US Diary Postcards

Edited to add: Thanks, all, for signing up for this swap. I've now clicked to assign partners, so we're ready to go! Remember to write your first card this Sunday and then one a day for a week.... I'll check in by email about 2 weeks after the send deadline to make sure that everything's gone smoothly, but in the meanwhile, please PM me if you have any questions or run into any difficulties. And have fun!

Here's a US version of an international swap I hosted last month. I'll run another international round in August, but if anyone wants to host a non-US version in the meanwhile, please feel free.

For this swap you will have 1 partner, and you will send that partner 7 postcards. On each postcard you should write a diary-type entry.

Write your first card on Sunday 7/26 and then write one a day until your last one on Saturday 8/1. At the end of each day, give yourself some time to record the day's events. What did you do that day? What did you think about? Did something make you especially happy or especially unhappy? You can write anything along these lines, as long as you're giving some sort of view of your day. The next morning, pop that postcard in the mail, and write the next card that evening. Repeat until the week is out! (Of course, since there's no mail pick-up in the US on Sundays, the Saturday postcard will have to be mailed on the following Monday.)

If you don't have access to a mailbox every day, you can still join: write a card a day and mail them in batches when you visit the post--just be sure that all 7 cards are mailed by 8/3.

Types of postcards sent are completely the sender's choice. Both commercially produced cards and hand-made cards are fine, though if one of your cards is delicate you may want to send it in an envelope (and that's okay for this swap).

Other details: 1) No unrated swappers for this one; sorry. 2) Swappers with a rating below 4.95 or a profile that may cause concern will be dropped before partners are assigned. If there's something on your profile that you think might raise eyebrows, please PM me in advance.