COMING SOON: LONELY PROMPTS WEEK!

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Trying something different from the month of lonely prompts and taking the suggestion a few people have left.

March 23-27 is Lonely Prompts Week and it will be a challenge week! I'm still working on the specific details for what each day's challenge will be, but I'm trying to make it easy just to see how this works out.

The same goes for the "prizes". If there are any graphics makers out there who would be willing to make banners or icons, please comment here so I can get with you about what I'd like done.

The tentative schedule for Lonely Prompts Week is this:

Monday, March 23: Fill as many prompts from the same month as you can.

Tuesday, March 24: Fill as many prompts as you can where a female character is the focus of the fill.

Wednesday, March 25: Fill as many prompts as you can that were left during a specific season. By that I mean, a specific 3 month period which a specific season is attributed to it.
For the northern hemisphere that would be:
Spring is March - May
Summer is June - August
Autumn is September - November
Winter is December - February

For the southern hemisphere that would be:
Summer is December - March
Fall is March - June
Winter is June - September
Spring is September – December

Thursday, March 26: Fill as many prompts as you can that were left in your birth month for any year. (Please try to pick a different month than what you chose for Monday's challenge)

Friday, March 27: Fill as prompts as you can that was left in any Free-For-All post

Many thanks to oneill at fic_promptly for the idea for the daily themes.

If you have any questions or need clarification on this, please leave them here. Unfortunately, the option for searching for lonely prompts is still the same as it was in December.

eta: there seemed to have been something wonky with the specific layout we had so we're going to be "plain" for a while until I can find something else for us to use.

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a blast!

I'm not the best banner maker, but I'll throw my hat in the ring.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

FYI: some people are having problems accessing comments on posts. I have sent in a request to LJ to look into it.

[falkner]

It seems to be only a style error (if you try viewing the entry in another style there are no issues), a temporary solution can be to change the community's layout until LJ support gets back to you.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I just got the style error when I went to post my comment...so I have no idea if my comment went through or not.

[falkner]

Your comment went through (looks like you posted only a few seconds after me LOL), but it can't be seen with the comm's default layout. The error at the bottom of the page mentions the Flexible Squares style, so I suggest you change it to something different for the time being, perhaps a Smooth Sailing style? It's a really basic style, and it should do the trick. If that gives an error, too, then I'm afraid the problem is bigger than that and we need to wait for the LJ support (who can be kind of slow).

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I'll try that. Hopefully it works as a temp replacement. I'll have to look more into this tomorrow or Sunday since I'm moving today.

eta: I think it was the specific layout we had (which, stupid me, I forgot to save!) but now the same style, the comments appear to be showing. Plain as this is, it will have to do for now until I can figure something else out

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what LJ said to me in their comment (sorry I couldn't get back to answer sooner). So this appears to have fixed the issue.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

that would explain why there are only 2 comments...and it doesn't look like the issue has been cleared up in the 2 hrs since you left this comment

[leni-ba.livejournal.com]

I can do some basic icons, so let me know.

also... THANKS FOR FIXING IT! (any idea what caused it yet?)

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

LJ released some news that said they did some design changes. I haven't read it to see exactly what was done and why it messed us up.

[peppermint-wow.livejournal.com]

Lonely prompts are my favorite! I'm looking forward to the challenge week! :D

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

That sounds like fun.

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

Looks like fun :) I volunteer to do some icons and banners!

Also, unrelated, is there a reason for any comments to be screened on posts here? I got a email about a fill for one of my prompts but when I try to reply it says it's screened. I believe it was anon, so are anon comments screened?

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

anon comments are screened. Link me to the comment and I'll unscreen it.

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

Here it is: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/604544.html?thread=84149376#t84149376

Thank you! :)

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

just unscreened it. If that ever happens again, just let me know.

[mahmfic.livejournal.com]

cool!

[creepy_shetan]

Yay, it looks fun! :D I really like the idea of choosing prompts based on when they were posted.

Btw, this new, dark layout is throwing me off. x__X I don't know how to preview entries and comments, but do you mind if I suggest Carson [choose a color] in the Expressive series of layouts? There shouldn't be a display error. Please? I'm old. 6=_=;; Reading dark text on light backgrounds is best.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I wasn't so sure about the dark background either, but I wanted to keep it sort of close to what we had before.

I'll keep playing around with the layouts until one is found that works.

[creepy_shetan]

Whew. This light green is much better. Thanks. ^_^

[tigriswolf]

Will we be leaving lonely prompts in the comments or just links to those we fill?

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Thanks for asking that! I need to go back and modify my entry. It can be both, as long as it follows the theme for the day.

example: For Monday, it's filling as many prompts from the same month, that would mean that if you leave any prompts, you'd have to put the month where it came from so that a person filling it will know.

[tigriswolf]

Is there going to be a lonely prompts post on Sunday for anything filled during the week that don't match that day's theme?

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Sunday is back to regular posting, so yes, there will be the usual Lonely Prompts for everything else.

[tigriswolf]

Awesome.