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Night on Fic Mountain
May 18th, 2014 12:11 amSince this is a mystery exchange, I can't talk about who I'm writing for or what fandom or the content of my fic, but I totally can ramble in my personal, fandom-exchange-geared journal.
I've been signing up for a lot of exchanges this year. I've finished assignments for Jadefest and Rarepair Swap, and after Night on Fic Mountain I signed up for Drone Season, too. I feel like the other exchanges had shorter work periods -- Jadefest's went by so fast and Drone Season is a month and change, and Rarepair Swap I was a pinch-hitter and had a week -- but this exchange gives me a solid six weeks to write.
But it overlaps with the HSWC (and Drone Season now, holy shit, I am going to die) so I really wanted to GET IT DONE before the HSWC starts to really pick up. I wrote for a solid chunk of today, and have about two-thirds of a story that feels solid so far, and it's not going to be War and Peace, but it's already over the minimum word count.
Mostly, it feels weird as hell to finish a gift exchange assignment only a third of the way into the work period! I feel like even if I wrap it up tomorrow and lock someone down for a quick beta job, I'm posting the thing TOO SOON, TOO SOON! But man, it'll be so satisfying to actually turn in a gift-fic for an exchange on a day that's NOT the last day before the deadline.
I've been signing up for a lot of exchanges this year. I've finished assignments for Jadefest and Rarepair Swap, and after Night on Fic Mountain I signed up for Drone Season, too. I feel like the other exchanges had shorter work periods -- Jadefest's went by so fast and Drone Season is a month and change, and Rarepair Swap I was a pinch-hitter and had a week -- but this exchange gives me a solid six weeks to write.
But it overlaps with the HSWC (and Drone Season now, holy shit, I am going to die) so I really wanted to GET IT DONE before the HSWC starts to really pick up. I wrote for a solid chunk of today, and have about two-thirds of a story that feels solid so far, and it's not going to be War and Peace, but it's already over the minimum word count.
Mostly, it feels weird as hell to finish a gift exchange assignment only a third of the way into the work period! I feel like even if I wrap it up tomorrow and lock someone down for a quick beta job, I'm posting the thing TOO SOON, TOO SOON! But man, it'll be so satisfying to actually turn in a gift-fic for an exchange on a day that's NOT the last day before the deadline.
