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merentha13.livejournal.com

Note with BIG thanks: this very helpful post was written for the 2011 Big Bang by Sineala (I hope she doesn't mind our borrowing it!)

That's an excellent question. You see, when two grown-up ideas love each other very, very much--

Wait, sorry. Wrong subject entirely. Ahem.

You may remember last year's excellent Pros Big Bang and you may now be observing the organizational proceedings for this year's round with a mix of -- dare I say it? -- excitement and trepidation.

"Self," you may be saying to yourself, "The Big Bang looks incredibly fun, and I wish I could sign up for it. But I cannot, because I have no ideas! I wouldn't want to sign up without any idea of what to write!"

Never fear! We are here to help. (It is, of course, perfectly okay to sign up as a writer without having an idea, should you be that daring. But you may not be, hence this post.)

Here, in a vaguely-ordered list, are some ways to help you come up with ideas:

( This way for the list! )

...so, how do you come up with ideas? Any methods to share? How have you found the ideas for your stories?

golden-bastet.livejournal.com

Yes, you've been waiting for it, and now it's here! It's the...

Professionals Big Bang WRITERS' Sign Up Post 2022

Things you should know:

Challenge Rules for Writers

The central story element must focus on characters from The Professionals.

Stories must have a minimum length of 10,000 words. There is no maximum length.

Stories may be slash, gen, femslash, or het.

Any pairing is allowed, as is any rating.

AUs, Fusions and Crossovers are permitted but as it says in rule #1, the central story element must focus on characters from The Professionals.

You may write a story that is a prequel, sequel or companion story to a pre-existing story or stories you’ve written. However, the story/stories referred to must be available to read online and you will need to link to them when you post your story.

You are welcome to complete a WIP to meet the challenge as long as it has not been previously posted anywhere public.

Collaborations between writers are also allowed. Just let us know when you sign up if you are planning on writing with a partner.

Stories will be posted on an assigned date in October.

On your assigned date, you will make a master post for your story at this comm. The story itself may be posted to, and linked from, your personal LJ, Dreamwidth, AO3, The Automated Hatstand, etc.

We actively encourage adding stories to the Box of Tricks archive on AO3 to facilitate easy story downloads (we have membership codes available), but this is not required.

Please do not post your story anywhere prior to your assigned date and do not cross-post your story to any other community before the end of October.

We will create a master list of links and summaries at the community.

If you feel you have the energy and willpower to write a story and create artwork for someone else’s story, then please feel free to sign up as both an artist and as a writer.

Important Dates

Please sign-up to participate by March 1.

Your rough draft, full outline and story summary should be turned in by July 1. While we fully realize that a lot of us write right down to the wire and will continue to work on our stories until the September 23 deadline, Big Bangs are collaborative and our artists need this information to begin their work in turn.

On July 9, your summary will be posted anonymously for a participating artist to claim as a prompt. An artist will create, at the very least, one piece of art (title banner, illustration, manip, etc.) to accompany your story or a vidder may create a trailer for your story.

Your final draft should be completed by September 23.

Our posting schedule will begin in October.

To sign up, please comment below with:

Author name

LJ username (if applicable)

Email address

If you would prefer not to put your email address in the comment then please email us at prosbigbangtwo@gmail.com.

All that remains for right now is: Thanks for participating… and GO PROS!

golden-bastet.livejournal.com

We're back and are proud to announce ...

The 13th Annual Pros Big Bang Challenge!
Lucky 13! Woo-hoo! Insert dancing Cowleys here!

For those of you who haven’t seen a Big Bang Challenge before, it’s a collaborative effort between writers and artists. Writers sign up to write a story with a minimum word count. Later in the process, artists claim a story based on an anonymous story summary and produce at least one piece of art to go with it. The art can be an illustration, a manip, a vid or any other visual representation of the writer's story that can be displayed on the internet.

This year's word count is 10,000, but please remember 10,000 is the *minimum* word count. If you would like to write 30,000, 50,000 or even 100,000 we will cheer you on all the way.

