Oh, I'm so glad you got my email in time. Anyway, thank you, everyone who's worked on the banners - they're all so terrific, which made it harder to choose. ...
Hey guys, I have just posted a poll over at our LJ about banners. This looks at how the banners will be created - whether we'll keep using our current system...
Just a quick reminder: if you haven't already, please vote in our poll on how banners for next year's winners should be handled. The poll closes tomorrow. You...
Hey guys, I've been working over the last several months with some of you (particularly Tanaqui, Aranel Took, Inkling, Radbooks, and elliska – THANK YOU!) to...
I would not want a 5-10,000-word story of mine to compete against a 500-word ficlet. I mean I am one person and I know people love ficlets. But one can read 20...
I agree with Oshun to a degree... one of the problems is - people procrastinate - and those who decide to review a certain number, when push comes to shove and...
... I would have to agree as well. Ficlets should compete against ficlets, and full-length stories should compete against full-length stories. They are two...
Hiya Oshun and Agape, I find the points you brought up very interesting because (as a mostly ficlet author) my thoughts were very different. Readers who are...
Wow - you all have been busy! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by, but I'm certainly looking forward to the MEFAs this year. Sulriel ... [Non-text...
The fact is that ficlets are more read in this competition than longer stories. That is a fact. I don't have the figures and I am not going to compile them,...
Hey everyone, I thank everyone for letting me know your concerns. I and the other volunteers can only make decisions based on the information we have about...
Hooray! Have been makin' my list and checkin' it twice! All the tales on it I've found to be nice.... Bonnie L. Sherrell Teacher at Large "Then do not be too...
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Apr 30, 2009 4:24 am
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I agree that the categories should be split (ficlets/novellas) but I don't agree with the comments someone made to enforcing reviewing requirements of longer...
I would have to agree with Alassante with regards to the voting requirements. I personally prefer to read the longer works (anything over 1000 words) simply...
I try to vote on a certain number of ficlets per day during voting season, and work on one novel at a time if I hadn't already read it. I think the last two ...
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Apr 30, 2009 5:57 pm
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Last year I actually made a list of stories to read based on my reviewing goal. I had four main categories: short stories (any length), medium-length stories...
doesn't each user see a different (random) order of stories? The same each time for *that* user, but I thought everyone's order was different.? Sulriel On...
I think its sorted by number. Each nominated story has a number by it - probably assigned when it was nominated. Mine usually was sorted by that. So a late...
Those who did the software will have to explain it. I know that I got lots of readings of those of my stories nominated that were near the beginning and the ...
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Apr 30, 2009 6:53 pm
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Under Genres, you will now be able to select "Character Studies." This is good for pieces that are more about exploring a certain character rather than...
I was wondering the same thing Oshun and would appreciate some examples myself. I tend to explore the psychological/spiritual make-up of my characters, both...
Birthday Present<http://aranel-took.fancrone.net/other/drabbles/birthday_present.php> is the story that prompted my suggestion. The only Races category that...
OK. I understand. That makes perfect sense. I have read drabbles that would fit in a category like that. Categories are hard in general. If we were in a...
I am very happy to see Character Studies being added this year as most of my ficlets fall into this category! :) I'm also glad to see that FLF has been done...
Hi Oshun, ... I agree that at base all writing is about characterization, just like all writing is about plot and style and all that other good stuff. :-) I ...
... Hi Fiondil, One thing that might be helpful is to ask yourself the queswtion: given the choice, would you rather compete against stories of some genre ...
Marta--I think the point that it is a better categorization for a short than long fic. I usually have less trouble placing my short stories or ficlets (the...
Hi Larner, ... I just have to comment on this because it gives me a chance to brag on Tanaqui and Aranel. The list that you see by default (before you tell it ...
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