Signs of Life

[lolmac]

 I posted at length on the LJ side, so I'll be brief here:

Yes, I'm still alive.  It's been a rough 15 months.

I've imported the comm from LJ and am doing as much as I can to find and invite past members, especially Mod Squad members, so we can get up and running again.  Please signal-boost at will!

Comments

[glinda]

Hello! Hooray! Mod squad member reporting for duty! :D

[lolmac]

Calloo, callay! O frabjous day!

[a_phoenixdragon]

Good to see you again, hon. I will be dropping by ElJay to give cuddles and read and give more cuddles if needed...

*HUGS*

[dbskyler]

I am so sorry it's been rough for you, but so HAPPY YAY LOLMAC IS BACK that you are here! I really hope that fic rush becomes once again a positive thing in your life, but please know that we are happy to see YOU, not just the comm!

[lolmac]

The Rush has always been a positive thing in my life, and I'm incredibly happy that we have a lovely chance now to bring it back to bouncy life!

Are you up for being an admin on the DW comms?

[lolmac]

*HUGS*

[thisbluespirit]

\o/

Hurrah! Hurrah! (Again.)

(I was going to leave this as a comment on the sticky, but comments seem to be turned off there: your post seems great and very comprehensive and all the things it should be! My one suggestion is adding the link to the AO3 collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Fic_Rush when you mention it and also in the sidebar, so that people can find it easily if they want to post to it.)

ETA: I like this layout!

[thisbluespirit]

I have nicked the banner and made some handy code for easy pimping (and will post it to some comms now as promised):



<center><a href=https://fic-rush.dreamwidth.org/><img src=https://i.imgur.com/IjT4fLB.png></a></center>


Here is the C+P coding for the c+p banner post, so you make one in a post (if you wish) where everyone can see it and steal it and pimp with it, instead of in a comment:

<center><a href="https://fic-rush.dreamwidth.org/"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/IjT4fLB.png"></a></center> <textarea id="ta1" name="ta1" style="overflow: hidden"rows="5" cols="40"> <center><a href=https://fic-rush.dreamwidth.org/><img src=https://i.imgur.com/IjT4fLB.png></a></center>

[lolmac]

Yay! Yes, I had it in mind to get that link in, but I wore myself out trying to get all the cuts to work. Useful tip: you can't put a link to an LJ username inside a cut. I'll get the Ao3 link in when I can. Many thanks!

I did turn off the comments on purpose. I need to revamp the Ask-a-Mod post from the old comm, so that can be used as a feedback point.

I just did a new post with some progress notes and an invitation for folks to check in.

Thank you for the lovely banner and pimpage and all!!

[thisbluespirit]

Useful tip: you can't put a link to an LJ username inside a cut.

That's weird - I often have! Ha, but technology, when is it ever fully co-operative?

I have made the first pimping post at fandomcalendar, a really useful fandom hub on Dreamwidth. It's here - I adapted your intro from the FAQ (just a bit tweaked for Other Comm purposes), so I hope it is okay: https://fandomcalendar.dreamwidth.org/442167.html

Over the coming days (to stagger it a little), I will also try dw_community_promo and fandom_on_dw. I can't think of anywhere else off the top of my head, although there are some writing comms like onedeadplotbunny and ?getyourwordsout? that might be natural allies/affiliates, even if not places we can pimp outright.

[lolmac]

It may make a difference when the post has half a dozen cuts, or when you have two LJ links inside tow different cuts. Whatever. My attempts to link to seriesfive and studyofrunning (who didn't immigrate) broke the code, and I finally had to give up and do a workaround.

[thisbluespirit]

Ah. SeriesFive doesn't exist under that name any more, on either side, which probably didn't help. (I think she became allkindsoffur, but I'd have to check. She's not around any more, though, sadly.)

ETA: Yes, she did.

I've also made a rebloggable tumblr post for those who operate on the dark side of fandom: http://lost-spook.tumblr.com/post/171419999589/ficrush-the-two-day-ficathon-is-back-now-on

(Now I shall go have dinner and leave you to it!)

[juliet316]

I'm here! I'm here!

So great to have you and the comm back. Hopefully things are going well for you now.

[dbskyler]

Yes, I'm up for it. : )

[juliet316]

Just sent a message to the owner of fic_promptly (I'm a regular guest host over there) to see if I can do some comm pimpage over there.

[lolmac]

Hurrah! Thank you!

[juliet316]

You're welcome.

BTW, is it any coincidence that the gang is getting back together just as a Super Colony of Penquins has been found in Antartica?

[juliet316]

Success! Within a day or so (to give some distance from the chatter post that goes up after a challenge week), I shall be doing some comm pimpage!

[thisbluespirit]

I put the code into the comment so you could c+p the code for the banner + the text box to put into a post on the comm, so members could use it to put into their own comms and journals. Did you not want to do that, or is there some problem? Would you like me to make the post here for you, if I have permission?

[lolmac]

So sorry, I had no idea I was expected to do something with the code! Do please make a post for sharing it. You should have full posting privileges on both comms.

[thisbluespirit]

Don't worry, there was lots going on! I shall make a post presently, then, and then it will be easily accessible to everyone to pimp. :-)

I thought you must have missed that bit, as it wasn't like you not to use it or to say anything, that's why I asked again!

(You may just want to tag it for future reference, as I suspect that I won't have the ability to do.)