Yuleswaps 2017: SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN. Stop, Drop, and Swap!
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yuletide_feedHello, sweet swappers! As promised, SWAPS ARE HERE. SWAPS ARE SWAPPENING.
Sign-ups are open now and will close on Monday, October 23, 2017 at 9:00 PM PDT. Main post here on DW.
Questions welcome in either location, but obviously please read the full DW post first. :)
<3 K
Sign-ups are open now and will close on Monday, October 23, 2017 at 9:00 PM PDT. Main post here on DW.
Questions welcome in either location, but obviously please read the full DW post first. :)
<3 K
Yuleswaps 2017: SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN. Stop, Drop, and Swap!
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yuletideHello, sweet swappers! As promised, SWAPS ARE HERE. SWAPS ARE SWAPPENING.
If you are new to swaps, or to Yuletide, and curious about what the heck I'm talking about, our brand-new 2017 FAQ is here! If you are old to swaps, read on!
( 2017 SCHEDULE! REMINDERS! SIGN-UPS! )
Questions? Comments? First check out the FAQ, and then, if that doesn’t sort you, feel free to comment either here or there, or email us at yuleswaps at gmail!
<3 K
If you are new to swaps, or to Yuletide, and curious about what the heck I'm talking about, our brand-new 2017 FAQ is here! If you are old to swaps, read on!
( 2017 SCHEDULE! REMINDERS! SIGN-UPS! )
Questions? Comments? First check out the FAQ, and then, if that doesn’t sort you, feel free to comment either here or there, or email us at yuleswaps at gmail!
<3 K
Yuleswaps 2017: Preliminary Announcements!
15 October 2017 11:56 pmyuletide_feedHello, my dear swappers! Some of you have recently been receiving emails from me about last year, so you know Yuleswaps 2017 is revving up, but others of you are probably a bit concerned. Don’t worry, it is happening! I meant to kick us off in early October, but I obviously didn’t (sorry). I currently dream of opening sign-ups tonight, but realistically…more likely tomorrow or Tuesday.
But don’t worry about missing it, as long as you’ve successfully received emails from us in the past! I will send our annual wake-up email once sign-ups are open, since, you know, LJ is dead.
On that note, we have finally moved to Dreamwidth this year! And I celebrated/mourned by writing a new FAQ. Our very first DW post about swaps! If you have a DW, feel free to check it out and start tracking our tags/communicating with us over there from now on!
If you do not have a DW, you can continue following us here. I will try to consistently post links to all major occurrences.
Questions, comments, and general merriment welcome — though, perhaps try the new FAQ first before asking too many questions, especially if you are new. :)
Thank you for your patience, lovely swappers!
<3 Kat
But don’t worry about missing it, as long as you’ve successfully received emails from us in the past! I will send our annual wake-up email once sign-ups are open, since, you know, LJ is dead.
On that note, we have finally moved to Dreamwidth this year! And I celebrated/mourned by writing a new FAQ. Our very first DW post about swaps! If you have a DW, feel free to check it out and start tracking our tags/communicating with us over there from now on!
If you do not have a DW, you can continue following us here. I will try to consistently post links to all major occurrences.
Questions, comments, and general merriment welcome — though, perhaps try the new FAQ first before asking too many questions, especially if you are new. :)
Thank you for your patience, lovely swappers!
<3 Kat
Yuleswaps: Frequently Asked Questions [as of: October 2017]
15 October 2017 03:50 pmkindness_says posting in yuletideHello, beloved swappers! Don’t worry, swaps IS happening, as always! Sign-ups post will go up, ummmm, soon. I meant to kick us off around the beginning of the month, but #life #got overwhelmed by the idea of needing to rewrite this FAQ, tbh. Sorry!
This year! We have moved to Dreamwidth, because Yuletide has moved to Dreamwidth, and because it seems like most of our constituency has done the same. We will probably continue to crosspost to the Yuletide LJ community in some capacity, linking back to DW posts and providing a forum for LJ-only swappers to continue to ask questions and make contact when their yahoo emails inevitably fail. ;)
Tags will remain the same: “omnomnom” for candyswap, “who likes books” for bookswap, and “nice cuppa” for drinkswap (er, just as soon as I'm able to request their creation on DW). As on LJ, we strongly encourage swappers to track tags for the swaps they are interested in.
(Go to your DW Account Settings >> Notifications afterward, to make sure all the tags you wanted definitely took!)
And now…onward!
( FAQ! )
But seriously, when are sign-ups going to be open for Yuleswaps 2017?
Soon, I swear. Tonight, I hope, but realistically, might be more like tomorrow or Tuesday. I will get it together. I promise. Swaps will happen.
Happy swapping, swappers!!!!
