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As for beta reading, perhaps one person, a participant or not, could volunteer and then not play guess the author? As much as I love reading, beta reading creative writing isn't one of my strengths...
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Depending on length of these, I could probably find time for some beta-reading! I might not be able to do them all, but I can definitely do some! I'm happy to skip the 'guess who' aspect to get this done, too. 
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A little late here (got distracted), but now I sent mine in, too. :-)
Some further Questions: How is the guessing supposed to work? Does anyone just comment in the regular FDK thread who they thikn wrote what? Is there a time-up, like so many days/weeks/etc. and then there'll be a big reveal, or do the authors just confirm their identity as son as someone guessed correctly? How do we avoid "accidentally" revealing ourselves if we, say, comment on any story but the one we wrote ourselves - or are we supposed to wrote "false" FDK to veil our identity?
Just things coming to my erratic mind...
Up, up and away - to the next fanfic.
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Those are great questions. I'll ask people who have participated before to chime in on them!
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Thank you to everyone who signed up.
All prompts have been sent out!
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We've figured out how this will work.
I can do technical editing if you need help with that. Commas, verb tenses, grammar, etc. Just send anything you want me to look over to tigerpuffs@gmail.com or hit me up on Discord if you have something small you need help with. I can do Google Docs but not Microsoft 360. Or we can do a good old fashioned rich text or Word file.
JadedEvie has volunteered to do some beta reading if anyone needs it! I could try to do some, but it's not one of my strengths.
All stories will be posted on Jan 6.
Guessing will last 2 weeks and take place in the FDK threads and then we will have a reveal.
Anyone can guess, not just writers! Writers can 'guess' on their own stories if they wish.
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For those of us who work (mostly) well on "deadline" mode... do you have a date when you would like to receive all the submissions by so that you aren't scrambling to post them all the same day you get them? (sorry if this was somewhere else... I didn't see it on a quick scan!) Thanks! Sara
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I think Puffytiger said she would post all fics on January 6th, which means you should get yours to her some time before that.
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It's never too dark to be cool. 
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Depends on if you want me to do technical proofing or just post as submitted. If I'm just posting, then the 5th is fine!
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I also finished my draft tonight, so if anyone is looking for any beta'ing, I'm happy to help and should have some time! Feel free to message me here. 
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Posting this as a reminder that there's only just over 2 weeks left until stories are due!
I can help with technical editing via google docs, and JadedEvie has volunteered to help with beta reading if anyone needs it!
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Everyone please get me your stories by tomorrow! I'm scheduled to post them on Friday =)
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Is tomorrow late night ok?
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That would be fine! I either need to have a google doc access or a file in my inbox by the time I get up on Friday (US Central timezone), as that's the first thing I'm planning on doing when I sit down to work.
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Due to several not-quite-requests-for-a-little-more-time-to-guess-pleeeease, the fictathon reveal will happen Sunday afternoon, US central time!
So get your guessing in before then!
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