Hi anon! I am looking into this and I’ll post about it as soon as I figure it out, sorry! I know a way to do this exists somewhere.
Okay guys, turns out I was wrong about this, sorry! I have contacted the support team at the Archive and I’ll let you know as soon as I have a solution for this. Hang tight!
Are you done your secret santa fill and ready to post to ao3? Here’s how to do it!
1. Go to post a new work and get your fic all ready to go—fandom, title, summary, the works! (New to ao3 and not sure how to do that? Here’s a tutorial). Don’t post yet!
2. Before you post, click on the “associations” section. Under “Post to Collections / Challenges” start typing “secretkalexsanta2018″ and select it when it comes up.
3. In the “Gift this work to” field, start typing your giftee’s ao3 username and select it from the dropdown menu.
4. Post your work! It will stay hidden until the whole collection is revealed on December 25, so you can post it whenever you’re done. But please make sure to post it by December 20 at the latest!
5. Whoops, you’ve posted your work already and want to edit it? You can find it here—it will be the only work visible to you until the collection is revealed.
Any questions? Feel free to shoot me a message or an ask at this account!
3.5. Before you post your work (or you can go back and do this later if you want):
– Under “Associations” tick the box “Set a different publication date”
– Make sure the publication date is set to December 25th! This will put your work on the top of the Alex/Kara tag on ao3 when it’s revealed!
All works submitted as gifts for the Secret Kalex Santa need to be completed! If it’s something you want to write sequels to later that is completely fine, what you submit just needs to work as a standalone too.
Are you done your secret santa fill and ready to post to ao3? Here’s how to do it!
1. Go to post a new work and get your fic all ready to go—fandom, title, summary, the works! (New to ao3 and not sure how to do that? Here’s a tutorial). Don’t post yet!
2. Before you post, click on the “associations” section. Under “Post to Collections / Challenges” start typing “secretkalexsanta2018″ and select it when it comes up.
3. In the “Gift this work to” field, start typing your giftee’s ao3 username and select it from the dropdown menu.
4. Post your work! It will stay hidden until the whole collection is revealed on December 25, so you can post it whenever you’re done. But please make sure to post it by December 20 at the latest!
5. Whoops, you’ve posted your work already and want to edit it? You can find it here—it will be the only work visible to you until the collection is revealed.
Any questions? Feel free to shoot me a message or an ask at this account!
Fandom is such a weird place. Like I watched a tv show and thought “wow, these two nerds have a lot of chemistry and I’d like to dedicate a large chunk of my life to thinking about them” so I went in search of other people who also thought these two nerds had a lot of chemistry and then it turned out that a shit ton of people were talking about these two nerds having a lot of chemistry and now it’s 4 years later and we write each other porn on holidays.
I think about this post all the time
Dear Secret Santa,
Yes, that’s totally fine! And you were right about why I hadn’t answered your ask earlier, though that was partially just because I’ve had a wild couple of days—I was still thinking about how to get you your answer. Sorry for the delay anyway! (And I did randomize the list and email out assignments so I do know who you are, but answering your ask this way preserves a little bit of the secret Santa illusion at least!)
By now everyone has been emailed a letter from their giftee! If you didn’t receive an email, please check your spam filters. If it’s not there, or if you have any other questions/concerns, shoot me a message here!
Question of Smoke 