#fix exchange

I'm currently running an exchange for the one year since the release of Bohemian Rhapsody (film) over on @oneyearborhapexchange to celebrate the film, the cast, and the band Queen itself.

Sign ups are open until July 23rd!

I can now confirm the schedule for this year. The only change from the previous schedule is that signups will open two days earlier to accommodate my rl schedule; all the other dates have remained the same:

Signups begin: July 12 Signups end: July 29 Signups out by: August 5 Assignments due: September 9 Collection goes live: September 16 Remixers revealed: September 23

Madness signups begin: July 30 Madness goes live: September 17 Madness closes/remixers revealed: September 24

Here are the current changes/issues expected for this year's round: Rule changes - There are two minor changes to the exchange rules for the 2018 round. The first is that participants will be allowed to denote a safe pseud, as long as it is pre-existing. The second is that if you offer an umbrella tag and have no possible recipients, I will automatically change your offers to include any individual tag beneath that umbrella, without emailing you to ask about it. Mod availability - I will be out of town for the first week of signups (hence signups opening on the 12th instead of the 14th as previously planned). If you ask a question with a brief answer, I will be able to respond on my phone; if you ask a question requiring a more involved answer, it may have to wait until the 21st or 22nd. AO3 bugs - AO3 currently has a bug where some works posted to anonymous collections don't show as anon. To avoid this bug, you should post your work as a DRAFT. When viewing the draft, if it says Anonymous [YOURNAME], you are safe to post it. If it only says YOURNAME, please wait 12 hours to give me time to see it on my own. If it's still not correct by then, email me at [email protected] so I can fix it behind the scenes. (If posting on September 9 or later, please poke me immediately instead of waiting.) I will post approximately 1 million reminders about this one as we go on.

The rule changes are open for discussion until signups open on July 12. Safe pseuds are being added by request, on a trial basis; if they become an issue, they'll be removed if I run the exchange in 2019. As for not emailing people if I have to change their offers, the people I had to email last year mostly seemed to think that I was going to change their offers as needed anyway, so I may as well save myself a step during an already hectic period. I'm open to adding/changing other rules if I think it would benefit the exchange, but again, any discussion must happen prior to July 12.

Welcome to the HL Historical Fic-Exchange of 2017. Below you will find information regarding the challenge; any other residing questions may be forwarded to the askbox of the exchange Tumblr. Happy writing!

What is a Fic Exchange?

A fic exchange is essentially where people, such as yourself, sign up to write fics for each other based on prompts provided by the person they are assigned. It remains an anonymous exchange until we reveal the writers, like a Secret Santa, and often has a theme, like summer, autumn, winter, etc.

Tentative Schedule (*Subject to change.)

Sign-ups open: April 2nd, 2017

Sign-ups close: May 2nd, 2017

Assignments due: September 1st, 2017

Reveals: September 5th, 2017

Requirements:

Please include a minimum of three prompts when you are signing up. This is to ensure that everyone has a few options for plots when writing for their assignments.

The minimum word count for your fic is 5,000 words.

If you have already signed up and end up realizing that you cannot complete a 5,000 word fic in time or you have to withdraw for some other reason, please contact us and let us know as soon as possible and as far in advance as you can so we can deal with the situation in a timely manner.

This fic exchange is anonymous, so please don't ruin it by telling people who you're writing for, talking publicly about your fic, or revealing your identity before the scheduled author reveal.

Make sure to be specific when tagging what you want in your fic and what you are and are not willing to write when you are signing up. We want to make sure everyone is comfortable with their given prompts and want to run into as little problems as possible when assigning people.

Fics must be beta'd and proofread before you submit them.

Keep Larry as the main pairing.

Betas, Britpickers, and Pinch-hitters:

A beta is someone who will look over your fic for you and edit or help with particular elements of the work, such as grammar, spelling, plot, character development, etc. A britpicker is someone who will look over your fic and basically make sure it sounds British. This is not necessary if your characters are American or something. A pinch-hitter is someone who volunteers to be available to write a fic for the exchange if someone drops out. After assignments have been sent out to everyone participating in the fic exchange, we will be compiling a list of people willing to beta or britpick fics for the writers, most likely sometime in early December. You can sift through this list and find someone you would want to look over your fic for you, then contact them.

***If you are interested in volunteering to be a beta, britpicker, or pinch-hitter, please fill out this form.***

Signing up and Contact:

Sign-ups open April 2nd, 2017 and can be completed at the exchange collection page located here. You can contact us via email at: [email protected], or through our askbox.