What do I do about Yuletide?
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icarusFor the first time I signed up for Yuletide last year.
Or I tried.
I had an assignment. And a Yuletide 2012 story outlined.
Then my life took a sudden left turn.
My cousin with her baby and boyfriend moved in, and the boyfriend turned out to be ... my mom thinks he's borderline autistic, in the range of what used to be called Asperger's. Not as seriously autistic as my cousin (for whom she's the Official Person Who Makes Decisions After Her Sister Died) but enough to be problematic.
I agree, though my knowledge is more limited. The boyfriend wasn't able to interact successfully with humans. By spring was asked to leave (though that wasn't until after he'd used my prayer room as his personal masturbation chapel and destroyed the house computer with porn site virusii and disrupted the entire household with his temper tantrums).
But I digress.
I contacted the folks at Yuletide, explained the situation, and they were very understanding, said I could finish it by next Yuletide.
Seemed doable.
So I have an outstanding Yuletide assignment. I love my story outline, and the story's still there, living in my mind. (You know how some stories die, but this one's a living thing.) I've always, always, always wanted to do Yuletide.
But the county shut down my temple on March 1st. And I went on retreat. And then we had Visiting Dignitaries (twice). And I was supposed to start grad school in September. And my car got totaled the day I got back from retreat. Which means the buses take two and a half hours out of every day. And on and on. Basically, my life is too Distracted With Other Things to write, unless it's a very familiar fandom.
What do I do? My life won't always be like this. How can I avoid being banned from Yuletide forever? I want to communicate with folks there but Yuletide's a little confusing in terms of who's-running-what.
Or I tried.
I had an assignment. And a Yuletide 2012 story outlined.
Then my life took a sudden left turn.
My cousin with her baby and boyfriend moved in, and the boyfriend turned out to be ... my mom thinks he's borderline autistic, in the range of what used to be called Asperger's. Not as seriously autistic as my cousin (for whom she's the Official Person Who Makes Decisions After Her Sister Died) but enough to be problematic.
I agree, though my knowledge is more limited. The boyfriend wasn't able to interact successfully with humans. By spring was asked to leave (though that wasn't until after he'd used my prayer room as his personal masturbation chapel and destroyed the house computer with porn site virusii and disrupted the entire household with his temper tantrums).
But I digress.
I contacted the folks at Yuletide, explained the situation, and they were very understanding, said I could finish it by next Yuletide.
Seemed doable.
So I have an outstanding Yuletide assignment. I love my story outline, and the story's still there, living in my mind. (You know how some stories die, but this one's a living thing.) I've always, always, always wanted to do Yuletide.
But the county shut down my temple on March 1st. And I went on retreat. And then we had Visiting Dignitaries (twice). And I was supposed to start grad school in September. And my car got totaled the day I got back from retreat. Which means the buses take two and a half hours out of every day. And on and on. Basically, my life is too Distracted With Other Things to write, unless it's a very familiar fandom.
What do I do? My life won't always be like this. How can I avoid being banned from Yuletide forever? I want to communicate with folks there but Yuletide's a little confusing in terms of who's-running-what.
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Date: 2013-09-03 11:54 pm (UTC)I don't think there is a "banned from YT forever," although there is a "can't participate until you do a pinch-hit," with occasional amnesties.
Contact mods and ask if you can do a New Years' story to count? (That still involves writing a story before YT starts, but it could potentially be to a different prompt, so you wouldn't have to rush the one in your head.)
ETA: Amnesty! "Anyone who has been banned for defaulting in the past is welcome to participate this year."
New mods, new rules, new participation criteria... presumably, the new mods have enough hassles without trying to deal with telling people they're still banned, or noting whether those people have met the amnesty criteria.
JOIN US!
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Date: 2013-09-07 02:32 am (UTC)