Snupin Santa (snupin_santa) wrote in lupin_snape, @ 2007-11-30 10:34:00 |
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Entry tags: | snupin santa 2007 |
Snupin Santa: pre-Fest business
Tomorrow is the big day! For some of you in other parts of the world, it may already be December 1 or close to it, and I apologize for the delay, but it's not December 1 for (Mrs.) Snupin Santa Claus yet. I promise I'll stay up and post the first story at midnight my time, however, because I'm just as eager to launch this year's Fest as you guys are. *G*
There are just a few things I want to go over before we get started.
First, let me remind anyone who has not used eFiction before and might have missed my post the first time around, if you don't like the look of the site, you can change it. There are detailed instructions on how to change the appearance of the site temporarily or permanently here. There are five other "skins" to choose from, so everyone should be able to find something they like or at least can live with if they don't like the default skin for whatever reason, but if not, they're welcome to go out, find an eFiction 3.0 skin they do like, and send me the zip file of it.
Next, unless I need a pinch hitter, I will not be posting Snupin Santa updates or gift links to the LJ community. As of December 1, all Snupin Santa activity will switch to the Fest website with gift announcements posted to lupin_snape on Insanejournal. All Fest-related news will be posted to the News section of the website (scroll down until you see the red bar reading "Site News"). The most recent news posts will be on the main page, and all news posts, including older ones, will be in the News archive.
The gifts posted most recently will appear on the main page (scroll down until you see the red bar reading "Most Recent"), and all gifts posted within the last 7 days will appear on the Recently Added page. All gifts posted for the 2007 fest will appear on the Snupin Santa 2007 category page.
I will post gift announcements on lupin_snape on Insanejournal (yes, with links included). If you don't want to visit IJ, you can keep up with the gift announcements via the lupinsnape_ij feed on your LJ flist or you can check the website.
Unfortunately, the syndicated feed I created for the Fest website doesn't work. I tried three different URLs without success, so I give up. If anyone wants to undertake the task of creating a working feed of the Snupin Santa Fest website, be my guest. Drop me an email with the link if you get it to work, and I'll let everyone know, but please do not comment or email suggestions on how to fix it to me. While I'm happy to add it as an option if someone else makes it work, I don't have the time or inclination to keep messing with it myself.
All gift announcements, regardless of rating, will appear on lupin_snape on IJ, not divided between lupin_snape and bymoonlight. I've been given special dispensation by lore to post gift announcements to lupin_snape even though R and NC17 material isn't allowed there under normal circumstances. So basically, you can keep up with the fest one of three ways:
Snupin Santa Fest website
lupin_snape on Insanejournal
the lupinsnape_ij feed on LJ
I think that should be flexible and convenient enough for everyone.
As I've said before, anonymous commenting is allowed at the website, so you don't need to register and/or log in to access the gifts or leave feedback there for our lovely authors and artists. Certainly I encourage people to register because it allows you to customize the website for your viewing convenience and gives you the option of being notified when someone replies to your comments, but it isn't necessary.
NOTE TO PARTICIPANTS:
1) Once the gift you created is posted, whether it's a story or art, if there are any changes needed in the header information, please email me the necessary info at snupin_santa @ yahoo.com, and I'll make the corrections or additions asap. If you don't receive a response within 24 hours or so, try scribbulusink @ gmail.com. This includes things like genre, additional pairings, warnings, etc. I went with what was in the header provided to me and what I could glean from looking over the story or art, but my guess might not be what you want, and sometimes, I didn't make a guess at all and left things blank.
2) Writers might also want to check the text of their story to make certain it's all there. I double-checked to make certain there weren't copy/paste errors when uploading long stories, but accidents happen.
3) DO NOT leave any comments on IJ or the website that might reveal who you are! This is an anonymous exchange, and we want to keep everyone guessing until the master list is posted in January. I'm not sure if you can answer feedback comments anonymously on the website, so you might have to wait until January to reply, but I'm sure in the interest of maintaining the anonymous fun, no one will be offended by the lack of a speedy response.
4) I still have a couple of people who are not pinch hitters and who have not submitted their gift yet. You have until midnight to get it to me; if not, you're out of the Fest. You've had all of September, October, and November to get it done, and I'm not giving anyone who is not a pinch hitter any extensions into December.
That's all our preliminary business out of the way, so all that's left now is to wait for the Snupin Santa sleigh to arrive! There will be over 90 new RL/SS stories and graphics posted between December 1-31 - all eras, all ratings, threesomes, long stories, short stories, smutty art, sweet art, romance, dark themes, holiday cheer, tear jerkers, and happy endings. No matter what flavor of Snupin is your favorite, I guarantee there will be something for everyone!
Ho ho ho!
Snupin Santa