Comments | ratherastory: GDI, I was optimistic, too

ratherastory

GDI, I was optimistic, too

Jul 14, 2011 15:43

I have to drop a BB. I just found out that there is a strong possibility that I will have to move before my lease expires August 31st ( Read more... )

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dante_s_hell July 14 2011, 19:47:31 UTC

Aw, sweetie, when things converge all of a sudden something has to give. Save your Leverage bb for another time and try not to get too stressed out about stuff. Good luck with the house/apartment hunting!

*Hugs*

ratherastory July 14 2011, 20:45:23 UTC

Yeah, I'll probably write the story when I have spare time and not stress about the length. I can use it more as a character study and that way I avoid all the extra problems I was having trying to come up with a plot. ;)

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ratherastory July 14 2011, 20:42:29 UTC

Not the end of the world. Sometimes RL throws you curveballs.

icanhazpie July 14 2011, 20:11:19 UTC

S'ok. *pets* You know all the big fic comms assume a ten percent author loss, as meatworld obligations/writers block/fandom politics take over.

Good luck on apartment hunting. I really hate moving, so you have my utmost sympathies.

ratherastory July 14 2011, 20:42:10 UTC

Thanks. I'm disappointed, but it's not like I'm actively letting anyone down. I am dropping out before any artists have the chance to be disappointed.

I will still write the story, just not under a BB deadline, and it might end up shorter as a result.

icanhazpie July 15 2011, 02:17:34 UTC

I think you did the right thing. As soon as you saw a conflict, you stepped up and let the mods know. It bites, but you've got that at least.

On a happier note, Vancouver is lovely in August.

ratherastory July 15 2011, 02:37:04 UTC

Yeah, I'm kind of bummed, but c'est la vie. I'm looking forward to VanCon, though!

yasminke July 14 2011, 21:07:40 UTC

Icon says it all.

ratherastory July 14 2011, 23:21:57 UTC

*hugs you back*

I love Get Fuzzy. :D

yasminke July 15 2011, 06:12:47 UTC

I luvs hugs.

jesseofthenorth July 14 2011, 23:17:56 UTC

It feels like crap when you have to admit you just cannot meet a fic deadline.
It has happened to me precisely once and I get how much it sucks.

It really bites that you'll have to move right in the middle of this all :(

ratherastory July 14 2011, 23:23:04 UTC

It's happened to me more than a few times by now, though never on a challenge when I was writing for someone else. I don't feel as bad dropping out of a Big Bang way before deadline, because no one is really counting on me to produce a story for them.

jesseofthenorth July 14 2011, 23:59:09 UTC

A BB is different not really gonna wreck anyones day if you bow out.
I have stayed up all night to finish a challenge-fic that was being stubborn. I would rather miss sleep than disappoint someone who is waiting on a fic.

Still it isn't very happy making to drop a BB.

ratherastory July 15 2011, 00:20:10 UTC

It's really not happy-making, no, and I hear you on staying up to finish challenge-fic, though. I hate disappointing people who are waiting on me.