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THE LAST DAY GUYS

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Every April 30th, like clockwork.

At least I know that the people of tumblr will never let me down.

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Every year

[rarelywritten]

The rarelywritten 2015 archive is LIVE!

The rarelywritten 2015 archive is LIVE! CHECK IT OUT We have 93 stories in 112 fandoms, all featuring rarely written characters of underrepresented genders and sexes. Be sure to kudo, comment, and rec – if you make a rec post to this comm, or link us to one on your own journal, we’ll repost and approve it! Thank you for participating, and double thank you to all of the pinch hitters! *scurries off to read!*

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rarelywritten mod post

Tomorrow it will be a week since the stories went up, and this is your friendly mod-reminder to leave a comment on the fic that was written for you as a gift.  If there's a reason that you can't/don't want to comment, please, get in touch with the mods and we will do our best to accommodate you.

This is also good preparation for next year, when we will be introducing a new requirement for the challenge:  you'll be required to comment on the fic written for you and failing to comment will be grounds for ineligibility for the following year. 

The only exception to this would be if the fic written for you specifically uses things you outlined as squicks/triggers, or is in another ways racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic/etc.    We will also work to accommodate you if you have issues with anxiety re: commenting, and work with you. 

This is one of those things that was always understood to be a requirement for an exchange, but we have had some issues with it the past few years, and it's something that should've been a part of the rules already and now will be in the future.

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The rarelywritten 2015 archive is LIVE! CHECK IT OUT We have 93 stories in 112 fandoms, all featuring rarely written characters of underrepresented genders and sexes. Be sure to kudo, comment, and rec -- if you make a rec post to this comm, or link us to one on your own journal, we'll repost and approve it! Thank you for participating, and double thank you to all of the pinch hitters! *scurries off to read!*

[rarelywritten]

Archive Opens... SOON

Welcome to the last day of April. That means our archive will go LIVE in three days, on May 3! If everything appears ready to go, we'll open as soon as possible on that day, and so far we seem on track to go live then! Pinch hitters: Keep going! If you are coming against any issues, email me asap! All other participants: If you haven't already, take a final look at your story. Make any last-minute edits, or changes that a beta got back to you after the deadline. Make sure to hit PUBLISH rather than Save as Draft, because we want everyone to see your lovely finished work! If you have the weekend free and would like to write some mini gifts (of any length, really), the collection is open for stories! Thank you all so much!

[rarelywritten]

T-Minus 2 Hours

...and counting. We have roughly 20 stories outstanding, and of those, have heard from just over 10 authors. CHECK YOUR UPLOAD: IF YOU HIT PREVIEW RATHER THAN PUBLISH, YOUR STORY IS NOT IN THE ARCHIVE. Your story is a DRAFT and will be sent out for pinch hit as it is not readable by your assignee! (I know this is the case for at least two or three submissions!) Also, you still have time to email me (broken record: aphrodite.mine at gmail) and cover yourself if you might run a little late. We'll close submissions a bit after midnight and sometime tomorrow I'll be sending out any/all pinch hits. If you'd like to be on that list, email me as well! THANK you to all those who have submitted and pinch-hitted so far. WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU!

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RW IS DUE TONIGHT

if you encounter any issues, email aphrodite.mine at gmail

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Hi! Reminder that rarelywritten is DUE on SATURDAY. THIS SATURDAY. APRIL 25. Midnight CST.

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Hello!

Today is the last day you can default from this year's rarelywritten  exchange without being penalized for next year. So, look at where you stand and your availability for the next week and consider what's best for your recipient -- if you default, you may still finish a story, but a pinch hitter will ensure that they have a story on time. Stories are due on April 25 -- that, again, is one week from now. We'll hopefully go live one week after that, assuming there aren't many last-minute drops and no-shows. If you have any questions or problems, send me an email aphrodite_mine at gmail or leave a comment at the comment post and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

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(re)cs(re)mixes(re)pods

A fest celebrating podfics about under-represented genders

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ABOUT

Things will happen in this fest! And they will be awesome. On April 18, sign-up announcements will go up simultaneously on Dreamwidth and on Tumblr.  Announcements will also be given a signal boost on Twitter.