Kat (and sleeps, in spirit)
This year! We have moved to Dreamwidth, because Yuletide has moved to Dreamwidth, and because it seems like most of our constituency has done the same. We will probably continue to crosspost to the Yuletide LJ community in some capacity, linking back to DW posts and providing a forum for LJ-only swappers to continue to ask questions and make contact when their yahoo emails inevitably fail. ;)
Tags will remain the same: “omnomnom” for candyswap, “who likes books” for bookswap, and “nice cuppa” for drinkswap (er, just as soon as I'm able to request their creation on DW). As on LJ, we strongly encourage swappers to track tags for the swaps they are interested in.
(Go to your DW Account Settings >> Notifications afterward, to make sure all the tags you wanted definitely took!)
And now…onward!
( FAQ! )
But seriously, when are sign-ups going to be open for Yuleswaps 2017?
Soon, I swear. Tonight, I hope, but realistically, might be more like tomorrow or Tuesday. I will get it together. I promise. Swaps will happen.
Happy swapping, swappers!!!!
Kat (and sleeps, in spirit)
IF in Yuletide 2017
13 October 2017 02:48 pmprosodiical posting in yuletideI'm posting this since the usual people haven't! This is copy-pasted from the excellent posts last year and the year before (2016, 2015). Any new errors are mine.
raininshadows has also made a spreadsheet of requests!
Are you interested in text adventures, CYOA, twine games or other sorts of interactive fiction? Do you want to let your writer know you'd be happy to receive something along those lines? Are you looking for someone to write IF for? This post is for you.
( What is IF? )
( Writing IF for Yuletide )
( Requesting IF for Yuletide )
( Some IF Tools )
raininshadows has also made a spreadsheet of requests!Are you interested in text adventures, CYOA, twine games or other sorts of interactive fiction? Do you want to let your writer know you'd be happy to receive something along those lines? Are you looking for someone to write IF for? This post is for you.
( What is IF? )
( Writing IF for Yuletide )
( Requesting IF for Yuletide )
( Some IF Tools )
Two pinch hits!
12 October 2017 04:51 amyuletide_feedFandom Growth Exchange currently has two pinch hits!
The minimum for fic is 2,000 words. The minimum for art is lineart with basic colors/tones as well as background OR two lineart drawings. The deadline is October 22nd at 11:55 PM UTC.
To claim, please comment to this Dreamwidth post with your AO3 username and the pinch hit you'd like to claim.
The minimum for fic is 2,000 words. The minimum for art is lineart with basic colors/tones as well as background OR two lineart drawings. The deadline is October 22nd at 11:55 PM UTC.
To claim, please comment to this Dreamwidth post with your AO3 username and the pinch hit you'd like to claim.
Loaded for Bears*
10 October 2017 08:52 pmyuletide_feedAssignments are out! How do you feel**? Horrified, delighted, confused, cautiously optimistic?
*Bears: shorthand for panic, apathy, writer's block, anything that keeps you from writing. When the deadline approaches, the bears have been known to eat your toes.
**Please keep details very vague to prevent giving away your assignment.
*Bears: shorthand for panic, apathy, writer's block, anything that keeps you from writing. When the deadline approaches, the bears have been known to eat your toes.
**Please keep details very vague to prevent giving away your assignment.
Loaded for Bears*
11 October 2017 09:47 ammorbane posting in yuletideAssignments are out! How do you feel**? Horrified, delighted, confused, cautiously optimistic?
*Bears: shorthand for panic, apathy, writer's block, anything that keeps you from writing. When the deadline approaches, the bears have been known to eat your toes.
**Please keep details very vague to prevent giving away your assignment.
*Bears: shorthand for panic, apathy, writer's block, anything that keeps you from writing. When the deadline approaches, the bears have been known to eat your toes.
**Please keep details very vague to prevent giving away your assignment.
Two pinch hits!
10 October 2017 09:24 pmfgemods posting in yuletidefandomgrowthexchange currently has two pinch hits!The minimum for fic is 2,000 words. The minimum for art is lineart with basic colors/tones as well as background OR two lineart drawings. The deadline is October 22nd at 11:55 PM UTC.
To claim, please comment to this Dreamwidth post with your AO3 username and the pinch hit you'd like to claim.
2017 Assignments Are Out!
10 October 2017 11:48 amyuletide_admin_feedAssignments Out
Yuletide 2017 assignments have been sent. You can find your assignment by:
- going to your Assignments page on AO3, which you can find at https://archiveofourown.org/users/YOUR-USERNAME-HERE/assignments;
- looking down the left sidebar of the 2017 Yuletide collection to see the following list;
My Sign-up
My Assignment
Sign-up Summary
Requests Summary
- checking your email, if you have collection-related emails from the Archive of Our Own enabled in your Preferences.
Stay Chill, Stay Silent
This is a secret exchange. Don’t announce what your assignment is. Don’t reveal to your recipient who you are or what you plan to write for them. In fact, please don’t contact them at all. You can send questions through the mods at yuletideadmin@gmail.com (but please read further in this post before you send any questions).
I have questions!!
