Fandom Promos

[galerian_ash]

Have you already decided what fandom(s) to write for? If so, how about doing a little promoting? :D

We've all chosen tiny obscure canons, needless to say. But by posting here you might be able to entice someone else to give it a try — or perhaps you'll even run into a fellow fan, who can't wait to read your coming fic.

Your promo can be long or short, and contain whatever you feel like. Want to post a couple of intriguing screencaps from a movie? Quote a few paragraphs from a book? Rec the best episode of an anime or a TV series? Talk about why you love your favorite character and/or pairing from your fandom? It's all good; anything goes!

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Tales of Alderwood

[(Anonymous)]

I intend to write for a webcomic called Tales of Alderwood!
https://alderwood.the-comic.org/comics/1/

This has been around for five years, publishing up to two pages per week (!). If you do the maths, that means it has somewhere around four hundred pages already. Thus, I am surprised to have found no trace of fanfic on the usual sites, plain old search engines, and even the artists' discord server.

I don't feel qualified to write a fanifesto, but to paraphrase the creators: The first iteration was a comic they made in high school. Around 15% of that made it to a D&D campaign. Around 40% of that made it to the comic we get today.
(As a consequence, they have MUCH worldbuilding lore and character development and are not afraid to use it.)

Each page has alt-text for accessibility, and hover-text for jokes and non-canon punchlines. (The comic itself is also pretty funny at times, but mostly serious.)

One cool style choice is to keep the comic grayscale, except for magic (and chapter titles).

Re: Tales of Alderwood

[ouie]

I've just started reading this, thanks for the rec! Excited to see fic for it.