#not hidden in an unrevealed collection

[sarcasticdolphin]

So. About Mirrorverse.

Yesterday I discovered that my former co-author for the Mirrorverse deleted her two stories that were part of the series off of ao3 and removed herself as a co-author of the series. I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but that is when I found out about it. The two stories that she wrote both (though the former part 5 more than the former part 3) contain plot points that are important so the later parts of the series make sense.

I honestly haven't decided what to do yet. My first thought was just two write two new Mirrorverse fics to fill the gaps, and I do want the series to be properly whole once more.

But I honestly don't know if I'm going to be able to do it. The me of 12-16 months ago, when the earlier parts of Mirrorverse were written, is very different from the me of now. As a person and especially as a writer. Add to that every time I think about Mirrorverse I'm reminded of my former co-author, which normally results in my writing 'mood,' as it were, rather souring.

I want to write the fics. I really do. Mirrorverse was (and still is) my fanfic baby and I worked on it week-in, week-out for an entire year. I was (and still am) very proud of myself for seeing it through, especially because it was originally planned as a one-shot. I want it to be what it deserves to be, not a puzzle missing two very important pieces.

But I don't know if I'm going to be able to (or willing to) put myself through the level of emotional pain that will be involved in outlining and writing those two replacement fics.

[typinggently]

I can’t lie, my head is spinning. Maybe I SHOULD put my ficlets and stuff on AO3 because frankly, there is some good stuff I should reread more often.

[thediktatortot]

Once again begging writers on Ao3 to make sure none of your fics are in Closed, Moderated or Unrevealed collections without your knowledge.

No one can add your work to a collection without you approving it, but once approved the owner of that collection can make YOUR fic be unreadable if they so choose to by doing one of the above three.

So, do a regular check on your fic and make sure they haven't been hidden from your readers, and if they have been added to a collection that has been closed, moderated or unrevealed, go into that fics Edit settings and remove that fic from that collection.

If you want to stop people from inviting your fics to collections all together, you can go into your preferences and select:

[gallavichthings]

Gallavich Fanart Masquerade 2024

It's here! Our first ever fanart-only event (thanks @michellemisfit for the idea!).

The rules are pretty similar to the fanfiction masquerade. In a Masquerade, artists will create fanarts anonymously, attempting to create something in a style different from their usual in order to fool the "admirers". These fanarts will all be revealed at the same time on May 12th - our Fanart Masquerade Ball! - and admirers (who may also be other fanartists) will have two weeks to attempt to guess who's behind each mask, that is, who did which fanart.

Details after the read more.

Requirements

None. Any art style will do, as long as it's drawn, I suppose. Traditional or digital, colored or b&W or lineart... Just no edits. And absolutely no AI, of course.

I need fanart ideas!

Maybe this will help.

Sign-ups

Signing-up is required and can be done here. For this event, sign-ups can be done up to the time of posting. Unlike other events, this is one where you will need to sign-up only at the end, after the art is done. You'll be required to add your AO3 username and the title of your fanart (yes, you'll have to give it a title, sorry - it can be pretty simple though).

Is NSFW accepted?

Yes, as long as it is correctly tagged. Please keep in mind that in this case, it's possible some people might not be comfortable in viewing it.

What if I don't have an AO3 account?

Then I'm very sorry, but in this case, you won't be able to participate (as an artist). For his event, having an AO3 account is mandatory so that you can post in the collection. That being said, a lot of people have AO3 invites, so ask right now and someone may be able to send you one. (Or, worst case scenario, we can find writer buddies to post for you.)

Posting

Posting needs to be done on AO3 because the Fanart Masquerade Collection will be unrevealed and anonymous. All posting must be done until the eve of the Masquerade, so May 11th. On May 12th, all the fanarts will be revealed and available for the admirers. The fanarts will remain anonymous until May 26th, when the game ends. The winners will be revealed shortly after, along with the prizes (more on that below). After the artists identities are revealed, they are free to post their fanart wherever they please.

