I think we'd want to have a "recc'd by Rebecca Lizard", "recced by PMM" , recced by Susan W. sort of thing, because, while we all usually like well-written fanfic, we like divergent fanfic. Or, I guess it could be recced by couple. (says the person who reads only buffista produced fanfic, or Buffy/Spike)

I think we'd want to have a "recc'd by Rebecca Lizard", "recced by PMM" , recced by Susan W. sort of thing, because, while we all usually like well-written fanfic, we like divergent fanfic.

Oh yes. I was thinking in terms of also having written a tiny blurb about the piece-- you know, also mentioning the time/place it was set, the pairings unless it's considered a spoiler for the piece, any reservations you may have ("This is one of the best Spike-with-a-soul pieces I've seen in ages-- but the Willow voice almost made me close the window"). That sort of thing.

I do like the idea of a "recommended by (Buffista)" blurb along with a little bit about why the recommender recommended that piece. I would find that a lot more useful than just a link that leads off into the unknown.

Our current links page does do that -- it says who added the link, and there is a blurb. I mean, I guess if people want to do an extensive fanfiction recs page, that could go somewhere different...I dunno.

I just don't want to put the recs on the links page, since it could quickly overwhelm the page (see BBaBB).

I need to email allyson about the present-- is she allyson@fury.net or allyson@davidfury.net?

the second one.

Thanks!

My reflex is that the recommended fanfiction should point to rec pages or to archives.

I agree. Pointing to the stories themselves isn't really a good idea -- links change, etc. And, yes, the list could become far too long for the purposes of the Buffista Links page.

Y'know, I could maintain a recs page if we wanted to have one.

Snerk. And here I thought I was the one who continually volunteered for insanely huge projects. There's the site design, deciding what content to present and how to present it, chasing down umpteen-bajillion dead links when people move or redesign their site structure...

I'd like to mention that although I will be attempting to learn PHP/MySQL, that doesn't necessarily mean I'll be any good at it. And even if I am, I kind of have way too many website projects to be considered reliable ita-backup. Unless I finally figure out how to get by without sleeping.