Be appropriate. No profanity, no discussion of a graphic or explicit nature, and no obnoxious humor. Our age line here is thirteen; don’t say anything you wouldn’t say in the presence of a thirteen-year-old.
Play nice. Do not deliberately start arguments. Flaming, cruelty, or disrespect to others in any form will absolutely not be tolerated.
Post any excerpt of your MOTM piece that you’re inclined to share, but don’t post more than three excerpts, and keep each at 2000 words or less, please, for your own security.
Stay on topic. We’re here to write, not talk about what kind of peanut butter you buy or who you want to win the presidential election. This is a loose rule; it’s totally fine to tell us you were interrupted in your writing by a sudden, urgent craving for your favorite kind of peanut butter and you just had to go get some from the store at eleven o’clock at night. It’s okay to tell about an author whose work inspired you to write, or what music and books motivate you. A little deviation is allowable; just don’t go way off topic.
The same rules for discussion apply to excerpts you post. I’ll be a little more lax on the profanity thing here. You’re the author; if you feel the need to have a bad-mouthed character, that’s your call. But please don’t post something in which every other sentence is made up of cursing or swearing, and please sensor the viler words, particularly swearing. (You can do this either by replacing them with something milder or replacing some of the letters with asterisks.) We don’t swear to God or by Christ’s name around here, folks, and we don’t connect “damn” to God’s name. Ever. If you have to do it, don’t post it.
Violation of any of these rules will result in the removal of the offending content and a warning from an admin. If it happens again, you will be removed from the blog and no longer allowed to participate. I really don’t want to have to do that, so please, let’s have lots of fun and remember to play fair.
