We still have one week to nominate stories. Take a look at the Category
Viability table and see if you can't think of any good stories to fit those
non-viable categories. I'm espically hoping we can find one more mystery (or
I have a story that might be moved to that category as it is the nominator's
2nd choice for category anyway). It's a main category and we want to see it
viable. (Note, this catgory may not be around next year because of its low
population this year.)
Don't worry if you have a story you want to nominate and it doesn't fit one
of those non-viable categories. We'll be ablet o move them around as need
be, or leave them right in the default main category. Nominate anything you
think is worthy.
And, consider helping the Staff. If you know one of the authors who has not
given us approval yet, contact them for us and see if you can get their
permission. Just forward their answer to me if you get one. We'd hate to
drop stories from the nominations just because we never got an answer from
an author. The deadline for author approval is the end of Check Ballot
Season: June 30th.
Also, if you nominated a story that's not on the web site yet, do the
following:
1) check the Nominations database. Is it in there?
a. if not, give a polite shout out here on the list
b. if yes, but the Staff Approval column is marked No, check the
reason. We may be missing a piece of information. If it is
marked No with no reason, give a polite shout-out here on the list
2) check the Author Approval database
a. if the author has approved it, wait one day. If it doesn't show
up then on the web site, let me know.
b. if the author has declined it, well, just let it go.
c. if the author hasn't replied yet, see the above paragraph about
helping the Staff
d. if the author isn't listed, give a polite shout-out on the list
here and see the above paragraph about helping the Staff.
Author contactors, you might want to contact your non-replying authors thus
far and let them know of the deadline. It might encourage them to answer.
That's about it. Carry on!
--Ainaechoiriel
"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.
http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr Land of Myth and Memory
Blog:
http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com
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