Jack Alpha-bits claims post

[fignewton]

We'll be enjoying a crunchy bowl of Jack Alpha-bits on October 27th, to celebrate SG-1 Gen Fic Day. Here's where you claim a letter!

(Don't know what I'm talking about? Look here.)

This is how it works: the letters of the alphabet are available on a first come, first served basis. Comment here and claim a letter - one letter per author only. I'll strike them out as they're claimed, but as long as you made your request first, the letter is yours. By making a claim, you are committing yourself to writing at least 100 words on Jack by October 27th. On that day, comment with your fic in the SG-1 Gen Fic Day post, using the title as the subject of your comment (M is for Mary Steenburgen, B is for Beer, T is for Team, F is for Fishing). Include a link to the fic on your own LJ as well. If your story is too long to fit in a comment, post a paragraph or two and link to the rest on your own LJ (not off LJ, please). Do not post your ficlet anywhere online before the 27th! On October 28th, I'll collate all the ficlets in alphabetical order and post them together as a complete anthology.

There are only four rules: your fic must be at least 100 words, although there is no maximum limit; it must be about Jack, and preferably a defining aspect of O'Neill-with-two-Ls; it should not contradict canon, because we want to define the Jack we know and love from the show; and it should be gen. This is part of SG-1 Gen Fic Day, after all. :) This doesn't mean that mention of Jack's canon relationships is verboten. An author is welcome to mention, or even focus, upon Sara O'Neill or Laira or even Kerry. But no romance, please, and no AUs or alternate timelines. If in doubt, feel free to ask.

In the past, a few authors were confused by the obligations and the keywords, so I'll try to explain this clearly: the keywords are suggestions only, words that were submitted as prompts or came to mind as I typed this. If you're inspired to use one of the keywords for your fic, that's great! If a different idea strikes you, that's great, too. You do not have to use any of the keywords I've offered here, you do not have to get my approval for your keyword, and you certainly do not have to use multiple keywords just because I offered multiple suggestions!

Spread the word to your own flists, please. I'm looking forward to lots of great Jack fic!

ETA: All 26 letters have been claimed, but anyone is still welcome to write independent gen fic for SG-1 Gen Fic Day, which will be on October 27th.


A - alien, Abydos, anger, Air Force, alternate realities, Ancients, Academy, astronomy, apocalypse, Apophis, acorn, answers, antsy, Anubis, Anise, Air Force, artifact, Aschen
B - bomb, battle, beginning, Ba'al, Brat'ac, better, beer, bugs, big honkin' space gun, banished, betrayed, bedpan, briefing, Bregman, Burns, brigadier general
C - cabin, Cassie, Carter, career, Charlie, crystal, command, Chicago, career, comtraya, camel, closet, crossword, Catherine, colonel, clone, captured, cons, chess
D - Daniel, dogs, Dorothy, dogs, dogtags, danger, dungeon, dark, d'oh, diplomat, doohickey, doctor, destruction
E - evil, Earth, Euronda, Enkarans, elsewhere, everyday, example, energy, ego, element, eye candy
F - flight, flying, Fraiser, fidgets, fishing, footholds, fantastic, funny, Furling, flaky, Froot Loops, Felger, frustration, for cryin' out loud
G - gravity, General West, general, grave, grin, guns, Goa'uld, green, grift, gold, Guiness, grief
H - hell-hole, Hammond, Homer, Harlan, Hadante, Hathor, headsucker, hockey, honor, human, ha'shak, happy, hostile, hustle, hot, hat trick, Harry, Honduras
I - Iraq, infirmary, instinct, icy, insanity, island, incoming, ice, insolence, irritation
J - joke, joker, jet, Jonas, Jupiter, Jacob, jinx, jell-o, jail, Joe, jousting
K - killer, Kowalsky, kids, Kelowna, Kheb, Kanan, kids, Kinsey
L - Laira, legacies, losing, light, launch, laugh, look, Langford, loss, Loki, lottery, Langara
M - Minnesota, memo, mission, Merrin, Machello, magnets, Mary Steenburgen, mik'ta, Maybourne, Martice, mustard
N - Nox, Nem, next, never, nachos, NID, Nick, nanite, Neptune
O - orders, Oz, Osiris, Orban, orphan, oreos, opera, office, orb, ouch, Ori
P - prison, pie, peridot, P90, prince, pastime, paint, P3-whatever, pheremone, poison ivy, politician
Q - quiet, quick, Quinn, queen, quest, quaint, quintessential, quarks,
R - reports, robo-Jack, replicaters, repliCarter, roofs, revenge, Reece, roster, ruse, roadtrip, retirement, robot, Russian
S - Sara, Samantha, Simpsons, snakes, sniper, scientists, slave, sieve, staff, suicide, Skaara, silver, sarcastic, Sha're, squeal, sarcophagus
T - truck, trees, Teal'c, temper, telescope, team, time, tarry, tease, raining, truck, Tyler, Tollan, trust
U - universe, understood, unrest, unseal, Unas, unicorn, UAV, Uma Thurman, Urgo, urge, unity
V - victory, vanquished, vial, vile, vex, virgin, vital, Vala
W - worlds, watch, wings, wizard, what?, words, west, wheel, water, wormhole, wit, Webster's, wheel, whine
X - X-301, X-302, x-ray, X-treme, Xeron, xenophobe, xylem
Y - yeahsureyoubetcha, yo-yo, yellow, yummy, yadda, yell, yen
Z - zealous, Zales, zat, zebra, zoo, za'tarc, zits, zither, zoinks