Naturally! Right now there are three kinds of questions: questions that we would like you to send right away; questions that we ask you to hold off sending until October 15th; and questions we can’t help with at all.
Questions to send immediately
- My assignment doesn’t have the fandoms and characters I offered - what’s wrong? - We haven’t heard this one for a while, but if that does happen to you, please email us.
- I don’t have an assignment! Where is it? - Please check that you signed up… But yes, please do let us know.
Questions to hold off sending until October 15
- Could you please ask my recipient to unlock/complete their letter? - Please give them, and us, a few more days.
- I don’t understand my recipient’s prompts. Could you ask them…? - Again, please give us a few days. If your question is very general - for example, they include a term you don’t recognize - you may be able to sign in to IRC or Discord and ask other participants! Please be careful not to give away what fandom you’re writing, and for whom.
- How exactly do I fulfil my assignment? Do I have to… - Again, please give us a few days, see above question, and see the FAQ.
Questions not to ask us
- My assignment is terrible. Can I change it? - No. If you have an assignment that matches what you offered, please either work to fulfil it, or default.
The FAQ may answer some of your questions.
( Asking for more details through the mods )
Your assignment is due at 9am UTC on 18 December. In your timezone, that will not be the end of 18 December. It may be early. It may even still be the 17th.
Please click here to see what time the deadline is in your time zone.
(If you happen to be wondering, later, “when’s the deadline again?” you can check your assignment email, or look on the 2017 Yuletide collection - either at the top, or in the Schedule.)
And last and most important, have fun!
Letters App
9 October 2017 04:21 pmkaranguni posting in yuletideHello, Yuletide!
I'm de-anoning as the coder behind the letters app here so that people can easily post corrections and ask for updates in the lull between now and Madness.
Of course, the original Dear Yuletide Writer and spreadsheet post is where you should start if you want to get your letter listed; the app will be updated per that post, including all corrections.
App-specific fixes: please comment on the corrections comment on this post if you see any fixes (tagset, letter links, bugs) that need to be made.
Madness & more: In the hope of making this useful for Madness (and the future?), I've put the code and a roadmap of features that will be added here on Github. Everyone is welcome to comment on what should be added next.
( More details )
I'm de-anoning as the coder behind the letters app here so that people can easily post corrections and ask for updates in the lull between now and Madness.
Of course, the original Dear Yuletide Writer and spreadsheet post is where you should start if you want to get your letter listed; the app will be updated per that post, including all corrections.
App-specific fixes: please comment on the corrections comment on this post if you see any fixes (tagset, letter links, bugs) that need to be made.
Madness & more: In the hope of making this useful for Madness (and the future?), I've put the code and a roadmap of features that will be added here on Github. Everyone is welcome to comment on what should be added next.
( More details )
Sign-Ups Have Closed - Now What?
9 October 2017 09:03 amyuletide_admin_feedWe have closed sign-ups for Yuletide 2017, and are now running matching. This is the process of figuring out who will write for whom, so that everyone gets an assignment and an assigned author.
This means:
Assignments will go out by 15 October, but may go out earlier. Please ensure that if you are writing a letter, it is complete by the end of 15 October in your time zone.
Here we go!
This means:
- Your sign-up is locked in and cannot be edited.
- The sign-up number will go down a little as we delete duplicate (glitched) sign-ups and sign-ups from banned participants.
- The sign-up summary has stopped updating. It last updated with 12 minutes to go before closing.
- If none of your offers matches another person’s request, we will contact you (generally through email) and give you a deadline by which you must either provide us with more fandoms and characters that you can write, OR choose to delete your sign-up. However, if just one of your offers matches another person’s request, you can sit tight and wait for your assignment.
- At the same time as assignments go out, we’ll send pinch hits.
- It’s a good idea to check the email associated with your AO3 account, as we may use it to contact you - not just if you’re unmatchable, but also if your author has questions for you.
Assignments will go out by 15 October, but may go out earlier. Please ensure that if you are writing a letter, it is complete by the end of 15 October in your time zone.
Here we go!
Last Day to Sign Up to Yuletide 2017
8 October 2017 09:02 amyuletide_admin_feedYuletide 2017 sign-ups end at 9am UTC on 9 October. This is the last day to sign up.
Here is a countdown.
Here are sign-up instructions.
Here is us wishing you good luck to get your sign-up in, if planning to!
Note: If you intend to write a letter to your author (this is optional) (and different from the Optional Details which Are also Optional), please make sure that you put the link in your sign-up form before sign-ups close - you can't add it afterwards, or otherwise edit your sign-up.
Here is a countdown.
Here are sign-up instructions.
Here is us wishing you good luck to get your sign-up in, if planning to!
Note: If you intend to write a letter to your author (this is optional) (and different from the Optional Details which Are also Optional), please make sure that you put the link in your sign-up form before sign-ups close - you can't add it afterwards, or otherwise edit your sign-up.