This is the time to think about that fic you started but RL got in the way, or the fic that just needs to be polished . . . or you just found languishing on a floppy disk. Hear the rally cry to join us!!!

And now for the schedule.............

Writer sign-ups will start on the 1st February and run until the 1st March.
Artist sign-ups will start on the 1st May and run until the 31st May.
Rough drafts are due at the start of July and the artist's claims day will happen just after that.
Final stories and art are due in late September and posting begins in October.

You can find the more detailed schedule on the ci5_boxoftricks profile page and on the left hand side of the comm page (<- over there).

Of course, even if you don't plan on signing up, please do feel free to join the community. You can help by cheerleading, volunteering to beta, providing prompts, and generally joining in the festivities.

So fire up your word processor, sharpen your pencils, fine-tune your Photoshop skills, gear up your vidding software and get ready for the 2022 Box of Tricks!

sc-fossil.livejournal.com

Invitation to join the Global Pros Watch on Tuesday, January 25, at 9 PM Eastern US time. We'll be watching A Stirring of Dust. The episode will be live streamed on KRISSERCI5's Twitch channel. No need to log in to view but you will need to log in to text chat.

All are also invited to a live Zoom chat at 8 PM, immediately before the viewing. If you are interested in the live chat, please join zoom here: https://macalester.zoom.us/j/96978557502?pwd=N2s3cUZzc29KSU91OFluSTJUL1p5dz09

Sorry for the late notice. This month got away from us. We still hope you can come along to admire the lads!

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Hi everyone, here is the Master list for the 2021 Professionals Big Bang, and in order to make to it easier for you to read, view and revisit all the fabulous work created this year, under the cut you will find a master list of all the entries for the 2021 Professionals Big Bang.

The list includes links which will take you to the main posts for the stories, art and vids. At the main posts you will find the full details and links to the stories and art/vids themselves.

Below the list we copied some basic information from the headers, organised it by story title, and posted the direct links to stories. The art and vid links are contained within each individual fic post.

Lastly here is a link to the AO3 collections page: here
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( 2021 Big Bang stories )</lj-cut>

boothros.livejournal.com

Once again, dear writers, artists, readers and cheerleaders, it falls to me to close this years Big Bang by thanking you ALL for your participation, passion and commitment.

Year after year, we see such a wealth of talent from such a dedicated bunch of people and this year has proved no exception.

I'm very behind on my reading this year, so bittersweet though this post always is, I'm heartened that I still have a lot to catch up on and enjoy.

We truly couldn't do this without you, so thanks again EVERYONE, let's all hear it for the Big Bang 2022! xx

fiorenza-a.livejournal.com

Title: Ties That Bind
Author:

fiorenza_a
Artist:

doyleoncanvas
Archive to Pros Lib: yes :0)
Genre: Gen
Characters/Pairing: Bodie and Doyle
Warnings: YES - please see under spoiler cut below.

Summary: John Coogan is not the only villain with a grudge against Doyle....

Notes: this is a Gen story, as that term is commonly understood in the Pros fandom, in that there is no romantic or sexual pairing implied or intended between the canon characters, but some of the original characters enjoy elements of BDSM and related erotic practices, which are a normal part of the human spectrum of consensual sexuality, and other chapters contain graphic depictions of abnormal non-consensual homo-sadism.

AO3 triggers: Explicit | Graphic Depictions Of Violence | Rape/Non-Con | Period Typical Attitudes

And there we have it, the end of another fantabulous BB :0) A mighty thank you goes to the BB Mods for hosting this extravaganza, and I'm sure they won't mind if I also take a minute to express my appreciation to everyone else for posting and cheerleading and following and commentating throughout the year, and to wave a pom pom or two for those who have created and those who have enjoyed - and most especially for

doyleoncanvas who midwifed this opus with patience, grace and generosity - and whose art is a thing of joy.