Because unfortunately AO3 doesn't host images, your fanarts will have to be hosted elsewhere and linked to AO3. They should stay as hidden as possible. One possibility is posting privately on Tumblr and then using the image link to post on AO3. If you don't know how to do that or don't have a place to host the fanart, please contact us and we'll help you out.

When posting on AO3, choose to do it under the Gallavich Fanart Masquerade 2024 Collection (as in the picture below). I'll take care of the rest. It's important to do so when posting and not after, or it won't work.

Voting

Voting will be done via a new form, which will be disclosed only after the fanarts are posted. All fanart titles will be displayed and the admirers will chose from a menu who they think the artist is.

Points

There are two ways of winning this game, as an artist and as an admirer.

Artists are awarded 1 point for each person who correctly guesses their fanart and 3 points for each person who wrongly guesses it. That's right, you get more points if you're actually able to deceive everyone!

Admirers are awarded 5 points for each fanart they guess correctly, but they lose 1 point for each wrong guess.

Artists can also be admirers, so they have twice the chance of winning.

Prizes

The winning fanarts will get short fics based on them! And the one by the winning artist will be the prompt for one week in the @galladrabbles.

[halfagone]

I can’t seem to find Lex Luther’s ascent from supervillainy to fatherhood on ao3. Did you take it down or something?

It is currently hidden in an unrevealed collection! I plan to make some adjustments (rewriting some chapters, fixing some HTML, adding some fanart, the works) before I release back into the wild. Don't worry, the collection is good enrichment for it. 😌

[thepromptnetwork]

Posting time!!!! ✍️

here we go!!! keep them coming! if you need some time this week to finish up and post, no worries.

reveals will take place at the end of the week (around ~6 Sept) but the collection will remain open for late additions (including wips)!

A reminder: Be sure to submit to the collection (TPNMiniBang2024) when setting up your work on ao3.

Hit Post and your fic will submit to the collection but will remain hidden & unrevealed until mods reveal. After 6 Sept any late posts will automatically be visible when you publish.

[hermitcraftguesstheauthorevent]

hey, I noticed there are two fics in the collection rn (one of which is my own), but the one that;s my own says "unrevealed" and then the title and everything, meanwhile the other just says "mystery work". what's up with that? (idk how these things work)

I checked the collection on my end, and both works are safely hidden!

You can always see your own work while it's in a collection. As long as the work title says "unrevealed" it's still properly hidden from everyone else.

Everything's working as intended.

Thanks for the ask!

[withgirl-sq]

What happened to Avatar Azula Book 3?

I was messing around with collections again (sorry this has happened twice now 😮‍💨 lol), I've been toying with the idea of having fics unrevealed until I have more of it written, I just wanted to test what options I would have -- It wasn't working when I gave up and went to sleep so I just left it on there didn't realise it had hidden the fic!

It should be back up now!

I'll be sure to use a one-shot or something to test it on next lol

Thank you for asking though, made me realise there was a problem!

[taejinbingo]

Welcome to TaeJin At the Movies!

(reblogs greatly appreciated 🩵🤎)

THE CONCEPT:

Make TaeJin the stars of your favorite movie! All genres of film (and film only, please) are welcome.

TIMELINE:

31 Mar - 14 Apr 2024: Prompting

15 Apr - 13 May 2024: Claiming

30 Aug 2024: Works are due by Midnight KST

05 Sep 2024: Work reveals begin!

INSPIRATION: aka Prompting

Prompts must include the max acceptable rating (Mature and/or Explicit only) and archive warnings you are okay with seeing in the final work.

BE SPECIFIC: Tag your preferred ship(s), and list your Do Wants (DW) and Do Not Wants (DNW)

Prompts that include desired word counts and excessively detailed plotting may be rejected (this is a prompt, not a commission—please be kind and keep in mind writers are under a deadline)

TaeJin must be the main focus!

