Top 5 LJ Communities

[yourlibrarian]

What would we do without our communities and the time commitments from all the many people who run them, as well as the people who join in to make them work? Here’s to just a few who started up or made new efforts this year.

(1) summer_of_spike - Fabulous project last year and fabulous again this year. People here are ridiculously talented and creative. I’m sure there were seasonal LJ communities before it came along but I know this project has inspired a number of other similar seasonal tributes to characters and ships. And it's a great spot for new people to realize just how much goes on. It was one of the first communities I joined when I was starting out.



(2) btvs_award_info - Although I’m not a fic writer myself, awards are often great resources to find new stuff, and something like this community had been needed for a while, I think, to pull together all the diverse news about the activities (and comings and goings) of awards. They've started a website for more information as well. Kudos to them, the people who run all those many award sites every year, as well as to all the people during the year who nominate fic to these sites. I know the authors appreciate it enormously.

(3) bc_updates – Why bc_updates and not bloodclaim itself? Because to me, the updates are an example of what makes bloodclaim such a great ongoing community. I love me some Spander, but a while back I had to sign off the community because it was so active the other parts of my flist disappeared (this was in my pre paid-account days). Apparently I wasn’t alone and Updates was launched so people could have better access to the material. I may rarely get to read the variety of stuff that comes through, but at least I can keep up with what’s happening.

(4) darker_spike - Although it also includes fic I think this is a particularly great forum for a variety of artwork, with constant challenges and contests going on, and some helpful recaps of all the activity, which is often too much (for me at least) to keep pace with.

(5) club_joss- Being a librarian, the idea of a book club for fan fic sounded great to me. There’s been some really good selections this year too, and even though I’m not always able to keep up with the weekly readings, it’s something I hope continues. On the author side, a nice opportunity for concrit if it’s wanted.

Comments

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Great selection of com'slove. I've not heard of a couple of these before, so I'll give them a look.

[yourlibrarian]

Great!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I'm a member of four of the communities you named and I agree that they are really swell!


Gabrielle

[yourlibrarian]

There's a quite a few communities I'd hate to do without :>

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Me, too!


Gabrielle

[jans-intentions.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of club Joss but I like all the others. *g* Same reason for me on BC updates. It keeps me up on the work of friends when I miss it.

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, updates are a pain to do but so very helpful. I'm going to be away a week and I can't even imagine how much will have been posted while I'm gone.

[copykween.livejournal.com]

Club Joss is a new one to me....thanks for the rec, will have to check it out :)

[yourlibrarian]

I'm sure they'll be happy for you to take the tour ;>

[shapinglight]

I don't know those other groups but I second the darker_spike love.

[yourlibrarian]

There's so many that do so many different things. Someone just e-mailed me today about several I'd never heard of but were just what I was looking for!

[shapinglight]

I should have said, I must give some of these other comms a look too.

[frimfram.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'd never come across club_joss before, it looks brilliant - great post!

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks!

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

What a great idea for a posting and I absolutely agree with #1 and #4 - I've discovered a lot of great writing and artwork through both.
The Awards Site is also a good one, and has grown exponentially! As well, I hadn't heard of #5 and it seems like such a great idea! Do you know if they contact the authors who have their fic discussed? Or is it more of an open forum type discussion?

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, either the club_joss mod or the nominator contacts the authors and asks if they want concrit or not. Members are asked to suggest fic for the group. The authors are also invited to join in but it's not required. Anyone can join in the discussion.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

*waves*

I'm the mod for club_joss, and we definitely ask author permission before we discuss a story. I know a lot of people aren't keen on having their work discussed in a comm setting, and we want to be respectful of that. :)

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

::waves back:: Thanks very much for clarifying.
I love the idea of your community and have joined :)
If nothing else, it seems like a great place to pick up ideas and inspiration and good fic too!
I wish you good luck with it!

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

We're very glad to have you. And many of our members simply use the comm as a reading list, so that's a perfectly valid way to approach it as well. :)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay! I wondered where our new influx of membership had come from, and now I know. Thanks for the shoutout! :)

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks for putting in the time on the community. It's a really nice idea.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

That is a really great selection. :-)

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks! All those mods and maintainers deserve a lot of credit.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

I wholeheartedly agree... To bad there isn't one like club_joss in the Xena-fandom... Maybe I should start one? Or just join club_joss... :-P

[(Anonymous)]

Great choices! The only one I think might be missing is btvs_santa. It's always a blast!

[yourlibrarian]

Very timely for the season too :>