Hey, I've been rec'd!

[icarus]

Have a looksee at stargateficrec here.
People like Fools Can Dream.

I'm grinning from ear to ear now.

Comments

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

How cool! That was a great story. I hope I sent you feedback when I first read it, but if not...I'll tell you now. That story made me grin--just such a lovely feel-good story that seemed so very Jack/Daniel. :-)

And fhartman beat me out, too. hehe Right now I've got a pile of your stories open in tabs on my computer because I was trying to find one that would fit into my categories this month. hehe If not this month, though, maybe when I get one of the good categories again. :-) fhartman always writes great recs, though.

[duffy-99.livejournal.com]

Hey, congratulations! The recc'er has good taste; that was a delightful story!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

What categories do you have? Even if I don't have a story that fits, maybe I can pull something out of the rec-list.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*g* It's funny which stories people like. Sometimes you pour a hell of a lot of work into a story, and people like it, but it doesn't really take off. And then other times you get this ridiculous idea, toss it together on the fly in your LJ, and -- blink, blink -- people love it.

Icarus

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I'm doing Point of View, Angst, and Smarm.

Smarm is the hardest one because nobody likes smarm (or so it seems). Also, sometimes some fics that I'd consider smarm are not classified that way by the author and I would hate to publicly classify them that way if the author didn't intend that, though I have done it at least once. I think smarm has its place, though.

Point of View doesn't have to be 1st person, but just told from one character's perspective throughout.

Angst is the easiest category because quite a lot of stories can fit into that category and it doesn't have the stigma that smarm seems to.

Any story can be slash, ship, gen, or whatever in these categories.

Any help is always appreciated. :-) I'm sure at least some of your stories would fit into the angst category, but it's just sorting through them. I'm also just making my own list of fics I want to rec eventually, too, as the other categories become open again. I did Drama last month and had such a hard time with that one, so if I come across any that fit that category or other categories now I'm trying to make note of them.

I'm still new at this and have just been randomly perusing fic sites to find fics because I never kept a list of ones I've read. I only just now thought of finding the sites of some of my favorite authors and choosing from them.

I always wait until the last minute to volunteer, too, though I did put myself on the Jack/Daniel slash list a couple of months ago. My turn still hasn't come up for that one because so many people want that category. Hopefully I can have a better strategy this month. :-)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I have Gen Smarm for you: Dining Out (http://www.stargatefan.com/fictiondj/Dining_Out.htm) by Sid. Who calls it smarm.

Very funny, in a light-hearted sort of way, excellent dialogue.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Angst: Straight Across The Desert (http://www.icarus.slashcity.net/stories/straightacrossthedesert.html) Jack/Daniel, slash.

This one's mine. :)

Icarus

[theemdash]

I cheered for you. ;)

And honestly, I'm signed up to rec Jack/Daniel in a few months. You will be rec'ced at that time. You're one of my favorite Jack/Daniel writers, you know. ;)

[theemdash]

I don't know if I have anything that would qualify as smarm, but if I do, I wouldn't be offended if you want to rec it as smarm. (Personally, I just like having the recs.)

All my stuff is posted at what_works.

[marauderthesn.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! *glomps*

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

hehe It's tough to get the J/D category, isn't it? I'm not sure when it will be my turn.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Thanks for both of these. I'll check them out. :-D

[theemdash]

When I counted, I should be rec'cing in December, but I'm not sure about that. One way to get around it is to rec for Jack & Daniel Friendship which I'm rec'cing right now. There are some slash stories that also show strong friendship. ;)

I really need to rec more stories. I still haven't done anything for Daniel/Vala yet!

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'll check out that site, too. Right now I'm just trying to make lists of fics that I like, so this will be helpful. :-) Also thanks for letting me know you wouldn't mind if I classified anything of yours as smarm. Stories can be recced in more than one category, as you probably know, though I'm trying not to rec the same story twice myself. I'm afraid I'll make that mistake so I'm keeping a list of my own recs. I already recced a story that someone else had recced recently--and I actually *commented* on it, too. DUH.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Really? Cool.

I'm not sure if I could ever do those big rec-groups. The hard part is classifying the fics. The bigger and longer they are, the harder they are to classify.

Icarus

[vichka.livejournal.com]

<3

[theemdash]

Yeah, but a fic doesn't have to fit perfectly in a category; it just has to have enough to qualify for that category. I'm sure the only way people would notice/complain is if all my Daniel/Jonas recs turned into Jack/Daniel set in season 6. ;) At least at stargateficrec things seem pretty relaxed and comfortable.

But I love your rec lists. There are some fics that are rec'ced over at stargateficrec that I sit back and think, "what are you smoking?" ;) Generally though it's really good stuff.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Quick correction: the author doesn't call it smarm, but frogspace who found it, does. I think it could be classified as either fluff or smarm, with a dash of humor.

