Well, ds_flashfiction has just revealed the authors of this year's dS Match stories. I was...hilariously off-base with some of my guesses. lamentables and alex51234 were the most significant misses, and I was so totally convinced that I'd picked zabira's story, the amazing Weak Men Must Fall, which was actually written by caersmane. (Z's story turned out to be the wonderful and painful The Heart's ( Read more... )

dessert_first and I played this game on IM late at night during the Match challenge. I would ping her and accuse her of writing that day's Whimsy fic. She would respond with something like, "Of course it's mine! I write Ray/Ray all the time!" or "You know me - I can't get enough of animal POV stories!" and then I'd spend the next hour trying to decide if she ( Read more... )

We've got about two weeks before the first draft of the Match stories are due, and rather than post this to the locked comm, I thought I'd share my pictorial essay on Reality vs. Whimsy here. I conclusively prove the awesomeness of Reality over Whimsy behind the cut. I have visual aides!

( Reality Vs. Whimsy: The Reckoning )

I had a whole emo post typed up and ready to go, but I think we've all had enough emo action lately. So instead, I bring you...things that are sparkly and good ( Read more... )

Busy times, folks! ds_flashfiction's dS Match sign-ups go live tomorrow at 12pm Chicago time. I am really excited about this whole challenge. It's hard but it's a lot of fun, and I had a great time captaining the Angst team last year. August will be an incredibly busy time, yes, but I think we'll all make it through in one piece.

( In which I talk about TRAITORS, pimp some Match-related stuff, and offer needless intimidation )

dS Match: The Sequel is a go for this summer! There's an icon challenge going on right now (you can make icons for Team Whimsy or Team Realism and post 'em) and sign-ups for each team go live at 12pm Chicago time on Wednesday, June 9th. So mark your calendars!

And you know you want to play for Team Realism, right? Because we are all about being ( Read more... )