Get ready for RECTOBER

[birdsofshore]

Please join us for a month of recs!

Rectober is an idea to encourage reccing, reading, enjoying, commenting, sharing and discussion about fic, art  and other fanworks during the month of October. Why not take part in Rectober by pledging to make rec posts during October, and encouraging other reccers by commenting on their posts?

All fandoms, pairings, genres and ratings are welcome! Bring on the recs!

PARTICIPANT LIST IS NOW HERE! If you're looking for recs, try these journals...

How to rec:

This is totally up to you! But here is a reccing template, with the usual info, which you can use on your journal if you are not sure how to get started. Some people like to write a lot, and include excerpts, but a simple link to the fic with a sentence or two about why you enjoyed it can be just as useful.

<b>Title</b>:<a href="link here">Title</a> <b>Author/Artist</b>: <b>Pairing(s)</b> <b>Rating</b>: <b>Word Count</b>: <b>Warnings</b>: <b>Summary</b>: <b>Why I loved it</b>: <b>Excerpt(optional)</b>:

You can rec on your own journal, or at reccing communities, or cross post to both. hd_storyroom is a reccing comm devoted to Harry/Draco, and they are happy to receive recs from anybody. If you know of others for your fandom / pairing feel free to promote in the comments. one_bad_man is a Snape and Lucius centric comm where you can leave recs for those characters.

You can rec fic, art, podfics, fanvids, meta posts, or any other fanworks.

If you post to your own journal, it helps to leave the post unlocked so that it's available to everyone. It would be great to have a collection of links to people's Rectober posts. If you've made a post, feel free to link to it here in comments.

If you don't want to write recs yourself:

You can still take part in Rectober by reading and commenting. It's great to let a reccer know if you enjoyed reading a fic they recced, or even if you haven't read the fic yet but just like the sound of it from their post.

Also, if you enjoy a fic that's been recced to you, you can let the writer know in a comment that you came to it via a rec. Often people feel like nobody reads their recs! I have heard this many times, and it sometimes puts people off writing rec posts.

Banners:

Please grab a banner and promote Rectober. The banners link back to here so others can read about the idea and get involved if they wish. You can use these banners to spread the word and to beautify your rec posts :DD

There are also banners made by meglw0228 here at her journal

Thank you to the lovely marianna_merlo and raitala for making these for us.



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Comments

[mab.livejournal.com]

you know what? This needs a banner with a rectal thermometer that measures not temperature, but is like a total rec goal meter or something.

[birdsofshore]

Hee! That would be brilliant. If anyone wants to make such a thing then please go for it.

Leave links to your rec posts here:

[birdsofshore]

if you want to!

[amorette.livejournal.com]

Yay! I am going to try this :) Go you for organizing it.

[vix-spes.livejournal.com]

I think this is such a great idea .... determined to at least manage some reccing but will definitely pimp!

[capitu]

I want to do this! I don't know what it is, but I want I want I want! lol <3

[captainraychill.livejournal.com]

Lovely autumn-y banners - and belated Happy Birthday to you! :)

[lijahlover.livejournal.com]

I will pimp this out and keep on reccing. I am on a roll with being hd_storyroom's September reccer :)

I always enjoy volunteering for September since I like the month and it's my birthday month.

[birdsofshore]

LOL! Sorry if it wasn't very clear! We're just trying to encourage ourselves to rec more. I love reading recs but I don't do it very often these days. Basically it's just asking people if they can, to make a rec post during October, or to rec weekly or even more often if they are able. Also to recognise others' rec posts by commenting and so on.

I don't think you'll have any trouble joining in, somehow :D Feel free to grab the banners when you make a rec post, if you like. And if you have any meta thoughts about reccing in general that would be interesting to read?

I hope a lot of people will join in starting from tomorrow. Wow. October already :D

[birdsofshore]

Yay! You are great at doing recs anyway. I look forward to reading yours.

And thank you again for the lovely banners <3

[birdsofshore]

Yay! Thanks for promoting! It would be lovely to see even one rec post from people who don't normally get time. I need a kick up the bum myself so we can all encourage each other.

[birdsofshore]

The banners are so nice, aren't they? I can't wait to use them when I post some recs.

Thank you very much - I had such a lovely day!

[birdsofshore]

Yay, you always make lovely recs!

Autumn is my favourite time of year as well. <3

[amorette.livejournal.com]

Aw thanks! I hope they are good for people :D

[capitu]

LOL! I was so excited, I wanted to jump right in. :D This is a great idea.

I've always felt that I rec fics but I don't rec enough art, considering how much I love, so I'm totally doing this to keep up with my fanart love. <3

[ms-hecubus.livejournal.com]

My brain is way too twelve to do anything but dissolve into giggles when I see rectober.

Rectober Begins NOW! Come in and see!

[livejournal.livejournal.com]

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Re: Leave links to your rec posts here:

[slashedsilver.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Rectober! What a great idea! I rec weekly at epic_recs under my reccer tag. I was thinking of reccing in some other fandoms for a change, but in honor of Rectober I'll continue reccing H/D for October! ♥

[mab.livejournal.com]

Here's Mab's first post of the month

Re: Leave links to your rec posts here:

[birdsofshore]

That's wonderful, I look forward to it! Will you leave a link to each post here if you get time?

[vaysh]

This is the most brilliant idea ever. I won't be able to participate and rec (well maybe one or two recs) but I am so going to squee!!!

[birdsofshore]

One or two recs is fabulous! Imagine if everyone did one or two recs?

And squee is always lovely <3

Re: Leave links to your rec posts here:

[slashedsilver.livejournal.com]

Sure! I can do that :)

[diabolica.livejournal.com]

one_bad_man is a Snape- and Lucius-centric community in the Harry Potter fandom and we are ALWAYS happy to have recs for fanworks containing our favourite bad men! Gen, het and slash are all welcome, as are fanworks of all varieties: fic, art, meta, vids, whatever. Please come join us this October!

[birdsofshore]

Brilliant, thank you for that link! We have a lot of Snape and Lucius fans around here!