eye. He wasn't human. Bobby raised his shotgun and took a steady aim. The creature with the face of a kid flinched backwards. "Please, help me." | Status: In-Progress
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📖 “Exposed” by ADraconicScribe || [FFN Link] [AO3 Link]
Rated: T | Summary: A mysterious caller has revealed that the infamous Danny Phantom is half- human, placing a five hundred thousand dollar prize to the one who exposes Phantom's secret identity. Coupled with Vlad's disappearance, the ghost fighting, and all of the efforts to capture him, Danny and Team Phantom must tread carefully if they are to make it out with their secrets, and their lives, intact. | Status: In-Progress
This month we’ll start with submissions for Q&A’s so authors of nominated stories can tell us more about their writing process, behind the scenes of their nominated stories, and such.
If you want to submit questions for specific authors or overall participants, follow these links:
See the guidelines here
Send your questions here
This month’s participating authors and their nominated stories are:
The Half-Deadfic Project - Looking for Artists, Writers, and Betas
Hey, everyone! There’s finally an official blog for this new phandom project.
All nominated half-deadfic authors have already been contacted and, as we patiently wait for their response, we are now looking for artists, writers, and beta-readers (mentioned as ‘Collaborators’ below) who want to participate in the project.
How can collaborators participate?
Helping an active author bring the ending of their story to life (co-writes would be considered here).
Adopting a story from authors who have given their authorization and in some cases shared their notes to do so.
Bouncing off ideas with the author and/or beta-reading.
Where can I register?
If you’ve already filled the form before you don’t need to fill this survey again (we’ll be contacting you soon to confirm your signup… thank you for your interest!!! 💚).
You can sign up for this here: https://forms.gle/KVot6LgBiMBLQ6dN6
The Half-Deadfic project is a Danny Phantom community effort to celebrate wonderful stories that were left unfinished, to find closure for b
What if I want to participate but not as Collaborator?
You can post fanart or alternate endings for your favorite nominated stories using the hashtag #Half-Deadfic Project
Send us a message if you have any additional questions.
Author/Story Status
After reviewing the 90 nominated stories to find out which could be considered as deadfic (or which half-alive?), all 76 authors were contacted with the following response so far:
- 28 of the authors already replied, most confirming participation in the project.
- 15 of the stories from authors who replied will be listed as In-Progress (which is great news!)
- The oldest story confirmed to soon be updated is from before 2015 (not spoiling it, though, until the author gives express authorization ☺️).
- At least 3 nominated stories already updated or publicly announced a recent update in the past week 👀
If you’re an author who received an invite to participate, don’t hesitate to ask any questions or send us any concern you have.
Coming Soon:
- Half-Deadfic Rec List - List of all the nominated stories in the survey
The Half-Deadfic Project looks to bring to life Danny Phantom stories that haven’t been updated in a while. This can be achieved with the author’s authorization by either promoting their next updates (for those still ongoing), sharing fanart of their works, and providing spaces for story discussion and even adoption.
One of the ways we want to connect these beloved authors to their readers is by creating a Q&A. Please read below the cut to learn about the guidelines, how to participate, and find the link for question submission.
Check our blog to learn more about the project overall and feel free to send us any questions.
About the Q&A
Readers can submit questions about the nominated story or the author’s writing process so that participating authors can answer. The answers will be posted when the author is ready to share on this blog in text format.
Question Submissions
You can submit questions only for any author that has a “Submit Q&A” link in our recommendation list [link] or authors listed in the monthly Q&A reminder.
Please consider this list will be updated as new authors confirm their participation, so stay tuned to that post.
General Guidelines
Please only submit questions. Comments with no questions won’t be posted in the Q&A.
We recommend keeping questions clear and concise.
Consider the status of the story as it’s listed in the blog to submit your questions (i.e. “will you continue the story?” or “when are you going to finish?” can be answered by the story’s status we share).
The project organizers will read and filter all the questions submitted before sending them to the authors. This will help us group repeated questions and make sure all questions fit the guidelines.
The author can decline to answer any question and will not be required to provide a reason.
✅ Types of Questions Accepted ✅
About the nominated story: plot points, inspiration, characters, etc.
About the author’s writing process or style.
🚫 Types of Questions that will be Automatically Removed 🚫
Questions directed to non-participating authors or authors who don’t have a “Submit Q&A” link.
Any kind of abuse, threat, discrimination, or hate.
NSFW questions that have no relation to the story’s current content (if the author didn’t mention it explicitly in the story, please don’t submit it).
Questions that request any kind of personal information (such as identity)
Spam
Self-promotion (i.e. Will you read my story “[Insert Story Name]”?)
Hey, everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts in the last few weeks. Just to confirm this project is not dead :D (though it would’ve been pretty ironic lol)
Here’s what’s been going on behind the scenes:
Still collecting author’s info and participation (contacted authors: this doesn’t have a set deadline, so if you’ve been unsure about participating and want to join later, let us know whenever you decide). Also, thank you so much to everyone who’s already confirmed their participation!
Setting up a Discord server for authors and collaborators (artists, writers, and beta-readers), which should be up soon.
We’ll open soon Q&A submissions with the list of participating authors and the guidelines.
We’ll start posting the recommendation list of nominated works in the next few days.
So, yes, this project is still ongoing so stay tuned for more updates soon :)
If you have any questions that haven’t been answered in previous posts in this blog, please don’t hesitate to send an ask here (or message @summerssixecho directly).
Hey hey :D Author of 'Phasmatis Cruor' here, I just wanted to post a link to the fic - I've got it uploaded in most of its original state to Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/68147626/chapters/176292341 -- if folks wanted it at all. It took a while to get it there, but I was also waffling on it until Recent Events reminded me that most of the internet is an ephemeral place. Thank you for providing tools that helped me migrate it over!
Ooooh, this is great news!! So glad you could migrate it 💚 And thank you so much for sharing it!! 💚
Just in case the link above isn't clickable, I'm pasting it here too:
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
