At some point, a follow-up to Shepherd Moon is going to be released. In
preparation for that, we’d like to do something a little different.

We’re going to ask you to pick an author for us from the world of fan fiction writers.

Here’s how it’s going to work. Please respond to this topic nominating one
fan fiction author whose work you particularly admire (yes, you can even
nominate yourself). We’re going to ask our registered users to only
nominate one person, or second the nomination of someone who has already
been nominated (i.e., if an author you admire has already been nominated,
just post a reply saying “I second the nomination of so-and-so”). There can be multiple “seconding” responses (and this will increase the likelihood that an author will hit the final tally) but please — only one vote per registered user (whether it’s a primary nomination or a seconding nomination).

Once we have compiled a list of names, we’ll set up a poll to gather actual
votes.

RULES

1. The author/authors nominated are under no obligation to actually do
anything for us — so you might want to contact them first and ask them if
it’s okay to nominate them. If a nominated author asks us to remove their name, we WILL remove their name.
2. Powys and the author/authors may not be able to come to an agreement
over a story. We will attempt to contact the author/authors and “make
something happen” but there is no guarantee here.
3. DO NOT under any circumstances post any content about their stories,
particularly plot lines.
4. Powys reserves the right to make the final decisions!
5. Please keep your nominating posts short — the name of the author is fine
— no more information is required (and will slow down the tabulation
process).
6. You should (obviously) nominate only authors who have written Space:1999
fiction — just because someone writes fan fiction doesn’t necessarily mean
they’ve written Space:1999 fiction.

If you have questions regarding the process, please post them under this topic. We’ll be putting up the poll around June 1st, so please have your nominations in by then.