Re: OT: Ahem ... hello

[danspector@xxxxxxxxx]

Claudia,

Welcome!  It's wonderful to have new members, and even better when they
bring fics.

Rules on posting fic are included in the welcome message you should have
received.   But I'll repost the relevant parts.

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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 (kacoe@xxxxxxxxxxx) 
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:  Subject Line 

"Hey can I post this here????" 

Subject lines are the first thing we all look at, and in some cases, the
only thing.  So in order to sort out the fic from the discussion, you
should try to label your e-mails accurately.  For example: 

OT:  Where's Rod? 
FIC:  The Trials and Tribulations of a missing List-Dad (1/1) FF:  The
True Adventure Of a Listmom in Search of the Missing Listdad (1/?) 

OT means Off Topic. Yes, we are all aware that it could also mean On
Topic, but due to the nature of On Topic, it's never used as such Fic
and FF are used to describe FanFiction. Also, keep in mind, that if you
post something, be aware of spoilers, as seen below in rule #11 

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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. 

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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 downright disturbing imaginations.
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One thing I'd like to personally add is to please post in the email, not
in .doc files.  Some of us can't read those with our browsers.  (*coughs
discretely*).  I don't know if that's what you meant by saying "doc" in
your email, but I figured better safe than sorry.

Again, welcome, enjoy the fic, fb the authors and we look forward to
your own contributions.

Dan

(a moderator)



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