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Next Ficathon

Sep 11, 2005 10:28

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Not to carp or cavil, but... anonymous September 11 2005, 18:05:47 UTC

Perhaps April 15 is not the best day to have the stories due? It makes sense with your time line, but many folks are tied up with taxes and financial concerns in the weeks before the 15th. Just saying.

Having had my whine, let me say that I'm looking forward to the new topic for the challenge. Have you mods settled on something yet?

Re: Not to carp or cavil, but... elmyraemilie September 11 2005, 18:06:31 UTC

That was me, fussing about April 15. I thought I was logged in. Hmmmm.

Re: Not to carp or cavil, but... beachkid September 11 2005, 22:14:44 UTC

i'ma add a second "hmmm" to the timeline (which is a great way to show how excited i am about the second round, no? >.<), not about taxes because i'm not american and work on an entirely different schedule, but because i know that april is getting to the end of the post-secondary school year and into finals -- which might be a potential deterrent for some participants.

Re: Not to carp or cavil, but... sori1773 September 13 2005, 20:02:47 UTC

I'll definitely bring up the timing with the mods. There seems to be no time that's good for everyone, though. We're planning on twice a year ficathons, Feb/March/April and Aug/Sept/Oct, so we're hoping at least one of those times will work well for the writers. *g*

Thread 5

briarwood September 12 2005, 12:13:12 UTC

The deadline seems fine to me, but that's an awfully big gap between sign up and prompts. Do people really need a whole month to sign up?

I'm looking forward to it; the first was so much fun!

sori1773 September 13 2005, 20:04:16 UTC

We actually liked the month long sign-ups during the last ficthon. We got a steady stream of sign-ups during most of the month. Mostly, it's just simple and easy for us to remember, though. *g*

And I'm glad you enjoyed the first one! Yay! I know I had a blast!

spikedluv September 19 2005, 13:22:54 UTC

Also, we actually used the last week of sign-ups to get the prompts ready to be sent out, so sign-ups will probably only be three weeks, depending on our scheduling.

ficathon luna_61 January 26 2006, 05:39:48 UTC

WOW!! now I now how all those stories got posted at 852.
Great job everyone!!
Looking forward to the next ficathon.
Long live The Sentinel!!

Re: ficathon sori1773 February 1 2006, 01:13:52 UTC

Hee! Glad you enjoyed the stories! *bg* We're getting ready to post the information for our next ficathon in just a day or so!