#reading221b

Our first discussion of Round 6 is NOW LIVE! We are going to be spending the week talking about AJHall’s classic story (read it on AO3 here) for our genfic stream. Come on over and join the conversation!

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This discussion is publicly viewable: you don’t have to be a member of Reading221b to read it (though only members can participate.) If you’re unfamiliar with Reading221b, or if you don’t have an LJ account, and you want to see what our discussions are like before you commit, check back at the link above throughout the week to watch the conversation unfold.  

If you decide you want to take part - and we hope you do! - you can join the comm yourself at any time: anyone with an LJ account can join with a single click, and LJ accounts are free and easy to set up.  Later on in this round, we’ll be running discussions in our crossover/fusion, Moriarty, wild card, rarepair and long fic streams. (You can see the fic selections and reading calendar here.)

Reading 221B is back for our summer round!

We are making some important changes to this summer’s round - a cap on wordcount, opening one or two discussions for public view, and most importantly - all categories will be Leader’s Choice. If you are interested in joining us discuss some FANTASTIC Sherlock fics, please click the link above for more information.

This round’s categories will be: 

1. Genfic We’re looking at this as meaning that the story does not center around romantic and/or sexual relationships.  Passing mentions are fine, but should not be central to the plot.

2.  Moriarty Let’s talk Moriarty!  Moriarty should be the main focus of this fic.

3. Casefic This can be any rating or pairing, but there should be case that is important to the overall plot.

4.  Off-screen or minor characters. Here’s the place for a fic about characters that we never see or don’t see often.  Want to talk about Harry or Mrs. Turner or even Stamford?  Here’s your stream! 5.   Crossover/fusion BBC Sherlock meets _______________. 6. Longfic – any fic over 50k.  Any genre, any pairing. 7. Rare pair – any ship-focused fic that is *not* Johnlock.

8. Wild Card – Any fic under 50k.  A great opportunity to put forward a fic that straddles genres or might not fit anywhere else!

Last day of con...fear not, folks, we’re going a bit long with the schedule today to help with con drop. Here’s the agenda for the day: Sunday, April 3.

10:00 am: Suite opens: Last day! No long faces, friends, for we have a whole glorious day ahead of us.

10:00 am: Flash Fic with @emmagrant01 and @mydwynter (all ages): Not up for the porny version? Try a tamer exercise with fun prompts and some writing time - then we read aloud!

Noon: Mycroft Meta with @fffinnagain​: Is he a really a rubbish big brother? Does he only have 3 years to live? Come discuss all the theories in this open roundtable.

3:00 pm: The @reading221b group is hosting a live book club-style discussion of Left Unsaid by @thesardine. All are welcome!

9:00 pm: Straggler’s Party: Still here and wondering where everyone has gone? Come wind down with us. There will probably be some free shit to take home as we clean up.

Midnight: Suite closes: Sunset on another amazing weekend with our fandom friends. Aww. <3 

Feel free to tweet at us for updates, and follow and use the hashtag #tppsuite2016 on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram so that we can find you.

The mods at @reading221b have FANTASTIC news - in conjunction with @threepatchpodcast, we're going to be hosting a LIVE, IN-PERSON reading discussion at @221bcon in the Three Patch Podcast Suite! Mods @tiltedsyllogism and gentlespirit will be on hand to lead a discussion of thesardine’s Left Unsaid.

Left Unsaid is unrated (but roughly teen-level), Johnlock, and is a quick read at about 2K words long. thesardine is a wonderful author and the discussion is sure to be a great one.

The exact time and date of the discussion hasn't been decided (it'll depend on what else is going on that weekend) but we'll announce as soon as we know. And if you miss that announcement - just stop the TPP Suite at the con and someone there will undoubtedly help you out. (And also probably feed you, and give you things to color, and hit you up for knitting, and all that good stuff.)

“When they are children, Moriarty is a game. A story they tell only to each other, in whispers. Jim and Molly Moriarty, from the beginning.”

This week at Reading221b, we’re going to focus on Femslash, with Rebound by @tiltedsyllogism.  Rebound is about 11K and features Molly/Janine, and we can’t wait to hear what you have to say!  

 Join us on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 – we can’t wait to see you!