Falling behind and Big Bang

[kristen999]

I've been swamped at work which is why I tend to play on LJ and will try to catch up on posts and e-mails Thursday.

I wanted to congratulate all those on my F-List for meeting the SGA Big Bang deadline! It is an intense challenge in a short amount of time.


Sadly, Beth and I fell short right before the date. We could have taped up something for our rough draft and sent it out, but we would preferred having a quality story vs something rushed for Big Bang. I'd say we are 90% there(around 56k words thus far) and will end up posting it before Big Bang goes live, but the story was not in the shape needed to meet their deadline or specifications.

The sad news is we will not have the story on the Big Bang archive or have artwork made for it, but the good news is that we'll end up posting it in the next couple of weeks.

Anyhow, that's the update! Will catch up with everything else soon!

Comments

[syble4.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear you didn't make it, but RL does have a way of demanding attention. I'm still looking forward to reading your story when you do finish it. :)

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I'm looking forward to finishing it!

[winter-elf.livejournal.com]

*hugs* missing is a bummer, but hey, we get to read it sooner! So win! :) And it won't be lost in the huge amount of long stories all at once.

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

I agree that it might get lost with all the others so it might turn out even better. Thank you, hon.

[trishkafibble.livejournal.com]

It surely is sad that you didn't make it to the BB deadline, but it's good to know the story will be coming soon in any case! As for the art...well, I can't promise anything, as I myself will be tied up with making a Big Bang picture...but if inspiration strikes, I'd love to make a coverpic or something similar for your story.

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

Thank you sweetie. I knew you were just as hyped as us. I will never turn down anyone's creative reaction to something I've helped write and it such a sweet offer. If the occasion strikes, it'd be cool. If not, I'm still looking forward to your piece for Big Bang!!

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you didn't make the deadline -- but I do think it's better for the integrity of the story not to rush the conclusion. That's really the biggest problem with Big Bang and things like it; I love having all the long stories to read, but sometimes they would have been *better* stories if the writers had had an extra month or so to work on it!

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Sadly, we only needed an extra week and oddly enough, I think it'll be done by the date the final was due, but as it stands it has to be viewed as incomplete. The cool thing is it won't be lost in the shuffle and we might break it up into 6-7 parts for ease of reading since I know a lot of people don't have time to read the long fics in one swoop, but over a week or two, it can be easier in chunks.

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

Hey,

You could always get someone to do the art work? With all the writing that you have done there has to be an artist out there for you? Look forward to reading your fic when you post it!

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

We will see what happens, everyone I know is doing work for Big Bang, but maybe afterward, if not, it will be fine :D

Thank you.

[obsessed1o1.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that - i respect your decision though. You're right, it's better to have a quality story rather than something rushed and the good news is that we'll get to read it early! YEY!!

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[saphirablue]

On one hand I'm really sad that we can't read your story as a "Big Bang Story" and see the artwork for this story and on the other hand I'm happy you deceided to drop out in order to give the story its time and have a story with which you two are happy rather than one were you would say: *argh* This and that should have been added/changed/written differently.

So, I'm keeping my eyes open for the posting of you story and I'm looking forward to it! :)

Saphira

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

Thank you. We're feeling really good about it and as I said, I'm glad we didn't compromise on it.