Official Drop-Out Post & Cheerleader/Beta Request

[ariestess]

Real Life ^(TM) always seems to have a way of inserting itself into the best of intentions and plans. Case in point, both havocthecat and I have been hit with pretty heavy doses of medically based RL.

If you need to drop out, for ANY reason, this is the best place to do it. We don't need to know the reason at this point, just that you're needing to drop out. Since we haven't assigned complements yet, this is a case of "no harm, no foul".

The people who have contacted me prior to this via PM, you're already taken care of in our spreadsheet of information.

Also, if you know of anyone who is willing to be a cheerleader and/or beta for the creators in thelittlebang, please feel free to also leave a comment to that effect here. We are running at a serious deficit of cheerleaders/betas to creators.

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[oparu]

I can cheerlead or beta.

feel better! Both of you!!

[ariestess]

Thank you! We'll be sending out an email soon for fandoms/numbers for all cheerleaders.

[damkianna]

I could beta and/or cheerlead, also, if necessary. Echoing oparu: I hope everything works out all right for both of you.

[ariestess]

Thank you! We'll be sending out an email soon for fandoms/numbers for all cheerleaders.

[petra]

I am withdrawing. Best wishes to you and havocthecat.

[ariestess]

Thanks for letting us know. Maybe next time?

[petra]

I hope so! Mostly, I realized that after writing one moderately long f/f story in a tiny fandom this year, I didn't actually have the oomph for another yet. So I shall keep an eye on the community. Thank you for running it.

[ariestess]

Yeah, I can understand that. It can take a lot out of a person.

[bluflamingo]

I'm dropping out, sorry - trying to get my life back under control

[ariestess]

Thanks for letting us know. Maybe next time?

[fitz_y]

hey!! just dropping in to say i missed a few of the initial posts re. sharing about your work and cheering for each other, because i was in the middle of a move and lacked internet, but i'm still participating and working on my LB.

also--sending good vibes to both of you! sorry to hear about your health issues.

[ariestess]

Woohoo! Glad to hear you're still playing!

And thank you on the vibes. I know I appreciate it, and I'm sure havocthecat does, too.

[fitz_y]

hey mods of awesome,

it makes me so sad to do this, but i am gonna hafta drop out afterall. my fic turned into an epic huge thing and i don't have the time to make it the story it needs to be in time to have a rough draft done by the 12th. it's currently 20k and i feel like i'm getting into it. it'll probably clock in at like 50k, and i just can't finish that this year given the craziness of work. :( i've talked about it with my beta and stepping out of the little bang seems like the best thing to do for the piece and for me.

i can jump in as a pinch hitter for betaing/cheerleading for anything under 20k, if you still have need for that.

you have been awesome mods, i hope to actually be able to turn something out for future challenges you mod. ♥

[ariestess]

Ahh, that's a bummer! But I totally can understand where you're coming from on it.

And yes, definitely hoping you can play if we do this again next year.

[fitz_y]

thanks for the kind words <3 and i'm all for another round of this this year, despite my dropping out. ♥

[ariestess]

You're welcome. As someone who's had to drop out of a few 'bangs already this year [for various reasons], I can totally get the whole hating to drop out despite it being needed thing.

[dagas_isa]

I hate to say it, but I have to drop. I just...don't have concentration for longer works right now. >.

[ariestess]

Thanks for letting us know. Maybe next time?

And if your cheerleader contacts you, please let her know?

[dagas_isa]

Sure thing.

[ariestess]

Thank you!

[twtd]

I'm officially dropping out. The only story my brain wants to write right now has taken a distinctly non-femslashy turn and I don't know if it's going to turn back enough to be anything other than a f/f/m ot3.

[ariestess]

Thanks for letting us know. I've had stories go like that before, where they just veer off from what they're supposed to be and refuse to return. Maybe next time?

Drop Out

[angel_negra]

Okay, RL isn't working with me here. There's no way I'm going to have this done for first draft tomorrow, so I'm pulling out. -_-

Re: Drop Out

[ariestess]

Just to let you know, I am about to post a quick announcement re: rough drafts. But just to let you know, tomorrow is not the ONLY day for rough drafts to be due. Would you be ready by the end of the week? Or did you still need to pull out?

Re: Drop Out

[angel_negra]

I could get it done by the end of the week. :)

Re: Drop Out

[ariestess]

Just a quick update. We will be extending out a week for the deadline. Hoping to get the finalized post up tonight or tomorrow at the latest.

Re: Drop Out

[angel_negra]

Thank you for the update. <3