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[lls_mutant]

My Rent Review has been posted at MRFH. Yay!

A few months ago, I think it was musesfool expressed her annoyance at not being listed in the rs_prophet. Can I just say how much I understand right now? The update for Accidentally In Love wasn't listed in my own ship's newsletter. (It was on Hogwarts Today though, so I won't bitch too much.) But still. My own ship!

Argh.

Oh well. I just feel like venting in a bit of a bitchy way this morning. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Comments

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with a little bitchy every now and then. No worries babe!

[shaggydogstail.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. (Well, annoyance, anyway.)

I have never had a single one of my fics in rs_prophet. Not even the ones that were in both hogwarts_today and the daily_snitch. It's the only newsletter that I subscribe to that I haven't been in. (For fic, they've put my essays in, even though they werent' about R/S.)

I may nurture a tiny amount of resentment about this.

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

Don't know what to say about that. Newsletter content is up to the editors. Bah. I wouldn't worry. Hogwarts Today is better exposure for AIL because it's pan-fandom, and AIL has something in it for everyone.

[franticbabbles.livejournal.com]

I've never had a fic posted in any sort of newsletter. I didn't feel very bad about that until I realized that practically everybody else had.

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

Bitch all you like. It's true. Since this is an unlocked post, and in the interests of not bringing wank to your journal, I'll refrain from bitching in return. But you're obviously not the only one who feels this way. :)

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

I actually stopped watching rs_prophet a while ago just beacuse they are so utterly weird in what they list and what they don't. I can't tell if it's just flakiness or some complex scheme of choosing that involves magic eight balls and higher math functions, but, yeah, I totally see where you're coming from. :)

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) It's fun to be bitchy every now and then.

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Understandably! That is baffling, isn't it? I like your stuff, too.

BTW- your porn is served, m'lady!

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Very true! (And I'm not particularly upset. It's just more weird than anything, y'know?)

Actually, it was funny- I realized that in Chapter 11, Remus and Sirius have one scene together. That's it. Kind of funny, actually- and yeah, AIL is rapidly becoming more and more gen.

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

That is odd. I know it really has to do with what the newsletter editors see, but that one just strikes me as strange!

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Which helps to know! I know it's no big deal, but still. It's just odd, y'know? Ah well!

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

I like the magic eight ball theory! :) (Makes me want to make a Magic Eight Ball icon.)

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

*hee* Magic eight balls :)

It's not so much that it's weird, it's that they're completely inconsistent, both with posting an issue and with what they include. I had a fic recced in there back in March, and it's certainly not a "They don't rec ME! *pout*" complaint that I have with them. Mostly I tend to be stunned at the fics/art written/drawn by others that don't get mentioned, and the 'quality' of some that do.

It's not even a weekly publication, and considering that R/S is a decent sized ship, you'd think they'd post more issues per month. I see rarepair newsletters that post more frequently. Sure, there's 'editor's discretion' about what gets posted, but the way the newletter is run, it simply doesn't serve the community that it was created to serve.

And the fact that it was on hiatus for two months or so during the secret santa fests where there were a lot of R/S stories being posted... I know one of the girls had real life issues that kept her from being online, and another sort of lost interest in the ship and got involved in another fandom, but if you run the thing, you find other people to join the 'staff' if you can't do it yourself. Otherwise, what's the point in having a newsletter? Just so you can say you mod yet another comm?

I don't volunteer because I don't really have the time or patience to devote to it, and also because I'm not particularly fond of a certain person who shall remain nameless. I don't really know her, but what I do know of her... well, it's not like everyone has to like everyone else or agree with their opinions anyway. Just as I don't expect everyone to agree with mine.

I just look at other newsletters which are done so well, and then compare it to the R/S one, and... Heh.