There will be some maintenance on the BWR server on June 4th beginning around 11:00 pm. We've been told by the hosting company to expect 4-7 hours of downtime. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Just when you were wondering what we'd be reading this spring! There will be another Support Stacie Author Auction April 3-6. This will be a multi-fandom auction, just like the holiday and September auctions. There is even talk of another author chat-a-thon to coincide with the auction, so watch for more information!

If you are an author and you would like to participate in the auction, please go to Support Stacie for the sign up form. Information for bidders can also be found at that site.

If you have friends that write for GG or any other fandom, encourage them to sign up too!

A Fanfic-On-Demand fundraiser is in the works for friends of Stacie. The gist of the project is that authors in any fandom are invited to write a short fic on demand. The highest bidder gets to deliver the fic challenge to the author they’ve “won,” along with the story’s pairing, the rating, and other pertinent details (within reason and within the author’s stated fandom and limitations - i.e., some authors prefer not to write smut). The author will be given up to 30 days to finish the fic, beginning with the day that payment is received. Details are on supportstacie.net If you are interested in being one of the authors, please check out the site and submit the author form! This will be a fun project designed to challenge the author and entertain their fans while raising money for a great cause.

We've been having some problems with outgoing emails from BWR showing up blank. In order to assist us in tracking down the problem, it would be really helpful if you could let us know when you receive blank emails. Just reply to any blank emails and let us know your penname and anything you can about the circumstances of the email. Thanks so much for the help!

Some crazy fans are organizing a series of chats with GG writers beginning Thursday, May 22 and continuing through Saturday, May 24. To find out more and join in the fun check out the LJ community here.

Now that television shows have started up again for the fall, are you missing Gilmore Girls? Wondering what to do with yourself on Tuesday nights at 8:00 p.m. EST?

The first episode of the Gilmore Girls Virtual Season Eight project is ‘airing’ now. Check it out!

8.01 Into the Great Wide Open

Visit and friend our LJ community for continued updates and promos: ggseason8

The 2007 Luke/Lorelai "REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD" (Smut-encouraged) Ficathon is taking registrations until December 1st. Stories will describe the reunion of Luke and Lorelai--post-elopement, post-Christopher. More details can be found at the 2007 L/L Reunion Ficathon site here. Stories will be posted at BWR and LiveJournals beginning February 2nd. Come on over and sign up!

Happy new season!

I got an e-mail from an author letting me know that they were getting some weird/spammy reviews. Basically, it's all gibberish with links to porn sites. If you've noticed anything weird like that in your reviews, or more importantly in your stories, please let me know by responding here or e-mailing me at admin[at]gilmore-fiction[dot]net. Be sure to include a link to your story/review.

As always, don't follow any strange links if you see them. I don't think we've been hacked, but I wanto make sure I know what's going on.

Many of our readers and writers are unspoiled. Please do not mention any information or details about the seventh season in your reviews, until that information has been publicly aired in an episode.

This includes even general information about the season as a whole. Please respect readers and writers who choose to be spoiler-free.

The Rory Gilmore Summer 2006 Ficathon is currently taking registrations. The deadline to sign-up is July 29th.

Head to the Rory Ficathon Community for more information and to sign up.

Spoilers for season seven are starting to come out, so it's a good time for another reminder about spoilers.

Authors - if your story contains spoilers for unaired episodes, be sure to state that clearly in the summary. Adding an authors note at the top of the text would be helpful as well. You should also specify which episodes the spoilers include (i.e. 7.01, 7.02, etc.).

Reviewers - DO NOT leave reviews that include spoilers or reactions to spoilers in non-spoiler fic. Also, if a fic contains spoilers for 7.01, don't leave a review that gives away spoilers for 7.02.

Finally, please remember that reactions to spoilers can be just as revealing as the spoilers themselves. Let's all do our best not to spoil anyone who doesn't want to know what's coming up on the show. Thanks!

I've redone the security upgrade, and everything should be working again. I'm so sorry for the downtime on new validations. Who knew I would have an unexpected three day "vacation" in the hospital before the baby came?

The validation queue is pretty full, so give us some time to work through it. Also, let me know if anything is wonky. Thanks for your patience!

It's time to add a few security upgrades to the script. Please bear with me as I install them (and cross your fingers that nothing gets screwed up). Thanks!

ETA: Well, the upgrades are done and we seem to have come out okay. Let me know if anything is acting funky.

ETA2: I've figured out the problem with the validation. I need to reupload the upgrade. Unfortunately, I'm on the wrong computer for that. In addition, I try not to update the script when I'm this tired. *g* I'll do it in the morning. Until then, we won't be able to validate any fics. Hold tight!

I'm in the process of upgrading to the latest version of eFiction, and managed to reset a bunch of things to their default settings. Bear with me as I sort everything out! I should be done by the end of the evening.

That's right, Black & White & Read was launched one year ago today. What a year it has been! I couldn't let the day pass without saying a huge "thank you" to everyone who has helped make this archive a success: the fabulous staff who keep the site running, the 236 authors who have posted close to 900 stories, and the readers who have posted over 13,000 reviews.

