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Rectober is all Rectover

I've been waiting a month to use that title :D

Oh, Rectober! What a month it was. So full of bounteous recs in so many fandoms, pairings, genres and lengths. Some people managed to do it daily. Others just the once. THEY WERE ALL BEAUTIFUL. \o/ Each one a little poem of love for a creator, a little signpost in the dark for a lost reader looking for a happy place to go. ♥

Thank you to each and every reccer, for each and every rec! The divine

capitu has made you a little token of appreciation, from all of us readers. And she even did the coding for me, because she is a true Hufflepuff. Please find them below, clutch them to your bosoms, grab the html and display on your journals with pride.

If you're looking for recs, why not browse the journals of those who took part. See the amazing list below. Many of them have a Rectober tag, to make your life easier, so you can get straight to the good stuff.

And if you didn't manage to take part in Rectober this year, don't forget that recs are loved all year round. ♥

( Rectober Star Banners )

Take a bow, reccers all (and if I missed you off, please poke me! So sorry but with one thing and another I completely admit that the admin got away from me this year!):

( Our Rectober stars )

♥

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Rectober Reccers

Rectober is here! Just add a comment to this thread or the main Rectober thread here letting me know you're in, and I'll add you to the list.

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( Our glorious team of reccers )

( Rectober tips )

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Rectober is here \o/

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 participate )
( How to promote... )

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

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Anyone for Rectober?

Hello, lovely flist! It's nearly October and I wondered if anyone fancied a spot of reccing?

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If you have no idea what Rectober is, the idea is to have a month celebrating recs for fanworks. Participants pledge to post recs, as frequently as they feel they want to, or to support the fest by reading from recs and leaving comments, or commenting on rec posts to let the person know you enjoyed their recs, or any other way you want to join in. We had fun with it in 2013 and 2014.

Anyway! Please click and tick and comment and let me know what you think. In previous years people pledged anything from daily rec posts to one post during the month, so the commitment could be as big or small as you choose.

Rectober will always be multi-fandom, any pairing, any genre, whatever you like.

( Click for poll )

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Get ready for Rectober...

EIGHT DAYS TO GO....

And look at our pretty new banner! \o/

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capitu

Rectober is an idea to encourage reccing, reading, enjoying, commenting, sharing and discussion about fic, art and other fanworks during the month of October. All fandoms, pairings, genres and ratings are welcome! Bring on the recs!

Further details (and grabbable banners) will be forthcoming very soon...

( Some of last year's reccers hard at work... )

RECS ARE LOVE ♥

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Rectober Poll Take 2 - because birds is a dork

I totally cocked up yesterday's poll, and then managed to delete it while I was fixing it. SO SORRY!

If you filled it out yesterday and can be bothered to do it again, that would be wonderful. I cross my heart I will not fiddle with it this time.

If you don't know what Rectober is, try here for info about last year's fest. It got quite big in the end and recs were flying fast and furious! \o/

( The poll... )

Thank you all very much indeed. ♥

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Just wondering...

... are we doing Rectober again this year?

( NOW WITH EXTRA BONUS POLL )

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RECTOBER

I had an idea.

I used to write more rec posts, but sometimes it seems like it will take up too much time, and so I'll just fire off a link to a friend instead. However, I LOVE reading other people's recs. There are lovely people who rec regularly, and other lovely people who rec occasionally, when they feel like it, but I always wish there were more recs, particularly for current fests and fic / art that's being posted now. If there's a fest on and I've got a bit behind, it can seem so intimidating and I don't know where to begin, so a few recs can help me immensely. Even if I've already read the fic, I enjoy seeing what other people thought of it. And not forgetting the fact it is an enormous pleasure when something you've written gets recced (for some reason this is especially satisfying while it's still anon).

Anyway, I thought I would like to make a commitment to write MORE RECS during the next month. I want to make a rec post at least once a week - I'm hoping that with

hd_fan_fair beginning, and lots of other fests continuing, this will be a piece of cake :D

I wondered whether anyone would like to join me? It would be so nice to see a kind of mini-explosion of recs during October. I even thought of a name. RECTOBER. Oh yes. It sounds a bit rectal, doesn't it? SO MUCH THE BETTER.

I can't do banners and clever things, but if anyone wanted to make a RECTOBER banner I would love you a lot.

Meanwhile here is a poll:

[Poll #1935728][Poll #1935728]

If nobody likes the idea of Rectober, I have another idea: Nictober. I'll leave it in your hands :DDD