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Thanks to everyone who reviewed my story "Thirteenth Birthday." And,
especially, thanks to Marta and the MEFAs gang for a wonderful
competition. I managed to just make my reviewing goal, even though I'd
been without a functioning at-home computer for over 3 weeks. My local
Internet Cafe was my friend, I can tell you.

The MEFA junkie challenge setting idea was a terrific incentive for
getting people to read and review stories. Hooray for the MEFAs team
for inventing this challenge. Let's do it again next year.

- Steff

Accckkkkkk - give us a moment to breath, Steff!

Happy New Year everyone!

Agape

On Dec 31, 2007 4:44 PM, Stephanie Brucker <stephanie.brucker@sun.com>
wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who reviewed my story "Thirteenth Birthday." And,
> especially, thanks to Marta and the MEFAs gang for a wonderful
> competition. I managed to just make my reviewing goal, even though I'd
> been without a functioning at-home computer for over 3 weeks. My local
> Internet Cafe was my friend, I can tell you.
>
> The MEFA junkie challenge setting idea was a terrific incentive for
> getting people to read and review stories. Hooray for the MEFAs team
> for inventing this challenge. Let's do it again next year.
>
> - Steff
>
>
>

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Stephanie Brucker wrote:

>
>
> Thanks to everyone who reviewed my story "Thirteenth Birthday." And,
> especially, thanks to Marta and the MEFAs gang for a wonderful
> competition. I managed to just make my reviewing goal, even though I'd
> been without a functioning at-home computer for over 3 weeks. My local
> Internet Cafe was my friend, I can tell you.
>

Go you! That's impressive that you made it, especially with computer
problems.

And thank you for the thanks. It was far from a solo effort, and I'm
sure everyone involved appreciates it.

> The MEFA junkie challenge setting idea was a terrific incentive for
> getting people to read and review stories. Hooray for the MEFAs team
> for inventing this challenge.

I forget who exactly came up with it, but it came out of the discussions
in the post mortem. We'll be starting that in a few days once the
results are posted. I encourage anyone who sees room for improvement
with the awards to bring up any suggestions or problems there. (It will
occur at the "mefa-discussion" Yahoo group, which anyone can join.) Not
every suggestion gets implemented, but we do discuss as many as we can
get to.

> Let's do it again next year.
>

Hee! Well, yes, I look forward to it - but I'm also looking forward to a
bit of a break. We won't get started up again for several months. But
when we do, I hope it was as much fun as 2007.

Marta

Agreed. This is fun for most of us, but a lot work for others! Thanks
to them and to those who reviewed my fic. Next year, I think I'll
participate in the Review Junkie part of the contest, too, even if I
didnt get all the stories reviewed that I wanted to. I was so hurt to
see that reply that said I couldnt review any more. :(

nautika

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Stephanie Brucker"
<stephanie.brucker@...> wrote:

>
> Thanks to everyone who reviewed my story "Thirteenth Birthday." And,
> especially, thanks to Marta and the MEFAs gang for a wonderful
> competition. I managed to just make my reviewing goal, even though I'd
> been without a functioning at-home computer for over 3 weeks. My local
> Internet Cafe was my friend, I can tell you.
>
> The MEFA junkie challenge setting idea was a terrific incentive for
> getting people to read and review stories. Hooray for the MEFAs team
> for inventing this challenge. Let's do it again next year.
>
> - Steff
>

nau_tika wrote:

>
>
> Agreed. This is fun for most of us, but a lot work for others! Thanks
> to them and to those who reviewed my fic. Next year, I think I'll
> participate in the Review Junkie part of the contest, too, even if I
> didnt get all the stories reviewed that I wanted to. I was so hurt to
> see that reply that said I couldnt review any more. :(
>
> nautika
>

*g* It was a fun ride, wasn't it? Even as a volunteer --and they do put
in a lot of work behind the scenes-- I still was able to enjoy the
awards as a participant, too.

The Review Junkie status isn't for everyone. Some people might find it
too competitive for their tastes. And I have no problem with people not
using the Review Junkie feature if it doesn't help them. But a lot of
people find it motivating, and if you think it would help you, by all
means give it a try next year.

Marta