Rectober Wrap-Up

[birdsofshore]

Rectober is definitely done for this year! Please let me know what you thought. Did it work for you? Should we do it again next year? Should we change anything?

A quick poll below, plus banners made by the delightful capitu as a gift for all you Rectober Reccers. Please grab one, and display it on your journal or wherever. I think I might have mine tattooed on my backside, because they are SO PRETTY!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR DEDICATED RECCERS:

abyss_valkyrie, akatnamedeaster, all_not_well, arjd, ashindk, bauble, birdsofshore, calrissian18, capitu, celestlyn, deslea, dragontara, gamma_x_orionis, gracerene, hamimifk, hds_beltane, hollys_tree, icmezzo, indyonblue, isinuyasha, kedavranox, kitty_fic, lijahlover, likebangbang, lokifan, lovethisfic, marianna_merlo, mayexist, meglw0228, mewthmeow, motetus, my_drarry_recs, nathalieweasley, nathaniel_hp, nerak_rose, nevrafire, osprey_archer, pavlablack, queenie_mab, raitala, read_whatilove, sara_lakali, sassy_cat, slashedsilver, slytheringurrl, stephaniejo84, stereolightning, susannah_wilde, traintracks, vaysh11, verdande_mi, vix_spes, who_la_hoop, writcraft, xonceinadream, 0idontknow0


and anyone I have left out; so sorry if that has happened and please let me know asap!



(I screwed up the wording for Q1, I know... it won't let me change it...)

[Poll #1941933][Poll #1941933]



PLEASE COME AND TAKE A PRETTY BANNER! THEY ARE TOO PRETTY TO JUST LEAVE SITTING HERE ♥ Just copy and paste the html from the box onto your journal ♥

banner by capitu

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banner by capitu

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That's it for 2013! Yay Rectober! \O/ \o/ \O/ \o/ \O/

Comments

[meglw0228.livejournal.com]

Rectober has been amazing fun! And those banners are gorgeous! Thank you capitu!

Thank you so much for this fun idea; I've definitely started reccing more regularly, even if I'm not doing it everyday! And I'm content after finishing something I loved to recc it now, when before I wasn't so much! I really hope we see this again next year!

And, I have updated the list of reccs, but I'm only up to the M's on the list of people...it should be done tomorrow.

[kitty_fic]

I had all these plans and hopes and dreams and I failed spectacularly with only one post that was maybe more Rectover than Rectober XD... but I loved seeing all the recs and I read a few 'new to me' fics because of it! It was a great idea and you should definitely do it again!

[firethesound]

I hope Rectober happens again next year! I had a great time reading everyone's recs and found some lovely new fics that way. If it happens again, I think I'll try to participate, even though I never rec anything because I'm so completely terrible at summarizing, so all my recs would basically be "I love this so you should love it too!!" with me being completely unable to articulate why I love it so much.

[0idontknow0]

W00t! Rectober was fuh-un.

[all-not-well.livejournal.com]

I would definitely do it again - but perhaps I would not be quite so ambitious in my next attempt. I started out trying to do one per day and then got burned out halfway through the month. Maybe twice a week would have been better. :\

[birdsofshore]

Aw, he's fine now. It was a grim afternoon, though; I'll email you!

[birdsofshore]

Yes, I really try to comment on everything, but sometimes it just doesn't work (on the phone, just about to fall asleep or go out, etc).

It's nice that you already did the things on the poll! And thanks so much for your recs.

[birdsofshore]

Thank you for all your recs! And your dedication to the masterlist is awesome :DDD Come back and tell me when you've done it, please, I'd like to link to it! Getting up to M is rather impressive.

[birdsofshore]

LOL at "Rectover". If it got us thinking about reccing more, then it's not a failure. Thanks for supporting the idea, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[birdsofshore]

capitu has a guide to reccing that is really helpful. Hey, capitu, can we have a link to that post, please? I can't find it :(((

I'm really glad you enjoyed it and that you'd like to join in if we do it again <3

[birdsofshore]

*\o/*

Yay!

[birdsofshore]

I did twice a week and personally, I found that a big commitment. I think even attempting one a day was awesome! Thank you for your contributions <333

[nerakrose]

oh i didn't mean it as a critique! i just meant that i'd become really shit at commenting, to the point where i never commented at all, and i wanted to change that about myself. :)

:D

[capitu]

You mean the 8 ½ Fail-Safe Ways To Write A Comment?

I don't think I've written one for recs, but I could! XD

[capitu]

I bet it was. ^^ Mail me! <3

[birdsofshore]

Doh! of course! Thank you, in my mind it had turned into a guide to writing a rec :DD

Oh, you should do it! It would be great! A lot of the advice is similar, don't you think?

[capitu]

One thing I do when I rec, and not comment, is that I try to tell a little bit of what the story is about, so people have an idea, just an idea. But yes, the basics are the same.

Maybe I will! It'd be fun. :)

[who_la_hoop]

I found people did reply much more to my couple of Rectober posts than my usual rec posts - but then I recced in, uh, a rather different way to usual, so I think it inspired more discussion :D

I don't think I'll rec more in the traditional way in future - I still find summing up the fic, and then trying to review it in a way that's polite and won't spoil anyone, a rather tedious exercise. But I might try and do some more of the informal recs - although maybe a tiny bit politer if I'm reccing people actually on my flist :D

We don't appear to be doing Nicvember, this pains me. Oh well, I'm sure December is made for celebrating Nic, right?

[firethesound]

I just read that guide to commenting thing you wrote, and then bookmarked it. I have the same issue with commenting that I do with reccing -- I find it really hard to put into words what exactly I liked about a fic, so I mostly don't say anything at all. I'm trying to be better about it!

[capitu]

I'm glad you found that useful. ^_^

I think you just have to start. :) I really do, once you do, it comes easier and easier. <3

[vix-spes.livejournal.com]

Thank you for putting this together (and to capitu for the beautiful banners. I've had a blast reccing things and it's been so interesting to read other people's recs.

[birdsofshore]

You're very welcome; it was easy to get it started and then it just ran under its own steam! Thank you for your contribution and I am very glad you enjoyed it.

[birdsofshore]

Yes, sometimes it's a pain to do a formal kind of rec, but somehow it feels like not doing it properly unless you use one of those formats with Title: Author: Word Count: and all that. But I liked your, erm, less traditional recs :DD

[birdsofshore]

p.s. Nicvember has ONLY JUST BEGUN. Who knows what wonders it will hold??? C:

[who_la_hoop]

AN EXCELLENT POINT. Also, I just saw an advert for a Nic film on TV on Sunday. I loled.