You all have made BWR the community it is, so I hope you'll join me in saying "Happy Birthday!"

I've been contacted by many of you about this, so I wanted to address it.

People are randomly getting "403 Forbidden" errors when adding or editing stories. I have no idea why it's happening, or how to fix it. I've posted at the eFiction forum so that hopefully someone can help me figure it out. I'm not sure it's related to the hacking, because a couple of authors (myself included) started having trouble a few weeks ago.

In the meantime, there are a few ways that have worked around the error. If you get it while adding a new story, try uploading the chapter as a text file instead of cutting and pasting into the text box. If you get it when previewing a chapter, try adding without previewing (you can always edit after it's added). If you get it when trying to edit an existing chapter, delete the chapter and reupload it. It will bump the story to the top of the recently added list, but folks will understand.

Again, I'm really sorry for all of the hassle. Hopefully, we'll be able to fix this soon.

It's that time of year again - time for last minute shopping, frantically trying to write Christmas cards, and all sorts of travel.

Because it is such a busy time of year, we appreciate your patience with us. Please don't be concered if stories you submit aren't validated immediately. We promise to get to them! It just might take a little longer than usual.

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, or a different holiday, we wish you all the best and happiness in the New Year!

The Luke/Lorelai PicaFicathon is currently taking registrations until December 16th. Suggest some screen caps, then write a story based on the images you're assigned. More details can be found at NicoleMack's LJ. Stories will beposted at BWR, Lukewarm and LiveJournals beginning January 15th.

What are you waiting for? Go sign up!

That went...surprisingly well. After the initial glitch that had me on the verge of tears.

I'm still tweaking the layout and some other things, but the archive itself is up and running.  If you find any bugs, please report them in a comment to this item.

Within the next week or so, I'm going to be upgrading the site to the newest version of the eFiction script. It's possible that BWR might be down for several days while that happens. Also, the site might have a strange or generic skin for a while until I can get our pretty black, white, and read skin together in the new system.


I'm going to try to keep down time and disruption of the site to a minimum, but please be patient as we go through the process. Thanks!

We've had quite a few submissions lately with incorrect dialogue punctuation, so I thought I'd post a quick reminder about it. Dialogue should be punctuated like this:


"I'm going to the store," she said.

or

"Do you need anything from the store?" asked Rory.



Here are two helpful links: Professor Logan Teaches about Quotation Marks and DangerMom's Grammar Guide. Hope this helps!

Ficathon season is still in full swing! Miss Steph and George Eliot are hosting a Minor Character/Unconventional Couple Ficathon.

The deadline is September 1 to register and October 1 for submissions. Sign up at the link above, and check back here for entries!

If you haven't been yet, be sure to check out the master list of entries for the Luke/Lorelai Ficathon. Many are posted here at BWR, but there some up at other places. Lots of good reading to be found!


Thanks to our very own CIAChick for organizing such a great ficathon.

Please try not to rate individual chapters of a fic with different ratings. If one chapter of the fic is Adult, the whole fic should be rated Adult. It's misleading to readers when they start a story rated PG and don't realize chapter 2 is Adult. At the very least, the first chapter should reflect the highest rating of the fic, since that is the rating that appears on the main page.

Admins will change the ratings of stories so that they are accurate.

The Lukesmut that was started in April fizzled, so we've started over. Details and sign-up can be found here: Lukesmut Ficathon. Head on over and sign up!



In unrelated news, I just want to say a big "WOW!" We now have over 300 stories and 200 members. Thank you all, so much, for making BWR such a success.

I finally got it to work! If you add a story to your favorites list and the author updates it, you will get an e-mail announcement that one of your favorite stories has been updated (complete with the story title and chapter title). This is a great feature if you're following works-in-progress. To add a story to your favorites, simply click "add to favorites" at the top of any chapter of the story. If your favorite authors aren't archiving their works-in-progress at BWR, now would be a great time to encourage them to start!

I'm also working on another modification that would send an e-mail announcement when an author on your favorites list submits a new story. This one's a lot trickier, so stay tuned.

As some of you may have discovered, the option to upload your story as a .doc, .txt, or .html file sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. I'm trying to determine why that is happening, but haven't had any luck so far.


If you are having trouble with the file upload option, the best way to add your story is by copying and pasting text into the story text (text) box. You can use html tags to make text bold or italics. If you need help on adding html tags, just send me an e-mail and I'll be happy to walk you through it.


I apologize for the incovenience.

I am very excited to say that Black & White & Read is open for business! Please register, upload, and review! If you run into any problems or have any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail me.



If you head over to the site info page, you'll see why we started this archive. Our goal is to create one large repository for all GG fanfic, such as
the Gossamer (X-Files) or Cover Me (Alias) archives. You can help us do that by archiving your fic here (after you've read the submission guidelines, of course). Even more, you can spread the word to your friends - let them know we're here and we'd love to have them!