Lois & Clark Forums Forums Fan Fiction Fanfic Related Ficathon - Dead line extended to Feb 7

All the assignments have been sent out! But it did seem complicated making sure I sent the right one out. I managed not to send anyone their own request, but I did come close a couple of times. And I sent one person the wrong request which fortunately I caught quickly.

So I tell you all this in case you didn't get yours. If you didn't, let me know ASAP!! Thanks

And I want to say that Mellie did almost all the work of assigning requests to authors and she deserves a big hand for that!

So it is Christmas (almost over) and I still don't see any ficathon fics. Did I miss something?

Natascha (who was looking forward to reading some new holiday fics...)

Nah, I figure it will be a few couple days before the first ones show up.

Michael

I've been writing diligently, but I can't figure out how to get to happily-ever-after without adding an extra fifty chapters. Anybody want to brainstorm me out of my corner? IM me if you're interested. One of my characters just isn't playing nicely, by request of my anonymous recipient.

Elisabeth

We got a later start this year, too.

Oh, and hey, Elisabeth, since I know who your assignment is for I'll look at your story. But I'm sure said requester would love 50 chapters.

Just over a week till deadline, but I'm still not down for the count. How about y'all? Am I still the only procrastinator out there?

Sorry I didn't get back with you sooner, Nancy, but I'm no longer backed into a corner. Will you beta for me when I get done?


Elisabeth
who is typing furiously

You're not the only one, LOL. I love that others were able to get their stories done so quickly since it gave me great stuff to read. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them!

On the plus side, my story isn't done yet because it keeps growing on me. I just hit 8600 words and, while I know how the rest of it will go, I'm not seeing that light at the end of the tunnel just yet. BJ keeps teasing me -- "You know you only had to write 750 words, right?"

Does it count if I post the first part by the deadline?

Kathy

Kathy to posting the first part.

That's what I did last year. I'm counting on it working this time, too I'm much more worried about posting the last part just before the Kerths

Michael, muttering about muses not understanding the concept of 750 words...

Cough.

Cough.

Cough.

I may be late, but the person I am writing for is aware -- I lost a bunch of time with a broken keyboard a couple weeks ago. Bah.

Go low tech - a pencil and paper never fail (unless bambino is big enough to grab it from you and chew on it).

The lesson of the week in my household is that BlackBerries ARE NOT teething toys, so I would hate to see what he would do to a pencil. Besides, part of my broken keyboard issues came from SOMEONE thinking it may be fun to pry the space bar up while Mommy wasn't looking. This exploration age is FUN! Har.

I have a new keyboard now, so I am getting back on track -- and keeping my little assistant far, far away from my laptop.

Yes, Elisabeth.


Yes. I’ve been thinking we may need to extend it anyway. I haven’t asked Mellie but I’m sure she’d be okay with it. (And, by-the-way, since Mellie and I coordinated, we just decided to do fics for each other. And I must have been in a doozy of a mood because I gave her a whopper of a request.


That is torturous for me because of pain. But now a recorder...

I asked her, too. But she just flipped me off and told me I'd have to make do with half of that.

Michael

/grabs new deadline and runs with it/

Some keyboards can be dismantled. Some cannot. Most laptops are designed to pop out the entire board and replace rather than to replace individual keys.

Thanks for the extension. I'm hoping I won't need it, but with my plethora of headaches I just might.

Elisabeth

OMG thank you for the extension!! My brain is refusing to cooperate and I was afraid I was going to wind up writing cr*p just to make the deadline. So thank you!!!

I just want to say that my fic is going to be delayed by a few days. My hard drive crashed and I lost my almost finished fic so I have to rewrite it and I have a dog show this weekend so I won't be home to write! I already let the organizers know but just want to apologize!

I sorry

Can we get another extension? Like another week? I'm stressing myself out about it, LOL. I already notified my person I was going to be late because I felt bad.

Yeah, mine is late, too, but the person I am writing for knows ... and says she still loves me. We'll see. After all, her fic does have a manthong in it.

I may or may not have had my fingers crossed. We shall see. I even gave you the perfect plotline but you shot it down and told me to write it myself. /glares/