EDITORS' NOTE: New Category "Fandom Recs"

[vaysh]

Starting tonight, we are introducing a new category for the daily_snitch:

☆ Fandom Recs ☆

We hope "Fandom Recs" will be a useful new resource for HP fandom. With the category, we want to show our appreciation of all the reccers who take the time to write up what they loved about a specific fanfic, art, podfic and/or fanvid. Fandom needs reccers, especially when it comes to rarer pairings and fannish creations off the well-trodden fandom paths.

In the new category we will link to recs on LJ, DW, IJ, tumblr or any other fannish platform. The rec posts can be made in reccing communities like the crack_broom, one_bad_man or hd_storyroom. Or they can be made by individual fans, reccing their favourite stories, art, podfics and vids.

We define "rec post" to mean more than a repost/reblog of a fannish creation. The reccer has to say at least a few words about why they are reccing.

We will link to the rec post and make a note of the pairing or whether it's a gen creation. We will not list the author/artist, title or summary of the recced story or art. Any additional information about the rec post is at the editor's discretion.

To help us gather all rec posts, we need your help. Please mail us if you posted a rec. Don't be shy. We want to hear from you. :) If you saw a rec post that we missed, please also mail us. Our email address is: dailysnitch@gmail.com

The "Fannish Recs" Category is a test. We will try it out for two months and then re-evaluate whether the category is useful for Snitch readers and doable for the editor team.

We'd love to hear your thoughts about the new category, any reccing communities we may be unaware of, and whether you have additional suggestions for the new category. Please comment on this post!


The Daily Snitch editors -
capitu, kitty_fic, bererjs and vaysh

The Daily Snitch - Weekend Edition, April 2, 2016

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Joanne K. Rowling:
• J.K. Rowling's clever response to an attempt to use her as an April Fools joke.
• J.K. Rowling: An Inside Look at how J.K. Rowling turned rejection into success. (23 panels, Business Insider)

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt #134 (due on or before April 9): 1. "Excuse the mess, but we live here." – 2. Privilege – 3. Operation.

Communities:
• Banging Birthday, the 10th birthday celebration of the daily_deviant, starts tomorrow. Banging Birthday will post Sunday through Thursday, all through April.
• hd_writers posted Comment Fest Theme #14: art.
• harrydracompreg posted a Mod Note about the submissions for the upcoming H/D Mpreg Fest.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt 133 Masterlist.

^NEW Fandom Recs:
• kellychambliss recced Severus/Hagrid art (PG-13) from the unforgotten and unforgettable hp_april_fools Fest.
• capitu recced a Harry/Draco fic (R).
• rzzmg recced a Cormac McLaggen/Hermione Granger fic (NC-17).

General Fandom News:
• OTW News: OTW Legal at the South and Southwest Conference and Festivals (SXSW) 2016.

Searches:
• accio_hd_fics posted a search for stories where Harry and Draco start out as friends and become lovers later. (Drarry only)

Community Spotlight:
♥ daily_deviant on InsaneJournal – there is no such thing as 'too kinky'
The Daily Deviant is an adult HP community that uses fanfic and fanart to explore a diverse array of sexual themes and concepts. There is a porny monthly theme; members post their creations for the theme on assigned dates. The Daily Deviant hosts the Kinky Kristmas winter holiday fest. This year, the Daily Deviant celebrates their 10-Year-Anniversary.


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