PLEASE READ for important Santa info! :)
ALL ASSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN SENT. Please let me know if you didn't get yours!
Hello, vm_santaers!
Sign-ups are now officially closed! Expect an E-mail from me sometime within the next day or two with your assignment. Giftwise, all you need to do is try your best to fulfill some/all/random parts of their request. Then, between December 24 and January 1, everyone will post their final gifts and reveal their identities to the recipient. Simple, right? If you are unable to post within that time frame, it's not a problem. Just E-mail me the gift (and when you prefer I put it up), and I'll post it on your behalf.
If any of you are feeling overly ambitious, though, some people have made "teaser" gifts. These are smaller than the final gift--an icon or two here, a drabble or short fic there--that are given BEFORE the final reveal. Meaning, to maintain your Santalike anonymity, these gifts should be E-mailed to me at vm.santa@gmail.com so I can put them up. You are by no means required to make anything other than the final gift, but if the holiday spirit hits you and you feel like going above and beyond, there's no limit to your creativity. And, let's face it, presents are fun, and extra presents are extra fun, so there is no bad in this situation.
Next item: Beta readers. While some of you may have a regular beta, I know many people don't. If you'd be willing to be available for beta help to anyone in this community who writes a fic, PLEASE comment in my next post with an E-mail address beta-needers can reach you at, and any list of stipulations or limitations on what you'll beta (I'll beta L/V ONLY, no NC-17, no het, whatever). I'll compile all of the beta readers in a list, and there'll be a memory link on the main page leading to it. I'll also tag it, to make it even more accessible.
Last item: Back-up gifters. While I HOPE that all of you are going to be able to produce, I know that sometimes things come up that event he best intentions can't remedy. If, on the off-chance that someone drops out and you'd be willing to provide a back-up gift, PLEASE comment in the post I will be making shortly. You'll only be called upon on an as-needed basis. My hope is that everyone here receives a gift, and that can only happen if there are some people willing to step up if necessary.
Okay, then. All lists have been saved to the community memories (the link is on the main page), and tagged with "2011 wishlist" as well as the lj name of the user, should you need to find one quickly. All gifts will be tagged with the recipient, so things should be pretty easy to find. *knock on wood* (And note that tagging won't allow an underscore as the first character, so if a username starts with any underscores, the tag will start with the first actual character. So "_username" would be tagged as "username".)
If you have any other questions that aren't covered here or in the community info, feel free to comment here or E-mail me at vm.santa@gmail.com, and I'll get back to you ASAP.
Thank you again, everyone, for finding your way over here! THE HOLIDAYS ARE FULL OF WIN! :)
:)
Hello, vm_santaers!
Sign-ups are now officially closed! Expect an E-mail from me sometime within the next day or two with your assignment. Giftwise, all you need to do is try your best to fulfill some/all/random parts of their request. Then, between December 24 and January 1, everyone will post their final gifts and reveal their identities to the recipient. Simple, right? If you are unable to post within that time frame, it's not a problem. Just E-mail me the gift (and when you prefer I put it up), and I'll post it on your behalf.
If any of you are feeling overly ambitious, though, some people have made "teaser" gifts. These are smaller than the final gift--an icon or two here, a drabble or short fic there--that are given BEFORE the final reveal. Meaning, to maintain your Santalike anonymity, these gifts should be E-mailed to me at vm.santa@gmail.com so I can put them up. You are by no means required to make anything other than the final gift, but if the holiday spirit hits you and you feel like going above and beyond, there's no limit to your creativity. And, let's face it, presents are fun, and extra presents are extra fun, so there is no bad in this situation.
Next item: Beta readers. While some of you may have a regular beta, I know many people don't. If you'd be willing to be available for beta help to anyone in this community who writes a fic, PLEASE comment in my next post with an E-mail address beta-needers can reach you at, and any list of stipulations or limitations on what you'll beta (I'll beta L/V ONLY, no NC-17, no het, whatever). I'll compile all of the beta readers in a list, and there'll be a memory link on the main page leading to it. I'll also tag it, to make it even more accessible.
Last item: Back-up gifters. While I HOPE that all of you are going to be able to produce, I know that sometimes things come up that event he best intentions can't remedy. If, on the off-chance that someone drops out and you'd be willing to provide a back-up gift, PLEASE comment in the post I will be making shortly. You'll only be called upon on an as-needed basis. My hope is that everyone here receives a gift, and that can only happen if there are some people willing to step up if necessary.
Okay, then. All lists have been saved to the community memories (the link is on the main page), and tagged with "2011 wishlist" as well as the lj name of the user, should you need to find one quickly. All gifts will be tagged with the recipient, so things should be pretty easy to find. *knock on wood* (And note that tagging won't allow an underscore as the first character, so if a username starts with any underscores, the tag will start with the first actual character. So "_username" would be tagged as "username".)
If you have any other questions that aren't covered here or in the community info, feel free to comment here or E-mail me at vm.santa@gmail.com, and I'll get back to you ASAP.
Thank you again, everyone, for finding your way over here! THE HOLIDAYS ARE FULL OF WIN! :)
:)