I posted some data yesterday on my tumblr about commenting rates during the first two weeks of B2MeM versus on AO3 and the SWG. You can read the post for the full data and analysis, but the short version is that commenting on B2MeM is much better than on the other two sites (and commenting on the SWG is slightly better than on AO3). Based on my ( Read more... )

I am still working on my rec list (Day 5) and my fanwork (thanks to Himring's thorny prompts from the Silmfic prompt generator!), but so as not to fall too far behind, I'm going to work a bit out of order for the Fandom Snowflake. I had intentions of doing three days in one post, but Day 9 got away from me a bit. It's no wonder. As I started to ( Read more... )

Today's Fandom Snowflake challenge is to make a fandom wish list. I have skipped Day 5, not because I'm not doing it but because I'm reading a lot of stuff that has been posted recently in an attempt to create a rec list that includes both friends and writers new to me.

Here is today's challenge:

In your own space, create a list of at least three ( Read more... )

I am going to try to do the Fandom Snowflake challenge this year. Like all of it. I usually do a day here or there, but I've liked journaling daily as part of the photo-of-the-day (although if my performance on that is any indication, then I'll miss a few days of Snowflake as well).

Day One's challenge is:

In your own space, post a rec for at ( Read more... )

Important ETA: Over the past few days, I have been in correspondence with other Tolkien archive admins and the abuse team on AO3. It seems that my initial fears that this incident was "bigger than us" were well-founded. This person has been found on several Tolkien archives (although they don't seem to have posted as widely anyplace but the SWG) ( Read more... )

I want to thank everyone who sent me a birthday card for the SWG's 10th birthday. I was very generously treated and am grateful for each and every one. Quite a few had heartfelt messages that made me wubble hard and that I will cherish for a long, long time ( Read more... )

As I announced yesterday, the SWG archive now accepts podfics, which is something my comods and I have been working on off-and-on for a few months now. I'm excited about this possibility, even though I have no idea how popular it will be. It's a technology that has intrigued me for a while now, so I hope others will be interested in learning and ( Read more... )

In the hubbub of B2MeM, I forgot to wish the SWG a happy seventh (whoa) begetting day. (I've talked about why--just like an Elf!--the SWG has a begetting and a birthday before.) I remember when I founded the SWG, HASA was turning four, I think. That seemed incredible to me, to have a website with such longevity. Now the SWG has been in existence ( Read more... )

As part of SWG's birthday celebration, we've asked people to come up with ideas for themes and tokens (small awards). It is limited to one per person, but I've had some brilliant multiple suggestions and so have been trying to get those "adopted" by people who didn't plan on entering a theme or token themselves ( Read more... )

Believe it or not, we are coming up on March and so Back to Middle-earth Month again! As usual, SWG is planning to run an event. Normally, I don't blather too much about SWG on my journal since I figure that, if you wanted to hear about blathering about SWG, you could sign up for silwritersguild, but B2MeM is a bit different. Like last year, it will not be a ( Read more... )