Re: Re: Adrienne's question about rules for posting fics.

["Adrienne Wright" <adrienne_wright@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanx dan... if i have any other questions closer to posting i will get back to you then

ADrienne... inspired by all the good writing that is going on here
----- Original Message ----- 
From: danspector@xxxxxxxxx 
To: buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: Adrienne's question about rules for posting fics.


Adrienne,

Here are the relevant rules from the welcome message. (Thanks again to
listmom, Kimber, for setting them down.) If you have a specific
question that isn't covered here, just post it and I'll answer.

Dan

Excerpts from the rules:

3: Story lines
"A Slayer, a Hacker, a demon - oh my!"

The names of the lists are BuffyWantsWillow and BuffyLovesWillow. heh.
Do
the math. Rod rules supreme and I'm just his lil woman over here - he
has
encouraged authors if they wish to post their other fic here they may do
so.
It's never been a problem before and I don't see why it should change.
Just
as long as it's Buffy The Vampire Slayer orientated - have a ball!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

4: Disclaimers
"Joss rules, I suck. He owns 'em, I wish I did."

Even though we know you don't own the characters or their likenesses,
you
need to put a disclaimer in your intro. This is to ensure your safety
if
anyone affiliated with BtVS came across it. You could get in deep stuff
I've seen it happen. For an example, see rule number 7.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

5: Distribution
"The usual suspects, all others ask first."

Also in your header, include anyone's name that is archiving your fic.
Us
weary archivists don't always have time to read your lovely story the
minute
it's posted, so we just scan the headers to see if it's one that we've
been given permission to archive. As websites go, they're a bear to
keep up with and personally, as much as I love every author's work that
I archive, I
can't remember all dozens of names off the top of my head.

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6: [omitted, as it's not about fics]
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Now, important for the Authors, or upcoming authors:

7: Headers
"Name, rank and serial number please."

All fics need a header. It's a simple little blurb but conveys all the
important pesky details. Authors Notes is optional. Some people us it
to
dedicate the fic to someone or just make a random comment about the fic.
Here is an example:

TITLE: At Loose Ends (1/1)
AUTHOR: Kimber (feralspirit@xxxxxxxx)
DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. I
don't
own anything.
SUMMARY: Response to Rod's weekly challenge. . but with a twist. Write
a
story about coming back to or for someone.
SPOILERS: Everything is fair game.
DISTRIBUTION: The usual suspects. Anyone else, e-mail me please.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: A writers end product usually reflects how they feel
when
they write it. Angst abounds with my favorite couple. You've seen it
before, you know what it means. Possible tear alert.

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8: [omitted, since it's not about fics] 
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9: Posting in parts
"Fic: Da Rulz and such (1/?)"
Parts are fine. Keeping our AOLers in mind, keep your parts below 20K.
If
it's larger than that, AOL recognizes the message as an attachment and
wackyness ensues. If you open the folder your fic is in and go to
'view'
then 'details', you can figure out how large it is. If your story parts
are
posted more than 3 weeks apart, just give us a tiny synopsis of what
happened in the previous chapter.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

10: Ratings
"This is rated NC-17 for acts of wild monkey love."
Let's break it down folks. BuffyLovesWillow is an all ages mailing list
which means that nothing over PG can be posted. Meaning no explicit
sex,
drug use, violence, etc. We have 'kids' here, possibly around 14 or 15
and
while they may know a heck of a lot more than we did when we were
growing
up, encouraging the deterioration of their young brains is an activity
best
left to the people they interact with in real life. BuffyWantsWillow,
however is an anything goes list. It's only limited by your funky and
down
right disturbing imaginations.
----------------------------------------------------

Again, if this doesn't cover it, ask away!


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