#and inktober and happy hobbit holiday coming up

[kelly6ridge]

it's been such a week

(actually it's been a couple of weeks but who's counting)

and while I think this tuesday will be the day I hit 10,000 posts for this blog — I have no desire to do any art for it

instead i think I'll wear my bicycle shorts with the deep cellphone pockets, put both my hip flasks in - filled with tito's or bombay, I haven't decided - wear my black summer cocktail dress with the pearls over it paired with my kitten heels; and go to the movie theater in town, where I'll purchase a large $5 coke, no popcorn, which I will douse with the yet undetermined liquor, for the noon showing of Thor Love and Thunder, at the tuesday special pricing of $4.75, and then follow up with Buzz Lightyear at approximately 3pm at same price, and get the hell turnt up cinephile style.

I'm thinking, as the theaters are almost always empty on tuedays (picture me isolated in the dark, sole witness to the terrible light in front of me), i could live blog it, or maybe wax philosophical about the various folks i have made out with in this exact complex, or alternatively, knit like a hat and show it off later.

i should do something.

#k6 #also have the 10yr anniversary of this blog coming up in september #which i do have something blanned for #and with august i will be honoring my birthday the way bilbo intended #not to mention the four different fandom events im in currently #and inktober and happy hobbit holiday coming up #(i had ao much fun doing dwarrowtober last year — i hope mr. kira does it again) #and that is not touching all the real life stuff i have recently stuck my foot into #anyways... wish me luck? #tw #drinking

[auideas]

Our THIRD ANNUAL “AUideas Advent Calendar”: 2017!

Hello AUideas!

It’s that time of year again, and we’re bringing back our annual AUideas Advent Calendar! For those of you who are new, you probably don’t know that since we are not an art blog, the Admins here at AUideas have always been EXTREMELY jealous of “Inktober,” ogling at fan art as it passes by on our dashboards and feeling the overwhelming need to bring something similar to you, our dedicated followers, for one month of the year. So, with great pleasure, we’d like to introduce (for the third time) the AUideas Advent Calendar. Here’s how it works for you newcomers and oldcomers (be sure to read on, because we have a few MORE tweaks and twists this year!):

From December 1st to January 1st, the Admins of AUideas will be posting an AU idea every other day (only on odd days) @ 3:00 p.m. EST that will be the focus for our writing-followers who are craving the chance for some speed writing or “one shots.”

Participants then have two days to write a short fanfiction of around 700 words (please feel free to write more if you want!).

Participants must then reblog the main AU idea post and add a link of their writing piece by 11:00 a.m. EST on the following odd day.

You can attach an AO3/wattpad/fanfiction.net/etc. link to the tumblr post or write directly onto the reblogged post.

By the time the next AU idea comes out, the Admins will have compiled the writing pieces into one large list that will be available at the bottom of the following AU post.

This is a great way to encourage community and make connections for RPers and other collaborators through reading some great writing pieces!

We will also be bringing back our AAC Never Book! On every even day, we will be posting our favorite one-liner from the previous day’s works and add it to our new Never Book tag: “The Never Book: Followed.” That way, we will have a post for every day of the month without fail so people can be inspired to write even if they choose to not participate!

In addition, the AUideas Advent Calendar post on the final day (December 31st) will be the most important, as we will pool together all the names of the followers who participated in every prompt without skipping or missing a day and enter them into a raffle where the winner will choose one of their one-shots for the Admins to continue by 5,000 words through a collaboration of both the Admins and Assistant Admins (the final draft of the Admins’ Additions will be posted to the blog on January 6th) and be a Featured Follower under the “Follower’s Works” tab on the blog.

Here are some FAQ from past years:

If you would like your work to be submitted anonymously, we would have to suggest writing it on a separate website (wattpad/AO3/fanfiction.net/etc.) with a blank account or something along those lines. Unfortunately, we cannot link anonymously on Tumblr - sorry! You can use google docs too. Send us the “view only” link.

AAC AU’s don’t need to be fandom, so go nuts with your original characters - we’d love to read about their antics!

No, there are no fandoms we will not accept. We will accept you sending any and all fandom material (though we do ask for an NSFW tag if it’s needed). We don’t typically do fandom-themed AUs unless it’s one of the BIG BIG fandoms (i.e. Harry Potter, superhero universe [marvel/DC], Pokémon, General Magical Universe w/ Fantasy [Hobbit], General Magical Universe w/ Realism [Twilight, other romance books], etc.) For AAC, you can use our prompts to write for any fandom. (#no-fandom-left-behind). WITH THAT BEING SAID, we will not be featuring any works that do not follow our Submission Guidelines.

If you’re writing on AO3, we have a special collections tag! Make sure to add your work to the collection labeled “AUideas Advent Calendar 2017.” (another shoutout to @goosegoddess for coming up with the idea a couple years ago!)

To recap, the days on which we will be posting the AU topic / idea in the month of December are the following:

December 1st @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 3rd @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 5th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 7th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 8th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 9th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 11th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 13th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 15th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 17th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 19th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 21st @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 23rd @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 25th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 27th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 29th @ 3:00 p.m. EST

December 31st @ 3:00 p.m. EST

The days on which we will need your stories to be posted are the following:

December 3rd @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 5th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 7th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 9th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 11th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 13th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 15th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 17th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 19th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 21st @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 23rd @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 25th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 27th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 29th @ 11:00 a.m. EST

December 31st @ 11:00 a.m. EST

January 1st @ 11:00 a.m. EST

The days on which we will be posting a selected one-liner from one of your works to be in the “Never Book: Followed” will be:

December 4th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 6th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 8th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 10th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 12th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 14th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 16th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 18th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 20th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 22nd @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 24th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 26th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 28th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

December 30th @ 6:00 p.m. EST

January 1st @ 6:00 p.m. EST

January 3rd @ 6:00 p.m. EST

The FINALE will take place on January 6th!

We’re really looking forward to starting up, so crack your fingers, pull up your favorite writing platform, and get ready to write some AUs. Happy Holidays, and see you on December 1st!

- The Admins

P.S. Just as we have in previous years, for the duration of the AUideas Advent Calendar, the Admins will not be posting any lists for AU Fridays nor quotes for the main Never Book as this project itself will put a lot of strain on our creative, professional, and personal lives. Please be patient, as we will continue the MasterLists in January of 2018. However, feel free to send in more list requests, as we would be more than happy to see some new ideas for the new year.

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