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[petronia]

Not-quite final wordcount for SSBB August issue: 225,000
Not-quite final wordcount for SSBB special issue: 83,000

Or, well over 300,000 words. Erin and I were joking that October ought to be M-I-N-I-M-A-L Month but really: I was wracking my brains for a formal rather than thematic challenge and this could be it. Something like, for this issue only each person is allowed to contribute up to two stories of between 0 and 3,500 words each. (Although the sex scene requirement remains as-is. XD) One of the blind_go rounds was along said lines.

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Regardless of whether I post this stuff here or at carnet it must be getting boring. XD Uh... there's other stuff I want to talk about! For some reason I really want to organize that GetBackers fic-guessing challenge although this is utter insanity what with b-school and part-time jobs and SSBB and WIPs. OTOH I never actually guess in these challenges, so it would be very basic: you sign up, I email you a pseud, you send me your story with the pseud in the subject line, I post your story under the pseud. A victim collaborator will be found to compile and rank the guesses. No editing, no deadline extensions, no graphic design, no search-replacing smart quotes. Compared to SSBB it looks like a cakewalk. XD

Suggestions re: comm names and time frame?

Comments

[canis-m.livejournal.com]

SHORT SHORTS Y

[troisroyaumes]

Well, for time frame, in blind_go, we currently give two weeks for sign-up, one month for writing, and two weeks for guessing. Although we lengthened the writing period to six weeks for the long!fic round (and I think subrosa_tennis is giving even more time). My rationale for giving a month is that any longer and people will just spend the extra time procrastinating, while people might not be able to finish in a shorter span of time. Then again, GetBackers fandom might be different?

[ladysisyphus.livejournal.com]

Oh, save that one for later -- I'll be tickled pink to try it out when it comes up, but a horror opportunity? Too well-timed to miss!

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

Noooo, please don't take away the horror theme! *is totally not saying this because she's already merrily working on her zombie story* orz

I really wonder if I even could pull off a story in 3500 words or less. Unless I cheat and write a little PWP with some of my pre-existing SSBB characters, that is. Hmm. Actually, now that I think about it, that could be kinda fun. (And yeah, I completely understand that it'd be a nice change for you guys. I mean, 300,000 words?! Yikes that's a lot of editing O_O)

[petronia.livejournal.com]

...Yeah, I guess everyone's already working on theirs, huh. XD

February, probably.

[beeblebabe.livejournal.com]

Oh, February would be perfect for shortshorts! XD

[petronia.livejournal.com]

I only participated in the first round of subrosa_tennis way back when, and it gave something like six months. XD I'd probably give two months for writing myself, because that's the SSBB gap and thus easy to remember for me, plus it's an old fandom for most of the people I know (once I get it set up I'll go pimp on getbackers proper, though).

[gisho.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I could be that collaborator I have been schemeing about a GB remix chllenge for some time; we should egg each other on, or sommat.

Dunno about comm names, but more than a month from post to guess would probably make people twitch and/or accidentally spill the beans. Two weeks maybe?

[petronia.livejournal.com]

It's a go, then. XD I was thinking two weeks signup, two months writing, two weeks guessing? Which makes for three months total. Should probably figure out how to set it up so as not to conflict with school or SSBB.