Merlin big bang challenge

[the_muppet]

As a follow-on from this poll I have now heard from the mod over at boxofmagic and sadly it will not now be running this year.

I am in the process of trying to set something up - either taking over boxofmagic (awaiting mod permission) or setting up a different Big Bang comm - so if anyone is still interested please let me know! I don't have the time right now to

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[oconel]

Hi! I'm interested in a new Big-Bang and I was wondering if we could host it at Dreamwidth since the length limit (300,000 characters) will allow to host the complete fics there (without the need of an external website); it will also make the readability easier for those of us who read on mobile devices, I think.

And I'd be willing to help, too.

[the_muppet]

The plan I've had in my head since I posted the original poll is that we wouldn't use an external website for this, but would archive links at the community itself allowing people to post their fics however and wherever they wanted. Those who needed/wanted webspace I could help them out with that, but otherwise the choice of where they ultimately post would be up to them.

The community will still be hosted at LJ and if you wanted to post your finished fics at DW, then that would be fine.

Not sure if I've explained that properly so feel free to ask if I haven't =)

[oconel]

Hehehe, you have, and I like that idea because the writers/artist/etc have control over their works.

[the_muppet]

Sometimes I go off on one a bit so I'm glad I managed to get my point across! And yes, that's exactly what I want to happen, for the writers/artists to have that control but for everything posted to be linked to the community itself, making it the actual archive.

I know in my head how that will work but won't bore people with too much detail until (if) this is up and running =)

Please feel free to spread the word about this post so I can see if the interest is (hopefully) still out there for this to happen; thank you =)

[the_muppet]

Coould you email me?

muppet@paper-packages.com

♥

[lamardeuse]

Yeah, seconding that on the word count. Something like 20 or 25,000 and up, maybe?

[the_muppet]

Had already got there, don't worry! I realise that with the shorter time-frame we've got we'll need to less ambitious so was thinking of a minimum 20,000 word count.

[auroraprimavera]

Can I say how happy it makes me that you will be running it??? *squishes you* I KNEW IT!!!

Anything you need bb, let me know ♥

[the_muppet]

Will be emailing you shortly ♥

[the_muppet]

I think a mini Big Bang is a great idea for those who don't feel able to write a longer fic, and I wish you all the best of luck with it! I think that a lot of people who responded to the earlier poll I posted would like to still try and participate in a lengthier Big Bang if possible, though I see no reason why the two challenges (yours and ours) can't co-exist, and therefore cover everyones needs =)

Perhaps when we're both up and running we could affiliate or something?

[yue_ix]

Speaking of affiliations, you might want to also pair up with merlinbb_rpf, a BB that just opened for RPF since the last BB wasn't allowing them unless they were crossovers. Their writers min. wordcount is also 20k, so I think you 3 would all really fit well together.

[the_muppet]

Okay, thank you =)

[ems]

I would definitely be interested in taking part! :) I agree with hermette about the word count because I definitely think we need to be finished by the start of S3.

Anything I can do to help, let me know!

[the_muppet]

My planned launch date would be the same one I had in mind when I originally did the poll, which was September 1st.

I will adapt the word count minumum too =)