Concerning Blogathon...

[wired_lizard]

So I am doing Blogathon this year. Comma goddamnit.

As with some previous years, Blogathon is not officially running. However, I will be joining shadesong and her wonderful co-bloggers, pit crew, and cats for the yearly Blogathon Madness.

And now the question is what I'm doing

Comments

[zrealm]

That's a shame blogathon isn't happening this year :( I was hoping to do a 24 hours of board gaming for Foam Brain for it...

[wired_lizard]

That's an awesome idea! There's always the "goddamnit we're doing it anyway" option, assuming you're up for promotion and pledge-tracking. I didn't find that doing it on a non-official year hurt my pledges, but I do blog with a well-established group led by somebody who really knows how to promo and has a network, so that may be skewed data.

[zrealm]

I don't know how much promo we can do for it beyond general promo for us, but thats an interesting idea.

When are y'all planning on doing it?

[wired_lizard]

Blogathon is Saturday, July 31, 9am EST through Sunday, August 1, 9am EST. The folks organizing this have also tried to set up a site, http://www.altblogathon.com/, but given how close we are to the 'thon itself, I doubt that will actually be much of anything.

[wired_lizard]

...mostly because people who know the canon aren't quite my intended audience? But, yeah, should've put that in there...

...also, you know Xenosaga! XDDD

[wired_lizard]

Squee! Shall add to my mental (and probably soon LJ-post-al) inventory of good Xenofic. :)

[nevacaruso]

I would be very interested to know more about the Xenosaga-verse, especially after hearing you and Lily talk about the characters. Novelization would make for a very interesting experiment, and not something that I've seen too many fans try.

But I like all these ideas (and I think I also sent you the link for another Blogathon thing you could possibly do?).

[wired_lizard]

I got the idea from somebody I knew back in the Myst fandom who did novelizations of her favorite old obscure computer games. I never actually read them at the time ('cause I have 'net-ADD), but the idea kinda stuck in my head.

And you would so get a kick out of parts of this canon. ;)

Am I having a brain-fart about this other Blogathon thing? Tory is confused...

[nevacaruso]

fandom_me mentioned polybigbang on her journal, and I thought it sounded like something you might potentially enjoy. Various information on deadlines and requirements is here.

[wired_lizard]

...okay, yeah, that is kinda tempting. :D And would be v. easy to do as Xenosaga post-game fic, and...yeah.

[miraba]

I have no opinion what you should do, but thank you for reminding of a good gift alternative right in time for a wedding celebration.

[wired_lizard]

You're welcome! Giving critters is always fun. :)

[miraba]

Will you be around the third week of August? I'll be up in Boston before a wedding and I'm trying to see as many people as possible.

[mllelaurel]

Also, I would love an anime rant from you. Cause rants are mad entertaining. I was considering doing one of my own, along with a rec for Baccano.

[wired_lizard]

Ah, mine will pretty much be yours, except with less in-character ranting from Shion-who-wants-her-fuckin-MWS. :D You should totally do it, and then I'll link to it, because I'm lazy. :P

Yay Baccano!

[mllelaurel]

Posted! Though may not be all that coherent. I really wish I remembered exactly what I said in that rant.

[wired_lizard]

God, so do I, because it was wonderfully ranty. Also you were talking at about sixty MPH. :D