2016 Circle of Friends stories

[aadler]

 
This year’s Circle of Friends Remix — at cof_remix — is now finished. This was a thorny one, for three reasons. First, one of our intended participants vanished after signing up, and we’ve heard nothing since. Second, sroni (who finished her own assignment handily enough, and did a pinch-hit for eilandesq to tide things over) has had occasional health issues that prevented her from another pinch-hit she fully intended to do, so that the circle is, for the first time, not complete.

The third reason was me. I had serious problems.

I knew the story I wanted to tell. I knew how I wanted it to end. Getting there, however, fought me every step of the way. Even when I finally had the story finished, I wasn’t confident in it, so I sought opinions elsewhere and let it sit for a while so I could go back to it with sorta-fresh eyes … with one thing and another, I now have it posted exactly two months after the announced deadline. Need to not do any more of that.

At any rate, the listing is as follows:
    • eilandesq: remix of jedibuttercup, with “Memories of a Fallen Technopagan”
    • jedibuttercup: remix of sroni, with “Some Reassembly Required”
    • sroni: remix of sevendeadlyfun, with “Bittersweet Symphony”
    • sevendeadlyfun: defaulted
    • sroni: remix of eilandesq, with “Sharp Knife of a Short Life” (‘filler’ story while aadler’s fic was still in process)
    • aadler: remix of eilandesq, with “There Ought to Be Clowns”

I recommend that anyone who hasn’t already done so go check out these stories, and offer your appreciation to the authors.

Comments

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Ooh, great, I'll take a look at the stories!

[aadler]

And so you did, and I welcomed your observations.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the list.

Sorry to hear you had a participant vanish. That always stinks.

[aadler]

> Sorry to hear you had a participant vanish. That always stinks.

New experience for me, though I was aware of it happening in RemixRedux. Fortunately, I had assigned this person to remix me, so none of my other people got shorted a story. And, if any such misfortune was going to come about, it rightly should fall on the guy who 1) created/runs the remix, and 2) was two months late with his own submission.

> Thanks for the list.

Always happy to toot my horn for this event. Be sure to comment on the remixers’ stories (those you haven’t already).