TREATMENT: aka Claiming

Two (2) claims per writer (only one (1) can be a self-prompt)

One (1) claim per prompt

Complete the Google signup sheet

Claims will be confirmed via email

Once claim(s) are completed and work(s) submitted, you may claim again

SCRIPTING: aka Writing

Minimum word count for a fic is 1500 words; Final works must be in English

Dropping is allowed at any time, please email to let us know

SUBMITTING: Not as dirty as it sounds 😂

You may submit your work at any time, up to Midnight KST 30 Aug 2024

All works will remain hidden until the deadline (AO3 hides unrevealed works on your Stats page)

Please hold anything that identifies you until AFTER Opening Day

TAG YOUR WORK PROPERLY

ALLOWED CONTENT

This fest stands on the side of artistic and creative freedom. Dark and uncomfortable subject matter is permitted. Content will not be policed. We are trusting readers to know their limits and writers to respect prompt DWs and DNWs. Not all DWs need to be included, but NO DNWs should appear in your work

Please keep in mind that this approach may not be for you, and that it is perfectly okay to back button away and pretend we don’t exist.

OPENING DAY: aka Reveals

Works and authors will be revealed on 05 Sep 2024

If you miss the premiere, but still want to add your late work to the collection, feel free!

QUESTIONS?

Reach out via Tumblr or Google Form!

See the full collection details right HERE.

Ready to PROMPT?

Ready to CLAIM? Make sure to fill out the SIGN UP! (this opens 15 Apr 2024)

[theattoyearchive]

The Attoye Week Collection

The Where, The Why, and The How

Attoye Week is almost upon us, and we're all sooooo excited! With all the works on the way, we decided to create an Attoye Week collection on Ao3 so everything can be in one place. All works for this year's Attoye Week will be in the collection Attoye Week 2023.

The collection is currently unrevealed but will go live Monday, Aug 14, at 9am EST. Any works added before that time will remain hidden. The collection is open and moderated. This means that any works added will need to be approved by an Attoye Week admin. We will do our best to review and approve works in a timely manner, but please bear with us if there are any delays.

Be sure to review the rules before posting, and we'll see you all on Monday!

If you aren't sure how to add your work to a collection, here's a quick guide below the break:

First, you're going to want to head over to Ao3 and Post a New Work (or Edit a Draft):

Second, fill in all your work info (Title, Pairing, Fandom— the whole nine), then scroll down to Associations, right under the Author's Note section:

Third, under the Post to Collections/Challenges Section, search up the Attoye Week collection and select Attoye Week 2023 (attoyeweek2023):

Lastly, copy & paste your fic into the Work Text, then hit Post!

Note: If you add your work while the collection is still hidden, you'll get a message at the top like this:

It will disappear when the collection is revealed.

We can't wait to see what you all have in store!

[februaryfangfest]

Hey y'all. We're in the final stretch of things, and so here are your guidelines for how to submit your work.

Posting Details

Here is our Ao3 Collection for the Event. Your works should be sumbitted here by the 1st of February. They will remain unrevealed until the event, and we'll reveal new works each day of the event.

If you are posting fanart, you should still post this to ao3 and our collection there, but you will need to host the images offsite. Here are Ao3 guidelines for how. You can take try using private tumblr posts or discord links, but here are three free image hosting site options that allow adult content: Postimages, put.re, and Macintosh Garden.

Event Rules

The theme is Valentine. All submissions should try to incorporate the theme in some way (even if it's a small way).

All submissions must be your own creation and cannot have been posted publicly beforehand. Fresh creative blood must be spilt!

Stories and artwork can be set at any point in the past or future, in hidden glimpses we never saw in the show, reunion stories, worlds where Darla’s still around, etc. The characters can be souled or unsouled or in any what-if or AU your heart can dream up.

Your work must involve at least two members of the Fanged Four. The main ship should be the Fanged Four or one of the sub-pairings (Spangel, Dangel, Sprusilla, Darsilla, etc).

Minimum word count for fic is 100 words. There’s no maximum - one shots and chaptered works are equally welcome, but they should be complete and not part of a pre-existing fic series.

Any rating is welcome for both fics and art, but please tag responsibly.

No bashing of the group or its members, please. We’re here to show them love. This is a celebration of the characters and their dynamics with each other, not the place for your dissertation on which vampire is better or worse than the others. They're all good vamps, Bront.

Be excellent to each other!

Our Discord is here if you have any questions, or want to chat with everyone about the Fanged Four and Fangfest. It's also where we'll be hosting our watch parties during the event.

