It's hard to contain the happy...
Fandom Gives Back starts tomorrow!!!
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soundtrack for this post
(don't judge. it's my go-to happy song)
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Seeing this fandom come together as a force for good makes me burst with pride. Underneath the snark and drama there is mad heart. We raised over $86,000 last time and it's looking like FGB: Eclipse edition is gonna trump that total. Woot!
I'm not alone in my love for the ladies behind this effort. Nina, Christina and Lauren who started this madness, AngstGoddess003 who hooked us all up with a truly amazing website, and all of the team leaders, participants and soon-to-be bidders who have collectively taken this thing to another level. Thanks for all the hard work!
This time around I am a buyer AND a seller. I'm thrilled to be throwing down 2 auction offerings as a member of The TwiFicPimps. I'm gonna lay them out in detail and hook up the links below. I wrote the following for the pimps' site but I want it here as well.
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more sountrack
Cake - You Part the Waters
(don't mind the words, just rock the fuck out)
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The Pimps are in play!
We've got 2 unique offers up on the auction block. The first is a guest spot on the Fic Pushin' Podcast. You can choose to guest host an episode, or, if there's a fic we can agree upon, join the pimps for a Straight to the Vein. The second item up for auction is directed at authors. We are offering you the chance to show big love for your readers by taking over a Hump Your Readers Wednesday.
We're set, we're psyched, and we're ready to roll. Here are the deets:
Fic Pushin' Podcast guest spot
Come hang out with us as a guest on the Fic Pushin' Podcast. Each episode we tackle a theme and rec stories that are related to that theme. Our 1st episode, The First Hit is Free, touched on what makes twific addictive. Future episodes include Rosalie: the Ice Queen Cometh and the role of music in twific. The highest bidder will help us choose a theme and then join us (via skype) to chat about it and pimp the hell out of some great fic.
>>>>UPDATE: Instead of an episode, the winning bidder can choose to join us for a Fic Pushin' segment that we call Straight to the Vein. This is where we choose one fic that we love and go balls out talking about it. Wanna dish about MotU? Wanna show inappropriate love for Wide Awake? It has to be a fic that one or more of the pimps have read and loved. But try us - between the 4 of us we've covered a lot of ground.
Come toss around ideas on our discussion thread!
To sample the goods, hit up our BLOG.
Take over a Hump Your Readers Wednesday
What is Hump Your Readers Wednesday?
Hump Your Readers Wednesday is a public forum for authors to show their love for the readers who hooked it up with a stellar review. We ask authors to submit the reviews that are particularly funny, heartwarming, or insightful. Every Wednesday we post the reviews that are submitted and shine a spotlight on the readers behind them.
What are you bidding for?
What are you bidding for?
We are offering authors a chance to take over a Hump Your Readers Wednesday. That means you can use our website to make public declarations of love to your readers. Some examples:
Post your all time favorite reviews - The ones that gave you warm fuzzies. The ones that made you laugh out loud. The ones that motivated you to keep writing. You can also use the space to give shoutouts to reviewers who are special to you. Or send a message of inappropriate love to your readers. Whatever you want to do, as long as it's in the spirit of showing appreciation for readers of twific.
Post your all time favorite reviews - The ones that gave you warm fuzzies. The ones that made you laugh out loud. The ones that motivated you to keep writing. You can also use the space to give shoutouts to reviewers who are special to you. Or send a message of inappropriate love to your readers. Whatever you want to do, as long as it's in the spirit of showing appreciation for readers of twific.
Hump Your Readers Wednesday - FORUM DISCUSSION THREAD
Hump Your Readers Wednesday - AUCTION
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soundtrack to bring it home
The JB's - Pass the Peas
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And, in case you were wondering...
The TwificPimps are Kari, Jess, Flanny, and Althea. We host the Fic Pushin' Podcast and run a website where we deal only the best twific. We are all about recognizing the contributions that readers make to the twific community. The TwificPimps site has features like reviews of stories rec'd by our readers (the Friday Fic Fit, what what) and Hump Your Readers Wednesday.
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