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All Alone
Part Seventeen: Finishing the Job
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by @GW_Yoda and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
[A/N 2: Please note that racist comments will be made by racist people in this fic. The author does not share those views.]
[A/N 3: Update on weight loss. Down...
Okay, so as I said, when I do the vote count in January, I'll drop all the stories I've named back into the voting round. When I do the vote count in February, I'll be doing the top two. Nothing else is going to change for the duration.
Okay, so what I'll be doing is dropping all those stories back into the voting round for January's voting round going forward, and starting on February's vote count, doing the top two chapters. See how voting habits change.
The fact that stories have to build up the requisite vote totals again...
Would it change your stance on this if I brought in the extra stories and bumped it to the top two chapters per month instead of the top one?
Two chapters per month means less chance of a given story being bypassed repeatedly as other stories overtake it with votes (I swear, I saw one story...
Specifically, instead of having a vote every two weeks, I'd collect the votes every month and post up the top two.
If it turned out I couldn't keep up the pace, I'd walk it all back, including the voting procedure changes. Got to keep things fair.
The idea is that if I do make the change, I will also be dropping all the listed stories back into the voting round. (And maybe even if I don't, if enough people show interest in having that happen anyway.) The 'downside' of this being that more of the 'outside' stories may get votes, and thus...
It's a possibility. Nothing guaranteed. I'd have to dig up my old notes on it, and probably start fresh. But I have a TON of old stories just hanging about, as you can see.
Will do. 4 points going off again.
However, this has reminded me of a minor issue that's been bugging me for quite some time. Not enough to speak out about, until now.
But now I'm going to say something.
The issue is that of single-vote and partial-vote posts.
Instead of putting the full six...
Thanks, as always, for voting.
Voting points this round: 545
Announcements
Throne3d 's vote counting system seems to not be working, so it's back to hand counting. Any mistakes are mine.
Novel is PUBLISHED. [Welcome to Utopia]
Link to get, if interested: https://books2read.com/u/b68xeZ...
Threadmarks: Part Twenty-Five: Preparations for Mayhem
Alea Iacta Est
Part Twenty-Five: Preparations for Mayhem
[A/N: This chapter beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
Friday Morning, March 18, 2011
PRT ENE Building, Director's Office
Director Emily Piggot
The first cup of coffee for the morning smelled delicious; Emily sipped at it...
Threadmarks: Part Thirty-Seven: ... This Means War
Another Way
Part Thirty-Seven: … This Means War
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by @GW_Yoda and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
Early Tuesday Morning, January 18, 2007
Jack Slash
The sun had not yet risen when Jacob Black stepped down out of the motorhome. He took a moment to...
Thanks, as always, for voting.
Voting points this round: 548
Announcements
Throne3d 's vote counting system seems to not be working, so it's back to hand counting. Any mistakes are mine.
Novel is PUBLISHED. [Welcome to Utopia]
Link to get, if interested: https://books2read.com/u/b68xeZ...