No longer pursued by bears!

[selenay]

I have a completed Yuletide draft that passes the bus test. Hooray! And with plenty of time for editing and beta-ing, which is particularly awesome.

Every year, I'm sure this will be the year when I end up defaulting, but every year I don't. This is my eleventh Yuletide and I'm still maintaining my record for not dropping out.

I'm slightly stunned that this is my eleventh Yuletide. Where did all those years go?

I am seriously considering doing some kind of tiny fic promptapalooza next week. Maybe. It might be a fun way to keep my writing muscles working for a while. It's something I used to do on Tumblr way back when I was actually using it and it was good fun, so if there's any interest, I'll do it.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, well done! Good luck with editing - I must get on that myself, too.

[selenay]

Thank you! I'm giving myself this evening off before starting the editing :-)

[walkthegale]

Congrats on the Yuletide draft! Also holy shit about having done eleven and not defaulted on any of them - that's a record to be proud of!

[selenay]

Thank you! I hadn't realised how many it was until I started counting today and realised.

[umadoshi]

Yay, you did it! *^^*

[selenay]

Thank you!

[jmathieson_fic]

Congrats!!!!!

[selenay]

Thank you!

[flamingsword]

Bus test? I have never heard of this. Is it a fandom thing or a writing one?

[selenay]

Fandom thing, Yuletide-inspired, I think. If I posted the fic now and was immediately hit by a bus, would it be acceptable as a complete and coherent fic for my recipient on exchange archive opening day. If it would, it passes the bus test :-D

Many people post their fic as soon as it passes the bus test, because we can keep editing it until a couple of hours before the archive opens and it makes sure we're covered in case something (bus, RL drama, sickness etc.) happens. At least our recipient has a readable fic! And we don't default!