Rectober Wrap-Up
Nov. 4th, 2013 09:04 pmRectober 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

banner by
capitu
That's it for 2013! Yay Rectober! \O/ \o/ \O/ \o/ \O/
A quick poll below, plus banners made by the delightful
A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR DEDICATED RECCERS:
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

banner by

banner by
That's it for 2013! Yay Rectober! \O/ \o/ \O/ \o/ \O/
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Date: 2013-11-04 09:07 pm (UTC)I like Rectober. It was fun.
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Date: 2013-11-04 09:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-04 09:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-04 09:18 pm (UTC)I'll definitely participate again. :-D Thanks for putting it together, Birds!! (And you alphabetized the participants. Wow.)
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Date: 2013-11-04 09:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-04 09:26 pm (UTC)Please use the new ones! Everyone should have one glowing on their journal.
I added each participant onto the original post as I got a notification or comment, or I knew I'd lose track. I tried to, anyway - I bet I missed a few. Anyway, it was easy to alphabeticise as I went along.
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Date: 2013-11-04 09:29 pm (UTC)Because I rec very, very infrequently, so in response to During an average month, I usually rec fanworks on LJ: I put never, but a few times a year was an option!! *headdesk* I need to fill out polls more slowly.
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Date: 2013-11-04 09:32 pm (UTC)Also, if you are interested in making a Masterlist of sorts, I would be down to help, though I never quite said so when we were chatting about it last month. :/
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Date: 2013-11-04 09:42 pm (UTC)EDIT: I also found some great stuff not only because of recs but also while I was compiling my own rec list, hehe :D
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Date: 2013-11-04 09:47 pm (UTC)But I think people recced more, obviously, but also said so to the reccer, and commented a bit more on the stories/art they followed through a rec, you know? If that makes sense? O.o
YAY For using one of each. :D:D:D:D Good call that one. <3
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Date: 2013-11-04 09:58 pm (UTC)I was guilty of it, so much that I actually wrote an entry draft about using a cut, but then I figured, if I'm wondering if I should cut an entry, then I probably should cut it.
I have a more or less rule of cutting if I rec more than 3 things, but then I recced four one day and I didn't cut = guilty. No one complained, but that doesn't mean no one was bothered. Plus, I tend to rant when I rec. Anyway, that's me, next year I'm cutting after two. Lol Actually, that's effective immediately. ^^
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Date: 2013-11-04 09:58 pm (UTC)Thanks so much for organising this, Birds. It was awesome!!!! Lovely banners too, thanks Capitu <3
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Date: 2013-11-04 10:00 pm (UTC)Thank you! *hugs* I'm glad you like them. Birds and I had a wonderful time deciding on the text. XD
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Date: 2013-11-04 10:14 pm (UTC)We-ell! I am staggered by the amount of work that would go into making a masterlist, but if anyone wants to offer, I am not going to talk them out of it :DD
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Date: 2013-11-04 10:16 pm (UTC)The ranting is nice! Personally I put almost everything under a cut. Then I feel free to rant as much as I like :D
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Date: 2013-11-04 10:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-04 10:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-04 10:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-04 10:21 pm (UTC)I am glad you found some great art and fic, too!
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Date: 2013-11-04 10:23 pm (UTC)I agree that people were commenting more to the reccers, from what I experienced. Or maybe people were just commenting more to ME because they were scared, heh. It definitely made a difference to my motivation. It's not much fun to rec into a vacuum.
The banners were a lovely thing to see each day scrolling down my flist! I adore Autumn and it was so nice to have that theme with the banners, plus the very colourful one as well.
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Date: 2013-11-04 10:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-04 10:39 pm (UTC)I found it quite difficult to fill out the "what did you do more of" poll, because half the things on it were things that I already do (like read recs or leave comments for writers/artists) so I only ended up ticking "post more recs". xD
Last year around the same time I made a kind of New Years resolution (even if I started this well before NYE) which was "a) leave a comment on everything you read/look at, and b) if you rec something the least you can do is comment on it first" which I've been diligently doing all year. :) I can count on less than two hands the times I didn't leave a comment and that was only if I couldn't stomach the fic and stopped reading it. Anyway, my point is, I think im going to also make it a habit to rec more in addition to commenting and not just hit the "save bookmark as rec" button on ao3.
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Date: 2013-11-04 10:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-04 10:44 pm (UTC)Hey, how Caps lock Harry?
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Date: 2013-11-04 10:48 pm (UTC)I made a point of thanking the reccer this month, and added a lot to my to-read pile, too. ^^
ps. (to a different thread) I loved the ones you picked. One of each was very wise. :) I couldn't have picked better, they all turned out so nice. And this way people can chose the one they like and feel more like, you know?