Rectober is here \o/

[birdsofshore]

Please join us for a month of recs!

Rectober aims to celebrate 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 a certain number of rec posts during October? We also hope you'll encourage other reccers by commenting on their posts. ♥

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

Click here for list of participants \o/

The above link is where I'll be compiling a list of people reccing on LJ. I won't be linking to people reccing on tumblr, twitter or other sites this year, partly because I don't have the time, and partly to encourage traffic here on LJ.

I hope you'll support Rectober here on LJ, the place where it began, by posting your recs here and not just linking to your recs on other sites. It would be wonderful to see LJ buzzing with recs this month. ♥

I'll update the list through the month as people sign up. Feel free to poke about at these reccers' journals and look for recs. Hopefully there'll be a rectober tag to assist you!

How to rec:

This is totally up to you - you can rec however you like. But if you're not sure how to get started, here is a reccing template, with the usual type of info. These are suggestions only. 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</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 any poster. If you know of others for your fandom / pairing feel free to promote in the comments.

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

If you post to your own journal, if possible please leave the post unflocked so that it's available to everyone. We'll have an ongoing list of contributors, so If you use a Rectober tag when you're reccing, it makes it easy for people browse those journals and track down rec posts.

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.


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I hope you enjoy Rectober, whether you're a reccer, reader, commenter, artist, author or lurker. ♥

Comments

RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:

[kitty_fic]

I'm in! (also @ purrr_fic)

My plan is to post individual recs on my rec comm and roundup posts on my LJ once or twice a week with a total of 30+ recs by the end of the month

RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:

[crazyparakiss.livejournal.com]

I'm in but I'll be at kissrecommended reccing stuff. I'll try to do as many as I can since it's a busy month for me. But will def at least get four in.

[fantasyfiend09.livejournal.com]

I am so excited for this even though the shiny recs will certainly distract me from the writing I'm supposed to be doing!! Thank you to the lovely rec-ers!

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I would love to sign up if it's not too late.

[psyfic.livejournal.com]

I'll be happy to post recs on my journal a couple of times during the month.

RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

As i'm absolutely abysmal as reccing, i will throw my hat into the ring and i'll aim to rec four time during October.

[asya-ana.livejournal.com]

Sign me up! I pledge to rec some Charles/Erik whenever I can this month <3

[otta-ff.livejournal.com]

Sign me up, please! I'll try to do at least one rec post a week this month.

[sp-owl.livejournal.com]

The only place I have to put the banner is tumbler, and it never works for me when I do. :(
I would like to sign up. Do I need to specify fandoms? If so Merlin and Harry Potter.

RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:

[wellhalesbells.livejournal.com]

Definitely going to try to do this!

The goal is to do two multi-rec posts during the month. GAME FACE, BABY.

[frnklymrshnkly.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely be doing some reccing! :D I'm aiming for at least one rec post per week.

[andrea-deer.livejournal.com]

I'd like to participate as well :D

[alba17.livejournal.com]

Sign me up. I’ll try to do one rec post a week.

[bratface (from livejournal.com)]

Sign me up! The goal is to post multi fandom, old and new recs on Fridays and maybe fanvids on Wednesday's, if I have enough time. :)

[aeris444.livejournal.com]

Sign me up!

I'll try to post at least once a week as there are 4 fics I wanted to rec for a long time!

[giselleslash.livejournal.com]

Sign me up too! My goal is to do daily multi-fandom recs for MCU, X-Men, Merlin, Inception, Vikings, and LotR RPS

[birdsofshore]

I hope you enjoy it! Let me know if you want to join the team, but readers and commenters are very much loved as well <3

RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:

[tardis-stowaway.livejournal.com]

Oooh, this is such a good idea! I'm in.

I think seven posts over the month of October sounds manageable.

PS - Is that a curlew on your icon? Those beaks are wonderfully weird.

[birdsofshore]

It's not too late at all! We'd love to have you.

[birdsofshore]

Wonderful! Thanks for joining us!

[birdsofshore]

Super, I'm glad to hear it!

[birdsofshore]

Sounds great! Thanks for taking part.

[birdsofshore]

I'm sorry about the banner - I think the html is maybe LJ-specific?

I'm happy you're joining us! Please rec whatever fandoms you fancy.

[birdsofshore]

Hoorah! Thanks for joining us.

[birdsofshore]

That's wonderful. Glad to have you!