Hi everyone,

Just a short note to let you know that new genres have been added. The list of fic genres had not been updated in some time (possibly forever). The new additions came from a request in the suggestion box (brought forth from discussion on the Shoutbox) because the connotations attached to some older fandom terms has changed. We also added a few because, well, we just needed them.

The addition of new genres does not mean that existing ones have been removed or changed. I repeat, no existing genres have been deleted or modified. They're all still there. We've just added new ones, to give writer's more options for labelling/sorting their fic. If the new genres are utilised, that will also make it easier for readers to search for more specific criteria.

The new genre options are as follows: Dark, Humor, Lighthearted, Erotica, Hurt/Comfort, Vignette.

Humor is an alternative to Fluffy/Comedy (because sometimes a fic is funny but not everything is all sunshine and light), Lighthearted is for those fic that aren't full of angst (but still has more substance than fairy floss), and Erotica is for all of those bow-chicka-wow-wow fic out there written by authors who may not like referring to their works as PWPs or PWOPs.

If you are a writer on the site and wish to add or change an existing fic of yours to the new genres, please do so. Older fic on the site will not be altered by the admin staff. That will be at author discretion. 

That's about it. Enjoy!