Thanks, Tank, for the good strategy. I was kind of pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to go about doing this. I have not read all of the eligible stories and to be honest, I don't think I will get all of them read before nominations begin and end.
As to Roger's thoughts about being fair and not nominating if you haven't read everything eligible, I have a theory that may or may not be sound. My thoughts are that if I've read a story in the last year that I particularly loved, it is not wrong to nominate it just because I haven't read every story. I mean, if I read twenty stories and loved all twenty, I could technically nominate all twenty, right? So the nominations is more about culling out your own personal favorites rather than selecting the best of the best.
BUT - once the nominations are announced, I would not vote in a specific category unless I had read all of the nominated stories in that category. Kind of like the Oscars - how can you vote for the best movie if you haven't seen all five that are up for the prize so you can compare them? Picking a favorite without reading all of them seems unfair to me.
I hope that is a reasonable plan, otherwise I'd hate to have to abstain from voting. I'm so excited about this whole thing - as CC is well aware, I own many ballgowns and will be picking my favorite to wear on Saturday night.
What? You mean this isn't going to be televised?
Oh. Nevermind.
Lynn
