Snow and Fic Exchange

rachelmanija  just sent me a link to a fic exchange is so perfect for me that I ran out and signed up for it immediately.

Honestly, I'm not sure there has ever been a fic exchange more tailor-made for me than this one: Flash in the Pan: A Food Flash Exchange. I literally JUST WROTE a fic that is entirely based on two characters in Bleach forging a friendship by sharing food and poetry for the Moon Viewing Festival. Honestly 9/10ths of my fic involves scenes over food or food prep. When I was regularly writing my epic ByaRen soap opera, I would occasionally get comments that would say, "Damn it. Now you made me hungry." or ask, "Why do you write so much about food??"

The idea of this one is a little different than, say, Yuletide. The fic only has to be 300 words at a mininum long (hence: flash) and rather than focusing on characters or pairings, it is almost exclusively structured around fandoms and prompts (in the form of tags). So, for instance, you might chose the Marvel Cinematic Universe as your fandom and pick from the tag set "A food fight so intense it causes property damage" or, if you just want fluff "buttered toast."  The tags really do run the gambit like that, including things that could obviously become the entree (pun intended!) into sexual situations, like " a preposterously juicy mango" or "choice of desserts."  There are mysterious ones, too, like "the Noodle incident." So, you can really have fun with this one, if you join us.

And you should join us.....

The cool thing is that if you don't see your fandom on the list, you can still add it. If I'm reading the FAQ right, they are basically accepting nominations right up to when assignments go out tonight. Oh, that's the only other thing.

The deadline for signing-up is TONIGHT. 

Doooo eeeeeet with me! What is 300 words?? It's hardly even a half a page. You can do it! 

And, anyway, with the snow falling outside, I'm ready to snuggle under my half-finished quilts and do some fic writing. Seriously, I can not believe the amount of snow that is falling from the sky outside my window right now. The weather forecast, which I almost never look at except in a very general "will I need an umbrella?" way, tells me that it is SUPPOSED to start warming up after tomorrow.  I would enjoy it for what it is (ridiculous and sort of pretty), but I am worried about all the plants that bravely started to poke up from the ground. I had some bloodroot and some wild ginger sprouting, and, I LOVE those plants and I would be very sad if they died thanks to this snow. 

On the other hand, I have no desire to go anywhere with all the white stuff coming down.

What are you up to today?