Hamiathes' Gift exchange?

[pendrecarc.livejournal.com]

Hey, Sounis! I'm thinking of organizing an exchange for Queen's Thief fanfic (or possibly fanworks in general), but first I'd like to see how many people might participate. Please share this post on your platform(s) of choice--the more, the merrier.

Here are my initial thoughts and a survey to gauge interest. If you have questions or suggestions, let me know!

Proposed timeline: finalize guidelines by the end of March, have signups done and assignments out by the end of April, and have works posted sometime in June.

Requests and offers: I'm thinking a Yuletide-style request and matching system, where you can request a certain number of characters per prompt. Unlike Yuletide, you could (and may be required to) request several prompts within this fandom.

Matching could also include tags for medium or genre. Let me know if you have ideas about that.

For fanfiction, I'd suggest a 500-word minimum. If this includes other types of fanworks, we'll have to figure out other guidelines.

ETA that it appears you need to be logged in to respond to LJ polls. If you're interested but don't have an account, you can leave a comment with feedback.
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Comments

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Great idea! It's been ages since we did something like this.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm interested! Could do fanart or fic, and Tumblr is easier for responses but LJ would work too.

[an-english-girl.livejournal.com]

A Jolly Good Idea! I'm in, if you do :)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm interested but have lost my LJ login :-) Would be offering and requesting fanfic.

[(Anonymous)]

don't have LJ but would love to participate! (fanfics)

[jessre.livejournal.com]

I so can't draw and I'm chicken about writing fics but this is a fabulous idea. (I'm sorry for whoever gets my work, though.)

[pendrecarc.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like the idea! I've done this sort of exchange a few times before, and speaking from experience, I would only offer the characters & types of fanwork you feel comfortable with--otherwise it's really easy to find you've made a commitment that stresses you out.

One great way to participate if you're feeling nervous or uncertain is to do treats. I'll be making the full list of requests available to anyone who wants to see them, and anyone with an AO3 account will be able to write bonus stories/make bonus art, even if they didn't sign up. So if you go that route, you don't have to sign up and commit to anything, but if one of the prompts catches your eye, you can still take part!