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Hey guys, It's Thursday morning (US time) and I have looked at the two polls. Between Yahoo and LJ, 35 people voted: 10 for increasing the nomination limit, 25...
aure_enteluva
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Feb 1, 2007
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Hey guys, Elena Tiriel posted a question over at the MEFAwards group about series of half-drabbles. Apparently some people write series where each part is...
aure_enteluva
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Feb 2, 2007
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Works for me. Maybe we could just say "FLF series=series of stories, each of which is written to accommodate a specific word count. The word count restriction...
dwimmer_laik
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Feb 2, 2007
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... I'd be okay with that, within a limit. I find that it's easier to trim words the higher the limit. How about something like FLF = a piece written to be a...
Marta
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Feb 3, 2007
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... trim words ... 100, 200) ... notes. ... box to ... because ... Looks good to me! Dwim...
dwimmer_laik
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Feb 3, 2007
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Hi Dwim, ... [snippage] ... Looks good to me, obviously. Anyone else out there have a problem with this? Marta...
Marta
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Feb 3, 2007
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Well if there is enough of them, then yes... I don't see the problem, but I had never heard of them until now! And I write a drabbles a fair bit! If they are...
Naresha
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Feb 5, 2007
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I like that idea... But I think we'd need to add something like "For example, 100, 200 etc" so we don't get the idiots going "Oh, but I made SURE I only wrote...
Naresha
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Feb 5, 2007
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... I really, really wish we could trust the fandom not to pull stuff like this. I'm not saying it *wouldn't* happen - I just get frustrated by people who go ...
Marta
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Feb 8, 2007
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Don't forget Eleventy-One!! ... I know I've heard of people writing 111 word fics to honor Bilbo's birthday party. It's getting a bit silly here, but I am...
Anthony Holder
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Feb 8, 2007
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Marta <melayton@...> wrote: "FLF = a piece written to be some specific number of words. The target word count must be a multiple of 50 not more...
Naresha
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Feb 8, 2007
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Anthony Holder <aaholder@...> wrote: I know I've heard of people writing 111 word fics to honor Bilbo's birthday party. YAY! I'm NOT losing my...
Naresha
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Feb 8, 2007
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... I don't know how common that is, but I've seen it. Mostly as a challenge. I know the Yahoo group [Henneth_Annun] had a challenge where people wrote ...
Marta
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Feb 8, 2007
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Marta <melayton@...> wrote: You notice I didn't mention 50, 111, or 150. I tried to draft some rules naming those outright, but like I said, it...
Naresha
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Feb 8, 2007
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... feels ... most ... these ... specific ... considered ... These ... be ... called ... counting ... number with ... This looks good, Marta...but I suggest...
Kathy
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Feb 8, 2007
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Kathy, ... Yeah, that's a good catch. I meant to keep the limit at 500 words. I think this definition is as good as we can make it, and it seems to cover ...
Marta
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Feb 9, 2007
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... I was thinking in the summary, and the Liaison would work with them as necessary. As a field, you'd need two 'FLFLength' and 'FLFReason' and it'd be a...
Anthony Holder
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Feb 9, 2007
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Hi Anthony, Yeah, that would work - there's really not a need to add more fields to an already-complex database. Marta...
Marta
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Feb 9, 2007
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... Hello, I have a request re: drabbles. Would it be possible to separate true 100-words-drabbles from double-drabbles and so forth? In my opinion, it's quite...
imhiriel
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Feb 13, 2007
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Hi Imhiriel, ... In principle, I have no problem with doing this. It's something other people have requested as well. My concern is with the logistics. I know...
Marta Layton
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Feb 13, 2007
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Hey guys, I've gone through the 2006 rules and edited them to include some things that we decided in this year's postmortem. You can see them two ways: Method...
aure_enteluva
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Feb 14, 2007
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Hi Marta, I looked through the rules, but as I highlighted typos and a few other glitches in a Word doc will have to email it to you. So will just ask here: ...
Kathy
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Feb 14, 2007
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... Sure, that's fine. I see them in my inbox and will try to get to them by tonight at the latest. ... Yeah, good catch. I've added the following to the...
Marta
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Feb 14, 2007
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... Hello Marta, sorry for the late reply, but I still have no internet and so have to wait for a little time to go visit an internet café... Yes, I would be...
imhiriel
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Feb 23, 2007
11:36 am
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Hey guys, I'm working on the FAQs and a thought occurred to me. It's slightly different so I thought I'd run it past you. In the past we've required that...
aure_enteluva
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Mar 29, 2007
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Hey guys, The MEFAs are set to start accepting nominations on June 1. Aranel Took and Tanaqui have been working incredibly hard to get the website ready for...
aure_enteluva
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May 22, 2007
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Marta, I have not much time right now, but I wanted at least to start familiarising myself with the new site. I didn't know whether to answer to the list or to...
imhiriel
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May 22, 2007
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I added a story and overall it looks really good! I haven't played with the search things yet because there are just two stories there and so it's hard to do...
denistonr
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May 23, 2007
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Hi Imhiriel, ... Sure. If you have more time later (before June 1) you can always go back to do more. ... Yes, please. If you're a member of this list please...
Marta
aure_enteluva
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May 23, 2007
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I tried submitting a poem by someone not on the list, and appear to be caught in a loop. It won't accept the title and story URL and go beyond that. Yet it...
Bonnie L. Sherrell
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