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Realizing that adding length info was just for readers' information and not
so much for categorization, and that we left length to author's discretion,
this one is a bit much.

sworn brothers
(Story: Short Story) Rating: PG . Enter New Review . Enter New Author Review
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Story Author: elfqueen2003
Nominated by: elfqueen2003
Award Category: Races/Places: Elves
Story's URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1420933/1/
Romance Partners: N/A
Story Summary:
: Elrond and Elros discover that their friend prince Thranduil (who is 25
years younger than them) is the victim of Ophoror's anger. Can the twins
help him cope with memories? PG for mention of child abuse just to be safe
Reason for Rating:
abuse and violence

I've never seen a 21 chapter short story before!

--Ainaechoiriel
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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...> wrote:

> Realizing that adding length info was just for readers' information

and not

> so much for categorization, and that we left length to author's

discretion,

> this one is a bit much.

I admittedly forgot, sometimes, to set that field properly. I imagine
many others did, too! It's probably just luck that most stories *are*
short story length that saved me.

Dwim

So should I change it to Novel or Novella? Thoughts?

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

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> most stories *are* short story length that saved me.
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Hi Ainae,

On 21 Jul 2005, at 10:46, Ainaechoiriel wrote:

> So should I change it to Novel or Novella? Thoughts?
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My impulse is no. The author chose that field (or at least approved of
it), and it's completely possible that a twenty-one chapter piece could
have under 25,000 words. (Some people have chapters that are well under
a thousand words a piece. Depends on the author and the style of the
story.) This is part of why I think the 25,000-word suggestion is too
high for this fandom, but I'll save that debate for the post-mortem.

Why don't you email the author and say you noticed the chapter-count
was a bit high for a short story, and offer to change it if the author
wishes?

Marta
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Well, since it is only informational, I'll just leave it but Author Liaisons
and authors should look out for this sort of thing next year.

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"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://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards

Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

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> Hi Ainae,
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> On 21 Jul 2005, at 10:46, Ainaechoiriel wrote:
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> > So should I change it to Novel or Novella? Thoughts?
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> My impulse is no. The author chose that field (or at least
> approved of it), and it's completely possible that a
> twenty-one chapter piece could have under 25,000 words. (Some
> people have chapters that are well under a thousand words a
> piece. Depends on the author and the style of the
> story.) This is part of why I think the 25,000-word
> suggestion is too high for this fandom, but I'll save that
> debate for the post-mortem.
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> Why don't you email the author and say you noticed the
> chapter-count was a bit high for a short story, and offer to
> change it if the author wishes?
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> Marta
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