I've finally figured out what we're going to do when we hit 1,000 members (yay!)  As most of you know, my middle name is 'Impatient' and so I really want to reach 1,000 members *right now*.  Thus: membership drive!

First, some really cool stats for the comm to date:  We have recced fic in 130 fandoms.  Length-wise, 40% of the fics we rec are over 40,000 words and 75% are over 15,000 words.  While we usually rec slash, 13% of our recs are gen and 9% of our recs are het.  And while we like angst (54%), we also are huge fans of romance (34%), and humor (25%).

Also? We tag for just about everything.  And our memories are sorted by pairing type, so no matter what you're looking for, it's easy to find.

Man, I love this comm:)


We've done this once before and had a great time, so I figured we'd use the same general format.  Let me know if you would have any ideas for improvement.

1.  The drive will run to either the end of this Friday or the end of next Friday (and if you have an opinion here, comment to this post -- I'll go with the more popular option).

2.  For every ten new people who follow the comm, I'll post a bonus rec in a new fandom.  The challenge is to make me run out of fandoms:)

3.  Participating is 100% optional -- if you feel inspired to pimp on your own journal or elsewhere, that's great, but do not feel at all pressured to do so.  This is about having fun, folks!

4.  If you do want to pitch in, but aren't feeling particularly eloquent (which is my own problem when trying to pimp), here's some suggested verbage:

Tired of short stories?  Looking for longer fic?  Check out epic_recs, a multifandom rec comm with a focus on long first-time stories with happy endings.
 
Current regular fandoms include The Sentinel, Stargate: Atlantis, Harry Potter, due South, Merlin and more, with over 130 fandoms recced in total.
 
The comm: http://community.livejournal.com/epic_recs/
The memories (sorted by fandom and pairing type): http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=epic_recs
Epic Rec's tags page (including tags for fandom, pairing, length, and genre): http://community.livejournal.com/epic_recs/tag/
Epic Rec's delicious page: http://del.icio.us/epic_recs

Good luck and have fun!