snowflake day 1

[alexseanchai]

snowflake_challenge time!

In your own space, talk about why you're participating in Snowflake and, if you’ve participated in the past, how the challenge has affected you. What drew you to it? What did you take away from it? What do you hope to accomplish this year?

Snowflake is an opportunity to connect with other fans. I have participated several years and I think I have consistently come away with at least one new friendly acquaintance. Snowflake is also an opportunity to be fannish in a way I have lately been finding difficult. I look forward to the inevitable "make a fanwork" challenge and the inevitable "comment on a fanwork" challenge, though re the first I haven't the faintest what I'll do!

Comments

[teigh_corvus]

Oh no! I forgot we'd have to make something! LOLOLOL

[alexseanchai]

hee hee

Not sure intended tone of voice here, so on the assumption that the intended tone is something like "ACK!": breathe, you'll do fine. You'll make something beautiful. Even if you end up with something more like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree than a ten-foot cone covered in lights, ornaments, and tinsel, the thing you make will be beautiful. Also: It doesn't have to be a big thing, you know. :)

[teigh_corvus]

;D

Intended tone is a combo of a facepalm and how you read it. It's been... well, a depressingly long time since I've made a fanwork. But I'm absolutely carrying the image of a Charlie Brown tree forward as a proper talisman for the challenge. Tiny and spindly is a-okay! Heee! Thank you. That's both helpful and kindly said. <3

[alexseanchai]

♥!

[spikedluv]

Sock puppets of your OTP! *g*

[teigh_corvus]

You know, I *have* thought about recording a meta discussion using my collection of finger puppets in the past...

[spikedluv]

NOW IS THE TIME!!! *g*

[spikedluv]

I love that Snowflake introduces me to people (and fandoms) that I might not otherwise have met/tried.

[alexseanchai]

Indeed!

[silveradept]

It does spur the mind and try to get you building positive momentum for the rest of the year. And it's nice that the definition of a fanwork includes so many possibilities.