Yuletide query

[heathershaped]

Pardon me if the answers to these questions are easy to find, lol, BUT:

+ Does anyone know when assignments would go out approximately? Because whatever I write will need writing before the 18th due to me not being home between then and Christmas, and if signups were going out Dec 1 or something, that might make things slightly complicated.

+ Relatedly, is it really possible to browse peoples' letters and just write whatever if you haven't done a regular signup - am I understanding that right?

eta: Thanks, Cel and Emei! ♥

Comments

[sophinisba]

Eh, the mods have said that both browsing letters for ideas and posting fics to the challenge without being a regular participant are okay. Some participants disagree and don't like the idea that some random person might steal their thunder by writing for their assigned prompt.

I tend to agree with the mods' statements that more fics for tiny fandoms are a good thing. I also like the idea that there are lots of different ways of doing Yuletide, including the low-stress way where you can write a story but you're not obligated to. Still, I can see where other folks are coming from. :/

[heathershaped]

Man, is there anything about yuletide that doesn't get wanked about? I don't ...actually mind too much whether people like it or not as long as it's okay with the mods (and my recipient likes it!), haha. But if I can write random my assigned fic, AND write random ficlets for some of the letters I've seen floating around my flist and elsewhere, and do it BEFORE Madness officially starts, that's kind of awesome.

Tonight I have to focus on getting my actual signup done tonight - I hear they take ages for some reason.

[sophinisba]

Yeah, a lot of the work at dark_agenda has been to help people find letters and requests so they can get a head start in writing extra stories before Yuletide Madness. :)