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ratherastory ([personal profile] ratherastory) wrote2011-01-17 07:43 am

Check it out!

It's happening after all!

SPN Gen Big Bang

[identity profile] ratherastory.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, I'm looking for a victim willing artist who might be interested in running a sort of Fic Looking for Art and Art Looking for Fic community.

Basically there would be a screened post once a month in which authors and artists could comment with their work, which I would then repost in two BIG recap posts: one for fic and one for art.

Then artists could look at the fic summaries and writers could look at the art prompts, and AWESOMENESS WOULD ENSUE!

The thing is, I suspect that, unlike my other comm, this one would be super work-intensive, so I'd really need a co-mod, and since I'm a writer I'd love to have the co-mod be an artist.

What do you think?

[identity profile] quickreaver.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, I see! I'm brand spankin' new to LJ so it might take some hand-holding to get me up to speed in using the site correctly, especially since I tend to have a love/hate relationship with the internet. But it does sound interesting. I'm willing pitch in! Would the comm focus on fandom, personal projects, all of the above?

[identity profile] ratherastory.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Hand-holding I can do. LJ is pretty simple to use once you know how. I just *suck* at the visual side of it. It's really sad how little artistic talent I have...

I was thinking of a fandom comm, though whether to make it SPN-only is still up in the air. SPN is a huge fandom, and I'm not sure that making it multi-fandom wouldn't make the comm far too huge and unwieldy.

It would basically be like a bastardized version of the Big Bang and Reverse Big Bang, only without those pesky deadlines. Our work would be collating lists of summaries and art and posting them, and making sure that when someone signs up to do art for a fic or write a fic for art, that they come through in the end, and to ensure that proper communication takes place between participants. Fandom tends to be a little flakey when it comes to that sort of thing, after all. ;)

[identity profile] quickreaver.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Being new to the whole fandom thing, I'll leave that decision totally up to you! You could always start with SPN, but add in other shows as time goes on and it seems workable. Making purdy pictures is my strength. I tend to be more effective in support roles, leaving the Big Thinking up to those with the brains. ;)

But I can do grunt work with the best of 'em! Just let me know what you decide, and I'll jump on board.

[identity profile] ratherastory.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent!

Can you PM me your email address? We can continue this that way. Or, better still, if you have Yahoo!Messenger or Gmail chat, we can talk there! When I'm not at work, because work blocks about 90% of my social networking. I can't even look at my LJ friends page. It's weird.

[identity profile] quickreaver.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
My email addy is alizarin_griffin@yahoo.com and I usually use AIM when I have to chat up somebody (which isn't often because then I get NOTHING else done!), but I can install either Messenger or Gmail chat as needed. Pick your poison!

[identity profile] ratherastory.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome. I got home too late to do anything about it last night (worked a 16-hour shift, bleh), but I'll try to ping you when I'm home tonight.

This is exciting!

Also, if I had to pick, Y!M is your best bet. I have something like AIM (iCHat) but it's unreliable.

[identity profile] quickreaver.livejournal.com 2011-01-19 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry I wasn't around last night; I wasn't feeling up to snuff and crashed early, but I'll try again this evening. I'll install Y!M and let you know my user name when I figure it out!

[identity profile] ratherastory.livejournal.com 2011-01-19 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
No worries. I wasn't around much either. Work was brutal this week. :)

[identity profile] quickreaver.livejournal.com 2011-01-20 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
I hear you on the brutal work week. Don't they know we have serious hobbies to cultivate?? Anywho, I installed Y!Messenger. Look for 'alizarin_griffin'. I'll try to be around in the evenings.