Links File Tab

Your ROUNDTABLE LINKS FILE should contain:

Your preferred display name (how your listing appear in the roundtable forum);
A link to your WDC userID; and
A list of links to the items you want to have reviewed.

The only required element is the list of links to the items you want reviewed. The roundtable manager will use the defaults listed below if the first two elements are not included.

The manager will use the {Insert:###} WritingML command to place a copy of your ROUNDTABLE LINKS FILE on the roundtable's page. Thus, the page will display an exact copy of what is in your ROUNDTABLE LINKS FILE. Most WritingML codes will work in an inserted file, but some, like a second {insert:####} tag, will fail.

Of course, people need to be able to read your items. So, for example, item permissions could be set to PUBLIC . Alternatively, if you instead choose to use a passcode, you could include it in the ROUNDTABLE LINKS FILE or include a note that instructs potential reviewers to ask you for it. Bear in mind that posting the passkey here makes it public, which defeats the purpose of a passkey.

If you do not include your preferred display name , the manager will use your WDC handle by default.

If you don't include a link to your userID, the manager will insert one into your requested posting.

Any of the various of WDC links to your items is acceptable, although the b-item format provides additional information to potential reviewers. If you are posting to a Book Entry, you might consider also including a link to the Book, since the Book Entry formats don't provide very much information.

Incluiding things like genre or a teaser can help you get reviews, but it's not required.

Note that if your file has broken WritingML in it, it could break the Roundtable page as well when we try to insert it. If this happens, we'll write to you and ask that you correct your file before we link it. The manager can't edit your file for you or even see the WritingML. If this happens, all the manager can see is that it is broken.

We do have a suggested format, but it's also not required. Remember, though, that whatever is in your ROUNDTABLE LINK file is *exactly* what will appear on the Roundtable page.

Optional Suggested format for ROUNDTABLEL LINKS FILE
Replace items inside <BRACKETS> with your information.

{b}<PREFFERRED NAME>{/b}
{user:<USER ID>}
<OPTIONAL LINE>{c:red}{b} Author requests reviews NOT be posted to the Roundtable forum. {/b}{/c}
{b}Novel{/b}
{bitem:<LINK TO CONTAINING FOLDER>}
{b}Genre{/b}: <GENRE(S) OF THE ITEM>
{b}Teaser. {/b} <SHORT TEASTER--USUALLY A COUPLE OF SENTENCES>
<OPTIONAL LINE> Please write to the author for passkeys or further chapters.

{bitem:<LINK TO FIRST CHAPTER>}
{bitem:<LINK TO SECOND CHAPTER>}

{b}Short Story{/b}
{bitem:<LINK TO SHORT STORY>}




Here's an example listing

{b}Max Griffin{/b}
{user:mathguy}
{c:red}{b} Author requests reviews NOT be posted to the Roundtable forum. {/b}{/c}
{b}Novel{/b}
{bitem:2299511}
{b}Genre{/b}: SciFi, LGBTQ+, mystery
{b}Teaser. {/b} A headless corpse, a mass interplantary evacuation, and two teen-aged runaways challenge Marine MP Raf Martinez and Navy Medic Toshi Watanabe on the mining moon Cabot's Landing.

{bitem:2307868}
{bitem:2308339}
Please write to the author for passkeys or further chapters.

{b}Short Story{/b}
{bitem:2303342}

Which results in this listing when inserted into the roundtable page.


Max Griffin
Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈
Author requests reviews NOT be posted to the Roundtable forum.
Novel

FOLDER

Escape from Cabot's Landing  (E) Murder mystery set on Cabot's Landing in the days before the Great Disintigration. #2299511 by Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

Genre: SciFi, LGBTQ+, mystery
Teaser. A headless corpse, a mass interplantary evacuation, and two teen-aged runaways challenge Marine MP Raf Martinez and Navy Medic Toshi Watanabe on the mining moon Cabot's Landing.

STATIC

Chapter 1--Escape from Cabot's Landing  (18+) Two refugees find a body #2307868 by Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

STATIC

Chapter 3--Escape from Cabot's Landing  (18+) Taggart and Kendi at the Industrial Port #2308339 by Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

Please write to the author for passkeys or further chapters.

Short Story

STATIC

In a Day or Two  (18+) A slipstream tale in four parts inspired by the aha hit "Take on Me." #2303342 by Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