(re) is a two-pronged challenge celebrating existing podfics about characters who have under-represented genders or sexes (or for characters with no gender at all - but more on how we define the idea later). Participants can sign up for Week One or for Week Two, or if they’re really ambitious, both.

Week One (May 18-22), is all about the straight rec: think podfic-love, think rec sets, think amplirecathon. Week Two (25-29) is the same, but with a twist. You’ll only rec one podfic at a time but you’ll also be repodding or remixing it. We’re not setting a lot of rules on what we mean by “remix” but it has to have a both a storytelling element and an audio element (but not necessarily words). You can check out fire_juggler’s post for some ideas about how a podfic might be remixed, but don’t feel limited to it. Leave a comment, send an ask, or email us with any questions!

Because remixing podfic is a new thing, we understand that permissions are tricky.  We ask all of you to hold to your fandoms’ etiquette about permissions.

WHAT ARE “UNDER-REPRESENTED GENDERS AND SEXES?” We mean any character of any gender that tends not to get a lot of play in fandom. The list includes, but is not limited to characters who are: trans women, agender, genderqueer, demigender, genderfluid, trans men, cis women, bigender, trigender, pangender, two-spirit, intersex. (Hat tip to the rarelywritten community for coining “underrepresented genders and sexes”. We couldn’t top it.)

Please know that we don’t require that the character identify as one of these genders or sexes in canon, just that they do so in the story. Check out  exmanhater’s meta on “Rule 63 and femslash within fandom” for more on why we’re allowing Rule 63.

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Hi friends!

Hopefully you have started at least brainstorming about your rarelywritten fic! 

Stories are due on April 25, and you have until April 18 to drop without penalty for whatever reason.

If you feel ahead of schedule, check out the dear author letters and consider writing a treat or two -- these can be uploaded in the main collection.

If you have any questions or issues that arise, here again is the comment post, or you may email me at aphrodite.mine at gmail.com

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Hi! I'm your Rarely Written author and I just want you to know that I am so excited to get to work on your story! Seriously I wish I didn't have to work today so I could get started on it right now! Have a good day!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!

I always forget in fic exchanges the exchange part, which means k get one too! I get so focused on writing I forget someone is doing it for me and I get SO HAPPY every time I remember!

So thanks, author! I hope your day is fantastic!

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Assignments coming soon

Matches look good! Between a 12-hour delay, traveling out of country, and sickness, we still hope to get assignments out this weekend, barring any last minute issues.

Remember to write your dear author letter if you didn't include details in your sign-up (and even if you did!) and link to it at this post

Any issues or questions? take it to the comment post

We WILL have some pinch hits up front, so if you haven't signed up for that email list and want to, leave your email here

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Good News

While sign-ups were scheduled to end tomorrow 3-1, my co-mod prozacpark will be afk, and since she handles AO3,

we'll be keeping sign-ups OPEN until 3-3 at midnight CST!

That means if you've been debating what to offer and request, you have a few more hours. And if you're just tuning in, you still have time to join us!If you've already signed up, check out the sign up summary and 1) offer needy fandoms, 2) switch requests in needy fandoms to fandoms more likely to be matched on. & tell your friends! We're running pretty low numbers at present, and matches and a successful exchange are much more likely with more participants! 

Here's the relevant links

Sign Up Here

Check out Tag Set

Sign Up Summary

Author Letters

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Sign-ups are goooooo!

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prepping for sign-ups

Unless there are more fixes to be made, the tag set is complete and correct for 2015 and you can -- and should -- take a moment to plan out your sign-ups, or even start drafting a dear author letter.

From the FAQ; sign-ups have two portions

Requests:

Choose three to six fandoms and "Any" or one to ten characters per fandom from the nomination set

Include details you would like to see and/or a link to an author's letter

Offers:

Choose three to ten fandoms and "Any" or one to twenty characters per fandom from the nomination set

Please err on the side of requesting and offering as MANY characters as you feel comfortable with, as options make matching easier. Matching is also done via OR match rather than AND, and therefore listing many characters opens you up to more potential matches.

Link to the tag set

Link to the nominations fix post

Have a lovely weekend, see you tomorrow with the information on sign-ups!