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/traycer_/]

Yes!! Jack AlphaBits. :) Can I have A, please?

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

That was quick! :) You've got A.

[maychorian.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'll take K, please!

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

It's yours!

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

w00t!

Choices, choices... can I have a P, please?

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Yo-yo icon, whee! You've got P.

[gategremlyn.livejournal.com]

Could I have D please? Oh, this is going to be fun!

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

You sure can! And yay for Jack squee!

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

G please?

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

You've got G!

[supplyship.livejournal.com]

Finally, it's Jack's turn! :D

May I have J please?

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Yay for Jack, and J!

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

I'll take 'N', please!

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

N is all yours!

[sg-wonderland.livejournal.com]

I have a bit of an idea for F, please?

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

You've got F.

[sjhw-tolerance.livejournal.com]

I'll take 'Q', please.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

You've got Q.

[uniquinum.livejournal.com]

I'll take C.

I shall put it in a box and it will be my squishy!

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Don't squish it so hard that it isn't C-shaped any more! :)

[lilyleia78]

Alright, let's give this a try. I'll take T.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

T is yours!

[lokei.livejournal.com]

I'll take H. *grin*

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

You've got it!

[crazedturkey.livejournal.com]

I if you please :D

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

I is all yours!

[acarlgeek.livejournal.com]

Since C and H are taken, may I take the plunge with M?

(This is a patient plot bunny that could also work with U, if nobody claims U and someone else really wants M.) :-)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

You've got M - you called it first! And don't worry. When I did my second Daniel ficlet, I had the idea first and then hunted through the leftover letters to find one that would fit. :) These things tend to work out!

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

Oh, how about W?

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

W is all yours! Redbyrd fic, whee!

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

O, please! My willpower is as nothing when you combine the Love of Jack with the Love of Fig.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Wheeee! I look forward to seeing your O. :)

[randomfreshink.livejournal.com]

L please.....

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Great! You've got L. :)

[a-loquita.livejournal.com]

I'll take S

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

S is all yours!

[samantilles.livejournal.com]

I'll go for a challenge-- Can I have an X ? (and to make it a real challenge, it won't even be about one of the air/space crafts!)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

You sure can! X can be all sorts of things, even if it isn't aircraft. :)

[sela21k.livejournal.com]

I'll take 'V' if no one has claimed it yet. I think I'm ready to wade back into the fan-fic writing pool and this should be a nice gentle way to do it.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Your icon is gorgeous, and V is all yours!

Final Answer?

[majorsamfan.livejournal.com]

It was really hard to decide just between five letters, so I'm really glad this only showed up on my radar today...vs. when there were 26 letters from which to choose.

May I have...
::thinks about U::
::Thinks again about Y::
::Thinks RepliCarter would be delicious::

No, I have to go with U. May I have U, please?

Re: Final Answer?

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

You (Yu?) have U! :)

[neiths-arrow.livejournal.com]

Is it too late to claim a "W"? I've never done this before. But I'd like to get back into writing and a deadline might help me.

[neiths-arrow.livejournal.com]

Oh! I just noticed that Redbyrd has already asked for W. But, you mention that it is still available.

[thraesja.livejournal.com]

I'd like to claim W please.

[thraesja.livejournal.com]

Crap. Okay, how about E?

[cleothemuse.livejournal.com]

*wails, gnashes teeth* Fine, I'll take Y.

*untwists arm*

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Yadda.... ::big grin::

You've got Y!

[neiths-arrow.livejournal.com]

Maybe I better post this separately. I'd like to claim the R.

I've never done this before. Do you trigger us to send you the fic? Mine is in beta right now, but it is done (unless she feels it totally stinks - grin).

[acarlgeek.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I'm going to be watching for her reply. I've never done this before, either. From the instructions above, I think she makes a submission post on the Day and we comment to it, with the fic or a link to it. I need to find out what the size limits are for Live Journal posts. My story isn't even done yet, let alone in beta (I'm not even certain my old beta is still in the business), but my current estimate is that it's going to be around 3,000 words. Is that too big for Live Journal? :-)