too much footie, not enough time!

[meretricula]

ok, flist, help me out here. who all is doing valentinesplay and footie_bang? I'm probably doing the latter (FINISHING SOULBONDING THIS TIME I FUCKING SWEAR), on the fence about the former. I kind of like to know what I'm getting into with fic exchanges, don't want to jump into a shark tank of angry madridistas, etc. but I like writing to spec and 500 words is totally doable, if that really is all that's expected, so...

should I sign up, yea or nay? bearing in mind that I've got all of cornerflag to edit by next week and I'm still failing at betaing for bigbang. (sorry I suck so hard, mardia. :( I swear I'll get it done!) and, uh, school, but it's not like rl responsibilities have ever stopped me before.

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[meretricula.livejournal.com]

I mean, there are lots of people in fandom who like Chelsea and Bayern, it can't be that bad...?

haha I feel you! I think it comes down to know if forcing yourself out of your comfort zone will be a good challenge or just freak you out. and how much free time you have between now and various deadlines. XD

[fandomonymous.livejournal.com]

There may be lots of fans, but not many fic writers as far as I've seen. Most of the well known people in the non-fic communities for my clubs/NTs are very anti-RPF, which doesn't help much. There is fic, I'm not gonna lie (and some of it is truly fantastic), but it very often gets dwarfed by other clubs, at least in my experience. I don't know, I just worry I'd be really hard to pair considering I don't have much of any wiggle room beyond those two clubs, I guess. :/

See, I'm unemployed at the moment, so time isn't quite the issue - it's if I find an idea that'll let me write enough by the deadline. cornerflag was kind of a copout since that idea had been brewing since summer and I still had lots of freakouts along the way - and that had a much longer timeframe! AUGH.

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

ahh. sorry that your bnfs are anti-fic, that's pretty lame. but clearly the solution is to lure like-minded folks into any exchanges you want to do! let's face it, we're all sheep really. (so in your case... you gotta start enabling zanoranna more, obvs. it's a sign of love! ask any of the people I've tricked into doing cornerflag, yuletide, touchline...)

sometimes I find being busy helps me write a lot more than having free time, idk. inveterate procrastinator I guess. but you'll figure out what works for you!

[fandomonymous.livejournal.com]

the mod for valentinesplay has reassured me that some Mannschaft fans have indeed signed up, so let's hope for the best, shall we?

and yes, well, hooooopefully I will be getting some Romeu-flavored awesomeness from her eventually. I wanted to get her to be my fellow Bayern writer for cornerflag but it just never panned out. :( Hopefully next issue!