My apologies for posting this so close to snippet submission. I had the Coronavirus vaccine on Friday afternoon and I basically slept until 4 PM today. But this is a small FAQ based on questions I was emailed and saw on the Discord, which should help explain the process better.
How It All Works:Basically, there will be a similar form to the check-in going up on the 1st, except this one is four pages long. The first page is e-mail, check-in ID and then a box to indicate you're checking in. This is just like the check-in forms, basically.
The second page of the form is where you'll put story information. There's sections for a title of your fic, the fandom(s), main pairings, characters involved, the AO3 warning list, a space for extra warnings (this is where you'd put stuff like underage, incest, squicks, etc), and rating. Please fill out as much of it as you can; this will be publicly posted on the artist's claim page, along with the story summary, which is also on this page.
The third page is where you'll leave the snippets. There's three paragraph boxes, and you just copy/paste the snippets right into the form. We prefer they be the actual text from the fic, but if you have a scene synopsis we'll take it. We do need the snippets to be R rated and under, so nothing too explicit, but some sensual stuff is allowed. Not all our artists are over the age of 18, we know that, so we ask for it to be as family friendly as possible. Max length for the snippets is 1,500 words, but if you're a little over it's okay.
The fourth page is just for notes to the mods, if there's anything you want to let us know (just like the check-ins had). If there's any other notes you want us to leave your artist, in case they choose not to communicate with you, this is the best place to do so.
If you don't want art, you don't have to submit anything, just wait until the rough draft check-in and let us know you're still participating. On that check-in you don't have to send us anything (we'll take your word you're 80% done) but it
is a mandatory one, so if you miss it we have to drop you from the BB.