On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, StudioPC wrote:

On Jun 13, 2006, at 8:24 PM, Aaron Nowack wrote:

To get to the FFML, I imagine that a new author would have to stumble
across a possibly cryptic reference in the author's notes of something
he'd read (which isn't likely), decide to Google it, and be determined
enough to dig through the FAQ, fire up his e-mail, and subscribe.  If
there's an easier way, I don't know what it is.

That's how I found the FFML. I kept seeing it referenced and googled it.

But you have given me an idea. Keenspace and Keenspot use a pretty
decent Message board software and I've seen it used elsewhere. Can't
remember the name offhand, though.

Why not reincarnate the FFML as a web forum? conceptart.org is a
giant message board with sections and subsections. The ML can be used
for news or updates or the like by the admins.

Meh.  I was kind of hoping to delurk with a half-decent fic, not a
response...

If the FFML is "reincarnateed" into a web forum, then who'd join?  ff.net
already exists and has more people.  I'd like to see a web interface to
help people find and use the FFML (and *searchable* archives.  a gzip file
by month isn't precisely the most friendly), but the way to really attract
people is to be different than ff.net, not to be the come-lately smaller
cousin.

That said, I think what some people deem to be the "unforgiving"  quality
can be an attraction, if sold properly.  fanfic.net is fairly worthless
for good detailed commentary, so why not position the FFML to fill that
need?  In fact, this list was originally supposed to be for fine tuning
drafts before they went to the RAAC, right?  Why can't we do the same with
fanfic.net?  "Don't trust the reviewer who typed 'wat a goooood fic'?
Submit it to the FFML for some quality commentary."  Sure, those who don't
care about how to improve their writing won't want to join - but those
aren't the sort of people we'd necessarily want, anyway.

-Natsume Ranma Ranma
-------
The sardines weren't worth the trouble.  A few more shots, then
Ryoga-san would overheat and explode.  Ducking around a corner,
I managed to lose him as I entered the ramshackle residence of
my Anime supplier.

One look at his face and I knew that I had been betrayed.  "Tell me,"
I insisted.  He refused, so I slammed him against the wall.
"Last chance.  Where can Ranma-Ranma find good fanfics?"
"Try Jason Liao," he whispered, before he slumped to the floor.
I heard the sounds of a door splintering as I left through the
window, one step ahead of Tendo Heavy Industries...

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