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A roundup of exchange things
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hurtcomfortex close on the 24th: countdown here. Signups open on March 1. I am very much looking forward to doing this one, but I don't regret taking the last couple of months off; I really needed a break from exchanges. It was great. Now I miss having deadlines again.
The only other exchange I'm planning on doing this spring is Heart Attack, because it's ridiculously fun and very much in my writing wheelhouse (10K in 2 weeks - like a mini Big Bang for people with no common sense). I've had a great time every time; that was the exchange for which I wrote 35K of Maria & Yon-Rogg that one year, which is still some of the most fun I've ever had in an exchange (but very much lived up to its name; I remember a lot of the writing process was just OH GOD OH GOD WHEN WILL THIS END).
Otherwise, on my "maybe" slate of exchanges for this year, there's Just Married and AU-Ex (both of those probably depend on who else signs up). I've generally really enjoyed the horror exchanges in past years - MH/SoH and Jump Scare - but might just pinch hit/treat for those this year; I'll see how I feel. I'd like to do Trick or Treat this year, which I had to skip last year for health reasons, but that's so far out that WHO KNOWS what'll be going on by then; we could be into a full-fledged alien invasion by then.
At this point I plan to take a year off from SSRC, but it might run this summer like it did last year; I'll see how I feel later this spring, once I get back into the swing of exchanges again.
Which of those are you all planning on doing, if any?
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Candy Hearts came and went! I didn't sign up, but I did write a pinch hit:
Thicker than Blood (Ben January books, Rose & Shaw, gen, 1800 wds)
Death and Hard Cider tag. In Ben's absence, Rose manages a little quiet time with a houseguest.
I had been honestly really wanting to write *something* with those two for this book, as they're two of my very favorites and they spend a lot of time together in that book but it's all off-page because the plot is following Ben - I mean, validly, he's the protagonist, but there's also just so much room for missing scenes. So I saw this request and jumped on it. Feat. Abishag Shaw, babysitter. Obviously very spoilery for the book, at least for that aspect of it.
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In RL stuff, my 20-years-younger self would have been shocked and horrified that there's an actual Real Live Comic Convention in Fairbanks this weekend that I not only don't have a table at, but have no plans to go to ... but I have no regrets; I'm just completely out of fuel this week. I assume it's probably recovering from whatever virus Orion and I had, on top of the lingering post-surgical convalescence, on top of Winter in general. But whatever the combination of factors ... no juice, absolutely none. I did get some Zoe words written this week, but at this point I think it's time to go into a recharge cycle, read and tend the crops and not worry about getting much else done. Maybe some fanfic?
One thing I did in December and January was that I posted to DW almost every day. I really liked that! It was fun. I'd like to do it again in March. I have a bunch of books and things to post about, and I need to get back to writing the aviation posts I was going to make before my brain fell out of my skull, as well as answering comments and so forth. Social interaction! It's good for you!
hurtcomfortex close on the 24th: countdown here. Signups open on March 1. I am very much looking forward to doing this one, but I don't regret taking the last couple of months off; I really needed a break from exchanges. It was great. Now I miss having deadlines again.The only other exchange I'm planning on doing this spring is Heart Attack, because it's ridiculously fun and very much in my writing wheelhouse (10K in 2 weeks - like a mini Big Bang for people with no common sense). I've had a great time every time; that was the exchange for which I wrote 35K of Maria & Yon-Rogg that one year, which is still some of the most fun I've ever had in an exchange (but very much lived up to its name; I remember a lot of the writing process was just OH GOD OH GOD WHEN WILL THIS END).
Otherwise, on my "maybe" slate of exchanges for this year, there's Just Married and AU-Ex (both of those probably depend on who else signs up). I've generally really enjoyed the horror exchanges in past years - MH/SoH and Jump Scare - but might just pinch hit/treat for those this year; I'll see how I feel. I'd like to do Trick or Treat this year, which I had to skip last year for health reasons, but that's so far out that WHO KNOWS what'll be going on by then; we could be into a full-fledged alien invasion by then.
At this point I plan to take a year off from SSRC, but it might run this summer like it did last year; I'll see how I feel later this spring, once I get back into the swing of exchanges again.
Which of those are you all planning on doing, if any?
--
Candy Hearts came and went! I didn't sign up, but I did write a pinch hit:
Thicker than Blood (Ben January books, Rose & Shaw, gen, 1800 wds)
Death and Hard Cider tag. In Ben's absence, Rose manages a little quiet time with a houseguest.
I had been honestly really wanting to write *something* with those two for this book, as they're two of my very favorites and they spend a lot of time together in that book but it's all off-page because the plot is following Ben - I mean, validly, he's the protagonist, but there's also just so much room for missing scenes. So I saw this request and jumped on it. Feat. Abishag Shaw, babysitter. Obviously very spoilery for the book, at least for that aspect of it.
--
In RL stuff, my 20-years-younger self would have been shocked and horrified that there's an actual Real Live Comic Convention in Fairbanks this weekend that I not only don't have a table at, but have no plans to go to ... but I have no regrets; I'm just completely out of fuel this week. I assume it's probably recovering from whatever virus Orion and I had, on top of the lingering post-surgical convalescence, on top of Winter in general. But whatever the combination of factors ... no juice, absolutely none. I did get some Zoe words written this week, but at this point I think it's time to go into a recharge cycle, read and tend the crops and not worry about getting much else done. Maybe some fanfic?
One thing I did in December and January was that I posted to DW almost every day. I really liked that! It was fun. I'd like to do it again in March. I have a bunch of books and things to post about, and I need to get back to writing the aviation posts I was going to make before my brain fell out of my skull, as well as answering comments and so forth. Social interaction! It's good for you!
