nothing like last minute decisions . . .
Sep. 12th, 2010 05:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dbskylerI'm reccing for Calufrax this upcoming week, and out of the 30+ stories I had on my "possible" list (I wish I was kidding), I think I have finally figured out which stories I will rec. Usually by now I have not only made firm decisions on which stories to include, but I've also written at least the first drafts of the "why you should read this" blurbs, and I have a terrible time writing those! But I'm behind, possibly because I had even more trouble than usual settling on which stories to choose. Matters were not helped by finding out in my last-minute doublecheck that two of the stories I wanted to rec had already been recced on Calufrax. Argh, why do other reccers have to have good taste? ; )
Anyway, as I said, I think I'll proceed with these ones. I even think I might know the order to rec them in. Now I just have to work on those blurbs, and also not change my mind and swap in a different story or two at the last minute.
Anyway, as I said, I think I'll proceed with these ones. I even think I might know the order to rec them in. Now I just have to work on those blurbs, and also not change my mind and swap in a different story or two at the last minute.
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Date: 2010-09-13 01:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-09-13 05:23 am (UTC)Oh yes! And remember back when Calufrax would have two reccers going at the same time? They'd stopped doing that by the time I first became a reccer, but that must have been nerve-wracking.
Calufrax recs do take a surprisingly large amount of time to pull together, but I still enjoy the chance to
inflictshare my taste with everyone. Although I always worry that other people will say, "I can't believe she thinks that is good," and it's even more scary now that the recs are appearing immediately on the Teaspoon homepage. But in the end all I can do is share a selection of stories that I like, and try to explain why I like them.(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-13 05:29 am (UTC)The second time I recced (which was also the last time I recced), they were still doing that - and my fellow reccer stole my last choice from under my nose. I was SO pi$$ed that I've never recced again.
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Date: 2010-09-13 05:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-13 05:37 am (UTC)On the other hand, none of my chosen seven are on your list, so at least you can relax about that.
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Date: 2010-09-13 06:17 am (UTC)I would not have been pleased at that either. Now that they've changed to just one reccer per week, have you ever been tempted to go back?
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Date: 2010-09-13 06:55 pm (UTC)*coughs*
*removes unwanted self from thread*
And I DID ask nicely before I stole.
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Date: 2010-09-13 06:57 pm (UTC)Good luck!
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Date: 2010-09-13 09:47 pm (UTC)Boy, it's very strange to see my rec go up so quickly onto the home page of Teaspoon. I might have to compulsively check for new reviews even more often than I usually do.
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Date: 2010-09-15 07:05 pm (UTC)I felt that more people seemed to be reading again on my recent rec than the last couple times - hope you get some good responses, too.