IT IS DONE!!!

[donutsweeper]

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles (to quote "Fiddler") my tardis_bigbang is DONE!   Okay, the rough draft only, but STILL....

A super huge thank you to all you wonderful people on my flist who helped when I pestered you with random questions about vegetarians and 1950's cars and fancy computer technology, et cetera...

Soon there will be hopefully be actual writings posted in this journal again, and possibly a writing meme or two.   But for now, it's happy dance time!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

*HAPPY DANCE*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

My hero!

*twirls you*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

What did the word count come out to be? Not that it won't change with revisions and stuff, but I'm curious. *twirls with you*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*adds a bounce or two*

21446 wow

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

WOW! That's an achievement!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

it's scary. almost 10k more than the longest thing I wrote previously

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

That is so cool! I think you could put everything I've written together, and it wouldn't be 20,000 words.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

but you do art too! And RP.

Can you believe the SGA bigbang is a 40k minimum? O_0

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

I saw that! Yikes! Also, it's just gen or McKay/Sheppard, which seems...unfair. I mean, I love gen AND McKay/Sheppard, but...it seems weird of them to limit it like that.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

The limitations for it were really weird. I'm glad the Tardis one was.. eh- make sure it's TW or DW or SGA related and we'll be happy. It'll mean the stories are ones the authors are really interested in writing and not just coming up with anything that'll pad the word count

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Exactly!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

And the Tardis ones will be wonderfully diverse

I've read some REALLY long stories (there are a lot in SGA and SG1 that are 100k+) and nearly all should have been gone at with a hacksaw. Longer=/= better.

But, if done right, long can = good. It's weird how close to 20k mine turned out to be

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

They will be!

I like miss_porcupine's stuff. She can't write short things even if she tries--she tries to write drabbles and they end up 1000+ words. *g*

It is weird how close yours is! Nifty, but weird.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I don't think I know her stuff, I'll look into it later.

Nifty but weird should be my motto. It describes me pretty well

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Here's her fic index by where they fall in the SGA timeline:

http://miss-porcupine.livejournal.com/160017.html

Here it is in the order that she wrote it, which might be a saner way to start reading:

http://www.offpanel.net/dmz/sga.html

("The Jenny Code" is a good place to start, as I recall.)

Nifty but weird! Weird but nifty! Either way. *vbg* (Actually, I think weird IS nifty, but still.)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh excellent, reading for tomorrow (er, later today sometime) wow, it's late. Night!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Good night! Happy reading later!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*butts in*

They're trying to get interest in writing other pairings, slash and het, this year - I'm just grateful they're letting Gen in. Don't get me wrong, well written McKay/Sheppard can be the best fic in the fandom, but it's like Jack/Ianto in Torchwood - it's everywhere.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I think it's worse than Jack/Ianto, there is a LOT more McShep (and a LOT of it is very bad) There is good McKay/Shep out there, but it's hard to find decent stuff

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Are they? Whoops, so much for my reading comprehension! That makes me feel better.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that I find the whole concept of limiting entries by 'ship a bit baffling, but maybe that's because I'm a Gen writer. :) They're still scouting around for interest in other 'ships, but at least they're letting Gen authors in this time. There are a whole...gosh...three of us signed up so far *faceplam*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

It's a bit mystifying, yes. Maybe they think they won't be able to get betas or artists for rarer pairings? Although I can't imagine saying I wouldn't make art for a pairing. Uhm, probably trying to figure this out is just going to give me a headache.

Three of you, huh? Well, I'm looking forward to yours, anyway!

(My writing brain is fairly gen. Er, obviously.)

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Squeee! That is fantastic! ::bounce::

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *Bounces with you*

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I'll just sit and stare at your icon for a bit thanks

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I figured you deserved a bit of that after writing 20,000+ words.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hoorah! That's awesome, hon. Nice one! :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*bows* thank you! And now I'll have plenty of time if you need help with yours.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*grin* I'm going to need all the help I can get, I think. I've decided not to bid for an episode at ancient_db - even I have to know when to stop, and the sgabigbang is going to eat brain cells.

I have this kind of wild idea that I can get to 10k by the first draft deadline, so brace yourself for spamming...

thanks!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I love that kind of spam! :)

[unfeathered]

Wow! Well done!!!!!! :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you! *vbg*

[chatona.livejournal.com]

OMG YAY! *bounces happily* That's brilliant!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

NCIS here I come! (Well, maybe not today, but definitely soon!)

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Now there's something I like to hear *beams*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

It's up The Concussion Check (http://donutsweeper.livejournal.com/64648.html)

[chatona.livejournal.com]

*falls all over self* YAY! :D

[ladyamarra.livejournal.com]

"Hello,
In case you haven't seen the messages in the community, tardis_bigbang just wants to remind you that the rough drafts for the writers are due on March 16!
Don't panic! We do not require a finished story yet, it's merely for us to know how many stories we'll have to expect and who drops out.
The Artist sign up period comes to an end on March 23! So if you are unsure if you'll manage to finish the story in time or want to drop out as a writer, please think about taking part as an Artist instead!
There will also be a lot more important organisational posts in the future so we would like you to add our !Modpost tag to your Lj tracker (Simply follow this LINK (http://www.livejournal.com/manage/subscriptions/user.bml?journal=tardis_bigbang)) to stay up to date.

best regards,
your tardis_bigbang Mods"

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

thank you! :)

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

YAY
I have no happy dance icon so have chocolate instead.

*trundles off to bed*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Chocolate is always happily accepted! Sleep well! :)

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome! I'm so proud of you! And you should be very proud of yourself. I can't wait to read it when it's all spiffied up and ready to go. *huggles you*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*huggles back* thanks!

[laurab1.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congrats :)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D