community plug

If you're a member of the FMA fandom active on LJ, you've probably heard of fm_alchemist. If you're not either, you probably aren't reading this entry. It's one of the biggest Hagaren comms, and the busiest. This means that it's one of the best places to go for information, as well as an audience; if you're a new author or artist looking to get well known, this is a good place to start.

However, this also means that the comm gets a lot of posts a day, and new people can be easily overwhelmed. In addition, it's not always easy to pick out the entries you may be interested in from the rest. In addition, it's a basic rule of fandom algebra that size = wank. fm_a has turned up its fair share of times on fandom_wank.

kaltia and I have started up fullmetal_info, a filter/digest com for fm_a. Instead of dozens of posts a day, you get one post, with links to individual fm_a posts sorted into various categories. All of the fun, none of the fuss. :) If you're interested, check out the community today.

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playing by the rules, part 4. part 3

( The breeze picked up as he approached the house, a stiff, cold wind that blew Chris' hair in his eyes. )

~tbc


This part was much easier to write.

*gets out smiting stick*

Now I remember why I don't usually like to post at ff.net, breeding pit of stupidity that it is. Having posted three stories last night, I have since gotten five emails offering "corrections." Two to tell me that the quotation marks in Hurt were missing (the dialogue in that story was written without them,) two to tell me that I got Roy's name wrong in Underling (Roy's not in that story,) and one to tell me that niisan should be written with a hyphen, since it's a Japanese word. (The Japanese language does not, to the best of my knowledge, even have hyphens.)

*whacks each of them with stick*