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[tolkienrsb]

TRSB19: Final Check In, Plus Posting, Pinch Hit and Treating Info

Goooood morning, TRSB-ers! 

Today is the day - final check in.  (Insert appropriately dramatic music here.) 

This reminder is going to be long - to save your eyes if you're in a rush, the key message for writers is, please check in within the next 24 hours to tell us you're on course to post your fic in the AO3 collection by 25th August.  As mentioned in the last check in email and the original posted schedule, if you don't check in this time you will be automatically defaulted and you will not be permitted to take part next year.  (A couple of you have checked in ahead of time, which is fine, you don't need to check in again.) 

Artists, if you haven't already, please supply your final art to your writers unless you've agreed another arrangements.  Writers, if you have an art-related problem, please speak up now!

(Info on posting, pinch hits and treats is under the cut)

Other stuff...

Posting Fic

We're sure you know the drill by now, but fics should be in the collection, with the artwork embedded, linked or appropriately credited, by 25th August*.  The AO3 collection is over here.

Fics must be complete.   If you're still making edits, please post anyway; we aren't checking your grammar, just that there is a complete fic for each artwork that meets the word count minimum.  Placeholders will be removed.

Again, if you miss this date or submit incomplete fic, your claimed art will be reassigned to a pinch hitter and you will not be able to take part next year.  

If you are having an unexpected life emergency and anticipate a problem with the deadline, please tell us ahead of the 25th and we will do what we can to help!

*In reality you may have a few hours' grace.  Due to work commitments and time differences, the mods are unlikely to be checking the collection until around 1200 BST/CET on the 26th.  However, please make every effort to observe the official deadline!

Posting Art

As per the FAQ, artists are responsible for posting their own artwork and supplying the link to their writer ahead of posting on the 25th.  Yes, we know this means that depending on how you go about things, the art may be revealed approximately a week before the fics.  This isn't breaching the rules so please don't worry.

Please discuss posting logistics in your pairs - e.g. are you embedding the artwork in the fic, linking in the story notes, other?  It is up to each pair to decide how to do this; the mods are not responsible for sorting this out!

There are several options commonly used when posting an Author/Artist collaboration: “Co-Authors”: Creating a single AO3 work with both the Author and Artist listed as Co-Authors, with the artwork embedded into the story. (If you’re going with this option, the images need to be hosted somewhere because AO3 doesn’t offer image hosting. Please don’t use Tumblr hotlinks if you can help it. If you change your url, the links will die and sometimes they die anyway because Tumblr, so please choose something more reliable. Contact us if you need help with image hosting.) “Inspired By”: The Artist creates an AO3 work for their artwork, and the Author posts their fic to AO3 as a work inspired by another work – this is a good option if your team prefers not to embed the artwork into the story “Gift”: The Author creates an AO3 work, gifts the work to the Artist and either embeds the artwork or includes a link to wherever the artist has chosen to post their artwork (eg: Tumblr, Deviantart, Dreamwidth or Livejournal, etc.)

Tumblr Promotional Posts

This caused some confusion last year.  Hopefully this year the instructions are clearer, but please get in touch with any questions ASAP.

To ensure the fruits of your collaboration get the love and admiration they deserve, one of your pair (it’s up to you who) should create a Tumblr promotional post after August 25th but before Sept 1st, advertising the amazing results of your collaboration.  The TRSB Tumblr blog will be reblogging these in staggered schedule until around Sept 10th, to ensure maximum exposure for each team.

The Tumblr promotional post should contain:

A SFW crop of the artwork, or a story banner (note: Whole art pieces should only be included if the artist is posting the masterpost and if the art is SFW)

Fic title and AO3 link

Link to the artwork if posted separately

Links to Author’s and Artist’s tumblrs and/or AO3     accounts

Fic and Artwork Rating (G/PG/M/NC-17)

Warnings (As per AO3 guidelines, please warn for     graphic violence, underage, non-con or major character death) and use any     other relevant tags as you see fit

Relationships

Characters

Word count

A blurb or story summary

@ mention of the @tolkienrsb tumblr

Story Banner: the tumblr dashboard’s image width is 540px.  The largest image size is 1280x1920px.  Banner can be a SFW crop of the artwork by itself, a whole SFW art piece if the artist is posting the masterpost, or an actual story banner made up of a crop of the art which includes fic title, author, artist. Tagging: the first 5 tags you use are searchable on Tumblr so we suggest tagging your promotional with: main pairing, main characters, name of author and artist, fest, warnings. Reblog Dates:  Please discuss in your pairs if you have any preferences regarding when we reblog your post, and tell the mods so that we can accommodate these - for example, not posting on Shabbat.

