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testdog65 (testdog65) wrote in qaf_coffeeclub,
@ 2008-03-13 12:49:00

Fanfic Reading Club…

happier_bunny and I are very excited to be posting the schedule for the Fanfic Reading Club!

DATE	HOST	FIC/S	AUTHOR
March 20	testdog65	Subject to Change	LJ's soundczech
April 13	singlewoman	Forever Changes Everything	rhiannonhero
May 9	pendulumchanges	1. Better Now 2. Every Fucking Morning	suzvoy ladybugkay
May 30	secretsolitaire	Happy Fucking New Year/Licking the Man Upstairs	LJ's ou_topos
June 21	minuet9	Adventures	quinn222
July 19	tweedygal	1. Divergence 2. Restraint	LJ's ragingpixie
August 16	netlagd	1.Brian Kinney Saves the Universe 2. MPreg-A Satire 3. The Wedding Satire	Valerie Lewis LJ's jane2005 LJ's jane2005
September 6	vl_redreign	From a Safe Distance	LJ's bigboobedcanuck
September 27	jule1122	1. Already Married 2. Christmas in the Pitts	_alicesprings zortrana
October 18	LJ's fansee	teacher!fic	Rachel Anton
November 7	bookgirl24	A Nocturne in Two Variations	flashfly

A note to our hosts: Thank you so much for participating and working towards making this endeavor a success!

On the day listed, each host will post a link to their fic or fics as well as their discussion items (squeeing, observations, points of interests, etc.).
• Please put the fic name and link above a cut and the discussion under a cut due to length and spoilers.
• This post should also include any necessary warnings such as death!fic, angst, etc. Make sure your warnings are above the cut.

Once readers have had a chance to read the fic, they will use the host's fic post to comment with thoughts as well as to respond to comments by others. It's a discussion, so lots of interaction is encouraged!

Pimping/reminder posts will be posted as necessary to remind community members that the discussion is on-going.

And just a gentle reminder that this is a chance to talk about specific fics and why we love them. It's fine to comment on why something in the fic didn't work for you, or what you would have liked to see instead. But please keep the comments civil and appreciative of the authors' time and efforts. Flaming, sniping, and rude comments will not be tolerated and will be deleted.

Hopefully that's clear, but if anyone - hosts or participants - has any questions, please feel free to post them here or e-mail me at testdog65@yahoo.com.

Happy reading…

ETA: Several people have commented about posting links to the fics, either now or before the actual discussion posts go up. We're considering a couple of different ways to handle that, so just bear with us while we work out a few things. Thanks for the great suggestions and for your patience!

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	plasticine_star 2008-03-13 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	Can I make a suggestion? How about providing a link to the story in the schedule, if a link is still available, it would make it easier for people who haven't read the fics. this is going to be a lot of fun, I can't wait. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2008-03-13 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	that's a good idea! ebo_loves_bk (Reply to this) (Parent)

	happier_bunny 2008-03-13 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	My thought was to wait and let the hosts post the links so that people don't rush out and read everything and then not come to discuss...that's also why we didn't post the topic discussions. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	foreverbm 2008-03-13 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	This looks interesting, I didn't know anything about it, I should have joined the coffee club earlier but I'm not sure the interest in Ben/Michael fics would be there. Will check out the discussions when they start for sure. (Reply to this)

	jameserin 2008-03-13 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	awesome. :) (Reply to this)

	quinn222 2008-03-13 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for including me, I'm honored. (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2008-03-13 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	It's cool if the author can chime in, yes? Tink (Reply to this) (Thread)

	happier_bunny 2008-03-13 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	Absolutely! I've love it if you would! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hydrangeaceae 2008-03-13 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	thanks for organizing! I agree that including links to the stories (as available) now would be helpful - I am particularly excited because I think there are some on there that I haven't (gasp) read...yayyayyayyayyay. (Reply to this)

	snowmore 2008-03-13 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	I read a number of these and look forward to other people's comments and recommendations on those I haven't read. I look forward to the fun. (Reply to this)

	notreallyme10 2008-03-13 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	I'm so excited! Just last week I was writing up a post about Subject to Change and then I remembered the reading club so I figured I should wait ... And it is the first fic! (Reply to this)

	kata_ny 2008-03-13 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	oooh,so many wonderful fics to discuss!!!this is such a great idea!! (Reply to this)

	not_yet_defined 2008-03-13 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	i'm so flippin excited for this. thank you ellen and bunny! (Reply to this) (Thread)

not_yet_defined
2008-03-13 09:55 pm UTC (link)

ps...i understand about not want to post the links to the fics in advance so people don't run off and read and then forget to comment. but maybe you could post the link a day or two in advance, especially for longer fics. just a thought. i think it's totally fine waiting too, but it would be nice to read a bit in advance so you can jump right into the conversation :D

you could post a link as a pimpage/reminder of the dicussion to follow in a day or two and put a no comments lock on the reminder post so people don't start talking about the fic in the pimpage post :D

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pendulumchanges
2008-03-16 12:24 am UTC (link)

I think this sounds like a good idea. It's similar to the way secretsolitaire and flashfly run classicshorts (on LJ). Over there the link to the next short story is posted a week in advance and then the discussion questions are posted later. Maybe discussion leaders here can decide how far in advance to post the links, based on the length of and number of fics that are going to be discussed?

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	zortrana 2008-03-13 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	I remember hearing about the reading club and I'm flattered to see one of my fics on the list! How were the stories chosen? I guess I missed all the rules and everything. Is there a link to them? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	happier_bunny 2008-03-13 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Here's the link to the original post: http://asylums.insanejournal.com/qaf_coffeeclub/122435.html (Reply to this) (Parent)

	pretty_words224 2008-03-13 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	I'm so excited! I can't wait :-) (Reply to this)

	_alicesprings 2008-03-13 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	Many of my all-time fave fics are on this list, which makes me feel ridiculous to see one of mine up there in that company, but I'm flattered. Looks like interesting discussions are ahead! (Reply to this)

	singlewoman 2008-03-13 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Many thanks to bunny and ellen for putting all this together. I have read many of these fics but not all and i am looking for ward to the discussions. And I only have a month to panic before it is my turn! (Reply to this)