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Hi, everybody!

We're quickly closing in on December and the third month of the challenge. At this point, there are a few issues your hard-working mods would like to bring to your attention.

How the stories will be posted.

Originally, the plan was to post all stories at once in a single archive. However, with so many epic stories available at once, the danger is reading burnout, even for the most dedicated fans. So, we would like to ask: would you prefer that we reveal the stories over a period of time, perhaps one a day until they've all been posted? Or do you still want the archive set-up?

Whether the stories go up all at once, or one at a time, all stories will have a post here in the community that links to the text itself, with the story details, summary, links to artwork, and a small excerpt to entice in readers. This will also be the link for feedback, unless the author and/or artist specifies another link they'd like to use.

How the archive will look.

Do we have any site designers in the house? We're hoping to have a banner or background that will go well with the text of the stories. There will be an index page with all the stories linked. Each story will have its own "title page", where the artists' contributions as well as the story will be linked.

If anyone is interested in volunteering their time to design our site, then please comment to this post! We realize it's a busy time of year, but there will be no commitment necessary until January or February, so if you'd like to simply indicate interest, that's fine.

If you can't complete the challenge.

Don't worry! There are no consequences! However, if you find that you probably won't be submitting your story, please let the mods know at housebigbangmods@gmail.com. We'd like to keep our contact details up to date, and this, of course, will also have an effect on the artists' portion of the challenge.

The artists' portion of the challenge.

In February, authors' summaries and completed drafts are due. At this point, authors will submit their draft to the mods as a word doc or RTF file, with all the story details (title, pairing, rating, summary, etc.) and a short excerpt included. The story details, summaries, and excerpt will be posted without the author's name attached, for our artists to choose which story they'd like to illustrate. Choices are first come, first served. After every story has an artist, artists can choose to do a second piece of art for a story that has already been chosen. Artists are then sent the full text of the story, for inspiration. Artists and authors can also choose to contact each other to discuss what kind of art the author would like; however, the final choice is up to the artist. Every story that is finished and submitted by the due date will have artwork to go with it. When the artists have made their submissions, the stories go live!

I'm an artist, but I haven't signed up! What's going on? Can I?

Definitely! The artists' sign-up post is here, and there's still time to participate! Writers can also be artists, if they wish, but please SIGN UP AS AN ARTIST, even if you've already signed up as a writer. Thanks!

Questions? Queries? Points of order?

Discuss in comments!