Talking of comms...

[thisbluespirit]

People on my flist are very busy and important just now:

In the absence of Remix this year, paranoidangel42 and hhertzof are running dw_remix.

dbskyler is running a 50th anniversary Doctor Who ficathon, with (hopefully) a fic per year - you can leave prompts now! dw_50ficathon

Or have a nice banner, why not?

Click on the image

Not to mention that who_at_50 (run by jjpor) is still continuing, celebrating a Doctor each month in fanworks (as well as sharing anniversary news etc.).



(Also, not on the DW front, the first rumblings of yuletide can be heard coming this way.)

Comments

[taiyou_to_tsuki.livejournal.com]

B-but I have commitments. And stuff. And trope bingo. Stupid internet.

[thisbluespirit]

Rl and the internet just don't talk sometimes, do they? :-/

And the 50th ficathon one - it is quite laid back and people can just leave prompts, so you could contribute that way if you're too busy for more. ♥

[taiyou_to_tsuki.livejournal.com]

No, they really don't. Although I did have my first day of uni today and ended up chatting about Doctor Who with my course administrator, which proves they're never out of hearing distance, I suppose. >___>

That'd be nice-- it's just, I have a fic to write for a Doctor Who anthology which is proving to be more than a hassle than expected (how do plot? words?? reasonable time management???), plus some ideas for bingo fills... but I guess if there's a prompt that jumps out at me...

[thisbluespirit]

That does sound busy! Although unexpected DW fans are always good.

And, sorry, I meant you could leave a prompt, if you have no fic-writing time, that was all! :-)

[taiyou_to_tsuki.livejournal.com]

Unexpected DW fans willing to discuss the portrayal of religion and science in old sci-fi shows. I love this course already.

I want to say I'm bad at leaving prompts... but really I think I just hoard all the good prompts for myself to write another time. And then I forget about them. XP

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I'm not important! I just got a crazy idea for a ficathon that wouldn't leave, and decided to make a community for it. It's my first community ever! I'm still amazed that people I don't know are actually joining it.

Besides, you're helping me mod it, which means if I'm important, then you are, too.

[thisbluespirit]

Heh, sorry, it's a thing I say sometimes - I think I got it from an old sitcom or something once. "I'm sorry, I can't talk to you now, I'm very busy and important!"

I just got a crazy idea for a ficathon that wouldn't leave, and decided to make a community for it.

That's how it goes, really. And it's not a crazy idea, it's a really good one! I do love the idea of celebrating all the years. It's well worth trying. :-)

ETA: But you are important! The Doctor says we are all important, so you must be! ♥

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

I'd love to, but I'm already swamped with my missed deadlines at who_at_50 + my dissertation. I need to realise that my health won't allow for much more than that atm. Maybe once I've caught up I'll have a look. :)

[thisbluespirit]

Don't worry - I shall write you a note to say you're excused from all comms except who_at_50. ;-)

You keep doing whatever it takes to get you well. ♥

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

Thank you. <3 I do feel kinda silly about not having the energy, because you're still able to write a lot, even being unwell.

[thisbluespirit]

Well, you have your dissertation, anyway! If I was trying to do anything other than writing, I wouldn't be either and, as it is, it comes and goes more than it probably look like from outside. (It's not as if we have the same thing, either,.)

So, you know, we both do what we need, and in my case I'm trying to slowly write myself back to usefulness in small doses, and you're trying to look after yourself by not writing/saving the writing for other things.

Just look after yourself. ♥

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

Very true. And it wasn't meant as a dig, btw. ;)

And thanks again. <3

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Yes, busy and important, that certainly sounds like me...! ;D

I do seem to have been busy, actually - it's been a while since I actually read the old flist. I'm very interested in dbskyler's 'thon, it's a cool concept with the years and so on, but I'm conscious time is short and I already have rather overambitious plans regarding 50th anniversary fic; however, that "no minimum length" rule may come to my rescue there...

Anyway, I hope all is well with you, or better anyway. From the comment you left on my UNIT fic on Teaspoon the other night I'm thinking you might be having a good spell. Or that could just be me leaping wildly to conclusions based on little evidence. :)

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, don't worry - I don't think anybody could say you're not doing your bit to celebrate the 50th!!

Maybe when this pesky anniversary is over, we can have a JJ back, then, right? ;-)

And yes - though I'm sort of holding my breath as to how long it lasts! Thanks.

ETA: You could pimp this at who_at_50, though? It really does belong in a post there, doesn't it? :-)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

If by "this" you mean my ficathon, jjpor has already kindly given me permission to pimp it at who_at_50. I was just waiting until I figured out why some people are having trouble getting to the comm through my graphic -- which I have now figured out, thanks to john_elliott. (It turns out it was a mistake to pick a community name that included an underscore in it. But now that I know it's an issue, it's easily solved!)

I'll be writing up a pimp post for who_at_50 soon. It's a little more complicated than a simple announcement, because I want to make it clear that fic written for who_at_50 can also be used to fulfill years in my ficathon. In other words, people already planning on writing something for the 50th anniversary don't have to write two different fics to participate in both 'thons. :D

[thisbluespirit]

Ah, I see! I should have known you'd have that one in hand already. :-)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Well, my post for who_at_50 got swallowed by the moderation queue, so the fantabulous JJ is going to do an advertising post for me. Hurrah!

[john_amend_all]

I've got a username with an underscore in it, so I'm used to changing it to a dash when linking :-)

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Yes, life after the 50th... Whatever will I do with myself? ;D

Well, here's hoping (sending good vibes your way and so forth).

As dbskyler says below, matters are in hand, delayed only by the who_at_50 moderation queue acting up, which could be down to LJ or could possibly be down to technical difficulties of the sort related below (not that I'd know), but PMs have been exchanged and plans are underway...

[thisbluespirit]

You'll write Litefoot and Jago and Four and Romana and Sontarans? ;-)