Winter Fests and Exchanges

[ceredwensirius]

I realize this is probably a crazy thing to be thinking about in the middle of summer, but... harry_holidays  sign ups are going on now, which is why I thought of it. So...... what are my options, guys? What winter fests are you doing? I know that I'll be doing something for daily_deviant  and rs_small_gifts  and I've been toying with the idea of hp_yule_balls , but I don't know what else is out there to choose from. I promised myself that I would not load myself down with fest fics this year but come September I won't have anything to write about and I will have missed the sign ups. I suspect this will make me whiny. When do sign ups for rs_small_gifts  start? Couldn't I have either the harry_holidays  or hp_yule_balls (I am NOT NOT NOT doing both) fic wrapped up before sign ups for rs_small_gifts  even got off the ground? Same for daily_deviant . Ack. Are there any other Remus/Sirius fests? Oh, oh! There is brighty18 's fest, isn't there? I didn't do it last year because I was swamped at work.


Oh, oh, oh! Speaking of which. I ran across something today! crack_broom  is hazardous for my writing. I end up reading pairings I don't even like. And worse! No Sirius! *gasps*

Anyway, over at lupin_snape  (don't ask me why I was reading there, I don't even like the pairing) they have a remix challenge just for that pairing. Why doesn't Remus/Sirius have that (does not want to mod another fest, does not want to mod another fest, does not want to mod another fest)? Remus/Sirius should totally have that. Someone needs to get on that pronto. Not me.

Comments

[remuslives23.livejournal.com]

You will so do it! And I'll be signing up!

I'm doing yule balls (probably) and small gifts and probably some sort of TW fest. I was thinking of doing a drabble thingy at mp_ldws for Christmas. A tiny exchange of drabbles or something... The idea hasn't taken form yet, and I haven't even talked to Di about it...

[eprime.livejournal.com]

I think I will be signing up for harry_holidays for sure, and probably all the rest you mentioned because I can't resist. But what is brighty18's fest?

And, yes! Remus/Sirius does need a remix challenge. You know you want to really!

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Nuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Someone else needs to do it. *nods decisively*

If one, not me, were to do said remix challenge, when would said one, not me, squeeze it in?

Oh, a Christmas drabble thingy at mp_ldws sounds lovely!

[remuslives23.livejournal.com]

Hmm, anything special happening around February? Christmas fests are over, and people are looking for something to do... It would be a good time for someone (not you, of course) to run a remix challenge.

[whitmans-kiss.livejournal.com]

I feel like I fail as a longtime fanfiction reader, but... can someone clarify what remixes, er, are, exactly? *bites lip nervously*

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

Will you do me a big favor?!

I owe you Remus Sirius fic and am doing a meme where no one asked for Harry Potter fandom so could you give me a couple of one word prompts and I will write those for you tonight while I am on a roll. Yes? Me write you fic like I promised long ago!

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

harry_holidays sign ups are now until August 5th. The post is here if you haven't seen it.

hp_yule_balls starts September 1st. The info is in the comm profile here.

I don't know where I would squeeze it in. Never mind, I didn't say that because I'm not doing it. I think emilyia and I are going to do rs_career_fest earlier in the year next year to give people more time to write. So I don't know where I'd put it. Shit. Not me, not me.

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Didn't I kinda forget to write yours too, though? Okay, give me a pairing and a prompt and I will write you a drabble too.

Here are a few words, choose as you will.

mischief
lonely
gardenia
Majorca

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

It's where you take someone else's fic and rewrite it from a different angle. Take my fics for example, I write mostly from Remus' POV. So someone would take my fic and write it from Sirius' POV. Or, write from a third party observers POV. They take the original work, and use it as a inspiration for a new work written from a different angle.

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Well, I think emilyia and I were going to hold the rs_career_fest earlier in the year. It really was a rushed, last minute kind of deal and we wanted to offer more time for people to write.

So if not then, then when.

Not me, though.

[whitmans-kiss.livejournal.com]

How much can it deviate? I mean, does the dialogue, for example, need to match exactly? Can scenes be expanded or cut, so long as it's still definitely recognizable as the the same story?

[remuslives23.livejournal.com]

Ah, well... what about May-ish?

IF you were doing it...

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

Oh... I like these!

Well mine will each only be 30 words. You don't have to write me anything at all... especially not of the 100 word length when I am using you to fuel my muse :D

(Only because you asked, and I deny my friends nothing. XD Remus/Sirius insane, Sirius/Hermione putrid)

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Which I'm not.

The posting schedule wouldn't change for rs_career_fest.

I'm leaning towards summer but that cuts into the games fic writing time. Shit. I keep saying I.

I am not doing this.

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Yes to all.

Well, sort of. It is definitely a new story.

You can use as much or as little as you want, just so long as something is used and expanded. Different remixes have different specific rules on how much and all of that.

[eprime.livejournal.com]

Hm, you someone could have signups mid-january when everyone is back from hols and then due mid-march, posting April 1st!


I just signed up for HH!

Guilty Faces

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

Mischief-makers, the Marauders are, but when the lights go out; it’s Remus arching up and grinding against Sirius that makes them unable to meet each other’s eyes in the mornings.

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

I do not have that kind of discipline. Will you take 41 words?

Dark hair fans over cream-coloured pillows, an ebony halo around an angelic face, body perfect and still in slumber, and Remus wonders how this man, alive with a manic, insane energy while awake, could be so peaceful and innocent when sleeping.

Re: Guilty Faces

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Ah, lovely, love the guilt. It is that in between time, before boys become men. I love it!

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

I love it! It's so gorgeously them!

Thank YOU!

Uhm... Yeah... any words you'd like to give me, I'll take.

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

How would someone, not me, do the matching up?

Also, if I were doing this, which I am not, who would do it with me?

Lonely Heart

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

Remus knew making friends was dangerous. What he never expected though was to feel so alone, so cut off when he realized his friends could never know him fully.

Re: Lonely Heart

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor thing, I just ache for him here. I see a young Remus here who hasn't shared any part of his secret, but he can't ever fully share what is in him, can he? Oh, poor love.

Thank you!

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Sirius paused in the doorway to the basement potions laboratory, wrinkling his nose at the putrid smelll coming from Hermione's cauldron; he lounged against the door, and gave a petulant huff because Hermione had, as yet, not recognized his presence.

"Don't give me that, Sirius Black," she said, not looking up from her work. "You know what happened the last time you brewed this potion."

From another room, a baby starts to wail.

Thoughts of Gardenia

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

There are 142 species of the plant Remus is pruning. And Sirius wonders, not for the first time, how come when Remus spouts out unnecessary information, it lodges in his brain.