Rikkai exchange

[firstlight]

The world went all spinny this morning, and my first thought was "Oh shit! The illness, it hasn't gone away!" And it wasn't until some time later that I realised: I have only successfully eaten once since Monday morning. It is now Wednesday. Of course the world will be going all spinny. *facepalm*

*munches on toast with marmite*


But the main point of this entry is: Hi! Rikkai fic exchange! Thoughts so far:

1. Anon fic exchange. Not art, because though I'd kind of like to, I think it's probably one extra headache I could do without for sorting out assignments and so on.

2. 1000 words or over. (I'm sorry - I think a couple of people were interested in something with a lower word limit. Maybe try drabble_rikkai? There is also rikkai_shorts, but that does also have a 1000 word lower limit, it just also has a 2000 word upper limit. I think. If I'm reading right. See above regarding lack of food. *g*)

3. This exchange is purely Rikkai-centric. Other schools can make cameos, sure, but it's about Rikkai. So fic in which members of Seigaku appear as side characters is cool, but fic about Sanada/Atobe or Marui/Jirou or whatever other cross-school pairing you can think of is out.

4. I have a comm grabbed - the oh-so-imaginative rikkai_exchange. I have done nothing to it so far. See poll regarding layout help, because frankly, the things baffle me. If anyone has a copy of the Rikkai logo lurking around on their computer somewhere that'd be shiny and helpful, too, by the way.

I think I should have enough help with actually running the thing. We'll see. XD;

5. Age limit - I'm rather inclined to have one. I know this'll exclude people, yeah, even some people who are really good writers, but those of you who are are perhaps not overly typical for your age and you kind of need a certain amount of maturity to take part in something like this, IMO. I'm not saying you guys don't have it but I'm saying a lot of people your age might not, if you see what I mean, and saying "yes, I'll let you write because I know you and trust you" would be even less fair than blanket exclusion. See poll, anyway. If you find this vastly offensive, just vote and tell me so. I'll still love you. *g*

6. Running times & organisation - I want to open sign-ups fairly soon, close them in May (early/mid), and give out assignments quickly after that. You then have a good clear run of about three months to write, and assignments are due in August. Fic is posted through late August/early September, by myself or one of my partners in crime if I should by some miracle manage to be in Japan at any point around then.

7. Signups will be along much the same lines as other recent PoT exchanges, I think, unless anyone has other especially shiny ideas. If you're not sure what I mean, have a look at the sign-up post for tenifriends as an example of the general setup. Not the specific content of the sign-up form, though.

Poll time.

[Poll #964206]

Add whatever other thoughts you have in comments. I've probably forgotten a million and one things, to be quite honest, because I'm not at my most alert right now. But hey. This post is for further testing of waters, mostly.

*leaves public so other people can jump in on discussions if they want*

Comments

[giving-ground.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I said that. If I didn't, I really, really meant to. Pairings have to be Rikkai-only, yeah.

[giving-ground.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sorry. You must be heartbroken. ;D