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Somehow, I forgot to post about the spotlights yesterday, although they are up. And they are as follows:

Three other notes before I end this:

One, you may have noticed that all links to sites previously located at HansonFiction.com do not work. A spam site has taken over that domain name and prevented it from being archived by the Wayback Machine. For now, I’m leaving these links up all over the site, out of sheer stubbornness and the hope that the spam site will go away and these old sites can be archived once again. Along those lines, I’ve added a few more old links to the directory–and a couple new ones!

Two, I’ve got some new content in progress for the site that I think might interest some of the nerds (like me). More on that soon!

And lastly, the Blank Page Awards are starting up again in just four days. Get your nominations ready, because I want to make this round even better than the last!

A new year of reviews begins…

A new year of reviews begins…

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This year of reviews has gotten off to a stressful start. First, I found missing chapters and had to replace a story. Then, I was waiting nervously to see if an Anthem era story would be finished in time, and luckily one was. So the final list of stories for this month is:

In addition to my reviews, I have two bonus reviews from Elizabeth, of Bed of Lies by Brittney and Songs Left Unsung by yours truly. You can find those under the Strong Enough To Break and Shout It Eras, respectively.

Assuming nothing goes wrong, my schedule for next month is:

I’ve also updated the directory today, so feel free to check that out. And check back in a few days for some exciting news about… well… you’ll see 😉

September Spotlights

September Spotlights

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Happy Labor Day to all my American visitors! It’s anything but a day off for me, though. Well, it is a day off from my paying job, but that just means I have even more time for my fun job — working on this site!

Amongst the many things I’m working on today are the September monthly spotlights, which are:

While you go check those out, I’ll be over here reading my review stories! Enjoy 😀

Year Two Recap

Year Two Recap

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I’ll keep it brief this time, because I really didn’t learn anything new or different about hanfic that I hadn’t already figured out in year one.

The stories I picked for this year were a mixture of popular classics, stories I thought had been quite popular and a few unknown ones. Because of that, I’ll admit, there were quite a few disappointing picks on the list, but a small few I was pleasantly surprised by. It helped to keep in mind that when some of these early stories felt cliche, they really weren’t; they were actually the stories that created the tropes I know roll my eyes at.

So, what’s the plan for next time? Well, a few more classics. There are only a handful left online that I haven’t read yet, and I’m going to finally cross those off my list. Then there are some stories that were quite popular in their day, some that were even singled out by Various Artists as quality stories, but for whatever reason, didn’t retain that popularity. I’m really fascinated by those, even though I know they have the potential to be really disappointing.

Other than all of that, I’m throwing in a few rereads and hopefully reviewing a few I’ve been reading for quite some time that have just been finished or will hopefully be finished soon. I’m excited and hopeful for what this year, possibly my last year of reviews, will hold. But before I start on those, here are the final rankings of this year’s stories:

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Another year of reviews ends…

Another year of reviews ends…

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Like the title says, these are my last reviews for this year. But a new, third year of reviews will begin in September!

As always, it seems, I had to make a few changes to my plan. This month’s stories were:

Up next month, the first reviews of the third year, and they are:

So stay tuned for that! And if you want to know more about how this second year went, including my top twelve rankings for each era and my top twenty four overall rankings, stick around for just a few minutes so I can get all that posted in another blog post.

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