Big fan of the single reveal date myself. I understand why some people prefer the other way (it's all personal choice!), but I got into fests on the Yuletide pattern, so I like the 'piles of fic, can't see own feet, send help food and reading light.'
Mmm, mini-fest. The more I think about it, the more I like it! Plus, the whole 'zomg, more mini-fic fun' is totally addictive. There's so much damn anticipation built up at the end of a fest that you could cut your teeth on it. I'd probably have it run between the time when fics are due and when fics are revealed. So, it would tap into that whole 'holy cow, fics are in' and the whole 'I can't wait for reveals to go up,' as well as let people who are done or didn't want to do sign-ups participate in another thing about the fest.
Example timeline:
Fics are due on the 10th. Mini-fest stars on the 12th. All reveals of the exchange and mini-fest go up on the 20th. Authors are revealed on the 27th.
I'd love to do art, but unless there's an AO3 option, it won't happen in the 2011 fest. I super hard-core <3 the tumblr and DA fanart crowd, but unless it's built into the AO3 system, it would totally bork the AO3 matching process and requesting process, because I couldn't do posting for visual artists through the AO3 code, since hosting would have to be on a completely separate site. It would require a separate set of moddly duties to start dealing with things like paying for hosting and who has control/access to that other site, which is really something I don't want to touch. D:
I really love the idea, but unless AO3 has it in code by January, it would probably be closer to running two major parallel exchanges rather than one, and I think I would probably die if I attempted to do that. XD
I did go check the AO3 art FAQ, which is from April 2010, but the OTW news feed seems to suggest that fan-art is totally on the back-burner because fanart is not mentioned as an 'in the works' or 'ready for reveal' item. :(
I definitely hear you on short-fic being something to promote! I love a good short fic. I also admit to loving how AO3 makes you feel all proprietary over gifts, since gifts you get show up on your profile. I think it makes stuff like that mini-fest even more fun, because it's like hand-delivered presents that you can't unwrap until the mods say so. XD
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helpfood and reading light.'Mmm, mini-fest. The more I think about it, the more I like it! Plus, the whole 'zomg, more mini-fic fun' is totally addictive. There's so much damn anticipation built up at the end of a fest that you could cut your teeth on it. I'd probably have it run between the time when fics are due and when fics are revealed. So, it would tap into that whole 'holy cow, fics are in' and the whole 'I can't wait for reveals to go up,' as well as let people who are done or didn't want to do sign-ups participate in another thing about the fest.
Example timeline:
Fics are due on the 10th. Mini-fest stars on the 12th. All reveals of the exchange and mini-fest go up on the 20th. Authors are revealed on the 27th.
I'd love to do art, but unless there's an AO3 option, it won't happen in the 2011 fest. I super hard-core <3 the tumblr and DA fanart crowd, but unless it's built into the AO3 system, it would totally bork the AO3 matching process and requesting process, because I couldn't do posting for visual artists through the AO3 code, since hosting would have to be on a completely separate site. It would require a separate set of moddly duties to start dealing with things like paying for hosting and who has control/access to that other site, which is really something I don't want to touch. D:
I really love the idea, but unless AO3 has it in code by January, it would probably be closer to running two major parallel exchanges rather than one, and I think I would probably die if I attempted to do that. XD
I did go check the AO3 art FAQ, which is from April 2010, but the OTW news feed seems to suggest that fan-art is totally on the back-burner because fanart is not mentioned as an 'in the works' or 'ready for reveal' item. :(
I definitely hear you on short-fic being something to promote! I love a good short fic. I also admit to loving how AO3 makes you feel all proprietary over gifts, since gifts you get show up on your profile. I think it makes stuff like that mini-fest even more fun, because it's like hand-delivered presents that you can't unwrap until the mods say so. XD