So, it is party time again, folks!

[wiseheart]

Each year this time, we launch my virtual birthday party, which starts on October 1 and ends on October 9 at midnight, sharp. The goals of the party are to post as many comments and collapse as many threads as possible, on as many new pages as we can. It is always great fun, as you can see if you check out the similar entries of the last few years.

This year, I'll also throw the real party at mid-time - and post the recipes of all the food that will be there for you, so that you can all participate if you want to. Virtual food has no calories.

Fandom-related discussions are as welcome as the ones about coffee or chocolate (just to name a few favourites from previous years), and, of course, pictures and recipes of birthday cakes. ;)

So, drop by, tell your story, post your pics or silly poems, ask questions you always wanted to ask and have a good time!

Soledad, in excited expectation




Oh, and by the way, to provide birthday gifts hobbit-style, I've got a revived story and a Kansas 2 update for you.

Enjoy!

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

The past couple of evenings I've been working on my last year's Yuletide recs. I always read (or at least start) everything in sources I have even the vaguest knowledge of (including many where that's just I've read a fanfic before, or I've heard people talking about the source, or someone recs a story and it looks accessible without canon knowledge). I bookmarked about 150 stories to reread back in January, and now I'm finally ploughing through them all again, with ~15 to go.

The slow stage is always the final one, where I've read everything at least three times but have a big batch I can't decide whether to rec or not. I'm trying to be more organised this year, so my file now has heaps for Grey Area on Fourth Reading...

Does anyone else recommend regularly? How do you go about it?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I had such good intentions with telekis_vendiak, my reccing journal, but I always end up years behind my actual reading, such as it is. I do put stuff on my Favourites list at FF.Net, but mostly to find the stories I like again.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I'm quite good at bookmarking stories to reread, but very poor at actually rereading and deciding whether or not to recommend them -- particularly if they're longer than I can read in a few minutes.