Flist weeding and ficathons
Jun. 26th, 2017 21:38![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mimmI went through my LJ flist earlier today and took out accounts that haven't been updated in literally years. In the occasion that there was a very shy lurker still reading but not updating, and said lurker wants access to my updates, drop me a note somewhere.
I thought about a couple fic exchanges, but it's looking like a no for both. I like the idea of the first one, but I'm not totally in love with the execution, so I should probably skip it. No point in stressing myself with something I'm not sure of right from the start.
Then, I was looking forward to doing Rare Pair Fest again, but I didn't nominate anything myself this time. Now I can't find a nice lot of fandoms and pairings I'm comfortable with writing. Since these are all other people's nominations, it means they're things they want to read, so offering my fandoms wouldn't have helped much. They would've been things I'd like to read or write, not things others really desire to read. So it looks like I'll just wait and see if people write the few lovely things for others so I can read them and skip the writing part.
I'm not saying I can't write anything outside a challenge, but I've found they push me to write when I don't necessarily feel like it. Also, you know, the prompts. They give ideas, new perspectives, and good excuses to watch or read something again. I still have a couple days left. I suppose I could go with the minimum of three offers and three requests. I'd prefer to max out both, just to give and have options, but the minimums are there for a reason, right?
I thought about a couple fic exchanges, but it's looking like a no for both. I like the idea of the first one, but I'm not totally in love with the execution, so I should probably skip it. No point in stressing myself with something I'm not sure of right from the start.
Then, I was looking forward to doing Rare Pair Fest again, but I didn't nominate anything myself this time. Now I can't find a nice lot of fandoms and pairings I'm comfortable with writing. Since these are all other people's nominations, it means they're things they want to read, so offering my fandoms wouldn't have helped much. They would've been things I'd like to read or write, not things others really desire to read. So it looks like I'll just wait and see if people write the few lovely things for others so I can read them and skip the writing part.
I'm not saying I can't write anything outside a challenge, but I've found they push me to write when I don't necessarily feel like it. Also, you know, the prompts. They give ideas, new perspectives, and good excuses to watch or read something again. I still have a couple days left. I suppose I could go with the minimum of three offers and three requests. I'd prefer to max out both, just to give and have options, but the minimums are there for a reason, right?
