Site Post » The Royal Canterlot Library AMA — Now accepting questions! · 1:02am Oct 4th, 2014
(Whoops, I posted the spotlight too early this morning to include this very important piece of news!)
Next week will be the first anniversary of the Royal Canterlot Library’s first interview. That’s right — 52 weeks’ worth of interviews with some of the fandom's best writers.
We thought we’d do something fun to mark the occasion. So, to celebrate one year of asking brony authors questions about horsewords, we’re giving you the opportunity to turn the tables on us!
For the next week, we invite all of you to ask us anything (individually or as a group). We’ll compile your questions and answer them in a special post on our website on Friday, Oct. 10, which will take the place of our usual feature next week. And yes, you may ask us anything.* Who’s best pony? Which was our favorite interview? Which one of us is the cute one? Anything you like!
(* Do note that, in order to keep a positive tone and keep our focus on the fandom's top stories, our answers won't discuss details of failed nominations — but we'll do our best to balance our mission with the full honesty of an AMA.)
Just post your question in this thread on our FIMFiction group within the next week, or post a comment down below. (Reblogger's note: please, do post questions in the thread, and not the comments of this journal. I'll make sure any that are get included, it'll just be way easier to keep everything together that way!) We look forward to answering your questions!
Jesus, it's been a year.
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Doesn't this also mean the Vault's one-year closure anniversary is coming up too? You should totally do something.
My biggest question is, how exactly do you guys choose the authors/stories?
I mean sure there are plenty of good writers out there, but how do you narrow it down to just one person. And if that writer has multiple stories, how do you choose which one to highlight?
I lurve the RCL. I used to have more time, but now going into my junior year of college, I'm busier than ever. So when I do read pony, I always go to for the best - and your suggestions are always awesome!
Now for my questions!
How has the RCL vision changed over the year? Have you guys shifted gears at all?
Any plans to feature an already RCL featured author again? We all know there are some authors that have many outstanding works.
Among those talented authors how do you pick the story? Or does the specific story and what makes it unique matter more than the authors track record or magnum opus?
What do each of you bring to the table when it comes to:
1.) Story assessment, like your personal literary merit standards
2.) Story hunting - how do you find your suggestions that you share w/ other curators?
3.) Favorite stories - do your predilections for specific genres or characters get in the way of your assessment of the stories merit?
4.) Have your standards changed since starting the RCL?
5.) Personal favorite RCL feature so far?
Any plans for putting a file/document together with all the interviews and stories like RBDash47 did with the PFV? I'd like that!
Each of you has read an insane amount of stories. How has the fanfiction community changed from past year to now?
Has it become harder to find stories up to your standards? Do you foresee the "well" of quality stories for you to find and feature running dry? Or has the community continued to grow stronger?
And finally, what happens if a curator goes rogue? Like evil evil
1) What was your favorite interview?
2) What percentage of these stories do you consider to be literature?
3) How many really great stories do you think there are in total in the fandom?
4) How many of Short Skirts and Explosions' stories are RCL quality? :F
For those of you who actually know of me or my writings, you'd probably expect some random-ass question that you'll groan at and ignore. Well I might think up one of those later, but for now I'll ask a fairly generic, though pertinent question:
Who are your favorite authors in the realm of literature? For those of you who write, which of those authors influence you the most? Any James Joyce fans in your lot?
(Strictly speaking of actual literary authors and not fanfiction, unless you've only read just fanfiction your whole life. In that case, I'm deeply saddened for you
)
1) Would you eat an aborted Foetus for one billion pounds?
2) Would you rather wipe your ass with clingfilm, or sandpaper?
3) Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck, or a duck sized horse?
4) Would you rather watch porn OF your parents, or watch porn WITH your parents?
[insert 1000 versions of 'where's MY interview!
' in the comments]!
2504554 Isn't the point of closing something that it doesn't do anything else?
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I've even been working on a big-ish ponyfic project... but it won't be ready for months yet. Hadn't even occurred to me this milestone was coming up.
I need this answered for writing purposes: what do you think Sunset's cutie mark means? I can't even guess at this.
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I ask these same questions excluding the fourth one and suggesting Friendship is Optimal for the second one.
I now ask questions of my own...
1) All of your favorite bands and why.
2) Do any of you read Mario Vargas Llosa?
3) Favorite fanfictions?