Why boredom is dangerous...

[deathpixie]

Well, boredom and long rambling email conversations with [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], that is. I blame her for this.

I'm thinking of starting a fanfic archive. On LJ, since I suck with the layout thing and actually wouldn't mind playing around with the traditional archive idea (if an LJ archive is a new concept, that is. Could be I'm just behind the times). Any way, what I am thinking to put in this archive would be TCPs, or The Common People Project fics. Although not the open-door policy [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], bless her soul, had on her archive, since there's only so many "mutant student is killed by the evil FOHers at their school" stories I want to read. ;) I'm thinking something more along the lines of [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s "Premium Vintage" archive, where she collected the fanfic she felt was good.

This isn't a new idea - [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and I came up with it one night in a St Kilda pub, only he didn't have time and I didn't have the tech savvy. And the eventual idea would be to stimulate TCP writing again, possibly even in other 'verses, which was always fun.

But yeah. This is why I shouldn't be allowed to get bored. ;)

Comments

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

You could require that people HTML/host their own stories, for long ones, and link to them from LJ. LJ has some good indexing properties and layout potentials, so I can see why you'd want to use it. You could do a shared journal if you wanted other mods. There are heaps of LJ rec communities and newsletters that you could look at.

And, remember that you're not always bored. :) Last think you need is more stress.