Gaming Fandom Big Bang

We will be needing (1) media pitch hit for the fandom: Legend of Zelda (Ocarina of Time)

Given that a pitch-hit will need to read a 10k+ fic and then create something for it the deadline will be a little more 'optional', though it will be best that you be able to finish by October. If you think you might be able to take it on, please send me an e-mail at seizeglory[at]gmail[dot]com!

Thank you!

I have lost my harddrive recently, and my spreadsheet matches along with it...So of course, true to Murphy's Law, I realized I neglected to give contact information to all the media creators after the harddrive crash.

Media Creators who lack their author's contact information: please e-mail me at seizeglory@gmail.com with your assignment so we can get that fixed asap!

Media Creators who do have their author's contact information: If you haven't already, please get in touch with your writer. The deadline has been pushed back to September 22nd but we will be allowing posting on the first. Ideally, your author should at least know what you have before posting starts.

If you need to drop out, please let me know so we can find a pitch-hit for your writer.

Authors!: If your media person has not contacted you by August 31st please let me know so we can figure out what's going on!

More posting information will (hopefully) be coming up before posting begins, provided that my computer is not smashed by a meteor at least.

If there are any issues of any sort, please do not hesitate to contact me! I will do my best to help answer any questions or resolve any problems. It's my job as a mod so don't feel bad if you need to come to me with any problems. :3

I am not sure if I will have internet access when the rough draft due date, August 1st, passes. That is also the day when all media matches should have been made and I am still waiting on e-mail responses for media creators and betas.

It wouldn't be fair to take away the few days left for writers to hammer out issues, and it wouldn't be fair to take away a possible week's worth of work for media creators and betas. Since it would be better to give everyone more time than to suddenly cut it back, I will be pushing the rest of the deadlines one week back.

Rough drafts will now be due by August 7th. If you've already finished, then you can e-mail it as a .doc or .rtf file to seizeglory[at]gmail[dot]com, and I'll try and get it to your match ahead of time. Early birds get the worms first!

Media and beta'd fics will now be due by September 22nd. The posting still starts on the 1st of September, but we will be lengthening the posting period by a week.


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Hopefully you have made the right decision.


ADDITIONAL NOTICE TO MEDIA CREATORS:
I need someone who is willing to work with the fandom Wizard of Wor. If this is a fandom you can take on, or you have a friend who is familiar with the fandom and is interested, please send me a PM or an e-mail at seizeglory[at]gmail[dot]com.

Thank you.

Your mod is an idiot. But you likely know that if you've been paying attention.

For the schedules I had written:
June 21st - 28th: Writers will post summaries for artists/mixers/dancers to choose from

...and then stupidly went about thinking I had set those dates in July for some reason. Which has resulted in understandable confusion. This is all my bad, so for those of you who stressed out over having to do anything, DON'T PANIC.

REGARDLESS, this has probably worked out for the better as when making the schedule, I somehow thought that the middle of the writing period was the best time to make author's to write out summaries. Considering that there's still people that are dropping out, then committing people to create for unfinished projects would not have worked out too well.

The new game plan is this: Writers will have until July 26th to either send me a e-mail at seizeglory[at]gmail[dot]com with a detailed summary and one 500+ word sample of your fic, or to drop out completely. This will let me see who will be done by the rough draft due date and also give me a week to contact betas/media creators and do last minute recruiting for the more obscure fandoms. Hopefully by August 1st, every writer that met the finish line will have a finished rough draft, and betas and media creators.

You can send me an e-mail before then (and I will love you very, very much if you send me early e-mails!) but you have nine days to get that e-mail to me. If I receive no e-mail from you by July 26th then I will consider you dropped out.

If you have not even begun writing yet, then you should either start now or consider dropping out. There will be a whole month to beta and fix problems, but the person creating something for your fic will be working off you're unbetaed rough draft. Make sure you have something that will be at least readable to them, instead of just rushing through the writing on the last day and handing in something full of inconsistencies, typos and other issues that will throw them out of the story and make them less inclined to give their all on their end of the project.

Remember, there's no shame in dropping out! Sometimes shit happens, whether life steps in and steals your writing time, or you've just had to deal with obnoxious writer's block. It happens and you can always try again next round if you can't finish it this time! If you think it'll be too stressful for you to try and finish it by the deadline, then that option is available to you. I would rather see people drop out and come back next round instead of people pulling their hair out trying to hammer out 10k+ words within the next week.

Unless you work better that way. In which case, may the deity of your choice have mercy on your wrists.

And now for the other, other moment the rest of you have been waiting for: Beta and Cheerleader sign ups!

Sign-ups will close at June 20th, though the sign-up period may be extended if there's a need for more betas. We're not sure if all writers even want betas, so there will be no commitment involved in your sign up, this is merely a show of interest.

