Lara Joelle Kent and I will coordinate a holiday ficathon for those who are interested.

Post here if you are interested so we can get an idea of how many people are interested. Then, Mellie and I will give specifics of what to do.

Do you want to do it like last year? Three things you want and three things you don't want?

Nancy

I'm interested.

I've never done it before, so have no suggestions. Whatever format is decided upon is fine with me.

Just a question, do we still use betas?

Corrina.

I'm interested, too.

I'm in.

BTW, in the past beta readers were recommended, since you don't want to give somebody a lousy gift. However, they aren't required. Better to have something up on time, than to not have something up at all. Also, in the past it was a HUGE SECRET who you were writing for.


Elisabeth
who is happy to pass the torch to someone else to coordinate this year Thanks so much

I haven't done it before, but I'd be interested in doing it this time around.

I'm in. And I'm with Elisabeth - thanks to someone else for coordinating it .

*raises hand*

Michael

*pokes around the corner and takes a deep breath*

I'd like to participate as well.

Saskia

Hopefully someone will want something WAFFY.

Edit:
This seemed to work well last year. I don't have any other ideas.


Bob

I know I don't have much fic writing experience and I'm still part-way through one I've been struggling with due to RL, but I'd love to give a little ficathon fic a go!

Em

I'm in ... if RL calms down a little bit

Since I'm one of the organizers, I volunteer to do some beta reading...

I'm glad we have interest! Let me get with Mellie and we will get you specifics!

I'm in.

I don't have time to work on a new story right now, but I'd be happy to beta for someone! So if you're working on a list of betas, add me to that list.

I'm hesitant but interested. Put me down and I'll do my best. Having a deadline might jump-start the muse.

Oooh, I'm so glad someone is coordinating this! I'm definitely in!

The way we did it last year worked well for me, but I'm up for anything.

Amber

Me!! I'm in. The last fic I wrote was for last years ficathon. OMG how scary is that!! *headdesk*

I'm crazy for saying so, but I'm tempted to jump in, depending on the details. Please let us know when you have everything organized and are ready to make an official call for writers.

Kathy

I may regret this later (given I have not really written anything for more than a year), but I'm in, too.

Okay, here are some preliminary rules. Mellie and are still working on some specifics. We will determine guess the author or not after hearing from you.

The rules (edited) are the pretty much the ones Carol and Elisabeth posted last year and someone else before that and Wendy before that. Here's hoping Wendy will participate. Wendy?

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Rules for Writers:

Note that stories don't *have* to be Christmas stories. Unless the request you get states it specifically, of course. It would be fun if stories had a Holiday theme, but I'm not going to limit anyone's inspiration by requiring them to be centered around Christmas. If you have a holiday preference/non-preference either in the fic written for you or in what you'll write, please include it in your form

1. We'll get the final sign-up date to you later - probably today or tomorrow.

2. In order to sign up, email your completed form (located just a little further below) to njhky@yahoo.com with the subject "ficathon." Mellie or I will send you a confirmation that we received your sign-up.

3. Stories should be at least 750 words in length.

4. As soon as we determine whether this will be a guess the author, too, we will give you more specific info about posting.

6. If your story is delayed - or if you find you won't be able to finish - you must let me know as soon as possible so we can find a pinch hitter.

7. If possible, have your story beta-read. These stories are meant as Christmas / holiday presents - the contents should be as appealing as the wrapping, I think. *g*

8. No character-bashing is allowed. Neither will deathfics. And we'll not be doing nfic either, because it would be really lame for someone to not be able to read the story written for them because they don't have access to that side of the boards...


Form:

Three things I want in my fic:
1.
2.
3.

Preferred season(s)/holiday [if applicable]:

Three things I do not want in my fic:
1.
2.
3.

I am willing to write:

I will not write:

Will I pinch hit: (meaning if someone does not complete their story or circumstances prevent them from finishing, will I volunteer to take on another story?)

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More will be coming. Nancy

Two more things: Give us a short description of what you would be willing to write so we don't set you up with humor if you're into angsty A-plots, okay! And let us know if you'd be willing to pinch hit.

On second thought, maybe we'd better leave out the guess-the-author thing. Combining it with a ficathon is well possible, but I fear that most people wouldn't like it anyway.

Yeah - I'd ditch Guess the Author as part of a ficathon. Better to keep those separate. Maybe we'll do a separate one of those after the New Year with the New Year lull...

I'd also rec starting a new thread with this info and a nice big 'SIGN UP HERE' or something topic line .

Thanks for organizing!
Carol

Sign-ups by December 8th. Assignments by December 13th. Postings by January 20th.

Good idea, Carol. I'll post another thread.