Smarm as a word has negative connotation, but I'm with padawan_alli -- who cares? It's a pity Fools Can Dream has already been done, because that's the only one of mine that could be called smarm.

Hmm. Well, maybe Welcome Home, Mr. General, Sir could be called smarm or fluff but it does have a angsty edge.

I haven't categorized any of my J/D fics, have I? Okay.

The Walls Of Jericho is a mix (like any long fic): Drama, Humor, Angst, Action/Adventure, First Time, Team Fic, Friendship. Slash, of course.

Fools Can Dream is Romance, Fluff, Smarm, Humor. Slash.

For The Petulant Gods is Porn, Humor, Romance, with a little Drama. Slash. I'd call it humor first and foremost.

Between The Lines is Drama, Angst, First Time. Romance if the Angsty edge doesn't negate that. Slash.

The Other Man is pure Drama and Angst. It's also classic Point of View because it's Jack's wife, Sarah's, point of view on their relationship. Slash and Het.

Cairo... oh, this is hard to classify. Friendship, a little Drama, Daniel-centric for all that it's told from Jack's point of view. I consider it slash, but you really can't tell from the story if it's one way of the other.

Sonic Boom... another toughie. Pre-slash, Friendship, Jack's point of view - definitely very strongly that. Sometimes I click the action/adventure tab, not because it's action/adventure but because the action is so much a part of the story.

Shared Secrets. Angst, or gentle angst as it were. A little Drama. I consider it slash but it's another where you can't tell because it's really about their Friendship.

Welcome Home, Mr. General, Sir. Fluff, maybe Smarm, leavened with a bit of Angst. Slash, of course. Drama. Romance.

Shy Guy. Oh god, this is porn. It's a PWP, with a little Drama and Humor thrown in.

A Solid Foundation. Angst, angst, angst. Friendship. Drama. Jack's point of view on Daniel and the original Abydos mission. This is the only one of my stories that I don't consider slash, though there are a couple others where the slash background is irrelevant. (Drabble.)

Straight Across The Desert. Angst, Drama, Slash, Friendship (they know each other so very well). Humor.

Arguing with the Gods. What is this one? I need a classification called "Daniel moralizing." Drama, Romance, yes, Slash, yes, Friendship, okay.

Binary Roles (when it's available) is AU, Drama, Humor, Romance, Slash and Angst. Oh so much Angst. And First Time.

Hotel California (when it's available) is a Slash PWP, pure (well, not so pure) and simple. With some Romance and Humor thrown in.

Icarus

[theemdash]

Yeah, someone squeezed in one last rec last month and took one of my recs! :( And it's in the same category, so I can't rec it anyway.

I really only paid attention to my category for recs, but I'm well aware that many of my bookmarks have come off stargateficrec. Okay, so many of my Jack/Daniel bookmarks have come from other places, but anything not Jack/Daniel came from there. ;)

I'm keeping a list of my recs, too. I have many.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I book-mark everything I like, then toss it onto my rec-list once I hit 10-20. I find that if I wait too long to update, it's a real chore to write reviews for 35 stories at a crack.

Yeah, some flexibility on double-recs is good, just to keep people from having to read every single fic that's ever been recommended, but it does go counter to the whole purpose of recs: pointing people to new stories.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but a fic doesn't have to fit perfectly in a category; it just has to have enough to qualify for that category.

Oooooh. Okay, that makes more sense.

But I love your rec lists.

I really lucked out when I accidentally discovered frogspace's list. She's kept up on the latest and finds a lot of fics herself. I've also found good things digging through the old Versaphile, then oldies but neglected goodies on Anna's more or less abandoned list.

Icarus

[theemdash]

I suspect that I need to make a list. I have lots bookmarked and I make random rec posts, but I should have a list . . .

yay, another project.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Well, if you already have a website it's not really that hard to maintain. I was adding them all to one LJ post, but it started getting too long. You could start with something like that though.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi! I assume this message is in code. :D

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you. *Is pleased and flattered.*

Icarus

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the categories. :-) This will help me as I go through the stories.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I rarely bookmark stories because I'd end up with too many bookmarks that I don't even want to attempt to put into folders or categorize in some way. I never read fics in order to rec them--just for my own pleasure. I usually pasted anything and everything into Word so that I could reformat it to a font that I prefer (ariel) and get away from any colors or backgrounds or anything that makes the text difficult to read (too small, dark backgrounds, etc.). If I liked the fics, I saved them with the author's name first, then the title of the story second. I never even saved website URLs because I never thought I'd have a need to go back to them.

When we rec stories, we're only asked to check that it hasn't been recced in the category we are reccing and that's it. I usually check my own list to make sure *I* haven't already recced it and then I check my categories and sometimes also any other categories that I think are likely.