Artists: Extension! Authors: Reminder!

[owlmoose]

Hey everyone! Deadlines are coming upon us, so it's time for some news and some reminders.

Artists!

We currently have 17 artists participating in Mega Flare who didn't sign up as part of a team. This is awesome! However, we have over 50 authors signed up. Which is also awesome, but it's not a very good balance. Therefore, we will be extending artist sign-ups for a little over a week, to Sunday, September 12th at midnight (click here to see the local time in your area).

The sign-up form is here!

Our request for other places to advertise for artists is still wide-open as well. Are you a member of a DeviantArt community or artist message board that you think would be a good place to advertise? Send a link our way! The more, the merrier.

Story selection opens on Monday, September 6th! Watch this space for an announcement of a more specific time.

Authors!

The deadline for submitting summaries is fast approaching! Please note that, despite the extension of artist sign-ups, we will still be posting summaries for story selection on Monday, September 6th. Therefore, the due date for summaries is Sunday September 5th at midnight (click here to see the local time in your area).

Don't panic! As long as you have a good idea of what your story is about, it's totally okay if you don't have it finished (or started). However, if you do need to drop out, please let the mods know.

Your summary should be between 75 and 200 words -- long enough to give an artist a good feel for what the story is about, its setting and tone, and which characters are in the story and which romantic and/or platonic relationships are featured, if any; but not so long as to be overwhelming. Please submit your summary using this form.

If you are signed up as a team with an artist, you should not submit a summary. If you are working in a team with another writer, you should submit only one summary. If you don't want your story to be illustrated, there is also no need to send in a summary, but in that case please let the mods know, so we know not to expect a summary from you.

Any questions? Drop the mods an email, or leave your question in comments.

Comments

[chaosraven]

Hey mods, I wasn't sure if there was a more "official" way to do this, but I think I will be dropping from the writing portion since I have not been productive at all with my story.

On the other hand, if you would like me to pull double or triple duty as an artist, I am more than up for it.

[owlmoose]

I'm sorry to hear we might lose you as an author. This comment can be official if you want it to be; otherwise, if you're still thinking about it, drop us an email when you decide for sure.

We haven't worked out the details yet, but unless we get a sudden influx of artist sign-ups, there will definitely be some way for artists who are up for it to claim multiple stories. Thanks for offering!! I'll let you know when we decide how it will work.

[chaosraven]

Yeah, I wish I'd had less ideas and more progress but I'm a slow writer in general so I'd rather give up now than have to worry about dropping when someone has committed to doing art already. Especially since there are so many more authors than artists.

[imadra_blue]

Ahahaha. >.> Um, do you mind telling me what name I signed up for megaflare_ff with? I, um, for actually real forgot. XD

Thank you. ♥

[owlmoose]

It's Imadra Blue. (This is why I always use the same username for almost everything!) ;)

[imadra_blue]

Thank you. I have the memory of a senile hummingbird lately. XD

[ex_pendency799]

I got momentarily forgetful too -- I'm pretty sure I signed up as ellnyx, but just in case, I sent through my summary under that name.

However! Since sending through my summary, I've had an artist (manic_intent) come forward with an offer to team up. Not sure where I register that? Or if I just need to let you know?

[owlmoose]

Got the summary, but the fact that we don't need to post it is noted. Thanks!

[regann]

On the summary, how much info should we give? Should we spoiler the whole plot of our fic or just give like a 'book like' hook style pitch?

[owlmoose]

How much or how little to reveal is up to you. Most people who've submitted so far are doing "back of the book" style summaries that don't detail the whole plot, and bear in mind that the summary selection post will be visible to everyone. But if you think that spoilers and/or ending details are important for an artist to know before selecting your story to illustrate, you might want to mention them. Hope that helps!

[eggcrack]

I think I signed up as bofoddity, so just letting you know I sent the summary under that name.

[owlmoose]

Got it. Thanks!