Participating to Snupin Santa...

[salinea]

Pro's	Con's
It's fun and everybody does it and it's  a way to be part of the community	It's a christmas thing and I don't do Christmas things. Ever.
It's a way to challenge myself	No way I'm going to be able to finish a story in time, dude.
I get a story, too	I'm not confident enough that my writing will be such a gift to whatever person gets it
Gives me an idea for a story, especially since I seldom have Snupin ideas	I have a bazillion fics I need to write before that.

So what should I do ?

Comments

[lordhellebore]

*signs post, especially the cons* -_-

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

You don't do Christmas things either ? XD

Heh, glad I'm not the only one doubting about this ^^

[bronze-ribbons.livejournal.com]

Your icons are nice. You might consider offering those.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks. Yeah I could, butI don't like using movie pictures so I don't sure anybody will want that...

[alighiera.livejournal.com]

That's exactly the pros/cons list I'll be doing when the Yuletide signup comes.

Aside from maybe the Christmas thing. I've been known to do Christmas things on occasion.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Yuletide is more tempting in a way actually, because there's so many delicious small fandoms and it doesn't have a Christmas name so I can pretend to be pagan and stuff ^_^
But I'd need to write a story before to qualify, don't I ?

I hope you're going to do Yuletide !

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Is it "a Christmas thing" in the sense that the story has to be about Christmas? Because if not, you can just write it as if it was any other ficathon and ignore the date.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

No it's not. So you're right ^_^ It's just a thing of principle, foolish as it is. Christmas is a very big squick for me, it's difficult to explain.

[crise-cardiac.livejournal.com]

I vote pro!

I signed up, and I hate christmas (enough to refuse to capitalize it.) There seems to be a stronger emphasis on the anonymous exchange aspect than the holiday one. I think christmas is just the excuse to hold it. Say you don't want to write/read something holiday themed and you wont get it. It looks like an easy thing to accommodate. Unless your issue is more philosophical...

And I may be slightly biased because I actually checked once to see if you signed up yet because I know you'll request something I want to read. It might even be something I want to write, since I haven't seen a lot of that in the requests so far.

I highly, highly doubt you'll be the worst writer. I offer myself fully for moral support and beta purposes. I think the majority of people who signed up are scared their gift wont be liked. I'm petrified for sure.

The only real reason I have is that it would make me happy if you participated, and that's a selfish-I mean-silly reason. I'd like to see more names in the fest I know and can count on for quality. Totally doesn't outweigh the stress of writing for the fest.

*sigh* I seem to have taken my bravery pills this morning because that was uncharacteristically enthusiastic. I'm gonna go crawl back in my cave now.

[alighiera.livejournal.com]

Yuletide is open for all this year, unless you defaulted on your story last year. They dropped the story qualification, as far as I'm informed. So, all open for you to join. :-)

I'm in three fandoms which qualify for Yuletide, so chances are good that I'll sign up for it.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't think it's foolish. You can always look for challenges that aren't Christmas-related, then. :)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Woaw, that was the most convincing argument ever ♥

First I'm very glad to see you're still active in fandom, and that you're going to write for it, I was very much looking forward seeing more of you and of your writing ^_^

I feel very flattered you think you'll like what I'll request ^^ I know the feeling !
And thank you so much for the moral support and beta offer ! I might very well take you up on it !

The only real reason I have is that it would make me happy if you participated, and that's a selfish-I mean-silly reason.
It's the very best reason. Now I really feel I ought to !

*sigh* I seem to have taken my bravery pills this morning because that was uncharacteristically enthusiastic. I'm gonna go crawl back in my cave now.
May I hug you before you do that ?

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

ah, that's cool ! I'll probably sign up for Yuletide then ! Yeah Bartimaeus, Vorkosigan, Swordspoint and Coldfire fics ! ♥

[crise-cardiac.livejournal.com]

*hug*

I'm active. I stopped writing to reread all the books because I felt my canon slipping. I am far too dedicated to accuracy for my own good. The experience was... interesting. And time consuming.

I may in fact be a crap beta as I have never done it before, but I've been meaning to try. I'm just terribly shy. (Oops I made a rhyme.) Moral support is easy though!

[stephanometra.livejournal.com]

I've decided never to sign up for anon exchanges ever again for any reason, except MAYBE reversathon again because I adore the gimmick and hpspringsmut because rarepairs are love. If I have time and the request is to my liking, then maybe I will pinch hit. I just can't deal with the deadlines, and it's unfair to fest mods to make them put up with my shite.

Take from that what you will.

[xochiquetzl]

Sign up and ask for a Chanukah fic? or a non-holiday-specific fic?

[twhitesakura.livejournal.com]

I'm not confident enough that my writing will be such a gift to whatever person gets it

I'm not in the HP fandom, but let me just say this now. This is not something you have to worry about because your writing is lovely. Cross it off your cons list. ^_~

[steph-annie2000.livejournal.com]

Am I too late to weigh in on this?

I second Twhitesakura. Cross that right off your cons list.

I was actually nervous about that myself. I just can't imagine how my writing would be a gift, but in your case I am sure whoever is lucky enough to recieve you're story will be thrilled. I would love to see your writing in this fest, if that is any help.

I have a thousand projects in various states of completion and I signed up anyway. *shrug*

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

deadlines are hard yes; And I know I'm a slow writer (three monthes is like a minimum of the time I need to complete a serious fic) but I've never tried it yet... so well, after I fail spectacularly I might do the same as you ^^

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

My issue was with the occasion picked for the challenge and the fact it's called "Santa" not with the content of the fics.

For clarification my problem with christmas in general is the fact people pretend it's universal while in fact it's not. These kind of challenges participate to that.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

You're much too kind
thank you :)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

hah ! you're a much better writer than I (let's not turn this in a "no, you are" feast ^^) but thanks for the compliment ^^

I'll sign... as soon as I find enough ideas of prompts

[cafecomics.livejournal.com]

Let's call it Snupin Christmukkah!

(Sorry, I've been watching the OC ;-)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Reminds me how I re read all the books last year before HBP's release and before I got (a tiny bit) active in the fandom ^^

Truthfully i ought to do that again now.

moral support is always very welcome ^^ Beta-ing is something I can never propose (and I feel bad about it) because I simply crap at spotting typos and grammar error. Crap to an embarrassing amount (even in my mother tongue).

Don't be ever afriad of telling me what I did was bad though ^^ I promise I won't take it badly.

I'm horribly scared and excited about taking part in that feast right now ^^