Link to Fic: Fic Master Post
Link to Art: Art Master Post

boothros.livejournal.com

Title: Ties That Bind
Artist: DoyleOnCanvas
Author: Fiorenza_a
Characters: Bodie and Doyle
Genre: Gen
Warnings: (art) Probably not safe for work

Summary supplied by author:
John Coogan is not the only villain with a grudge against Doyle....
(Not slash – but explicit chapters depicting non-consensual homo-sadism)

As always, it's a pleasure to make artwork to accompany one of Fiorenza_a's remarkable stories and this one was certainly no exception! I thank her and all participants of the Box of Tricks Big Bang for making this thing happen.

Link to Art: Art Master Post
Link to Fic: Fic Master Post

creedcascade.livejournal.com

Title: Complete Shambles
Author: Creidne/Creed Cascade
Artist: Sweety_Mutant
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes, please!
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Doyle/Bodie
Word count: 20,000+
Warnings: Period Typical Attitudes

Summary: Unable to escape the clutches of the Christmas Man’s legacy, Ann runs to Ray for help just as he is reconnecting with Bodie. Will they make a complete shambles of it?

Notes: Set after episode, “Involvement”.

A big thank you to Jat Shappire and Bodie24! Jat you rescued me from the mire.

Thank you to the wonderful and talented artist, Sweety_Mutant, for working on this project with me!

Link to Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34812274

Link to Art: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34817134/chapters/86695492

finnsmum1.livejournal.com

Author: Donato

Artist : Brune

Genre: Teen audiences and above

Archive to proslib: Yes please :-)

Characters: Bodie, Doyle, Cowley, Murphy, Susie

Word Count: 11,750

Warnings: I don't know how to highlight it as I don't really want to give it away so please be aware that a warning does apply but ends on a happy note. Does that help.

Summary: Bodie takes Doyle to an out of the way pub where over several drinks they finally open up about their feelings for one another and come to terms with aspects of their lives. Just when Doyle thinks he’s got everything sorted, Bodie throws him a curve ball and his life will never be the same again.

Notes: A huge thank you to my beta, Mary O, a fellow pros fan that generously used her limited free time to read and edit out all my waffling sentences and fix up my appalling punctuation. Her input was invaluable and should any errors remain they are mine alone and have been left in to add character to the story. LOL. I'd also like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Brune for her fantastic artwork. Her talent is amazing and I was so very blessed to have her illustrations compliment the story.

Link to story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34722997 ;

He comes Bearing Gifts

brune-arici.livejournal.com

Title: He Comes Bearing Gifts
Artist: brune_arici
Author: Donato
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes, please
Genre: Gen (for art)
Characters: Bodie, Doyle
Warnings: Safe for work

Notes: A huge thank you to my dear author for this wonderful story. You make me fall in love with drawing again.
Many thanks to our mods for their work.

Link to Art: Art Master Post

fiorenza-a.livejournal.com

Title: Smoke and Mirrors
Author:

marjorammax
Artist:

fiorenza_a
Archive to Pros Lib: yes :0)
Genre: Gen
Characters/Pairing: Bodie and Doyle
Warnings: none

Summary: information is being leaked from the Ministry of Defence and getting into Russian hands, and CI5 is brought in to trace, and stop, the leaks. The most likely culprit is a Minister whose mistress just so happens to have an ex-husband who is a lecturer in Russian studies. Bodie and Doyle find themselves undercover as the landlord and chef of a Cotswold’s pub, keeping an eye on the mistress and her errant lover whilst trying to catch them in the act of passing on secrets. Running a pub is a dream assignment for the two CI5 agents, so what could possibly go wrong?

Notes: thank you to everyone for another grand BB, and especially to Marjoram Max for penning such an engaging tale :0)

Link to Fic: Fic Master Post
Link to Art: Art Master Post

marjorammax.livejournal.com

Title: Smoke and Mirrors
Author: Marjoram Max
Artist: Fiorenza_a
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes
Genre: Gen
Characters/Pairing: Bodie, Doyle
Word count: 18,418
Warnings: None

Summary:
Information is being leaked from the Ministry of Defence and getting into Russian hands, and CI5 is brought in to trace, and stop, the leaks. The most likely culprit is a Minister whose mistress just so happens to have an ex-husband who is a lecturer in Russian studies. Bodie and Doyle find themselves undercover as the landlord and chef of a Cotswold’s pub, keeping an eye on the mistress and her errant lover whilst trying to catch them in the act of passing on secrets. Running a pub is a dream assignment for the two CI5 agents, so what could possibly go wrong?

