Quick question about the entries for the writers camp

[IcyMango]

So, I just know this is answered somewhere, I just don't... exactly know where that is
Anyway, where exactly can you find the compilation of all the entries, I feel like it should definitely be easy to find, but I've never really stumbled across it as I go clicking around

[Penni]

On Tapas itself? It will probably happen next week (hopefully). Last Camp it took a while but they will announce when they have the collection on the site

For now @violin made this wonderful list https://forums.tapas.io/t/3rd-writers-camp-sortable-entries-list/28412

[IcyMango]

Oh, I suppose I can't find what doesn't exist... I did see that post as well, I just thought it was weird that there wasn't automatically on the site itself
Anyway, thanks for the quick reply ^w^)/*

[Penni]

They don't typically work on stuff on the weekend and it takes time to build the collection and format it to the site. There's some behind the scenes work involved with it.

[violin]

I just want to clarify that it took me no more than a few hours to build the list I have, and from a dev perspective this involved writing a script to crawl the Tapas website, indexing all series with the tags nov18writerscamp into a database, building out a custom UI on the website to display the info from the database, and setting up server, hosting, domain etc.

Your works on Tapas are most certainly saved into a database the minute you create it, absolving the need for crawling and indexing. They already have formatting for collections (same as any other collection), and they already have server and hosting.

Tapas may well have their own reasons for not putting up the collections, but I doubt it's related to dev time. With all the stuff already set up, it ought to be as simple as writing a single database query and hooking it up to a new page, a matter of minutes. If it's not, I would be very worried about the state of Tapas' web stack.

[Penni]

You're right, it shouldn't take that long. I'm speaking from my conversations from the staff from the last Camp. There is a level of coordination with various people that need to happen to get it on the front page and all that. There were complications with that last Camp, which is why it took so long to get on the front page. My apologies that I didn't clarify on that.

I really hope it doesn't take as long as it did last time, especially given the length of the Camp this time. Lots of people are working hard and I they should be represented to the fullest.

[violin]

I think it's totally reasonable if Tapas needs some time to discuss/get product approval for actually linking the collection from the front page, since the front page is useful screen real estate that could potentially cannibalize comic sales (if it, say, replaces a comic banner).

However I don't think there is any excuse for them not to at least create the collection and send the link out to the writers. Or send out an update for the readers to check it out and vote (subscribe) on the newsfeed. Neither of these things come with any inherent risks.

The fact that there isn't at least a collection signals to me that either no one is fighting for novels period, or someone is and even something as simple as providing writers the link is getting blocked up by bureaucracy, both of which are not really good signs...

(Lowkey hoping that staff sees this and pushes things out quicker)

[brooke]

Hi, thanks for your question!

We'll have our official collection set up for the compilation of all the entries soon, and it will be linked in the official rules article on the newsfeed. We do need some time when we create collections and promotions. It's not necessarily a matter of dev resources, but a lot of other tasks go on behind the scenes to make everything possible. For example, we check through all the submissions manually to be sure the entries are following the rules, and our creative team works very hard to make the amazing graphics that are the face of Writers Camp (and Tapas!).

In the meantime, if you're curious to view everyone else's Writers Camp novels, you can search "nov18writerscamp" to view everyone who's tagged their series as such Thank you for your patience!