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

Hey, so was looking in my marked for later and I found your "mystery work" in there? I'm like, how did this even get here?? I can't click on the actual fic to remove from marked for later, or add it to in the first place. I'm not against it being there, im just a bit confused. I pretty much just read gomens fics rn, and I don't recognize either of what you've published. Did there use to be a regular fic in that collection? If so, could you tell me a bit about it? I'm not asking you to repost if you don't want to, im just trying to get to the bottom of this lol. Don't mean to bother you, I know this is a bit of a tedious and pointless question.

Thank you

It was most likely one of my site skins. I put them all into an unrevealed collection this morning because I'm pissed off about things you likely haven't even heard about but that had me close to deleting my accounts last night.

Anything that isn't a fanfic isn't visible to anyone but me anymore. If people wanna be assholes, then I'll take away the toys.

If I sound angry, it's because I still am, but like I said I doubt you'd even know why so I won't get into it.

No worries about the question. You taught me what happens to fics marked for later when they get hidden in a collection! I had no idea.

[aurorawest]

Just got hit with a deluge of AO3 notifications that every fic I'd added to a bingo collection had been made unrevealed, which means it was hidden from everyone's view, including MINE on my own Works page. Cue me removing all my fics from every AO3 collection that I don't personally control.

[halfagone]

May I ask what happened to Lex Luthor Ascent to Fatherhood

Cause When I try read it I get this

and this

The second screenshot you shared partially explains it: I currently have LL's Ascent hidden in the Unrevealed Collection known as "Halfagone's WIPs".

I don't intend to hide it forever, but unfortunately it seems irl responsibilities have kept delaying me. As soon as it's ready, the fic will be revealed again. 👍

[thepromptnetwork]

One more week!

One more week! We are in our home stretch! Get writing, beta-ing, and posting to the TSN TPN Mini Bang 2024 AO3 collection over the next week!

Whether you're posting a complete work, a WIP, or planning to submit a little bit late, WELL DONE! You're nearly there. 👏

A reminder: Be sure to submit to the collection (TPNMiniBang2024) when setting up your work. Hit Post and your fic will submit to the collection but will remain hidden & unrevealed until mods reveal everything in early September!

[aug-kissed]

hi! this’ll be my first time ever participating in something like this and i’m super excited 🥹 sorry if this this a dumb question i just get nervous but is it alright to join the collection now and then wait until August to add? just curious, thank you!!

How exciting, we can't wait to see what you create!

Not a dumb question at all, please do join! It's marked as "open", so you can join the collection at any time.

I put a brief overview in the tags of the last ask, but I think it's worth clarifying a little more for those unfamiliar with AO3 collections:

Here's a quick screenshot of our collection page, though your buttons at the top will look a little different since this is the moderator view:

At the top, you can see a "Post to Collection"-- click this button to add a work directly to it! This may be helpful if you're having trouble finding the collection in the list on the "Add New Work" page.

And at the bottom, you can see a series of tags that describe the collection:

"Open" means new works can be added. As long as a collection is open, even if it is "unrevealed" (see below!), you can add a new work to it. This may be useful for jotting down your summary/author notes ahead of time, or to make sure you don't forget to post when the prompt week you created for comes around.

"Moderated" means works will have to be accepted by a moderator (me!) before they'll show up as part of the collection. This is mostly to make sure we don't get spam or unrelated works! Simply tag your work with "kissing" or one of the prompts, and you're good to go!

"Unrevealed" means that all works will show up as "Mystery Work" until the collection is revealed. This also means your submitted work will not appear in your works list on your profile, and your subscribers will not receive an email if the collection is still hidden. Once the 4th comes around, we'll mark the collection as "revealed" to start the event, after which it will show up in your works list on your profile, and your subscribers will receive an email.

And on a similar note: when you save a draft, or submit a work to an unrevealed collection, the default publish date will be the date that the draft/work was created, NOT the date when you clicked "post", or the date that the collection is revealed. Feel free to change the publication date of your work once the collection has been revealed so it'll show up as more recent in searches!