Hi, I am a webmaster, and I archive only well-written fiction, mostly by adults, and I am looking for new content for my site. I mean, these stories should really stand out, but shouldn;t be super-hyped, like Barb's or Cassandra Claire's fics. The writing should be high quality, not laden with adverbs, bad formatting, missing/wrong punctuation, and speech tags. The story itself should be good, but the plot is secondary to quality. I don;t read FF, I only glance at this and that, and rarely find what I'm looking for. If you've read extensively, and you've seen some superior stuff that maybe hasn;t gotten the recognition it deserves, please let me know!!

I don't accept songfics, author self-insertion, crossovers, or second generation fiction. I am desperately in need of slash (very tasteful slash) and humor, but am looking for all categories. I haven't got a lot of time to peruse these stories, so please don;t give me a long list of your favs. I would greatly appreciate if you would just point out the best of what you have read. I appreciate your help, so thank you in advance for your recs!

 

You're not gonna find (m)any slash from this crowd. We're mainly a bunch of testosterone-fueled teenage boys (with exceptions, of course) and as such, we tend to stay away from homosexuality. I would recommend ip82's Potter's Resistance 1: Breaking Ties. It's a very well written, well thought out, original, Independant!Harry story, and is a favorite of many members here. Also, jbern's Bungle in the Jungle is a very good story, detailing an original take on an Independent!Harry story from a second person point of view.

 

Thanks, I will definately check them out. As for the slash, I'm with you. I've got no testosterone, but I have no slash because I can;t stand to look at it. I have nothing against gay people, but it skeeves me to read it anyway. *shudders*

 

You really want to turn into a DLP-ism, do you?

 

I feel so out of the loop. I don;t know what you're talking about lol. This is at least the third time I've had to ask for an explanation in the past few hours. Humor me one more time?

Oh, and isn;t that your fic Fuego recommended?

 

Yeah.

What I'm referring is that asking for recomendations is generally frowned upon around here, considering that this whole forum is basically centred around recommending various fics its members deem good.

 

DLPism (Read Me)

Users known for acting a certain (bad) way have commonly become DLPisms

 

Hmmm... more unspoken rules. Sorry, I only came here to correct my link, and saw how populated the place was. Thought I could get a few good opinions is all. (and join what seemed to be a good HP community) The forums at hpff.com are full of goofy little kids who rec thier best friend's terrible stories. This place seemed a little more refined in taste. Maybe I'm just not cut out to be here. I;ve been admonished several times in only a few hours. Every post someone seems to say "Don;t do that." Getting a little turned off by all the rules. *frowns*

 

Hmm, nothing personal. There's just a great influx of new people and management is simply trying to weed out those who don't really want to be here. Call it hazing.

Still, posts like this are still unwelcome. That's what categories in the library are for.

 

If your looking for a hilarious humor fic. I recomend " So Sue Me " By " lunakatrina "
Also a good sci-fi au fic is " A matter of Perception " By Kung Lou "
Nonjon's Firefly crossover is good too. Its called " Brown Coat, Green Eyes "
" The Power " By " DarthBill " is exceptionally entertaining also.
An Azkaban fic by the name of " Rise of A Dark King " By " Naga's Shadow "
" Luna's Hubby " By " Meteoricshipyards " is a great story.

 

Jberns "To Fight The Coming Darkness" is also very well written..

 

That seems a little anti-social in such a social environment. Why would anyone go through the bother of registering if they didn;t want to be here? I mean, if they aren't posting spam or nonsense, what's the harm? In my forum, the only things that are frowned upon are flames, insulting other members, post-whoring when a person has nothing to say (if they have something to say, that's fine) and vulgarity. If some new member finds an old dead thread and has something to add, go to it! They shouldnt be excluded from the conversation for arriving late. (I really didn;t understand that necro-nonsense.) Anyone can post whatever the hell they want in my forum and most others. If no one's interested, they just wont reply. No harm done. I try not to be a tyrant admin and everyone's happy.

I appreciated the enormous welcome I received and everyone has been really nice. I wanted to be here when I registered, in fact, I was thrilled to have found this place, but I no longer know if I want to stick around due to the seemingly limitless restrictions, (not the people.) It's becoming a bit of a downer. I'll still check out your fics, but I doubt I'll be posting much. Every time I do it's wrong! : ( It just seems people are intolerant of too many things.

Sorry, but the library looked like a place where people posted fiction. I looked through threads for what I wanted, and the closest I found was "most original" which is not what I'm looking for, so I started a new one. The only "Don;t" I saw was don;t ask for stories about a certain thing in certain places. ("Looking for fics") I didn;t see anything at all telling people not ask the forum for thier opinions and recs. Maybe I missed something that was posted long ago? Idk.

Sorry again to be a downer lol. It's not your fault, you were just answering my question. Thanks for that.

EDIT: some recs were posted while I was writing this, thanks guys! I'll check them out. *Smiles warmly*

 

Hmm. And what is the link to this website of yours? It may be a good idea to post it.

 

I don't take kindly to spam for another site on our board. Especially not one asking for fudgepacking fics. Strike 1.




Strike 2 is, you're evidentally too lazy to look through the Library to rip off your content from, which has gotten others harshly bashed. Not to mention you make no mention that I saw, of actually asking permission to archive other's work.

meh.

 

To Xmpho: Um.. I wasn't preaching, just explaining myself. Sorry you were so offended by it. I DID say everyone here had been very nice to me, but you left that part out of your quotes, along with the compliment where I said the people here seemed to have more refined taste. Guess I spoke to soon. There's no need to be rude. I think you missed the fact that I was being nice because you were too busy trying to attack me.

I will read the page you linked to. There seem to be rules pages everywhere...

EDIT: Dark Syaoran: Thank you! Yes, I agree that if someone posts one line that doesn;t really have any meaning, then it's a bad thing. I guess, because my site is for adults, I don;t get much of that. I feel a little better now. The way it was explained, it seemed that if the thread was a few weeks old, it shouldn;t be posted to. Glad you could clarify. And yes, I did look through the library and found it would take me forever. Thanks for seeing my dilemma.

ANOTHER EDIT: Midknight: I would NEVER archive an author's story without thier permission. I was simply asking for recs that I could look at with the intent of speaking to the author if I liked what I saw. If my link offends you, remove it. I wasn;t here to drive traffic to my site. I posted this thread because I'm a single, working mom who does not have time to wade through sooo many stories and didn;t see the harm in asking the other members what they liked. Sorry to have so offended you. I'm a little confused. As for the slash fics, I did say that my site was in need of them because I don't really have any. The reason for that is because I can;t stand them. I don;t know why that would upset you.

 

Another fic is Chimera, more snake than lion and Fayr Warning's fic (don't recall the name right now).

 

What's so counfusing about this site? Read the rules, abide by the rules. Read the stickies, abide by the stickies. If an Admin says shut up, shut up. If a Mod says shut up, shut up. If Xiph0 says something to you, take it, and listen. He may be harsh about how he says it, but he's usually right about what he says. Don't bump, don't post-whore, don't double post. Easy.