Assignments sent

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I've just sent out the assignments. Please make sure you have received an e-mail from gotexchange[at]hotmail[dot]com. If you haven't, please tell me right away. I hope everyone is okay with their assignments. It wasn't always easy to come up with a solution that would work for everyone, but I hope that I've managed. In most cases, you probably won't like all of the prompts you've been given, but I think that everyone should have at least two or three prompts with characters/pairings they like. Since there was a misunderstanding about this last time: you only have to fill one prompt, not several.

As I said before, if you have any questions about your prompts, please contact me, not your giftee. If you have to drop out, tell me as soon as possible so I can look for a pinch hitter. Don't disappear without a word.

I would also really, really appreciate it if more of you could actually meet the deadline this round. Last time two out of three participants asked for an extension and I find it a bit hard to believe that all of you had a really good reason for that. So please start writing a bit earlier this time and try to be finished by December 16th? I try to be understanding of all your writer's blocks and real life troubles, but it's really stressful for me to keep wondering if some of the people who asked for extensions aren't going to drop out a week or two AFTER the deadline (which happens every single time).

Fyi, we have 39 participants this time. Thanks to everybody for participating. I hope that everyone likes their prompts and that you'll enjoy writing/drawing them.

Comments

[janie-tangerine.livejournal.com]

Got it! And I both love you and hate you, because I love my prompts like crazy but I want to write them all now ;)

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Haha, that's the reaction I want. ;) You were one of those lucky people who got a more or less perfect match, I think. ;)

[netgirl-y2k.livejournal.com]

I didn't sign-up this time, but just to say that I'd be happy to pinch-hit if and when you need some. Anyway, good luck with this round.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I appreciate the offer. :) I'll contact you if someone drops out and I think you might be able to help (I assume you still like the same characters and pairings as last time you participated?).

[netgirl-y2k.livejournal.com]

Yep :-)

[vaznetti]

I'm in exactly the same situation -- check my signup from last time around and let me know if you need a pinch-hitter.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the offer. I might contact you in the next weeks when someone drops out. :)

[oparu.livejournal.com]

This is the nicest plea to be on time ever. I will try my damndest, others take me if I'm not early....

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I'd appreciate it. ^^ It's never a problem if one person is late, but if almost everyone is, it's a bit of a pain.

[sternflammenden.livejournal.com]

I'm actually planning on starting mine tomorrow, since my workplace is closed for Hurricane Sandy. I'm really excited about the prompt that I've chosen to write.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that (well, about the fic excitement and the lack of work, not about the hurricane, obviously).

[jadeandlilac.livejournal.com]

I didn't end up signing up for this round, but I'd love to put my name down as a potential pinch-hitter if that would be at all helpful. (And if not, no problem!) Let me know if you need character/pairing specifics. :)

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I really appreciate the offer. :) I don't know yet if/when I'm going to need a pinch-hitter, but I might contact you some time closer to the deadline when the first people drop out (and I probably will because there are always people dropping out ;)). Do you still like the same characters and pairings as the last time you participated? Because then I'll just look it up on last time's sign-up post.

[breve.livejournal.com]

Ditto the people above -- I didn't sign up because I wasn't sure what my schedule would look like in early December and didn't want to have to be late again, but it looks like I'm all clear after the 5th! So, do feel free to let me know if you need another pinch-hitter. My preferences from last time still stand, but I'm pretty flexible, especially if you get in a bind. I can write or do art (art examples: 1 (http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/073/d/9/arya_in_the_snow_by_succinctity-d4sse0i.png) 2 (http://www.coffeeandwords.com/ws/melisandre1.png) 3 (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/206/6/f/lessons_by_succinctity-d58kevr.png)).

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for offering. I might contact you at some point in the next weeks when the first people drop out. :)

[kynical.livejournal.com]

Argh . Mine will be in on time. I swear it on GRRM. Maybe you should add a small friendly poke about leaving feedback as well. I think part of the issue last round is people were waiting for uploads to A03 to comment.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I always try to get people to leave more feedback, but some how I feel like people just ignore that. :/ It's really unfortunate, especially when people don't even comment on the fic written for them. :((