The 2016-2017 Sekrit Solstice Sci-Fi Fantasy Story Swap

Is it too early to be looking forward to this?

_Sian_ said:

Is it too early to be looking forward to this?

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As a matter of fact, it is not.

shortstorymachinist said:

As a matter of fact, it is not.

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*bounces* I think it's some of the most fund I have each year

I look forward to it as soon as the last one is done!

Yeah, well I look forward to the next one WHILE I'm doing the one before!! And I am fully intending to indoctrinate SEVERAL new people into the Sisyphusean Gang of Awesomesauce Individuals. I plan fo dis 'ere swap almost more than NaNo, and I'm an ML!

I had a great, but stressful time with Syssiphus last year...I’m not sure I want to participate again, but I really would hate to miss out.

As far as I know I'll be participating again this year. Last time was fun, interesting, and a good learning experience. I think what I learned from it has played a major part in helping me get as far along in my Snow White retelling as I currently am, and also provided a positive first experience with getting beta reads.

Lillian_Blaire said:

I had a great, but stressful time with Syssiphus last year...I’m not sure I want to participate again, but I really would hate to miss out.

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With the way we dominate the "What's New?" news feed, it's impossible to miss out.

*pokes in from Lurk Land* It'll take an act of [insert deity of your choice here] to keep me away. As much as I whined and procrastinated it was a good stretch. And I actually like writing for someone else (gets me out of my own way).

*fades back into Lurk Land*

I've forced myself the last few years, and it has been an excellent stretch activity.

Time to start getting excited about Sisyphus again?


(Looking forward to this more than NaNo at the moment.)

I'd swear I won't write in the Jane/Az world again with the next prompt, but I have a feeling I'll be eating my words. Sisyphus is the best time of year to write about hedgehogs, after all.

I'll probably do Sisyphus again this year, whether I officially start writing again or not. Done it the past 2 years, and it was fairly enjoyable.

I'll probably wait until the very last minute to come up with a prompt, though. Any ideas I have before then will no doubt morph into stories I want to someday tell myself, rather than have as a gift. It's best for me to figure out a prompt at the last minute, so that I don't get so attached to it myself.

I'm actually hoping to be busy enough to sit this one out.

To my shame, my Sisyphus story is the last thing I finished. I'm SO in this year, if only to force myself to stop puttering around and GET ON WITH IT!

I want to play again this year, but that means I really do need to get my butt in gear and finish the story I'm currently working on. It's taking FOREVER!

I had so much fun last year, although I still have stories from last year to read.

If I get the story I'm currently working on done in time, I'm going to have to put some serious thought into my prompt.

I am going to be moving interstate mid Sisyphus.

I am so doing it anyway.

Oh wow. Is it really coming up on that time again??


I totally shut down after last year's event and haven't put three words together to make a sentence since (for the good of humanity, or something like that <shrug>).


I'll have to think on it...

But Paddi, look! You strung... 46 words together right there! See, the power was inside you all along.

I haven't really written anything since Sissyphus last year either. I mean...maybe a few paragraphs, but nothing complete. Maybe it's what I need to get my butt in gear, too. Or maybe it will stress me out like last year and I'll go gray and lose sleep and stuff....

Maggie Maxwell said:

But Paddi, look! You strung... 46 words together right there! See, the power was inside you all along.

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Peh, well, that's true, but I didn't much worry about those particular 46 words being a huge disappointment to anybody. Sisyphus is a whole 'nuther issue... oh, the stressssss...

If it's any consolation, my first Sissyfus was hair-pulling; I got stuck mid-and ended up trunking the thing soon after. The second, I still needed the extension but I knew where I wanted the story to go and it was a much better experience all around. So one bad year does not mean all of them will be bad! I know too well how rough the cycle of guilt of not-doing-well can get but I also know it won't get better if I don't at least attempt working on it.

On the other hand, if a significant portion of your stressors are external, people will totally understand if you've got to sit one out.