17 October 2021 @ 08:08 pm
Mod Post: Offical End Of 2021 Round!  
Well, it's been tough at times, but the 2021 round of WIPBB is now at an end. We had a lot of great fics submitted and a lot of great art, and there seems to be a lot of people already preparing for the next long round.

I know there were some bumps in the road with miscommunication this round. For the next long round, the FAQ are going to be rewritten to incorporate questions and changes brought up in this round. We may start artist Sign-Ups earlier so artists have to do at least one check-in with where they are on the art they signed up for. And I'm definitely going to try and get all the mods to post updates on the Discord as well as LJ and Dreamwidth and Tumblr, so that events like Word Wars and Whine Bars are better utilized.

If there are any other suggestions, please feel free to let us know! This was a rocky round, but I hope that further rounds will be easier.

On a personal note, thank you to everyone who helped me with the various catastrophes I was dealing with this round. I still owe art and it will be done either when I get a new laptop or I can afford to fix my mother's, which she'll let me borrow. If anyone wants to help still, I spend $40 a week on gas picking my son up and dropping him off for weekends (he's miserable in his current living situation), so prepaid Visa cards would be a godsend. I also have more cleaning items, wet cat food and a few higher priced things on the list, including a new laptop (which is more on there for me to buy when I have money, but if someone could get it I'd be most grateful). The list is here or my PayPal is here if anyone wants to help that way.
 
 
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⟪ skargasm ⟫[personal profile] skargasm on October 18th, 2021 11:12 am (UTC)
This is the first time I've taken part, but I had an absolute blast! Things I've learned from this round:

* take note of the log ins for each piece of Art;
* note the number and title of the fic because seeing that I bid on no: 51 and 52 doesn't remind me which fic they were!
* give myself more time than I expect for writing and re-writes!
* use the whine bar more often!

Thank you so much for running this and if I have any WiPs, I will definitely be taking part again! I wish you luck with you finances - I stg, I don't have any clues how anyone is making it financially at the moment!
penaltywaltz[personal profile] penaltywaltz on November 7th, 2021 07:37 pm (UTC)
I just now got a working laptop again so I can finally reply! I'm glad you enjoyed yourself (and those may be tips I include when I do the artist's sign-up next round). And yeah. I'm ebegging constantly at this point and taking out payday loans and it's just...ugh. But I have hope things will get better.