What a lovely idea!
Even though I'm not around much any more, I'm gonna jump on this bandwagon.
So, hugs for:
Annette, our Administrator in Chief, who set up these boards, maintains them, handles all the business of paying the bills, gets bugged by dozens of FoLCs every time there's a problem with the server, and so on and so on. You deserve it, Annette!
KathyB, who was Editor-in-Chief of the Archive when I first started writing and who was incredibly encouraging to this newbie author. She also took me on as a GE and I learned a huge amount from her.
Yvonne Connell, who was my first beta-reader, who helped and encouraged me through more stories than I could possibly count, and who needs hugs right now.
Group hug to everyone who gives up their time to BR fic for authors or to GE for the archive. It's a really time-consuming and sometimes thankless task. BRs can make such a difference to the quality of a fic - I know mine have. And GEs help to ensure that the stories which hit the archive are as free from errors as we can make them. And sometimes that is a
really time-consuming job!
And a final
group hug to everyone who has donated over the years to keep L&C fansites going. These boards, the Archive, Annesplace, the Kerths and altKerths websites, FoLCVideo: they all cost money, and it's only through fans' donations (as well as the hard work of their maintainers) that they stay up and running.
Even if I am spending most of my time in another fandom these days, FoLCs are still among the most fantastic online communities there is.
Wendy
