Rectober is here \o/
Oct. 1st, 2015 10:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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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.
You can rec on your own journal, or at reccing communities, or cross post to both.
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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.
Banners:
Please grab a banner and promote Rectober - the banners link back to this post. You can use them to spread the word and to beautify your rec posts :DD
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raitalaI hope you enjoy Rectober, whether you're a reccer, reader, commenter, artist, author or lurker. ♥
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RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:
Date: 2015-10-01 10:18 am (UTC)Whether you're planning to write one rec post during Rectober, or 3 times a day, all recs are welcome and we'd love you to join us.
Add your reccing goals to your comment if you want.
RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:
Date: 2015-10-01 10:20 am (UTC)RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:
Date: 2015-10-01 10:21 am (UTC)MY GOAL: I'm going to try to make a weekly rec post, and I'll try to rec at least two pieces of fic and art in each post.
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Date: 2015-10-01 10:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-01 10:48 am (UTC)I hope to do at least one post a week, with fic & art from some ongoing fests as well as a few other favourites.
So glad to see this returning! ♥
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Date: 2015-10-01 10:59 am (UTC)I plan to rec daily with art, fics old and new. :)
RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:
Date: 2015-10-01 11:32 am (UTC)as myself and at
RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:
Date: 2015-10-01 11:48 am (UTC)If you have a minute, please could you check all my links point in the right places, the banners and so on? Thanks so much <3
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Date: 2015-10-01 11:49 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-10-01 12:02 pm (UTC)RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:
Date: 2015-10-01 12:16 pm (UTC)Everything looks great! And everything goes to where it's supposed to go know. :)
RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:
Date: 2015-10-01 12:26 pm (UTC)I'm going to try to post a few times a week, but we'll see.
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Date: 2015-10-01 01:11 pm (UTC)RE: RECCERS SIGN UP HERE:
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Date: 2015-10-01 02:26 pm (UTC)Also, for reccing communities, I think
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Date: 2015-10-01 02:55 pm (UTC)the goal is once weekly (probably sunday) recposts through-out october.
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