Round 51 starts tomorrow!

[lolmac]

Here is the dreadfully belated schedule.  I've had a kind of crazy couple of weeks.

Xavia continues her reign as Imperial Usurper, but everyone can have a go at dethroning her this round!


Beth (lolmac)
Hour 1: first post midnight GMT (8 pm EDT Fri)
Hour 4: last post 3 am GMT (11 pm EDT Fri)

Pitry (pitry) if she’s available; open for usurpation otherwise
Hour 5: first post 4 am GMT (9 pm PDT Fri)
Hour 7: last post 6 am GMT (11 pm PDT Fri)

Verity (agirlnamedtruth)
Hour 8: first post 7 am GMT (8 am BST Sat)
Hour 11: last post 10 am GMT (11 am BST Sat)

Jenni (lullabymoon)
Hour 12: first post 11 am GMT (noon BST Sat)
Hour 14: last post 1 pm GMT (2 pm BST Sat)

Juliet (juliet316)
Hour 15: first post 2 pm GMT (10 am EDT Sat)
Hour 18: last post 5 pm GMT (1 pm EDT Sat)

Xavia (xandromedovna)
Hour 19: first post 6 pm GMT (1 pm CDT Sat)
Hour 21: last post 8 pm GMT (3 pm CDT Sat)

Lothi (lothithil)
Hour 22: first post 9 pm GMT (4 pm CDT Sat)
Hour 25: last post midnight GMT (7 pm CDT Sat)

Open for usurpation! I will cover this shift unless somebody gets there first.
Hour 26: first post 1 am GMT
Hour 29: last post 4 am GMT

Verity (agirlnamedtruth)
Hour 30: first post 5 am GMT Sunday (6 am BST Sun)
Hour 33: last post 8 am GMT Sunday (9 am BST Sun)

Jenni (lullabymoon)
Hour 34: first post 9 am GMT Sunday (10 am BST Sun)
Hour 37: last post noon GMT Sunday (1 pm BST Sat)

Alina (alinaandalion)
Hour 38: first post 1 pm GMT (8 am CDT Sun)
Hour 41: last post 4 pm GMT (11 am CDT Sun)

Xavia (xandromedovna)
Hour 42: first post 5 pm GMT (noon CDT Sun)
Hour 45: last post 8 pm GMT (3 pm CDT Sun)

Beth (lolmac)
Hour 46: first post 9 pm GMT (5 pm EDT Sun)
last post midnight GMT (8 pm EDT Sun)

Comments

[lolmac]

When the round starts,there will be a post here saying "The Round is starting!" But it won't allow you to comment here. Instead, it will point you at the sister comm, fic_rush_48. (You'll probably want to join or at least watch that comm for the duration.)

Starting with Hour 1, every hour more or less on the hour, allowing for distractions and timey-wimeyness, there will be a new hourly post at fic_rush_48. The mod will invite anyone and everyone to post updates -- are they writing, how much did they accomplish in the previous hour, are they baking cookies, what kind, are they falling asleep all over their keyboards, did their annoying family members or pets interrupt them. Often, the mod will crack terrible jokes or engage in bizarre behaviour, offering glowsticks, rousting out the ninja penguins, etc.

People are encouraged to respond, and (when they can, and have the energy), to reply to each other. Mostly, we cheer each other on. Sometimes we'll get someone who's got a question, or is stuck, or is trying to figure out what kind of drink an AU version of Magneto will buy an AU version of Charles Xavier when they meet in a 1930s New York speakeasy, which is hard to figure out if you're a teetotaller living in Spain. Yes, it happened.

The mods go in shifts: we usually change over after 3 or 4 hours, which allows us to go for the entire 48 hours with a check-in opportunity every hour, plus a round-up at the end.

Pretty much every round has members who are having trouble getting started, or getting unstuck. There's a lot of encouragement and commiseration. People wake up, check the comm, write as much as they can, check in, check out. It gets quiet for a few hours out of every night, but it's never silent; we have regulars on 3 continents, plus night-owls and insomniacs.

As for the porn, no fear. I think the gen writers are usually outnumbered. We don't post excerpts or links, but when something gets finished and posted, comm members will often follow the writer who announced the posting back to her (or his) LJ in search of the new smut fic. *g*

Any other questions? No worries about asking!