Notes:
It’s five years since my last foray into the wonderful world of CI5 Box Of Tricks and I have forgotten how equally exciting and scary taking part is. As is often the case with me, Smoke and Mirrors was written down to the wire and as a result is unbeta’d: any and all mistakes are 100% mine.

Thank you, Fiorenza_a, for the wonderful artwork for Smoke and Mirrors. It is perfect for the story. Thanks also to the mods for another successful Big Bang Challenge.

And well done, everyone!

Link to Fic: Smoke and Mirrors
Link to Art: Artwork for Smoke and Mirrors

macklingirl.livejournal.com

Title: A Fist Full of Smoke
Author:

merentha13
Artist:

macklingirl
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes, please
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Warnings: none

Summary: As provider by the author: Post "Take away"
Following up a lead from a grass, despite reservations from his partner, Doyle finds himself held captive by a local drug gang with a surprising connection. It’s left to Bodie to clean up the mess.

Notes: Many thanks to my author merentha13 for her help with the cover. Without your "image-beta" it wouldn't look so good. And without her great story, I wouldn't have had so much inspiration.

Also many thanks to the mods who did a great job as always.

Link to Fic: Fic Master Post
Link to Art: Art Master Post

merentha13.livejournal.com

Title: Fist Full of Smoke
Author:

merentha13
Artist:

macklingirl
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes, please!
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Doyle/Bodie
Word count: ~ 12500
Warnings: none

Summary: Post “Take Away”
Following up a lead from a grass, despite reservations from his partner, Doyle finds himself held captive by a local drug gang with a surprising connection. It’s left to Bodie to clean up the mess.

Notes: Big hugs & thanks to my beta’s, and those who kept me on track!

silver_cyanne,

bodie24,

macklingirl. Didn’t always take their advice, but they all helped make this a better story than the one I originally wrote! And of course, thanks to my amazing artist

macklingirl Can’t wait for you all to see her wonderful art.

Link to Fic: Fic Master Post
Link to Art: Art Master Post

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Title: Treasured Magic
Author:

krisserci5
Artist:

krisserci5
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes, please!
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Doyle/Bodie
Word count: ~ 20,240
Warnings: none

Summary: Can Bodie survive all that's expected from him?
Concluding story in the CI5 Thaumaturgy AU series

Notes: Many, many thanks to my betas.
denn’bok – Minbari fighting pike from B5

Link to Fic/Art: Fic Treasured Magic

sc-fossil.livejournal.com

Title: The Eyes of Horus
Author:

sc_fossil
Artist:

sc_fossil
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Word count: 11,763
Warnings: None.

Summary: In this present day, same age as canon case story, CCTV cameras have captured Bodie committing murder in real time. Bodie and Doyle must investigate this quickly as the captured footage is deemed by the law to be irrefutable evidence of Bodie's guilt.

This story is based on the television series, The Capture. No knowledge of that series is necessary to read this story.

Notes: ART is embedded in fic. The fab mods at CI5 Box of Tricks have done it again! Another wonderful Big Bang in the great fandom that is The Professionals. Thank you, mods!

I would like to thank my editors/betas/readers for their help and as always, invaluable assistance.

Link to Fic w. Art: Fic and Art Master Post

harlech1000.livejournal.com

Title Third Chances and Epiphanies (Or Forgiveness & Illumination)

Author Harlech1000

Artist Banbury

Archive to Pros Lib. Yes please! It would be an honour

Genre Slash but not explicit

Pairing Bodie/Doyle

Word Count 14436

Warnings. No sex please we're British

SummaryBodie never asked for help. He gave it willingly on his terms only but never asked for it. It had become second nature to him and in the past it had served him well but this time it might cost him everything. That he hadn't expected. When Doyle fell in love he did so with all his heart and it had cost him dearly so now he was more cautious and this time he thought he had it right. This relationship was the one but it turned out he was wrong - or was he? He didn't know any more. All he knew was he was hurting and it wasn't just from having a building fall on him.

