Standards and Voting

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Okay, so why vote at all? The easy answer would be to prevent someone who isn't really working at writing from earning an award. If someone can't spellcheck or write a coherent sentence, I don't want to reward them with a Callisto award. And maybe that's frightened away the bad writers because all 17 stories this week were good... really good!

The second answer is that it tells writers that readers are out there... even if they're too shy to leave feedback. Just by clicking, you let them know you're lurking.

Finally, this helps writers get a handle on which stories are really "clicking"
You have two numbers that are failing:
5 means unreadable and
6 means the mistakes are so common they distract from the pleasure of reading.

You have four numbers that are passing:
7 means you noticed a few mistakes but still enjoyed the story
8 and 9 are stories good enough that you don't really notice or mind mistakes.
10 is perfect.

So, an author should get a good picture of which stories really "click" with the readers... and no one can see names, so be honest.

For more information on how to rate a story, see THIS POST

And the next prompt is just seconds away (I have to pull up the random prompt generator in excel, so give me a sec)


REMEMBER--THREE SCORES PER STORY (Plot, character, and grammar) but you can PICK AND CHOOSE which things to vote for. If you're bad with grammar, don't vote for grammar. If you didn't read a story, skip it.
( On with the voting )

Prompt 2

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Time for a new challenge.

17 people are working towards the Callipso Award, everyone is welcome to join in. This week, the prompt is...

Mens Rea

The guilty mind

This has a lot of legal and technical definitions, and you can use whichever one you want or just stick with the translation of having a guilty mind... writer's choice.

Prompt 2

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Title: Carry On My Wayward Son
Fandom: Numb3rs
Prompt: #2, Mens rea, guilty mind
Warnings: Mentions of violence, loosely fits the prompt.
Rating: Light R
Summary: Each time they were too late, it took Don a little longer to pull himself out of the quagmire of guilt and exhaustion.
Notes: Anyone who is familiar with my Numb3rs stories might be a little confused. Cassandra is an original character I created; in the series I originally created her for, she’s legally deaf. I have pulled her into a few other universes and in those universes, she can hear. This particular story occurs in my Precious Moments universe. Yes, it’s official; Cass falls in love with Don there, too. Anyways, all newcomers need to know is that Cassandra is an original character and Don is Charlie’s older brother and an FBI agent.
Lyrics and title are from Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas.

Reworked version here

Burn prt 2

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Title: Burn prt. 2
Fandom: Supernatural  
Prompt:  (not part of prompt 2 - just a continuation of story started for prompt 1)
Warnings:  pre-Slash (WILL be slash in later parts), wincest, language, dubious con, bondage
Rating: R now -NC17 later
Summary: Sammy needs to get away from Dean.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Sam and Dean; just borrowing them. All I own is what my cats don’t want.

Ok, I honestly thought this would take me longer to write. I will credit all the wonderful feedback I've received for the momentum and energy to get this second part done (so please if you like it let me know-as I said before this is my first time out doing slash or fanfic at all).

It's now betaed; once again thanks to my sweetie.

Burn prt 2

Previous parts here

Prompt #2 - Mens Rea - Random Pages from the Histories, I

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Title: Random Pages from the Histories, I
Fandom: Original Fiction
Prompt: Mens Rea
Warnings: Language, Sexual Suggestion
Rating: PG-13
Summary: As Declan’s wardship over Sylvie nears its end, they share an evening of food and friendship during which Sylvie tries to ease Declan’s heavy conscience.
Word Count: 1,772

Author’s Note: (advanced apologies for length) This piece, and presumably others to follow, derives from a series I’ve written whose overarching title is The Witch War Histories. The POV character Declan O’Leary appears in books two and three. As book two isn’t due to be published until sometime this year, I suppose this piece technically contains spoiler material, although I don’t anticipate that being a problem, as the first book wasn’t a bestseller. Just a heads up. I do feel this one stands alone; however, background information is available if you feel like you need it. I tried very hard to write this so that readers wouldn’t need it. Of course, background info isn’t much a problem in established universes (e.g., Buffy, Supernatural, etc.). Hopefully, I’ve managed all right. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy. Hopefully, a lot of things… By the way, for interested parties, Declan does have his own personal journal on LJ, where I’ve written a bit for other comms, although I’ve gotten rather slack lately. Still, some of it is a little fun…

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( Random Pages from the Histories )