Blue Sun Room Posting Etiquette

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MAL4PREZ

Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Lattelady6:
Is there a way to link chapters? I've read things and am unsure how to keep from loosing things?

I show how to do it in the formatting thread:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=12&t=23872

PM me if you want! I love linked chapters, so I'm always willing to help set it up!

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I'm the president. I don't need to listen.

BROWNCOATJIM

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:47 PM

I will go in a slightly different direction, and i hope no one minds too terribly much.......I have posted some of my fiction in the Blue Sun Room, and I think I am speaking for everyone who takes a chance and shows their dreativity to an utterly anonymous audience for their approval or disdain. If you read someone's story or look at their artwork, take a moment of your life and leave them a little feedback. Even just a thanks for posting is enough. if the work impressed you, then take the time to say so, and why (we learn a lot more from your critiques than your silences, let me tell you), and if you thought it was a horrible piece of go-se, then feel free to say so too......post for the public, that's the chance you take, and no thin skins allowed, right?

it's a minor thing, but I just feel that someone takes the time in their life to do something, you, as a fellow member of this community, should feel some sort of obligation to take some of your time to acknowledge the fact.

Simon: "Were there any Feds?"
mal: "No, no Feds, just an honest brawl between folk."

EMPIREX

Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:06 AM

ITA, BCJim. Feedback is totally important. If you take the time to read something, especially if you liked it even a little bit, let the author know. Silence can be just as awful and a bad review. At least the bad review tells you what went wrong!

As for flooding the boards, I myself have not posted a fic here yet. But I can understand the annoyance of flooding. I noticed that about this board, so I am careful to make sure I find where I left off and see if anything new has been posted.

But while we're on the subject of pet peeves...
This is a HUGE one of mine... I'm new to Firefly/Serenity fic... the only fic I ever read for years was The X-Files... so maybe I'm just used to that community's way of doing things, but... why is it that so many authors do not categorize their fic?

That's not just a problem in the BSR. I've noticed that in a lot of other Firefly fic archives. Is it just me? Does that not bother anyone else? Because, I gotta say, one can come across some truly startling things in fic... and without proper warning...
It can be something like: Oh! God! I'm bliiiiind!

Or, even more annoying, I start reading a fic and suddenly a main character is killed off without warning or River suddenly starts making out with Simon. I'm fairly particular about the pairings that I read. I guess I'm just a cannon-loving girl. But it would save readers time if we could skip over the stuff that just isn't our cup o' tea. I think it's only fair to warn people of what they're about to read.

PHOENIXROSE

Friday, October 20, 2006 4:03 AM

I'm giving this a bump, because someone just totally flooded.

http://www.bigdamnthankyou.com - show 'Versal your gratitude!

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure. - Gautama Siddharta

LUCASHARPER

Friday, October 20, 2006 5:27 AM

I just saw that.

Valeriebean I beleive it was.

I actually posted a comment in the 14th chapter mentioning that flooding is of the not good.

I mean, 4 chapters, yeah ok, but 14?

MAL4PREZ

Friday, October 20, 2006 7:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by LucasHarper:
I just saw that.

Valeriebean I beleive it was.

I actually posted a comment in the 14th chapter mentioning that flooding is of the not good.

I mean, 4 chapters, yeah ok, but 14?

Seems good to let the flooder know her offence by leaving a comment, but giving a new poster a rating of 1 on her fic is a little low! Ratings should be about the quality of the story. Especially when its a first time offender!

Edit: OK, I'm assuming it was you (Lucas), since there was only your comment when I saw the low rating. If it wasn't you, all apologies!

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I'm the president. I don't need to listen.

LUCASHARPER

Friday, October 20, 2006 8:18 PM

I didn' t rate the fic because I didn't read it.

KELAI

Friday, October 20, 2006 10:18 PM

Well said Greyfable ;)

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//breathe today So many lies s w i r l i n g
All A R O U N D You
you're S U F F O C A T I N G
the e m p t y shape in Y O U
s t e a l s your b r e a t h

PSANDUSKY

Friday, October 20, 2006 11:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MAGhaffar:

Cuz I've seen a lot of "poetry" and writing that is...
well, basically, personally-related stuff. Not about the 'Verse per se but about the
author's own 'Verse.
Can there be a separate section for posting anyone's non-FF/BDM-related stuff?
Not saying the non-FF/BDM stuff is bad, just saying it's not FF/BDM-related
and I'm not generally expecting to see that sorta thing in the FILK section
if the FILK section is for FF/BDM-related stuff is all...

This one drives me nuts, I have to say, because I've no earthly idea why something that doesn't have anything to do with Firefly/Serenity gets posted on a Firefly/Serenity archive. People need to express their creativity, different people's creative juices (with regard to 'verses) run together, I get that. Still, if whatever-it-is doesn't fit the theme of the archive, it doesn't belong in said themed archive.

And I'll get mean about this, I readily admit. I will give ratings of one for things that have no relevance whatsoever to the archive theme. (There was a Batman fic a while ago, for example.)

ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS!
Das Internet is nicht fuer gefingerclicken und giffengrabben. Ist easy droppenpacket der routers und overloaden der backbone mit der spammen und der me-tooen. Ist nicht fuer gewerken bei das dumpkopfen. Das mausklicken sichtseeren keepen das bandwit-spewin hans in das pockets muss; relaxen und watchen das cursorblinken.

BROWNCOATJIM

Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:10 AM

here's the thing you gotta remember......actually, hee's the few things ya gotta remember:

1--you never know how a given poen, fic, etc., might relate to the 'verse in the mind of the author, and you just might not get it.

2--The author, creater, whatever may not know of another outlet to show what he or she has done. admit it, we all find new websites every day that we had no idea existed.

3--For all of us who post our fanfic, we all had a first time, we all had to screw our courage up enough to present our work to a crowd. My first time was in a high school creative writing class. I didn't know if my piece would be the worst piece of shit every put to paper or what, but I had to do it. I'm going to be quite candid, but not trying to sound arrogant. I'm not a bad writer. my sin is a lack of discipline to get through a whole novel. but i've coached a lot of aspiring writers, and they all have to take that first plunge. Just the fact that they are here makes them browncoats, and we are obliged to support them, whether we get their ideas or not.

Simon: "Were there any Feds?"
mal: "No, no Feds, just an honest brawl between folk."

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