GDI, I was optimistic, too

[ratherastory]

I have to drop a BB. I just found out that there is a strong possibility that I will have to move before my lease expires August 31st.

I'm working a ton of OT in July, leaving for a weekend in mid-August, and THEN going to Vancouver for the last week of August. Most of that is non-negotiable.

There is no way I can pack, apartment/house-hunt, work all my OT, leave town, and get all my BBs written in that time.

So I'm dropping thebigbangjob. It's the one I have the fewest ideas for (I have a premise but no plot) and it's 20k less I have to worry about. I can write my Sam/Dean Minibang in a couple of big pushes since it's all planned out, and that leaves me the rest of the time to write my Dean/Cas BB.

I am sad about this, but there's no way I can do all the rest and keep my sanity.


On a different note, thank you to jesseofthenorth for the lovely virtual prezzie! \o/

Comments

[dante-s-hell.livejournal.com]

Aw, sweetie, when things converge all of a sudden something has to give. Save your Leverage bb for another time and try not to get too stressed out about stuff. Good luck with the house/apartment hunting!

*Hugs*

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'll probably write the story when I have spare time and not stress about the length. I can use it more as a character study and that way I avoid all the extra problems I was having trying to come up with a plot. ;)

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I'm sorry...

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Not the end of the world. Sometimes RL throws you curveballs.

[icanhazpie.livejournal.com]

S'ok. *pets* You know all the big fic comms assume a ten percent author loss, as meatworld obligations/writers block/fandom politics take over.

Good luck on apartment hunting. I really hate moving, so you have my utmost sympathies.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm disappointed, but it's not like I'm actively letting anyone down. I am dropping out before any artists have the chance to be disappointed.

I will still write the story, just not under a BB deadline, and it might end up shorter as a result.

[icanhazpie.livejournal.com]

I think you did the right thing. As soon as you saw a conflict, you stepped up and let the mods know. It bites, but you've got that at least.

On a happier note, Vancouver is lovely in August.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm kind of bummed, but c'est la vie. I'm looking forward to VanCon, though!

[yasminke.livejournal.com]

Icon says it all.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

*hugs you back*

I love Get Fuzzy. :D

[yasminke.livejournal.com]

I luvs hugs.

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

It feels like crap when you have to admit you just cannot meet a fic deadline.
It has happened to me precisely once and I get how much it sucks.

It really bites that you'll have to move right in the middle of this all :(

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

It's happened to me more than a few times by now, though never on a challenge when I was writing for someone else. I don't feel as bad dropping out of a Big Bang way before deadline, because no one is really counting on me to produce a story for them.

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

A BB is different not really gonna wreck anyones day if you bow out.
I have stayed up all night to finish a challenge-fic that was being stubborn. I would rather miss sleep than disappoint someone who is waiting on a fic.

Still it isn't very happy making to drop a BB.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

It's really not happy-making, no, and I hear you on staying up to finish challenge-fic, though. I hate disappointing people who are waiting on me.

[primrose-1.livejournal.com]

I think you're being very smart. Good for you! Good luck with the move! I hope to never ever move again until I break a hip and have to go to a nursing home, and that BETTER be a long time from now!