Admin: Outstanding stories
I've been told I can't call this post Dear Delinquents, at least, not in reference to the overdue stories. I'm saying nothin' about anything else ::g::
Dear authors who have not yet submitted their stories but who have been in touch to negotiate an extension:
If we don't receive the story by the 18th December, and we haven't negotiated a later extension with you already (I don't think this applies to anyone but I am an Al of very little brain and too complex spreadsheets), then we will be requesting pinch hitters on the 18th. This does not mean that you have to stop working on your story, or that you can't still submit it because if you still manage to finish it then your recipient gets two, and that's never bad. It's simply to guarantee that your recipient gets a story by Christmas and to give pinch hitters time to work on something. If you get your story in before the reveal but after the 18th, it goes up anonymously. If it's after the reveal (with the reveal date being 1 January), then please feel free to post the story to the comm yourself.
Dear pinch hitters:
This does not mean you. We reserve the last day of posting for your stories because we love you and all that you do (unless you get them in earlier, in which case we love you even more) ::smooch::
Last day of posting will be the 24th.
Dear everyone else:
Watch this space.
Dear authors who have not yet submitted their stories but who have been in touch to negotiate an extension:
If we don't receive the story by the 18th December, and we haven't negotiated a later extension with you already (I don't think this applies to anyone but I am an Al of very little brain and too complex spreadsheets), then we will be requesting pinch hitters on the 18th. This does not mean that you have to stop working on your story, or that you can't still submit it because if you still manage to finish it then your recipient gets two, and that's never bad. It's simply to guarantee that your recipient gets a story by Christmas and to give pinch hitters time to work on something. If you get your story in before the reveal but after the 18th, it goes up anonymously. If it's after the reveal (with the reveal date being 1 January), then please feel free to post the story to the comm yourself.
Dear pinch hitters:
This does not mean you. We reserve the last day of posting for your stories because we love you and all that you do (unless you get them in earlier, in which case we love you even more) ::smooch::
Last day of posting will be the 24th.
Dear everyone else:
Watch this space.