01 July 2018 @ 01:35 pm
Feedback and Questions  
 We'll be starting a new round soon! The schedule is still being finalized, but it will be similar to last year's (and won't conflict with the Trick or Treat Exchange). 

Was there anything you liked or disliked about last year's exchange? Feel free to comment on this post to let us know (or email at femslashexmod@gmail.com if you don't want to post publicly). 

We have a few questions for participants, detailed below.

Vids

This year, participants can offer and request vids as well as fic and art. A few questions for vidders, so we can add to our rules and FAQ:
  • Is a 60-second minimum a good length requirement for vids, or do you have other suggestions?
  • Artists can add signatures to their work and host on non-anon sites during the anon period. Would you like a similar rule for vidders?
  • Do you have any suggestions as to what makes a good vid prompt that we can add to our FAQ?
Crossover Ships

Last year, the crossover ships section of the tagset got rather unwieldy and hard to browse. This year, we intend to make a public spreadsheet of crossover ships sorted by fandoms of the characters in them. Would this be helpful to you, or is there another way you'd prefer crossover ships be handled?
 
 
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luzula[personal profile] luzula on July 4th, 2018 04:34 pm (UTC)
Have you considered having podfic as a medium as well? Other exchanges I've participated in have had the same minimum wordcount for the podfic as for the fic, and it's up to the podficcer to make sure before they offer a fandom/pairing that there's enough fic out there to offer a reasonable choice for what to record.
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Lunar: B&tB - [Cat/Tess] all star all girl team[personal profile] shopfront on July 4th, 2018 05:27 pm (UTC)
It's not on our radar for this round. Off the top of my head the only exchange I can think of where I remember seeing podfic in the mediums is [community profile] space_swap (though you're welcome to point me at others, and I may be forgetting some) and podficcers there are required to write a (shorter) new fic for them to read which would eliminate eligibility/wrangling issues, but then I'm aware that not everyone who does podfic also writes so we'd need to weigh up a few different things before deciding anything. If there's a reasonable level of interest, we may be able to plan for adding it in the future the same way we did with vids.
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luzula[personal profile] luzula on July 4th, 2018 06:11 pm (UTC)
The due South Seekrit Santa Exchange has included podfic for many years with no problems. The podficcer chooses an already-existing story and creates a podfic of it, and it's up to the podficcer to only offer fandoms/pairings where they're sure there are enough stories around to choose from (if they're not willing to write their own, of course).
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