FAQ FOR Good vs Evil slash fan fiction list:

This mailing list is for the posting and discussion of slash
inspired by Good vs Evil. This list is for adults 18 and
over. Slash is the pairing of same sex characters in adult fan
fiction. If this is not your idea of a good time, then this list is
not for you. No het or gen stories please. Stories posted
to this list will be archived at "Forbidden From Intimate Contact"
  

Please review these submission guidelines before posting fiction to
the list.
  

Submission guidelines

In the subject line please use this format:
  

FIC: "story title" (part #, total # of parts. For example: FIC:
"Fingercuffs" part !/2)

If your not sure how many parts it will have, use "?" for the total
number of parts.

This format helps the archivist find the fiction when updating the
website, and helps members separate fiction from general discussion.
  

Template:

Please post the following information in the header of your email,
before the text of the story begins:
  

Title: story title
Author: your name or pen name
Archive: yes or no
Category: please list any or all of the following categories that
apply to your story. This helps readers find the type of stories
they want to read.

  
Humor/Parody
Alternate-Universe
Hurt/Comfort
Angst
Plot-What-Plot
Pre-Slash
Action/Adventure
First-Time
Fetish/Kink
S/M
Point of View
Romance
Poetry
Drama

Rating: G to NC-17 using movie ratings. Use your best judgement.

Warnings: Please note any story content that may offend some
readers, like rape, violence, BDSM, character death, or episode
spoilers.

Summary: Just a one or two line short summary of your story. This
must be included if your story is to be archived at FFIC. Even if it
just says PWP.

Feedback: Yes or no, on list or off list. Whatever you desire.

The story format:

Note: much of this is from the Master_Apprentice archive.

The following information is very important! Proper story formatting
will make your text easier to read for everyone on-list, and it will
also save the archivist a LOT of work in converting text postings to
html files.

DON'T use smart-quotes or other special formatting some word
processors substitue for hyphens, ellipses, etc. Smart-quotes screw
up a lot of people's email readers, and many folks trash such stories
unread as soon as they see the tell-tale subscripts and superscripts
and/or little black rectangles and/or just plain garbled up screens.
It also gives the archivist more work to do to strip all these
characters out. The easiest way to deal with this problem is to save
your stories in TEXT ONLY format in your word processing file. Then
CLOSE the file. Re-open it, THEN cut-and-paste the text into your
email message.

DON'T post your stories in HTML code. The vast majority of email
readers can't translate the codes properly, and many people don't
want to bother saving the file and firing up a web browser so they
can read it.

DON'T post stories as attachments or in Word, Wordperfect or other
word-processing file formats. Some people's email servers refuse
attached files. Not everyone uses the same word processors. Some
people just won't open attachments out of fear of viruses. The rest
of us are just too lazy to be bothered :-) So don't do it.

DO post your stories in plain old ASCII text. In your wordprocessor
this may also be known as MS-DOS text, or Simple Text or Generic Text
or such. If you want to indicate such things as italicized or bold
text, please use text symbols such as *this* or _this_. I will
convert them into html code for the website.

DO double-space between paragraphs. Simply indenting the paragraphs
often isn't enough--tabs can get swallowed, it's easier to read with
a space between paragraphs, and it makes the archivist's life easier
(see a trend with that last reason here? :-)

DO split your story into digestible chunks -- approximately 25K per
part seems to be good -- to accommodate email programs that can't
handle larger articles without choking or cutting off the end of the
article.

DO use a line-length of 70-75 characters. Not everyone's email reader
will do an
auto-word-wrap. Also long lines can sometimes get wrapped in strange
ways
that make
reading text difficult, as I am illustrating here. Annoying to read,
isn't
it? So keep lines short.

The archivist does not correct spelling or grammar, so be sure to
have your stories beta read before posting to the list. If you need
help finding a beta reader, let me know.

Thank you! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me.
That's what I'm here for :)

Xen (xen@fangrrl.net)

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