Ficathon stories are GO!

[fignewton]

Such a huge relief! Both stories (yes, they add up to another Ficzilla) are back from the marvelous Random's second beta and given their final buff and polish.

And posted! In secret, but posted!

I just stare at that little eye icon that means "private" and itch to make it go away... :)

For some odd reason, the story that's about 11,500 words had to be split into three posts, while the 12,000 words fic made it in two. I have no idea why it should work out that way. Formatting? Dialogue? Humor takes up more space than drama? :)

This is actually a first for me, and it's interesting that both ficathons chose this route: everyone posts their stories to the comm, or link to private-locked posts on the comm, but the posts and links don't go live until everyone has their story up. It's a great idea, frankly, because it means that no one is going to have wait two or three weeks (or months!) to finally get their story.

On the other hand, the locked posts aren't going to show up on anyone's flist when they're unlocked; they'll be two or three (or more days) behind. So what do most people intend to do? Should I modify the date, so they'll show up on the flists? (I'm not even entirely sure that modified date posts do show up on the flists.) Just make a quick FYI post when they go live with the links? What does everyone else intend to do?

And I wanted to say thank you to everyone who's given me such an entertaining discussion on the Enigma post. I love when topics drift like crazy. :)

Comments

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

heee :) go you!
*stares at looming revision job on own teamfic*
*runs and hides under bed*

I'm going to post it locked to my own LJ and then post a link when they go live (frankly, I'll be shocked if it isn't a few days late.)
I'm pretty sure changing the date won't make it appear on flists.

Yay your stories!

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

That's the general consensus, and that's what I'll do, I think. And yeah, I think it'll probably be a little late, too - but it's worth it if it means no one gets left out.

And I'm looking forward to your reading my ep ficathon story, because even with all the Daniel whumping, it ended up being very much about Sam. And it's an era that interests you, too. So yay for ficathons! :)

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

And I'm looking forward to your reading my ep ficathon story, because even with all the Daniel whumping, it ended up being very much about Sam. And it's an era that interests you, too. So yay for ficathons! :)

TEASE!

(and, you know, I'm thinking of about 4 or 5 possible eras here :) )

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

LOL!

So what's an "era" to you? I tend to think of it as follows:

Seasons 1-2: floppy-haired Daniel, brown-haired Jack, Captain Carter.
Seasons 3-5: short-haired Daniel, graying Jack, Major Carter.
Season 6: Jonas.
Season 7: post-Ascended Daniel, Major Carter, gray-haired Jack.
Season 8: Colonel Carter, General Jack.
Season 9-10: non-classic SG-1 ;)

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

:P

Um. Wow you have them all worked out.
Um. It depends?
I think eras can be big (S1-2 - working things out, figuring each other out) or really small (Full Circle - Fallen - Homecoming because so much is happening there) and, um, yeah. I don't really have definitions. But I like parts of all of them.

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Because it's all about the hair.

You forgot Season 8. Teal'c begins with hair.

Or Early S4, the caterpillar era.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Poor Teal'c with his caterpillar!

And yes, it's all about the hair. Although I personally prefer Teal'c without it.

(Should I include "copying girlfriend hairstyle Jonas" as part of the S7 era?)