Eden

Big Bangs I'm participating in, or thinking of participating in:
-au_bigbang: Beta'd. [15,000 word minimum.]
-hardmode: Planning stage. (Not signed up yet.) [10,000 word minimum.]
-kinked: Planned and titled. [10,000 word minimum.]
-ladiesbigbang: Planned. [15,000 word minimum.]
-scifibigbang: Planned. [25,000 word minimum.]
-sncross_bigbang: Beta'd. [15,000 word minimum.]
-spn_j2_bigbang: Beta'd. [20,000 word minimum.]

Due dates:
-April 1st: ladiesbigbang sign-ups begin.
-April 3rd: kinked sign-ups begin.
-April 6th: au_bigbang rough drafts due.
-April 9th: sncross_bigbang rough drafts due.
-April 12th: hardmode sign-ups begin.
-April 27th: au_bigbang posting date selection begins.
-May 1st: spn_j2_bigbang rough drafts due.
-May 3rd: sncross_bigbang final drafts due.
-May 4th: au_bigbang posting begins.
-May 10th: sncross_bigbang posting begins.
-June 1st: ladiesbigbang check-in, a third completed is recommended.
-June 7th: spn_j2_bigbang posting begins.
-June 15th: hardmode check-in.
-July 1st: ladiesbigbang check-in, two thirds completed is recommended.
-July 30th: hardmode writing period ends.
-July 31st: scifibigbang writing period ends. kinked writing period ends. hardmode rough draft due.
-August 1st: ladiesbigbang rough draft due.
-August 15th - August 31st: scifibigbang posting schedule announced.
-September 1st: kinked posting period starts, ladiesbigbang final draft due. hardmode posting begins.
-September 10th: ladiesbigbang posting begins.

I haven't updated properly about progress in a while, so here goes. The SPN/J2 Big Bang fic has progressed no further than a handful of paragraphs. I've decided that my approach to it is no good, and sometime today I'm going to fit in sitting down and working it all out, including making sure there's an actual plot.

Proving that that method works for me is the AU Big Bang, which only needed to hit 15k words and is, in fact, closer to 20k, at around 18.5k, and bound to get a bit longer when I do last edits. Which, yes, I am trying to say it's finished. And edited, somewhat. It acquired a title in a burst of inspiration just before bed the night before I finished it, which is unusual for me. The title is "Right Where We Belong", but it should also be affectionately known as "The One In Which Hugs Saved The World". That isn't a joke. Hugs save the world, and everyone (except the demons) gets some hugging time. It ended up being genfic (I thought for a while it might be Dean/Castiel) and involves Ellen and Jo both being badass. Ruby even gets a line or two.

I have also jokingly created drinking game rules for it, which I think I'll post as a promo, nearer the time, like I posted the author's fanmix for the kink_bigbang fic.

The SPN Crossover Big Bang still has no title, but we'll see. I need to add 300 words of padding to satisfy the mods, since it came in juuust under 15k.

I've also signed up for scifibigbang, and am eyeing kinked and hardmode. I'm doing an apocalyptic Firefly fic for the SF/F Big Bang, dunno what I'm doing for kinked, and the FFX-2 cyberpunk AU for hardmode. In theory.

(And by the way, if anyone wants an DW invite code or a couple of codes, you just need to ask me. I give mine out randomly on twitter, so I am obviously not averse to handing them out to relative strangers.)