Pinch Hits

We currently have one piece of art looking for love - no. 25 in the preview gallery, featuring Dwalin and Gloin (plus Gimli and Legolas) in the Glittering Caves of Aglarond.  If anyone is able to pick this up then please let us know by email ASAP!  

There may also be other pinch hits coming out in the next few days.  Given the time frames we are willing to flex the deadline for our pinch hitters - drop us a note to discuss.

Treats are also highly encouraged - speaking of which...

Treats

If you've finished your fic, missed author signups, didn't get your preferred artwork, or would like to help with the pinch hits but can't muster 5k words, then please consider treating!  Treats can be added to the collection any time between now and reveals (Sept 1st).  A treat can be any length from a semi-drabble to a full blown novel (though if you can write a full blown novel before Sept 1st, Mod Narya would love to know your secret).

If you don't have access to the gallery, please get in touch with the mods and we will sort this out for you.  The sign up form for writing treats is here.  You don't have to be signed up to write a treat; this just helps the mods monitor which artwork we can expect fics for.

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Phew - think that's everything, but as always, shout if anything is unclear or you need our help.  We can't wait to see what you've created! 

Mods Raiyana and Narya

[souralmondmilksea]

I posted 1,604 times in 2021

472 posts created (29%)

1132 posts reblogged (71%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 2.4 posts.

I added 1,167 tags in 2021

#0 - 111 posts

#stuff - 305 posts

#text - 171 posts

#etc - 144 posts

#60s paul - 127 posts

#pm - 77 posts

#the beatles: get back - 60 posts

#the beatles - 59 posts

#grandude paul - 57 posts

#70s paul - 56 posts

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

interviewers ask paul mccartney about wings and not the beatles challenge

76 notes • Posted 2021-07-23 02:37:18 GMT

#4

“paul is so controlling” “paul is so bossy” “paul is being so annoying” okay, and you’re telling me that you think they would’ve gotten anything done if he wasn’t there, as GENTLY as possible trying to nudge the guys forward? dude was trying his best and i straight up don’t get how anyone can see this footage and come away thinking paul is in the wrong. like, yeah, maybe it’s annoying for someone to tell you you need discipline, but was he wrong?

137 notes • Posted 2021-11-29 14:42:11 GMT

#3

i love explaining the beatles’ help! movie to people my age who are not deeply familiar with the beatle’s career. 

it’s like, okay so the beatles were the literal biggest thing on the fucking planet at this time right? and they’re also contractually obligated to be in some films. now in their first movie, a hard day’s night, it’s just a story about the band being the band and they they run around and have some light-hearted shenanigans and are the beatles and are musical. but in the SECOND film, it’s like a weird spoof on the classic spy films of the time. so anyway, ringo has this ring, right (surprise), except somehow the ring is like VITAL to the ceremonial sacrifice ritual of some ‘exotic’ eastern cult (oof) and it’s just sitting there, stuck, on ringo starr of the internationally famous rock group the beatles’ finger. so now ringo starr is in mortal danger over having this ring because the cult wants it (and so do some evil scientists) and both of those parties are like willing and ready to assassinate ringo, or sacrifice him on an altar over this ring. and so ringo keeps getting almost murdered and meanwhile, john, george, and paul are all just mildly miffed over this situation because they just want to record their next album and their drummer keeps getting almost murdered. like you know, what an inconvenience,  ringo is actively being hunted for sport :/// ugh and that’s the whole fucking premise.

also they’re all stoned off their asses during the entire shooting of the film and at some point paul mccartney is shrunken to the size of like a tater tot and apparently this was influential on the emerging music video format (the music sequences in the film i mean, not paul mccartney getting shrunken into tater tot size)

166 notes • Posted 2021-06-30 15:51:57 GMT

#2

like I KNOW that deepfake paul mccartney just exists in a music video but it also feels like I’ve witnessed the containment breach of a malicious and very real lab creation

170 notes • Posted 2021-07-23 02:16:14 GMT

#1

me: *crying* please no, stop, I’ll give you anything, what do you want from me

deepfake paul mccartney standing at the foot of my bed: *breakdances menacingly*

195 notes • Posted 2021-07-23 01:36:52 GMT

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