I always just set mine at General at HASA and they show up straight away - they've never had to be vetted first - but I only started posting there last year. I am very much in agreement about a lot of the rules and regs on sites - especially HASA, but it was one of the few Tolkien sites where Pure Morning was acceptable, and someone else who posts there (Ziggy - her Legolas is most definitely something else again!) pushed me into it.
As far as I can tell, you don't ever have to use Beta - it is sort of the equivalent of posting it here first so that only a few people see it and point out any mistakes for you... or something.
The 'Review' type of stories are, again, only open to members, or possible even only those members who ticked that they would review - I didn't have the foggiest what that meant when I joined, and ticked it thinking it was the same as 'comment', so I see them. Then when they get a certain number of reviews they get a shiny star by their name and are let out to the public. The ones on the home page are always 'reviewed' stories.
I guess it means you aren't likely to hit something really badly written if you just go to look and click on one of those front page stories.
Mind you the whole rules., regs., and even just getting your stories to appear in public (that habit of leaving chapters set at 'zero' until you change it...aargh!) probably means the people who write total dross can't work out how to post it there - a form of self-selection even for the 'general' stories!
Thinking about you being laid-up still, if you want something to read with a Legolas who won't clash badly with yours, try Daw's stuff at SOA (http://www.storiesofarda.com/Author.asp?AuthID=5). There is also a rather different Éowyn/Legolas one there (http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=863), if you haven't read it. Like your Éowyn, this is a strong woman who certainly didn't just knuckle down to being Faramir's dutiful wife having children and growing herbs. It seems to be the only thing she wrote - even though she clearly intended there to be more - but it stands alone very well.
Also totally recommend Jay of Lasgalen's stories (http://www.storiesofarda.com/author.asp?AuthID=12) there - mainly twin-centric but also with a Legolas that you would find doesn't clash too badly with yours. I'm guessing, though, that you might already have read all three authors...
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As far as I can tell, you don't ever have to use Beta - it is sort of the equivalent of posting it here first so that only a few people see it and point out any mistakes for you... or something.
The 'Review' type of stories are, again, only open to members, or possible even only those members who ticked that they would review - I didn't have the foggiest what that meant when I joined, and ticked it thinking it was the same as 'comment', so I see them. Then when they get a certain number of reviews they get a shiny star by their name and are let out to the public. The ones on the home page are always 'reviewed' stories.
I guess it means you aren't likely to hit something really badly written if you just go to look and click on one of those front page stories.
Mind you the whole rules., regs., and even just getting your stories to appear in public (that habit of leaving chapters set at 'zero' until you change it...aargh!) probably means the people who write total dross can't work out how to post it there - a form of self-selection even for the 'general' stories!
Thinking about you being laid-up still, if you want something to read with a Legolas who won't clash badly with yours, try Daw's stuff at SOA (http://www.storiesofarda.com/Author.asp?AuthID=5). There is also a rather different Éowyn/Legolas one there (http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=863), if you haven't read it. Like your Éowyn, this is a strong woman who certainly didn't just knuckle down to being Faramir's dutiful wife having children and growing herbs. It seems to be the only thing she wrote - even though she clearly intended there to be more - but it stands alone very well.
Also totally recommend Jay of Lasgalen's stories (http://www.storiesofarda.com/author.asp?AuthID=12) there - mainly twin-centric but also with a Legolas that you would find doesn't clash too badly with yours. I'm guessing, though, that you might already have read all three authors...