nominate on the AO3

[brightknightie]

I submitted my nominations for the everywoman exchange last night. (D&DC, FK, HL, YB, BSG78, and Pokemon GO.)

I've never nominated on the AO3 before, and I ran into what seemed to me a conflict between the letter of the instructions on the community and what I could do on the AO3. The instructions say to put all noms in the form "Name (Fandom)," so I did. But for many -- including Tessa, Janette, and Natalie -- the AO3-canonical form of the character tag doesn't include the fandom on the end. This morning, I posted a question to the mod, in case she'd prefer the canonical tag form, no matter what.

Separately, I decided to not also nominate in the "Rarest of Rare" event on rarepairficexchange, even though nearly all my own favorite pairs qualify. If I'm going to try to make a treat for fandom5k and also participate in everywoman, that's really a lot for me.

Are any of you planning to play in any of these events?

Comments

[argentum_ls]

For nominations in exchanges, mods often ask for a different form of the tag than what’s canonical on Ao3 so they can keep track on the backend of what’s going on specific to the exchange. Always use the form the mod asks for, rather than the Ao3 canonical.

[brightknightie]

Thank you! I appreciate it.

[skieswideopen]

Incidentally--and you may already know this--that's just for nominations and requests. When actually posting your story, you can certainly use the canonical tag, and most people do.

[brightknightie]

Thanks! I did not know that, but it clicks exactly with this new info.

I haven't done an "automated match" exchange before, only old-fashioned hand-matched exchanges. Last Fan Never To Have Done Yuletide... a million years ago, there was a reason for that, because some folks I care about were mad at the concept/naming and I felt I should stay away because of their feelings, but then it just slid into being habit, and busy that time of year, and that being when the annual HL exchange happens.

[skieswideopen]

I nominated for the "Rarest of Rare," but I may or may not sign up for it. I ended up not signing up for rarepairsexchange because no one was offering anything I wanted, and I'm waiting to see if the same thing happens with justmarriedexchange. If I don't end up doing Just Married, I may do Rarest of Rare instead.

Or I may forgo all of them and just write the fic I want to read.

ETA: I owe you an apology. I checked the spam folder in my email today and discovered your request to reread the ending of your story before you posted it. I'm so sorry I didn't see that and respond! I've never had Google docs comments go to spam before, so it didn't even occur to me to look.

[brightknightie]

If you write the fic that you want to read, I promise to read it very eagerly!

That's the biggest looming peril of exchanges: no one offering what you want to read, no one requesting what you want to write. Yuletide is so very big that this is less a danger, but all the middling and small exchanges put it out there every time.

(I've been thinking a lot lately about writing an essay on "What I enjoy in HL," because what I enjoy is so different from what most folks do, and I had it explained to me late last year that the ways I've tried to express what I enjoy just aren't intelligible to most folks anymore, if they ever were... point being: exchanges are hard because humans are hard, but sometimes they're full of joy and grace because humans are channels for that, too. Fingers crossed for your Just Married and Rarest of Rare opportunities!)

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Oh, that's what happened with that note about the rewritten ending! NP, and thank you; no apology needed! I presumed you were busy, and then thought nothing more of it.

Yes, I would never expect a Google Docs comment to end up in spam. I hardly ever check my own spam these days. I wonder if it was because I replied to my own comments several times on that thread...

[skieswideopen]

If you write the fic that you want to read, I promise to read it very eagerly!

That's an exceedingly generous offer for fandoms you may not know! Thank you.

That's the biggest looming peril of exchanges: no one offering what you want to read, no one requesting what you want to write. Yuletide is so very big that this is less a danger, but all the middling and small exchanges put it out there every time.

That is exactly the problem. At least with the exchanges I mentioned, requests are visible all the way through, so I can tailor my offers to things I think I can write. But they aren't necessarily the things I want to write right now.

I would enjoy Yuletide so much more if I could reliably finish my story well in advance of the deadline, rather than spending Christmas Eve editing. I've managed it once or twice--I even managed a treat a year or two--but there are so many years when I don't. Maybe if I set up a schedule...

The spam issue might also be because I was using a Yahoo! email address. I do have Gmail, but I had Yahoo! first for fandom, and I'm too lazy to change it everywhere. But like you, I rarely check my spam. It was pure chance that I happened to check it today--I don't even remember why now.

I hope you have excellent luck with everywoman, with a request you delight in writing, and people offering exactly what you want to read.