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CALLING ALL WRITERS! We are starting a Pandemic Writer's Challenge. I have started a forum on here to help explain the rules. We have a discord server you can join as well. I will be using my profile page to give updates as well. Please share this info so everyone can join in on the fun:

Final Fantasy Fanfiction Challenge- Pandemic Edition

It's been a year since COVID-19 has swept through our communities, altering all of our lives in unforeseeable ways. While returning to a "normal" life might be a long way away for many of us, this fandom gives us a safe place to return to what was familiar. With that, I am issuing a Final Fantasy challenge!

The Challenge: A global pandemic has interrupted Final Fantasy's worlds. Pull from your own experiences. How have you coped? What has your experience been like? How would that translate into your character's world? Your body of work could include humorously light coping strategies (like a misguided effort into baking bread or projects to pass the time) AND/OR take on more challenging subject matters like isolation, illness, or loss.

Guidelines:

Timing: Well, we don't know when Covid will end, but this challenge will run from now until July 31st. Posting: In the story's description, lead with PandemicChallenge so people can find your works. Email your submission or link: ff pandemic challenge @ gmail (DOT) com (Make that all one word with no spaces). I will do my best to add everyone into a collection.

If you have an alternative idea that you wish to include under the Pandemic Challenge that doesn't quite fit in with these guidelines, that's okay too. Just write in the story description PandemicChallenge(alt).

The purpose: This is meant to bring us together and start communicating creatively again. It's my belief that the process of storytelling contains powerful healing properties that benefit us at this time.

The Pandemic Bi-Weekly Prompt Challenge:

For those who wish for an extra challenge, we are offering a bi-weekly prompt challenge as well. These challenges may have theme, character, or word count limitations. First prompt will start March 13th and will be shared on Discord: htt ps : // discord. gg / 87vjYVwT

(remove spaces). I’ll also update on Community spots and forms.

Guidelines:

· Timing: These will be disclosed bi-weekly, but there is no time limit for completion.

· Posting: Use the PandemicChallengePrompt as a tag in the description.

· Email your submission or link: ff pandemic challenge @ gmail (DOT) com (Make that all one word with no spaces). I will do my best to add everyone into a collection.

Wow, 2020 sucked. There was so much potential there. I hope everyone is doing okay. I for one am sick of online learning. It's so much harder (for me) to try to take anything in while watching awkward professors try to navigate technology they are clearly uncomfortable with. When I haven't been studying, I've been attempting (HA!) to teach my kids classes... and well... Then I become the awkward professor. On the plus side, we have our health. I hope you all are doing okay too.

I have actually written a lot lately. I just posted a messy little start to a new mini series I've been hinting at regarding Seifer's trial. If you haven't read ITA, best you skip it until if or when you do. I was planning on posting it all at once, but today is Seifer's bday and I just felt like it was owed.

I also have a good partial chapter of the next ITA waiting for my attention. It's not a fast process since there will be so many things happening at once. It's quite the challenge trying to plan everything so it executes correctly (in theory).

I also have several chapters of a fluff story waiting on the side. I'm not sure why I haven't posted. I guess I feel like I need to finish something before posting anything more.

Anyway, I wanted to check in. Let you all know I still exist and don't be surprised if you find me reading your stories. I have so much fanfic to catch up on!