welcome, plus a template

[thalia]

Welcome to tpm_flashback! This is a TPM/prequel recs community; the plan is for it to start up on Tuesday, June 1. The first eight-week period will end on Monday, July 26. See the user info for a few more details.

If you're one of the first seven reccers, don't forget to join the community so I can give you posting access. Everyone else is welcome to join, or, if you'd prefer, just add the community to your friends list.

Also, if you're one of the first group, leave a comment here and let me know what days you'd be able to post--at least a first and second choice, please.

It looks like our first group is darthfox, ausmac, glasshouseslive, gloriana, the_emu, mrshamill, and splix. Thank you all for volunteering! I'll start looking for the next set of seven volunteers toward the end of July.

Don't forget, any stories about Star Wars prequel characters are acceptable--including characters like Bruck and Xanatos that come from the books. I suspect that most of the stories here will be Q/O, but it would be great to have a little variety.

Please try to post on your assigned day. But if something comes up and you miss one, just post when you have a chance, or post two recs the next time you're scheduled.

Here's a template to use for posting recs:

The subject line should state the title and author of the story being recced.

In the body of the post, include
Title:
Author:
Rating:
Pairing:
Warnings: Warnings are required for chan, rape/non-con and character death. In general, specify the warnings that the author used. If you want, you can put the warnings behind an LJ-cut if you think they might spoil the story.
Author's e-mail, web site and/or LJ id:
Link to story:
Reasons for recommending: A short, spoiler-free explanation of why this is a good story.

Quote from story: Include a blurb from the story that gives readers a feel for the story. Put this behind an LJ-cut.

Optionally, you can include some more detailed story discussion that includes spoilers. Put this behind a separate LJ-cut.

Comments

Re: Another community , just what I need.

[thalia]

I know what you're thinking, the list hasn't even started and already this a whiner complaining.

[g] Well, no, that's OK. Warnings have always been a touchy issue on M-A. And I can really sympathize with both sides--I generally prefer not to be warned, but every once in a while I really, really wish I had been.

In this case, I think I'd rather err on the side of caution. Most of the stories are going to be familiar to a lot of people. But if there's anyone who hasn't read them before, I'd rather they get too much information than too little.

I will, however, make a note in the template that warnings can go behind an LJ-cut.

Aren't ljs wonderful

[bant.livejournal.com]

That's a great idea. Something that couldn't be done on a yahoo list That way we can peek under the covers or not. Certainly, it's something to be taking advantage of.

Re: Aren't ljs wonderful

[thalia]

Yeah, LJ-cuts are great for things like this. I've done similar things on websites, but you're right, on a mailing list it's pretty much all or nothing.

Re: Another community , just what I need.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Just a note... before this starts, can somebody show me how to do that? I really have no clue. I'm still trying to figure this out.

Re: Another community , just what I need.

[thalia]

If you type

<lj-cut text="click here for warnings">
warnings warnings warnings
</lj-cut>

What will show up is
( click here for warnings )

...and if someone clicks there, they'll see the whole entry.

You might seriously want to think about downloading a client. See the FAQ for more info. I really like Semagic. It makes it a lot easier to do things like lj-cuts and links.

Re: Another community , just what I need.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

I done dood that, thanks. It looks (and acts) easy, and I've already figured out how to do the cuts. Thanks!

Don't forget, I can still ship my brat to you...