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Yuletide Fandom Promo 2024!
Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!
Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign-ups!
Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!
Cheju has started a spreadsheet for promo! Here's the link!
Here are some areas you can cover:
<b>Title</b>:
Please put your fandom's title in the subject of your comment, too. This helps people find your promo again.
<b>Media</b>:
<b>Approx length</b>:
<b>Where to find it</b>:
(If giving links, please only link to legal sources. You may want to encourage people to contact you directly if they are having trouble finding a canon and you can give them tips)
<b>What is it, in summary?</b>:
<b>What do you love about it?</b>:
<b>What sort of things are you likely to request for it?</b>:
<b>Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?</b>:
<b>Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence)</b>:
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(Bonus options: What are you thinking of requesting for this? If you're thinking of nominating worldbuilding, what sort of worldbuilding topics might people explore?)
Useful tip (Not required, but helps people if they want to engage with your fandom!):
- It's best to make each fandom its own entry with its own title in the subject line! That makes it easier for people to find/see what you're promoting! Don't worry about 'spam', that is the entire point of this entry and you're using it exactly as intended.
Previous fandom promo posts can be found at this tag!
The Witch Family, by Eleanor Estes
Media: Stand-alone middle-grade novel.
Approx length: Recent editions clock in around 240 pages, though the original hardcover (which is the one I used to get at the library, based on the cover) is apparently only 186; I guess the print is smaller? The audiobook is 4 hours and 42 minutes.
Where to find it: This book came out in the 1960s, so it’s probably a better bet for libraries than bookstores. It can also be found in ebook and audiobook formats (Libro.fm and Audible both have it).
Summary: Amy loves telling stories, mostly to her best friend, Clarissa … and her stories are also true. So when she banishes (or excuse me, “banquishes”) Old Witch to a glass hill for her wickedness, she soon peoples that world with a Little Witch Girl (just her and Clarissa’s age), an invisible spelling bee, little witch classmates, a mermaid friend, a baby sister and more. Amy and Clarissa’s suburban life and the lives and adventures of Little Witch Girl and her friends entwine and interact in unexpected ways, the lines blur between storyteller/characters, enemies, and family, and there is exciting but mild danger and inventive wordplay for all.
What do you love about it?: It’s a childhood favorite of mine, and as an adult, I’m fascinated by how metatextual the whole thing gets. I want to read and write stories that play with those elements and push them further than the original book does!
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I’m probably going to ask for something set a bit after the book, either during the main characters’ adolescence or young adulthood, which plays with the metatextual stuff; either something involving the bleeding-through of the fantasy characters into the “real” girls’ lives, or possibly something about how Amy keeps telling stories about these characters in ways that intersect somehow with her life, or … I don’t know, something along those lines! (I'd especially be interested in something that adds a little queerness, perhaps unsurprisingly.)
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfill your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: No, I don’t think so, but it’s not a very long book anyway.
Content warnings: Some schmaltz in the narrative style; occasionally a little preachy.
Re: The Witch Family, by Eleanor Estes