PSA: Springtime_Gen has started sign-ups!

[kennahijja]

I've been back from holiday for a while now, and work is even more insane than when I left...

But there's great news today, because springtime_gen is up for another round, and sign-ups are now open until 27 January. Which has me hopping excited, yay!

If you're into gen fic, sign up here. The more the merrier

Comments

[luciusmistress]

LOL! Poor Aragorn XD

*squee* for springtime_gen! Now I just have to convince myself that I can write gen :)

[kennahijja]

*grin*

Anyone can write gen. It's just... smut with no sex or romance without romance ;). I'd be so excited if you'd decide to participate, but well, you still have some time to mull it over.

[luciusmistress]

I'll probably wibble until the last second :) I was _so_ close to signing up last year that I just don't have an excuse to chicken out again. Smut's just so much easier to do than plot XD

[kennahijja]

Smut's just so much easier to do than plot XD

That bang you just heard in the distance? That was me falling off my chair. It's fun to see how different people are, because for me smut=total pain in the backside while gen=pretty ok to write :).

[leni_jess]

I shall look forward to it, but can't play this year. I'll be travelling from the start of April, and you know (from painful experience)about me and deadlines, as well as me and travel. *sigh* I don't see me changing my spots and getting a story in early.

I hope all goes well, and later to read lots of lovely genfic.

[kennahijja]

It's a pity, but yes, I understand. And I know how you stressed before about finishing timely 'cause you're somebody who *will* finish, and I'm certainly not blaming you for not wanting that sort of pressure while travelling.

*hugs*

[snorkackcatcher]

Re springtime_gen: why is it that everyone seems to include a laundry list of shipfic-related things under the "do not want" heading? IT'S GEN. THE BASIC IDEA OF THE THING IS TO WRITE SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THIS.

Perhaps I should include something equally silly: "Please no mention of sawdust, cichlids, the Pony Express, wild rosemary, the later works of Ed McBain (anything pre-1970 is OK), or the citric acid cycle."

[kennahijja]

*grin*

I assume it's those who're writing a lot for ship/smutfests as well, and work from the same signup template. Admittedly, I do that too, I'm just anal about tweaking it for different challenges. It's faster just to leave things in.

Or they're very, very serious about what they don't like, and want to make sure there's not even hints of anything like it in their fic?

By the way, I strongly disapprove of your dismissal of wild rosemary, but thank you for teaching me a new word (and species) with 'cichlids' :).

[snorkackcatcher]

Aaaand the latest requests seem to be "Death Eaters as loveable fluffy bunnies, please!" This is going to be interesting. :)

[kennahijja]

Ah, those actually look interesting from my eversoslightly skewed pov (this being gen, I doubt anyone will really go for downright fluffiness)...

Pic for you?