NotesThank you CI5Box of Tricks for all your efforts and for your kindness to a Novice author who's still feeling her way. This is my first challenge and I'm nervous but you all have been so helpful and nice that its been a lot of fun and I've never had an Artist before so that was exciting. Again thank you all so much!

Link to fic https://archiveofourown.org/works/34340215
Link to art https://banbury.livejournal.com/195551.html

dawnebeth.livejournal.com

Title Traitors in our Midst
Author Dawnwind
Artist Tinturtle
Archive to Pros Lib Yes, please!
Genre Slash
Pairing Bodie/Doyle
Word count 21856
Warnings none

Summary Doyle has been accused of being a traitor. He doesn’t know by whom or why—but he’s been literally stabbed in the back and is on the run, leaving Bodie behind to investigate the mess. Will they ever see each other again?

Notes First, huzzahs to the CI5Box of Tricks for giving us another year of this challenge, it always brings out the best in me, despite much swearing and gnashing of teeth when I am at the keyboard. So many thanks to my editors—Kat, Wightfaerie, and Kaye Austen Michaels for finding my spelling errors and Brit faux pas. You made this version of the I Spy episode Turnabout for Traitors a better story. And lastly, for the wonderful postcard art that Tinturtle created. Just lovely!

Link to fic https://archiveofourown.org/works/34166332
Link to art https://archiveofourown.org/works/34184377

krisserci5.livejournal.com

The Professionals Big Bang mods are pleased to announce the final posting schedule.

The fun starts Friday!

date..........author...........artist

1 - Oct - dawnbeth / Tinturtle

7 - Oct - Halech1000 / banbury

11 - Oct - Lily_K / SC Fossil

14 - Oct - krisser / KrisserCI5

17 - Oct - Merentha13 / Macklingirl

21 - Oct - Majorammax / Fiorenza_a

26 - Oct - Donato / brune

29 - Oct - Creidne / sweetymutant

31 - Oct - Fiorenza_a / Doyle on canvass

I'm so excited

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2022 schedule

February 1: Writer sign ups begin
March 1: Writer sign ups close
May 1: Artist sign ups begin
May 31: Artist sign ups close
July 1: Writers’ rough drafts (6,600 words minimum)/full outlines due. Story summaries also due
July 9: Artist Claims Day. Artists will claim stories based on anonymous story summaries, first come, first served
September 23: Final stories (10,000 words minimum) and artwork/vids due
October: Posting begins

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Box of Tricks

A Pros Big Bang Challenge

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Pros Big Bang Ideas Post

Professionals Big Bang WRITERS' Sign Up Post 2022

The 13th Annual Pros Big Bang Challenge

Announcement! Global Pros Watch Tues, 25 Jan, 2022!

Master list for the 2021 Professionals Big Bang

And that concludes the 2021 Big Bang...

CI5 Box of Tricks - Ties That Bind by Fiorenza_a

Art for 'Ties That Bind'

Fic: Complete Shambles

Title : He Comes Bearing Gifts

Art for He Comes Bearing Gifts by Donato

CI5 Box of Tricks - Art for Smoke and Mirrors

CI5 Box Of Tricks – Smoke and Mirrors by Marjoram Max

CI5 Box of Tricks - Art for A Fist Full of Smoke

CI5 Box of Tricks - Fist Full of Smoke by merentha13

CI5 Box Of Tricks - Treasured Magic by krisser

CI5 Box of Tricks - The Eyes of Horus by LilyK

CI5 Box of Tricks - Third Chances and Epiphanies

CI5 Box of Tricks--Traitors in our Midst by Dawnwind

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