Admin Post

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

If you sent me an email for the wordcount check-in, you should have received some type of confirmation/response from me at this point. If you haven't, please contact me ASAP!

There's going to be a lot of admin posts coming in the future. I hope I don't get annoying with the spamming. Um, I feel like I should apologize for subjecting you guys to my organization, but dude, guys, THIS IS SO EXCITING! Or, y'know, terrifying. whatever.


First, Artists: Okay, the results are in! There are a total of 78 stories that require artists, and we have thus 54 artists signed up. If we could get about 24 more artists signed up, then we'd have one artist for every story! So, I know I'm sounding like a broken record here, but pimp it and sign up to be an artist! We are so close to our goal!

Artists, your time to shine is coming! Be prepared on August 20th for me to put up the Artist Claim page. You'll be provided with information regarding the fandom/pairing/story, and you select from that huge list of awesome. (And it is really awesome, omg.) First come, first serve! I'll wanna say I'll put it up at 12:01 am PST (think California time), but it'll probably be a little later as I've got party plans on Friday night and I don't know how long they'll run.

Second, Writers: Please remember if you haven't already, fill out the mandatory poll! If you don't check in, I basically consider you to have dropped out. (It's called "mandatory" for a reason!) I'll be updating the writer's list soonish with updated information, so let's not have people drop out unintentionally, all right? The poll will remain open until the close of August 19th.

Third, Group Chatting: There will be an optional group chat soonish for this bigbang. I will put up a poll probably tomorrow (I still have to figure out timezone issues, oy) with multiple options for (2) group chattings. One will be USA chat-times, and the other British(?) chat-times. (Unless anyone else has another suggestion?)

Fourth, Random Story of the Day or Previews?: Because we're likely gonna get a bucketload of awesome stories, I wanna make sure they all get their fifteen minutes of fame. Therefore, after Debut Date (Sept 30th! Mark your calendars!), I wanna assign one day to showcase off each finished story and their artworks. I can do this one of several ways: (1) I can post here about one to two random stories and their artworks every day, until we run through the entire selection. (Probably take about two months). The post will include meta info (Author, Fandom, Pairing, Summary, etc...). This options is called "Random Story of the Day." (2) Optional participation. I put up a sign-up sheet for dates (two months out), and authors/artists can grab spots and put up a small post pimping their own fanworks. They include meta info, and anything else they want to include: reviews, previews, DVD commentary, whatever. Authors and their artist(s) will have to work together to share the date, which will require some form of coordination, unless one person opts out or something. This option is called "Previews." I'll put up more guidelines later, if we go with this.

Those are your two options. What do you think? Suggestions welcome!

[Poll #1770461]

Comments

[h-loquacious.livejournal.com]

Hi. First of all, yay for artists claim time, but second of all, the math nerd in me wants to point out that 78-54=24, so sadly we need 24 more artists, not 14.

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

um, I fail.

Heh.

[toomuchfandom.livejournal.com]

Take away our artist, you'll need 23. I don't see why an artist has to sign up when they're already spoken for anyway. Don't give yourself more work than you already have.

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Oh, I will account for that, but I wanna still put the goal at one-to-one in case we fall short of recruitment. Which will be likely.

[mudg3t.livejournal.com]

Well now I'm just feeling guilty that there's not enough artists, and I'm feeling rather obliged to lend my talents, even though I have a shitload of writing still to do D: Nothing like a little pressure to get shit done, eh ;) So, count that as 23 artists needed, and I'll scoot on over to the artist signup.

Oh what am I getting myself into *facepalm*

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

You and me both! (I've promised myself that I'll do art for any unclaimed stories, so clearly, we are both crazy!)

[skylar0grace.livejournal.com]

I'm a glutton for punishment and usually choose a few fics myself so that'll take the load off of you a bit but cheers for being such an awesome mod :D

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE PURE GOLD IN MY EYES.

[mudg3t.livejournal.com]

Holy shitness, I think your crazy outdoes my crazy. Lets pimp the hell outta this thing so you can have some sort of semblance of normal life!

*Stares in awe at the god-like mod before her*

[skylar0grace.livejournal.com]

YAY!!! Go mate!!! Don't worry, I can give you the required kick in the pants when needed! :P

[mudg3t.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm no doubt gonna need it. If you thought I was pedantic when I wrote, you should see me when I draw :|

[red-b-rackham.livejournal.com]

I hear ya - near the beginning of the bang when the artist count was low, I figured I would surely have time, and so I should be an artist too. Now there's even more pressure for me to get my Bang done and out of the way so I can be a proper artist!

*is also glutton for punishment*

[badboy-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Is the idea that after the "debut" date, we'll be posting them wherever we want ourselves and so your promotion of them here is in addition to that? Because I want to be able to post it myself--I feel like I've been working on it for so long, I don't want to have to wait that much long to post it, waiting for the "spotlight" day if you go that direction. Just making sure I understand the idea you've got going here.

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Oh, of course. You can post whereever you want! This promotion is in addition that.

[badboy-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Okay, then I can vote more wisely now! Thanks!

[ndnickerson.livejournal.com]

Slightly related question - I sent in my email Monday but I haven't seen a reply. Should I be expecting an email confirming that you did in fact receive what I sent Monday?

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Um, no. I did not receive your email.

[ndnickerson.livejournal.com]

blast it. i'll send it from another account. good thing i checked. is it too late for me to resend it?

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Yep, double-checked. I have no response from you. Resend it?

[ndnickerson.livejournal.com]

will do!

[ndnickerson.livejournal.com]

just sent it from nedxnancy at gmail dot com. Hope it gets to you!

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

:P

[red-b-rackham.livejournal.com]

I second this! :D

[slumber.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I'll have the time just yet, and while I have no artistic background I am more than happy to do a fanmix (with a graphics for album art) should you need more artists and find the numbers lacking! Since the requirement is two pieces of art, would it be fine to do two fanmixes?

I could try for a mix and a vid, but doing vids will severely limit my fandom to, oh, Doctor Who and Game of Thrones and Sherlock, I think. I don't know, just thinking out loud. :)

Oh, and are you still interested in posting ereader-friendly versions of the fics when they're posted?

[irony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Well, how about this? Check out the Artist Claim post on the 20th, and then see what the selections are. If something hits your muse for a mix and/or a vid, then claim it?

Oh, and are you still interested in posting ereader-friendly versions of the fics when they're posted?

Yes, I am! But I don't really know how to go about doing that.

[slumber.livejournal.com]

Sounds good to me! :)

I can help with converting them. I don't know what site set-up you had in mind either but they could probably be uploaded into MegaUpload or YouSendIt and then linked to in the fic or the fic directory.

[rories.livejournal.com]

Would we be able to claim more than one story?