A quick rundown so you know what you're signing up for:

• A Beta is someone that reads the story and checks it for grammar, spelling and general quality of writing. Depending on the author's wishes, this may extend to checking for plot holes or details that don't fit with the canon. (Example: Writer takes a character from 1850s England and has hir drive a Prius -- unless it was intentional and the entire point of the story is time-traveling Priuses.)


• A Cheerleader simply reads the story and then tells the writer how awesome it is and how excited sie is to see more. Your job is to keep the writer motivated and inspired to keep writing! (And if that fails, pressure. Lots and lots of pressure.)


• You can do both at the same time, though it may depend on the writer's wishes.

Those bits out of the way, you can look through our current list of fandoms to sign up for!:
( Fandom List; last updated 5/4/10 )

Your ready? Fill this form out and comment to this post to sign up!:
<b>Username/Name:</b> (list both if they are different) <b>E-Mail:</b> <b>Beta/Cheerleader?:</b> ("Both" is an acceptable and encouraged answer!) <b>Fandoms you want to work with?:</b> (for those fandoms that make you squee~ write down all that apply!) <b>Fandoms you're willing to work with?:</B> (no need to list the ones already above, if there are any. Try to include as many fandoms you can stomach here.) <b>Fandoms you don't want to touch?:</b> (if you don't want icky Fighter Game RPG XXVII germs, make sure to mention that so we can keep the icky germs at bay.) <b>Will you be willing to take on more than one assignment?:</b> (on the offchance you want to work on EXTRA HARDMODE; extra quests! Do list a maximum if the answer is yes.) <b>Anything else you want to mention that relates to how you beta/cheerlead?:</b>

Comments are screened and OpenID is allowed! If you want a DreamWidth code, leave a note and I'll try to arrange one for you!

Happy betaing and cheering!

The moment you've all been waiting for (at least those of you who are primarily writers at any rate): WRITER SIGN UPS.

Writer sign ups will be closing May 3d! If you're still waffling on what to write, you have until then to sign-up. Once sign-ups are closed, they are closed (unless you manage to give me a very compelling reason to allow you in the running on May 4th. For the record: I am easily bribed.)

Quick rundown on what is expected from writers, otherwise known as 'rules':

• You are committing to writing a 10,000 word fic. Not 100 individual drabbles, but one long 10k word fic. If you need to go over the minimum, that is fine too! But it must be complete and finished by the due date, whether the final word count is 10k or 100k. The rough draft should be finished by July 31st; that is three months to write. Posting details will be put up before the posting period begins.


• If you have a fic that you've already started and want to finish, you can finish it for this challenge so long as you write at least 10k new words for it.


• The fandom has to be from a gaming fandom. If for whatever reason, you're unsure that your fandom 'counts', PM me with the fandom in question and we'll try to figure it out.


• If you have any other questions, please ask in the FAQ and I'll try to answer them ASAP.

With that out of the way, fill this form out and comment to this post to sign up!:
<b>User/Author Name:</b> (If they're different, include both. This will help prevent confusion later when sephirothlady posts with the name Becky.) <b>E-mail:</b> (This is only for the off-chance I need to contact you for some reason or other. Comments will be screened so don't worry about spam-bots!) <b>Fandom(s):</b> (Spell out the full name of the fandom(s). For example: Final Fantasy VII instead of FF7. If it's a crossover of two or more fandoms, include all of them.) <b>Vague idea of what you're writing?:</b> (Include as much or as little detail as you want here. This is just to make things easier come artist/mixer match up time. Include characters, pairings and themes you think you might be writing about -- but don't feel as though you're committing to that idea! You're allowed to change later on, if you find the muse takes you elsewhere.) <b>Will you attempt to take on another 'class' for this challenge? If yes, what is it?:</b> (For those of you who are ambitious -- or at least very good multi-taskers -- would you be willing to beta, cheer, and/or create art or something else for another writer's work? This is not a commitment, but it will give me an idea of how many other people I might have for other classes.) <b>Anything else?:</b> (...on the off chance I forgot something dreadfully important in the sign-ups. You can include whatever relevant detail you feel needs to be added here, such as your city of birth or mother's maiden name.)

Comments are screened and OpenID should be allowed. For those of you who use OpenID, there is a special quest, just for you! If you have any desire for a coveted DreamWidth account, an item that grants you the ability to post entries in your own personal journal as well as communities, you simply need to include the phrase "I WANT A DREAMWIDTH, GIMME!" to the end of your comment and an invite code will be e-mailed to you!

Course if you don't want one, there's no need to complete that easymode quest. Arrangements will be made for those who don't have a DW account come posting time, but. You know, if you like to collect ~rare items~ then there is that!


Happy gaming noob hunting facerolling writing!

EDIT: SIGN-UPS ARE NOW CLOSED. I'll leave the comment open on the off-chance someone needs to make a last minute change, but once the fandom list is posted for artists/mixers/whatevers then that is finalized!