#rebelsandfools ask

[rebelsandfools]

Hi, just checking for fic recs do I use the submit on this blog? Just because only the askbox is linked on the main page, but obviously there's not enough room per ask to fully recommend a fic. So just use the /submit instead?

Yup, just use the submit. It should be open. Or, if you’d rather email, message me again and I’ll let you have the editorial email address to send it to in a private response. (Yeah, ficrecs! :D)

Edit: Here is the submit box for anyone who might be wondering the same thing: https://rebelsandfools.tumblr.com/submit

[rebelsandfools]

Hallo. Keen to get sending you some stuff!! Just wanted to check, Id offered a fanfic and was just wondering if this was still okay or if there's anything else that you'd like too?

Fanfiction is always good, as is other stuff. We currently have more fic than anything else, so if you have meta, reviews, art, crafts etc, I’d happy to take those - but remember, you are not limited to a single submission! So submit away whatever you have.

As you are on anon, I’m not sure who you are, so if you wanted to check whether your fic specifically is appropriate for the zine etc, could you email me on the editorial email? There are few restrictions, but with some type of fic I might advise you to publish as standalone to allow your fic to really shine (generally, but not limited to, very long fic - I’ve noticed from my own zine reading that these are more likely to be skipped in a multi-story zine - or fic that might grow into a series).

[rebelsandfools]

Does the layout system you're using allow for em dashes? If I'm composing in Google Docs and insert each em dash as a special character, will that cause problems on your end? Is there a better solution? (I've been using double hyphens, but it looks ugly and I'd rather not.)

Keep using double hyphens! The layouting software will turn them into em dashes automatically, as that is the way these special characters are expressed in the code. (At any rate I will check that they end up as em dashes. I tend to overuse dashes in my own writing, so I know I’ve encountered similar problems.)

But if you already have em dashes as special characters in your writing, don’t worry either. You needn’t change anything. It’s a simple thing to fix via search and replace.