anaisonfire

I'm mostly posting this here for bragging rights and not because I think anyone will see it, but:

(Vain much? Whispers a ghost. Bastard.)

His face is his face: normal, pre-stage makeup, tired Kerry Eurodyne. He’s not sure what he’s even searching for. Some sign of… what? The rising legend of the Eurodyne brand? Whatever all those people out there see and go nuts for? (The look of a sellout?)

He definitely should’ve caught more sleep last night. But what’s the point of being a rockstar if you don’t make one or two or a hundred terrible life choices while you’re at it?

This is a snippet of the fic I wrote for the Eurotour fanzine (tumblr / twitter), a zine focused on Kerry Eurodyne from Cyberpunk 2077.

Pre-orders are open NOW until 29th of September! We have 5 different tiers, containing in various configurations digital copy only, a physical book (82 PAGES!) and a whole BUNCH of amazing merch, like stickers, prints, a charm, a button, and a standee!

This is mostly to get my thoughts out & coherent. Maybe I'll think of something else while writing it out XD (opinions welcome, one person who's likely to see this and know what i'm talking about)

Okay so. The main problem I have with this is still art. On the one hand, including artists would be a great thing. Many of them in this fandom, obviously. I've even got min reqs (likely, subject to change):

Art pieces must be new and original, i.e. created specifically for the gift recipient. Both digital and traditional art is allowed. Art doesn't need to be fully colored but should look finished - no WIPs! In the case of traditional art, it can't be on lined paper and the quality of the digital picture must not be so bad as to not be recognizable (i.e. no blurry pictures).

Art styles vary a lot so I can't really make it more specific than that but I think it works fine. People can ask if they need clarification lol.

There still remains the question of pinch hitters though. I couldn't do ph art, no matter how much I might want to. I think the only way to get around that is to ask around on tumblr and discord and collect interested parties. I think having 3 or 4 ph for art would be enough. And obviously people will be allowed to be both participants and phs, or just phs if they don't want to participate.

And I'm thinking 3-4 phs for for writing, as well. I'm good but I'm not so good that I could bang out several fics on short notice XD /deliberately doesn't look at the dozen prompts sitting in my tumblr inbox for months

The writing min reqs will mirror the art ones:

The minimum wordcount is 1000 words. All fics must be new and original, i.e. created specifically for the gift recipient. The fic cannot be a sequel to another fic or part of a series or specific AU of yours that the recipient did not request.

Tbh I'm still not sure if I want it to be 500 words or 1000 words. 500 feels like... too little? But then I think about pinch hits and *sweats*. I'm leaning towards 1k for now.

Also people will be able to specify if they'd be open to receiving art, fic, or if either is fine. Pinch hitter would also be good here, in case there's people who I can't match bc of not enough offers. Unlikely, since a lot of people would probably go for 'either is good' (again: so much good art! and who tf joins an exchange if they don't like fic lol). And I can also always ask people if they'd reconsider requesting only one thing if I can't find anyone to write/draw for them.

As for offers and requests, I was thinking of making listing at least 2-3 characters/ships for both categories a requirement but I reconsidered - lots of people are likely only writing for one pairing, and I don't wanna exclude them. (Pinch hitters needed again!) I should also explicitly tell people that if they request, say, "Kerry Eurodyne" they will only get matched with someone offering him as a character and not anyone offering "Kerry/V", so they should be specific about what they want and are offering.

And then you've got DNWs - must remember to explain what a DNW is! And to remind people that if they don't specify a DNW there's nothing I can do about it if they get fic/art they don't vibe with!

I'll also add optional 'Likes' and 'Prompts' sections (this is all happening over google forms, I'm not strong enough to use AO3 for matching). Likes for people to go in detail about what they like, either in general or specifically about whatever characters/ships they're requesting. And Prompts if they've got anything in specific they'd like to see. (Must also remember to emphasize that Optional Means Optional and just bc they prompted/said they like something doesn't mean they'll for sure get that.)

As for dates, I think a creating period of two-ish months (November and December) will be good, especially since there's one month overlap with the Big Bang and December is busy for a lot of people. (Having a wordcount of 1000 words feels better with this timeline, ngl.) Posting will be from the 28th to the 31st (timezone pending decision). I want a long sign up period, so all of October goes to that. I think I'll start advertising/looking for PHs in late August and through September.

Also I should definitely find one or two mods for discord, to help with community wrangling. And also finish setting up the discord itself... Make a logo/profile pic...

Lots of work still! Think this is all though. (Holy shit how did this get so long.)

Did I write all of this out to avoid working on my Big Bang idea or my Press Start assignment? Maybe. Maybe. But hey, Jedi: Fallen Order is downloaded now and I've managed to get a coherent idea for the santa (I keep. wanting to abbreviate secret santa but uhhhhh shouldn't do that lol) down! Productive morning!

Well, it's a day and a bit to my next exam and all I've been thinking about is fandom events 😂 Go me 😂

Anyway, I signed up for a thing! Saw that fandomgiftbox looked very fun and not super high-effort and thankfully, the sign ups were (are, until the 21st) open! Yay! Also realized that it took me 4 hours to actually complete the sign up which was... a lot. But also definitely On Me for asking for eight fandoms with a whole bunch of ships in them XD Absolutely can't wait! Though thankfully the actual deadline is way later into the year, since I accidentally-on-purpose made June-July very busy both irl and fandom-wise!

Other than that though, I've been contemplating for a while running a secret santa for Cyberpunk 2077 this year and I think I'm finally starting to figure out the details (terrific timing, brain). Mostly putting it here so I can easily find it later.

I've been looking at having and fic and fanart as options for people to receive, since there are So Many Good Artists in this fandom and also not that many writers. I'm leaning towards a min of 1000 words or flat colors for art with no set maximum. And for a tentative schedule I think October sign ups and then giving people the next two months to do their thing and having posting be between 28th and 31st December would be good. Mostly I'd need to figure out artist pinch hitter/s because I definitely can't do that on my own & also wtf to do if an uneven number of people sign up. Maybe in that case I could join to even out the numbers? Need to ask more experienced people...

LOL literally as I was about to post this another exchange caught my eye... press_start_comm might be the reason I actually figure out the AO3 challenge forms 😂

Realized the original post is too wordy for a quick intro so here we go again:

Ana, 21, she/her; wordy but INconsistent posting; I write fic

Fandoms list, not complete: Star Wars (Prequel Era/Clone Wars, specifically the Jedi & the clones), Tolkien (mostly the Silmarillion; Noldor/the Feanorians), Dragon Age, Cyberpunk 2077, Mass Effect Trilogy

Read the other 'about' entry for a more talkative introduction.

Feel free to talk to me/comment, even if we don't know each other!! It'd be good to have people to talk with 😊