Via
synecdochic's journal, a handy guide to LJ etiquette for the n00b. Would that I had such a thing when I first encroached upon the lj monster. Not that I did anything too terribly wrong, but it would have been nice. 1
rigel_7 proves, once again, that she is the genius of crackfic bad!fic. Read The River of Life. Now!
beanpot, one of the most awesome people in fandom ever, is hosting an anonymous love meme. Go, give me love. 2
And, finally,
abyssinia4077 is taking prompts for LeapGate through tomorrow! LeapGate is "A February leap-month Stargate CommentFicathon." CommentFicathon! I LOVE those! I will most certainly be avoiding working on my WIP file playing and reading like a crazy woman. Gen, het, slash allowed.
1The only thing I would add is about people commenting on posts solely to direct you to their own posts (e.g on a post about Sneeze-headed wheezles, someone comments, "I wrote a piece about Gheeze-headed wheezles over here!" I find this unbearably rude. They should, of course, comment and say, "Excellent post! I found this particular paragraph quite fascinating. Did you know that Gheeze-headed wheezles act totally differently? I wrote something about it here, if you'd like to read it." That way, I get an ego-stroking, and I get to read their ever-so-amusing post on Gheeze-headed wheezles, which I will then link back to in a fit of ETA like you've never seen.)
2That is, only if you want to. Really, what you ought to do is go give other people love so I can get all misty-eyed at how much we love each other in a bond that is stronger than a really strong thing!
And, finally,
1The only thing I would add is about people commenting on posts solely to direct you to their own posts (e.g on a post about Sneeze-headed wheezles, someone comments, "I wrote a piece about Gheeze-headed wheezles over here!" I find this unbearably rude. They should, of course, comment and say, "Excellent post! I found this particular paragraph quite fascinating. Did you know that Gheeze-headed wheezles act totally differently? I wrote something about it here, if you'd like to read it." That way, I get an ego-stroking, and I get to read their ever-so-amusing post on Gheeze-headed wheezles, which I will then link back to in a fit of ETA like you've never seen.)
2That is, only if you want to. Really, what you ought to do is go give other people love so I can get all misty-eyed at how much we love each other in a bond that is stronger than a really strong thing!