IT intelligence

[donutsweeper]

No one where I work has been able to access their email accounts so the IT professionals were sent off -site to take a look at the email server. They discovered it's something they can't fix easily and the email system won't be working again until tomorrow at the earliest. So they let everyone know that... by sending a company-wide email, which oddly enough, didn't go through... I wonder why?

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

excellent, thanks! I didn't want to do the wrong thing. I have no idea where to post a SGA fic though

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

You're welcome!

There's a big comm called sga_noticeboard that takes fic and discussion. Here are their rules, which look more intimidatng than they are:
http://community.livejournal.com/sga_noticeboard/profile

A comm I like (although not for this story) is sga_flashfic which posts a new writing prompt every couple of weeks.

I also watch mckay_sheppard, which is for McKay/Sheppard fic, if you write some of that in the future.

For this story, I'd probably post to the noticeboard. Then the newsletter will pick you up from there. Hope that helps!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Thanks! I mostly read my SGA fic at ff.net, I never found the sga communities here. Ooh, and there are icons there too

What newsletter?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

This newsletter: sga_newsletter. *g*

Have fun looking through the icons! And the seven million fics--SGA is such an active fandom. It's cool.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

holy cow, and I thought there were a lot of SGA fics over at ff.net. The newsletter is HUGE

TW is TINY in comparison!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Oh, yeah. It's bigger than the Doctor Who newsletter, even. It's the fandom that ate fandom, basically.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I dived into the world of fandom with TW though, it is so nice and not overwhelming

(DW has a newsletter too? I didn't know that)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

It sure does: who_daily

I know what you mean. I read in big fandoms at first, but the first one I was really active in as far as writing and posting to comms was Dresden Files, which is tiny.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

How did I not know about that?

Dresden cracks me up because it's split between tv and books. Is it smaller than TW?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

TV-verse fandom is smaller than TW, I think. There's a flashfic comm that's still active, and dresdenfic is, too. There used to be a newsletter, but they only updated every week or so.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

flashfic or slashfic? small is good though... holy cow the DW newsletter is HUGE, just like the SGA. There's just too much to try to follow

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Flashfic. Flashfic comms are fandom-specific comms where new prompts are given every two weeks (usually) and anybody who wants to can write a short story (usually < 1000 words) based on the prompts. The prompts are usually general things like "darkness" or "flight" or something like that. due South has a flashfic comm, so does Dresden, and SGA. I don't think TW does, although it should.

Hee--I feel like the Encyclopedia of Fandom. Feeling overwhelmed yet? *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

No, no. It's great! I am so out of the loop, I know next to nothing about fandom and its world. I've heard of flashfic before but didn't know what it meant. (And I couldn't picture a slashfic Dresden pairing). It took me forever to figure out most of the terms because I was afraid to ask.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Hee--the biggest TV-verse slash pairing for Dresden is Harry/Bob, which is a bit tricky since one of 'em's a ghost. Never underestimate the ability of fandom to work around canon, though!

I was looking at your profile, and I don't see your interests listed. If you have interests listed, you can click on them and get a list of comms and people who have the same interest. Or you can just search by interest on the userinfo page. Er. Forgive me if this is too basic and you already know that.

Feel free to ask stuff! I promise not to laugh at you too hard. *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

harry/bob.... errr... the mind boggles...never underestimate is right!

Profile, yeah.. gotta work on that. I only added ANYTHING to it when rustydog made me the TIDE OF CATS icon since I was so amazed anyone would do that for me. I guess I should figure out the whole 'interests' thing.

If I offer donuts will you refrain from laughing?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

If I offer donuts will you refrain from laughing?

Uhm, maybe chocolate? *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I'll offer chocolate, coffee, cookies, cake... whatever!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

OK, then, it's a deal. (Damn, those look good.)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

When does chocolate not look good?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

You do have a point. *g*