Otter and Ferret Assignments Sent!

[boundbooks]

Otter and Ferret assignments have been finalized over at AO3, which means you should be receiving your assignment via email within the next twenty-four hours. I had a great time reading everyone's sign-ups, and I think that we'll see some excellent stories in April!

Some Quick Reminders

Remember, you only have to incorporate a minimum of one prompt; you don't have to use all of the prompts. Also, you do not have to incorporate all of their likes into your fic. Presumably you might wish to use whichever of their likes/preferences inspire you, but there's no hard-and-fast required number.

However, please do not include any of their 'do not want's/triggers/dealbreakers. Also, please do not exceed their highest requested rating.

Finding Your Assignment

Your assignment should be in two places:

1. Your email's inbox; specifically, the email associated with your AO3 account.


2. On AO3. Sign-in to AO3 and click your user icon. Look at the list of navigation links on the left. Towards the bottom should be 'Assignments'. Click it.

How Assigning Worked

If you're curious about the assigning system, here's what happened today. I read each request and offer, and tried to create the most overlap in three areas:

1) Prompts and a gift-giver's likes/preferences

2) Offered and requested ratings

3) Recipient's likes and gift-giver's likes/preferences

This may mean that not every prompt, like/preference or rating in your assignment may work for you as a writer, but hopefully the majority of them will!

Questions and Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns about your assignment (and which are specific enough that you feel leaving a comment would tip off your recipient to your identity!), please email me at otter.and.ferret.exchange@gmail.com

If you have a general non-identity revealing question, feel free to leave a comment! :)

Happy writing! I'm so excited to see what everyone writes! :D

Comments

[strawberrykait]

Thank you, Boundbooks, for doing this again! I'm so excited about my prompt!! :D

[musyc]

Mwahaha. *stalks recip just a little bit*

[strawberrykait]

Yeah, me too! I can't recall: Have we always been able to see our recipients?

[musyc]

I believe so, yes, because I remember having a hell of a time trying to find additional like/dislike info on my recip last year.

[akashathekitty]

Haha, I did that too! >_>

[(Anonymous)]

Completely unimpressed that I got booted from this years exchange for no reason at all and with no explanation. I was signed up, my name was on the sign-up list for days, and then all of a sudden, it wasn't. I wish everyone luck that's participating but this is one exchange I will no longer support.

[boundbooks]

Hm, I think that somewhere along the line there was a hiccup.

I did delete one sign-up (I assume it was yours?), because it was completely empty. There was nothing listed for prompts, likes, dislikes, or preferences for writing.

I thought the sign-up was a mistake, seeing as all of the required information was absent. I just concluded that a novice AO3 user had signed-up and later reconsidered (and not knowing how to delete their sign-up via AO3, had simply settled for wiping their information from the sign-up boxes).

I can only assume that there was some kind of Internet/computer error somewhere along the line, as it does seem that you did intend to sign-up (and presumably that you had filled out the boxes).

Unfortunately, at the time I checked sign-ups to close them, there was nothing in your sign-up boxes.

I don't recall the name, and as the sign-up was deleted I can no longer access the name/email address to contact you. However, I hope that you do return to this thread so that you know why the deletion was done (and that there does seem to have been a serious hiccup along the way).

[strawberrykait]

Boundbooks:

Is there a header format you want us to use, or do we just come up with our own?

[boundbooks]

As the mod, the little boxes you fill in on AO3 (warnings/pairings/het/gen/etc) are the header. Anything extra the author wants to add can go in the notes section, but using notes at all is optional. :)

[strawberrykait]

:: hits head:: Duh! I shoulda known that about AO3. <-- slow. Thanks, Boundbooks! :D

[boundbooks]

Glad to have helped! :)