Hey, everybody! Welcome to The Firm.

For those of you who would like to know what The Firm is, we are a collaborative headed by camnstarr4eva, and co-run by Jusmine. We have two projects currently running, the details of which are below.

We have Arithilim to thank for our lovely icon. Give her a big hand, everybody!

The Firm is now hosting a Prompt Challenge!

So this is the deal:

Each month, we will post four prompts. Anyone who wishes to participate may write as many of them as they wish.

The prompt must be written as a new story (sometimes known as a "promptshot"), not as a chapter of an existing story, or as a sequel to an existing story.

The oneshots cannot be posted until the last week of the month, so that no one's interpretation of the prompt is clouded by what others have written.

The oneshots will be posted on your own accounts, but the summaries are required to state that it is part of The Firm's Prompt Challenge, along with the prompt, and the month.

When you post a promptshot, please PM Jusmine with the story's name, so that we can add the story to our C2.

Prompts for December '09:

1. Never
2. Shadow
3. Taste
4. Excess

Promptshots can be posted between December 26 and January 1.

Prompts responses for previous months can be found here:C2.

The other, original, Firm project is a group of people writing an Alex Rider story together, round-robin.

Here are some details:

-Each participant writes one or two paragraphs when we send it to them.
-There is no set plot, but the story must be as realistic as a story about a teenage spy can be.
-The content cannot exceed a rating of "T".
-We will ask you to re-write your paragraph if we don't think that it flows well with the rest of the story.
-We will beta your contribution.
-When you're writing your paragraphs, please remember that somebody else is going to come along after you, and try to figure out what they should write. So please, please, please leave an opening for the next writer!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

If you would like to join, please PM camnstarr4eva. Be warned, though, that we may not accept all requests, and we will require you to audition.

The authors who are writing in this collaborative are:

amitai

Nyxelestia

DreamsInBlackAndWhite

Emmy-loo

Simply Shelby

CunningMascara

vampassassin

AbsolutAnda

mml94

whatever95

vballmania23

Arithilim

camnstarr4eva

Jusmine

Wolfmonster

Jake Caldefore

Sheluby94dreamer

Turn-On-The-Stars

FlyingLikeAPhantom

Pallas Athen

Valak

prone2dementia

I-live-a-stolen-life

Whether you're involved with the Firm, want to be, or just want to admire our high level of insanity, check out our forum. Really. You won't regret it. You can find it here. See you there! :)