Secret Santa 2010 Sign-Ups!

[crimsoncookie.livejournal.com]

Edit: Sign-Ups are now closed.

It's time of the year again! As Christmas draws near, kh_drabble is opening up its special one-month Secret Santa activity. This is the sign-up post, so please read the rules carefully before signing up.

To participate, you have to meet just ONE requirement: You have to be an ACTIVE member of the community. Meaning, I need TWO drabbles you have written in the year 2010.

"But how do I know how many drabbles I've written? You can't tell me to go and poke around in the calendar, right? I'd die of boredom!"

That's what the author tags are for. Every drabble written has (hopefully) been tagged by author, and we can check in the challenge memories as well. So if you meet the sole requirement of this SS, go ahead and put your name in! (This includes both challenges and misc. drabbles.)



In this post, all comments are screened. What we want you to do is to submit your name, your WORKING email address (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT) and your preferences for a drabble. Remember, this is kh_drabble not a comm for full-length fic or sentences, so the gifts would naturally be drabble-length (to the comm's rules). It's up to the writer to extend the gift (either by length of fic or number of drabbles) if they so wish - but please don't submit a short novella (even if you want to). Just write in the spirit of the community.

This is the preferred format for your sign-up:

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Sign-Up
Screen Name/Name on Email:
Email:
Links: (Provide links to two drabbles written in 2010)

Request
Character:
Pairing:
Theme/Genre:
Rating:
Spoilers?:
Additional Notes:

Are you willing to pinch-hit for someone?:

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Your preferences should include character, pairing and themes/genres, and any additional notes that you want to add to your comment for your gifter, such as a liking for slash/het/xeno/whatever. This is to ensure that your gift-writer knows what kind of fanfics you like to read.

Example for the request section:
Request
Character: Naminé, Kairi, Aqua, Riku, Saïx (Writer can choose ANY ONE/ALL to write)
Pairing: Saïx/Kairi, Marluxia/Naminé (Writer can choose ANY PAIRING/ALL to write)
Theme/Genre: Angst, winter, ghost stories
Rating: Any
Spoilers?: Any, including Birth by Sleep

etc etc.

NOTE: As we cannot hope to pair everyone up with their ideal writer and invariably there will be instances of "I can't write this fic because I don't write comedy/romance/het/slash/dancing bears/etc", the preferences are there so that your gift-writer can try their best to fulfill ONE of each criteria based on your preferences.

The Request List will be CLOSED on November 30th 2010, 12 MIDNIGHT PST.

I'll send you your recipient's request via EMAIL (this is why it is IMPORTANT) so PLEASE check your email on December 1st for that very important challenge. If you did not receive the email, please don't be shy, email me (crimsoncookie [at] gmail [dot] com) to tell me that you haven't received your request.

YOU CANNOT CHOOSE YOUR GIFT-WRITER. That's the fun of having a Secret Santa, is it not?

The Secret Santa will run from Dec 1st 2010 to Dec 23rd 2009. Send your gifts to me (crimsoncookie) via EMAIL so that I can consolidate all the drabbles into one HUGE post and post it on Christmas Day itself. (Note: This is different than last year. Please take note that the close date is now the 23rd. ....ceci wants to at least try to sleep this year, sorry. ;_;)

This also means: If you didn't write your gift-fic, YOU WILL NOT BE GETTING YOUR PRESENT. It's only fair. So please, please participate? It'll be fun and it's all goodwill, and you'll make someone really happy as well.

And there's really no excuse. If you guys can churn out a drabble a week...:o?


Normal weekly challenges will continue to run throughout this month-long challenge.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DO NOT PUT THEM IN YOUR REQUEST COMMENT. PUT THEM IN A SEPARATE COMMENT. I'll unscreen these comments so others can see if they have the same queries.

Enjoy yourselves, and have a great November/December!

Comments

[kawaiigami.livejournal.com]

If I post a drabble between now and the time the request list closes, will that count towards the two total needed? It's been a slim year writing, but I'd still like to participate.

[crimsoncookie.livejournal.com]

yes, definitely. :)

[owldays.livejournal.com]

...What if I'm new to the community and would still like to participate in Secret Santa-ness? >___>

[crimsoncookie.livejournal.com]

you're welcome to, if you post one more drabble to meet the quota before tomorrow night. :) (it needn't be for the challenge, nor particularly long - just enough to show that you have enough interest to not poof.)