Things to Think About

[muccamukk]

Wow. So people like femslash. Two and a half days into sign ups we have 67 entries. Which is kind of what I was expecting over all? Well done, everyone! We also have 41 people in the pinch hit group, which is awesome. Even if two of them are me.

I was poking through old yuletide links, and found a couple of good essays about writing letters and requests. Obviously a few things don't apply to this fest (what genre are you writing? It'd better be femslash!), but they're amusingly written and have good general advice. I know I found them very helpful when I was a newbie to fests, and enjoyed rereading them.
liviapenn's Thoughts on Yuletide prompts & requests.
penknife's Eight ways to break your ficathon writer's brain.

Please remember that you must request and offer at least three fandoms with at least two pairings in each of them. If you do not meet this requirement, you will not be matched. Obviously, everyone's still deciding what to ask for right now, so we're not going to start deleting people's sign ups out of hand. However, in the last few days of sign ups, the mods will be doing a sweep through to make sure everyone meets the minimum standard and PMing people who don't. Everyone will have until the end of sign ups to fix it.

Please don't offer or ask for "any" in your fandoms unless you're 100% content to write and read fic for ALL nominated pairings.

As always, if you have any questions, complaints or concerns, please leave a comment here, PM one of us, or e-mail femslashexmod@gmail.com.

And join the pinch hit group! :D :D :D

Oh, and you should all check out this adorable pitch for Noel Wells/Hannah Hart. I know it made ME ship it.

Comments

[cleo]

SO EXCITING!

[fiercynn]

:D If I can at least spread the Noel Wells/Hannah Hart love a little before sign-ups close, I will have done something right!

[lionessvalenti]

HOW HAD I NOT SEEN THOSE VIDEOS?? My inner Cracked.com fan is very disappointed in me for not having seen those before now.

[fiercynn]

It's totally understandable - while I enjoy Noel Wells in Cracked videos, it was never enough to actually look her up. I only found these videos by stalking Daniel O'Brien's Tumblr! But it was SO WORTH IT.

(also, you're the person who has written the ONLY AFTER HOURS FIC ON AO3, yes? Um, can we be friends? I need people to talk to about After Hours!!)

[lionessvalenti]

That's me! And, yes, we can totally be friends! I do love talking about After Hours. :D

Yeah, I'm neutral on Noel, and I only know of Hannah through DOB's Tumblr, too. I had no idea they'd done these amazing videos together. I never would have even considered it. They're fantastic.

[samuraiter]

Good reminder, actually. *joins pinch hit group* There. Now, properly armed and ready. :-)

[ariestess]

I joined the pinch hit group under my primary gmail account, but it's not connected to my AO3 account. Is that going to be an issue?

[muccamukk]

No. That's fine. I'm using my personal e-mail, and I see a lot of people are. You just need to remember to include your AO3 name when you claim a pinch hit, so I know to whom it needs assigning. :)

[ariestess]

No problem. I do that anyway. *g*