Challenges Past & Present
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bradygirl_12Hi, luvs! After New Year’s I’ll be posting my annual Fic Tally: number of stories, word count, what pairings I wrote most or least, etc. I’ll also be ruminating on my writing goals for the past year and looking forward. First, though, a few thoughts on the Challenges I host:
As always, I like to host Valentine and Halloween Challenges every year for the DCU, and Halloween for PE. And as always the Halloween Challenges were the biggest successes! So they definitely stay, and I’m thinking of hosting a Valentine’s Challenge this year for PE as well as the DCU. Since my two partners-in-crime seem to have their PE Muses in gear and I do as well, that’ll mean a possibility of some contributors! :)
This year I hosted Halloween and Winter Holidays for PE and Valentine, Dick Grayson, Halloween and Winter Holidays for the DCU. All seemed to do well, though a few were lower in participation than I would have liked.
There were two Diana-oriented Challenges, the Steve/Diana Challenge and the year-long 2011 Wonder Woman Love Fic/Art 70th Anniversary Celebration Challenge.
Ironically, the first one seemed to generate more interest than the latter. I don’t expect to host any Challenges for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
wonderwomanlove this upcoming year. The interest level just isn’t there.
As for the PE ‘verse, there might be Valentine’s goodness and there definitely will be Halloween, as it seems to inspire people the most. Possibly Winter Holidays again.
For the DCU, Valentine’s Day will be unveiled soon, and Halloween is on the schedule, of course. ;) Possibly Winter Holidays. As for spring, I may do something Dick Grayson-oriented again this year or try something different. Summer may see a new Challenge with a theme I haven’t done before.
I like the seasonal/holiday themes, and the single character and pairing themes seemed to work pretty well. Other themes in the past have included St. Patrick’s Day, Spring Rain, Earth Day, and Summer (By-The-Sea, Vacation and Heat). I always keep my eye on how successful the themes are and retire those that struggle or I simply want to try something new. I might bring them out again in the future but there are other themes I'd like to try.
Dick’s two major themes were Wee!Dick and a general ‘Everything Goes’ with him: child, teen, adult, slash, het and gen.
So I intend to host at least two Challenges for the DCU and one for PE. I’m sure there will be more as the year goes along. ;)
Thanks to all who participate in these Challenges! I wouldn’t host them if people didn’t enjoy them, so I’m tickled pink that people have fun! And many thanks to all who have made banners for each Challenge, especially![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ctbn60 who has done yeoman’s work the last few years.
As always, I like to host Valentine and Halloween Challenges every year for the DCU, and Halloween for PE. And as always the Halloween Challenges were the biggest successes! So they definitely stay, and I’m thinking of hosting a Valentine’s Challenge this year for PE as well as the DCU. Since my two partners-in-crime seem to have their PE Muses in gear and I do as well, that’ll mean a possibility of some contributors! :)
This year I hosted Halloween and Winter Holidays for PE and Valentine, Dick Grayson, Halloween and Winter Holidays for the DCU. All seemed to do well, though a few were lower in participation than I would have liked.
There were two Diana-oriented Challenges, the Steve/Diana Challenge and the year-long 2011 Wonder Woman Love Fic/Art 70th Anniversary Celebration Challenge.
Ironically, the first one seemed to generate more interest than the latter. I don’t expect to host any Challenges for
wonderwomanlove this upcoming year. The interest level just isn’t there. As for the PE ‘verse, there might be Valentine’s goodness and there definitely will be Halloween, as it seems to inspire people the most. Possibly Winter Holidays again.
For the DCU, Valentine’s Day will be unveiled soon, and Halloween is on the schedule, of course. ;) Possibly Winter Holidays. As for spring, I may do something Dick Grayson-oriented again this year or try something different. Summer may see a new Challenge with a theme I haven’t done before.
I like the seasonal/holiday themes, and the single character and pairing themes seemed to work pretty well. Other themes in the past have included St. Patrick’s Day, Spring Rain, Earth Day, and Summer (By-The-Sea, Vacation and Heat). I always keep my eye on how successful the themes are and retire those that struggle or I simply want to try something new. I might bring them out again in the future but there are other themes I'd like to try.
Dick’s two major themes were Wee!Dick and a general ‘Everything Goes’ with him: child, teen, adult, slash, het and gen.
So I intend to host at least two Challenges for the DCU and one for PE. I’m sure there will be more as the year goes along. ;)
Thanks to all who participate in these Challenges! I wouldn’t host them if people didn’t enjoy them, so I’m tickled pink that people have fun! And many thanks to all who have made banners for each Challenge, especially
ctbn60 who has done yeoman’s work the last few years.
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Date: 2011-12-27 05:44 pm (UTC)Someday, I keep telling myself, life will calm down a bit. Hopefully I won't have missed out on too much by the time it does.
I want to write something Steve/Diana, and have had a couple of ideas, but so far nothing has quite come together.
There was a promo the other day for an uncut showing of Public Enemies on USA channel, January 5. Provided I can watch television, I plan on catching that, and look forward to any plotbunnies that may be generated.
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Date: 2011-12-27 05:58 pm (UTC)You do have a grace period until January 31st. :) I do realize how crazy it is this time of year so don't mind if people post in January. We could always use good fic after the holiday letdown! :)
Someday, I keep telling myself, life will calm down a bit. Hopefully I won't have missed out on too much by the time it does.
I know! You have to be careful about letting life pass you by. My parents always said they were fine with saving for retirement but what if they got sick and never had gone anywhere? And we went on lots of great vacations and they never did get their retirement. Both got sick. So it's best to enjoy life in the present! :)
I want to write something Steve/Diana, and have had a couple of ideas, but so far nothing has quite come together.
No problem! Even though their Challenge is long done, Steve/Diana is for any time of year! ;)
There was a promo the other day for an uncut showing of Public Enemies on USA channel, January 5. Provided I can watch television, I plan on catching that, and look forward to any plotbunnies that may be generated.
Awesome! :)
You may say, "Meh, what is all the fuss about?" but from your fannish interests I'd say you're going to become a total convert! ;)
Hopefully you'll be inspired. And stories are welcome any time of year, of course, Challenge-inspired or not.
Good luck! :)