Let's Read: Book Club #10, 11

[Sarah_Kerrigan]

Just Some Regulations:

• Please follow all site OOC rules to the letter.
  
• Format can be whatever you’d like providing that you follow these rules.
  
• This shouldn’t need to be said, but please be respectful and offer positive comments. Negativity in any form is highly discouraged. While pointing out all the errors may seem useful – to you – it certainly doesn’t make that person feel good. There are ways to help someone improve without nitpicking. As a rule of thumb try to have 5 Positives for every 1 Negative (courtesy of resident teacher protoman).
  
• The above doesn’t mean you can’t criticize, but there’s a way to do it without being negative. For example, make suggestions – don’t say something about the topic is ‘wrong’ or poorly written. Maybe point out a confusing section and suggest revising it for instance, or even offer what you think may have worked better in that situation. Additionally, you could offer to proofread a member’s next post for them – be helpful instead. Positive reinforcement will keep people writing and reading here.
  
• While you’re free to develop your own way of critiquing and commenting – I wouldn’t recommend making a ‘scoring’ scale. This isn’t competitive and you’re not grading topics. Instead, only offer advice and comments in whatever format you wish. Maybe offer directions the Plot can go from there (whether that is into a new topic or not).
  
• As there is a flat rate of 100 OM for participating, I feel I need to include this: please do not skim, thoroughly read before posting. If you skim – especially the wordy topics – you’re likely to miss a lot. In addition, please put actual effort into your written responses. I don’t want to have to put up a word count requirement for these; so please don’t make me question whether or not you have actually tried to help a fellow member, or if you’re just trying to get easy OM.
  
• OM is a nice incentive but if this starts to be abused – I doubt it will continue to be a reward. Do not abuse this for easy OM. I highlighted that above already, but it deserves a separate bullet. Seriously don’t. Please.
  
• As a final point – yes you can offer suggestions as to what topics you would like to be included here next. I have no problem with that if you happen to be dying to read a given topic but need some excuse to do so.
  
• These regulations should be copied and pasted into every new Book Club topic (in case I don’t do it for some reason).

This Club’s Options:

• The Pokemon Philosophy
  Fresh from her journey out of the Nexus, the adorable Lopunny aka Lola reaches a not so pleasant place. The Ashen Steppes, a seated verse of ash, brimstone, fire and lava. Once there though, she meets another like herself - a pokemon - medichan who teaches her a little about life and about fighting.
  
• Leviathan
  Hidden beneath some lost Military Base, they lurk. Doomy fresh from his time at a local bar is recruited by a local crew of scavengers seeking riches. Together they sail off in an ‘ole rustbucket pulled up from the depths. and then he alone grabs all the treasures he can carry from an abandoned Empire holding. However, those that have always dwelled there might have something to say about his petty thievery. This is probably one of my favorite threads. Simply because it is actually a story that has a beginning middle and a resolution to a conflict. Everyone should read this~
  
  
• From the Aqualine to the Abyss
  Omni seems to be summoning Primes quite a bit lately. Here’s an intro of one that is perhaps a bit different from the usual stock of magical girls, egos, dreamy-eyed mutes and assassins: he - from what I understand - comes from a place where his role is to ‘fix’ technology, but goes about it like it is a religion with rituals and all that. So the dude worships tech? I think. Anyways a nice easy read for those whom maybe after last book club are a bit shell-shocked with topic length xD.
  
  

Bonus: These options are still available as well:

• The Emperor’s Jubilee II
  The first and only ‘event’ held within the confines of the dataverse. A terrorist group by the name of the Copper Eye is attacking the servers of Coruscant and the Empire. Primes are sent in to disband and deal with the growing chaos before it is too late to save the Emperor’s celebration.

Tenth-Book Club Bonus: In honor of the 10th book club all options from the last one are still open and will count as well for the next two weeks! So, if you missed your chance you have another.

That’s all happy reading~