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[oyceter]

Not sleeping because... er, I am stupid.

Sigh.

I really really really want to sign up for this -- it's a Tales of the Slayer ficathon in which you can request specific historical eras and stuff! But then, I would have to write something. And now I worry about getting the historical period wrong, and the fact that, well, I don't really write fiction much at all (few fanfic attempts here and there, mostly long buried).

But, oh, the shiny pretty concept!

Plus, then I would be "forced" to do historical research, which is always fun.

But the writing...

Comments

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

Oh, I couldn't stay away from this ficathon. The requests are smart and imaginative, and the time given is long enough to come up with something. I suppose, you can state which period and region you'd love/hate to write.

[oyceter]

OOoo, I know! But then, I would feel sort of bad assigning someone something on Meiji Japan or the like because I would be so picky! So currently I am contemplating Africa, because I know nothing about it and would like to learn.

[oyceter]

Um, I don't know if I enjoy it! Heh heh... I do it at times, but I can never tell if I am ok or just abominably horrid.

Oh, but I might end up taking you up on the beta offer!! Thanks!

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

I do quite enough research for every bloody thing i write, and once i finish everything i owe now i'm done with ficathons [other people's requests, and on a deadline to boot] for a while, but if you truy enjoy historical research, go for it. One wonderful thing about ficathons is that since you're given an assignment and a deadline, there isn't the pressure to have an amazing endproduct like there might be with someone that's wholly your own vision and your own timetable and all that.

[oyceter]

My problem sometimes can be that I get so caught up in the research that I forget to begin writing ;). I think I might dip my toe in and try... hrm.