Not to tempt anyone but ...

[sholio]

While we're waiting for h/c-ex to reveal in July, this just showed up on EAD ...

ANNOUNCING TERRIBLE TEMPERATURE TROUBLES FLASH FEST: a multifandom flash fest for all your terrible temperature troubles!

Nomination & Sign-ups: Now-June 30.
Assignments Out: July 2.
Works Due: July 10.
Work Reveals: July 11.
Creator Reveals: July 17.
All times at 11:59 PM Eastern.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/temptroubles2025/profile
https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/23809

Hypothermia ... heatstroke ... etc ...

(And it's one of those 1-fandom minimum request/offer exchanges, I'M JUST POINTING THIS OUT, IN CASE IT IS RELEVANT TO ANYONE.)

I realize this would be a terrible time for me to sign up for anything because I'm leaving tomorrow and I'll be gone until July 4 (Mom stuff again), but there's still almost a week of writing time after that.

Comments

[sweetsorcery]

*looks over lists of still to be edited and still to be written to deadlines fic and cries*

*goes and nominates because it's "only 200 words"* 😵‍💫

[sholio]

If I'm going off a cliff, I'm taking the local lemming population with me ...

(I also just realized today that the deadline for casefic is a lot earlier than I thought. Is this going to stop me? Probably not.)

[sweetsorcery]

(Thank goodness I side-stepped the casefic exchange! Which isn't exactly stopping me from writing kind of casefic elsewhere...)

[sholio]

That CARTOON, I am DYING. (Accurate.)

[sheron]

LOLLL

Us

[snickfic]

Oh no... hmm...

[sholio]

I probably should not have gone into the EAD flash channel. It is full of temptation.

[sweetsorcery]

I know I will regret this, but what/where is the EAD flash channel?

[sholio]

It's on Discord. Do you know the Exchanges After Dark discord server at all? They have channels for all the currently running exchanges, including a dedicated flash exchange channel.

I seem to recall you don't generally do Discord, which is a good life choice, but if you want an invite to it, I think I can send you one.

[philomytha]

Oh no... (oh yes) (oh help)

[sholio]

Any exchange can be a Biggles exchange with sufficient effort ...

[sheron]

♥

[sheron]

Temptress! Don't you know I have an assignment and a half??? :blobglare:

[sholio]

But what if you had two assignments and a half, what then.

[sheron]

(ง •̀_•́)ง

[sholio]

♪~ ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

[black_bentley]

Me: definitely not doing any exchanges this year, I am so burnt out I smell like an ashtray
You: *posts this *
Me: oh, but... maybe just a little one, as a treat...

[sholio]

So on the one hand, I don't want to tempt anyone into anything that would be bad for them! (And I can relate to the burnout; I'm finally clawing out of it, but it was _bad_ the last couple of years. <333)

On the other hand, it's only a 200 word minimum, and I plan to treat if I can.

[black_bentley]

I mean a lot of the burnout is work-related (as always) so maybe this would be a nice thing to do to get my writing muscles working again...

And I'm glad you're getting out the other side, it's a horrible feeling <333

[sholio]

<3333 I have been doing a lot better lately, and I hope you're able to find your way out the other side eventually too; it really is miserable. (And sometimes even in the midst of burnout, it can be nice to have a little manageable, fun goal for a treat. It's a flash exchange, too, so there's no penalty for dropping out. That being said, you should definitely go with what feels best for you right now! There's still a week or so to think about it.)