Wayfarer's Lamppost Book Club • Vol. 6 • 2024

General Book Club Rules • June 2021

You are required to read and agree to all of the rules.

If it appears you have not read the rules, your application may be denied.

• Authors who are seeking publication (We are primarily looking for adults not in school, but we will accept high school students and college students who have a proven track record with other clubs, quality writing, and good reviewing skills). The book submitted to the club does not have to be the book you are seeking publication for, but it should exhibit the same high quality of writing.

• Some fanfiction is permitted. Fanfiction authors are excluded from the publishing requirement, but their work must exhibit a similar quality to those seeking publication. Fanfiction should be based on mainstream artistic fandoms only. [No obscure fandoms. Real-person fanfiction will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.]

• Preferred minimum age: 21. Because Wayfarer's Lamppost is looking for serious adult authors that show not only a maturity in their writing but also in their reviewing insight, the preferred minimum age is 21, preferably those authors who are not full-time university students. (Exceptions may be made for university students who agree to their partners going on hiatus for exam preparation. Exceptions may be made for high school students with an excellent reviewing record. Please, no middle school students.)

• Add this book to a public reading list and your library.

• Follow these accounts: .

• All books must be "free" on Wattpad and not part of the "Paid Stories" pay-per-read program.

• All ratings are accepted. However, no member will be required to read a book that violates her personal standards. Additionally, books with sex scenes that are not related to character development or plot development will be declined. If you are assigned to a book you cannot read due to mature content or other reason, please send a private message directly to the administrator on duty immediately with your reasons. Please do not contact your partner.

• All books must be written in English.

• All books must be the author's own work. No plot-lifting. No plagiarism. No character theft. (Fanfiction is permitted, provided the work is properly categorized as fanfiction. Retelling of Disney stories that Disney based on stories that are still under original copyright are fanfiction. Retelling of fairytales based on folklore, fairytales, or mythology are retellings and do not fall under fanfiction.)

• Books and AI. You must be the author of your work. Wayfarer's does not accept AI composed books. Those that have used AI for grammar and spelling checks are acceptable.

• Chapter lengths:

1–3000 = 1 chapter

3001–5000 = 2 chapters

5001–7000 = 3 chapters

7001+ = divide your chapter into three or more sections before applying

• Submission length = at least 12 textual chapters at time of submission. Books may be works in progress.

• Two-Stage Screening Process.

► All books will be screened for quality before acceptance of a member to the club. Applicants should have already edited for grammar and punctuation before submitting their books. Characters should be well-developed. Plot lines should be believable unless the book is written as a farce.

► Once the book has passed screening, the screeners will contact the applicant with further instructions for the second stage, which will include reviewing an assigned chapter of a particular book. NOTE: An antagonistic spirit during the screening process will result in exclusion from membership.

• Non-writers are welcome to join. They will only go through the second phase of the screening process.

• Genres—all except poetry, non-fiction how-to/academic (biographies are acceptable), and random are acceptable. Stories must have a plot. Short stories must have at least 12, published, textual chapters.

• Be respectful.

Constructive criticism should be limited to helpful comments about the work, not about the author. Any comments that are harassing in nature or harsh will result in the commentator's permanent removal from the club.

NOTE: We now have three options for critique: meta analysis (original), beta read, and light edit. Those who choose meta analysis are usually looking for reader engagement feedback, not beta reading or editing, and your comments should reflect that. (The three options will be discussed in future chapters.)

• Only one book per member. (Readers without books are allowed, also.)

• You can choose the number of chapters you want to read each week when you sign up.

• Complete your assignment by Saturday at 11:59 P.M. Pacific Time.

► Every Sunday, new assignments will be posted. You will have until the following Saturday at 11:59 P.M. Pacific Time (US) to complete your assignments.

► Every week, once the assignment has been posted, please comment in the book club book that you have seen it.

► Valid general and topic comments—a minimum of 5 sentences that provide reader engagement feedback and will begin with #Wayfarers. Add your favorite movie to the form (password) to confirm you have read this rule.

• Comment in the Wayfarer's Lamppost Book Club book when done.

► In this book on the appropriate Round chapter, insert "done."

► Do not comment as a reply. Make it a new comment.

• Hiatus. Life happens. Work, illness, vacations—they all take a toll.

► Please send a private message indicating the reason for the hiatus before the new round begins directly to the moderator on duty for the week. Also, please notify your partner that you won't be participating that week. If you disappear for a round and do not respond to messages from your partner or Wayfarers' Lamppost Book Club for seven days, you will be removed from the membership.

• All comments will be monitored.

• Administrators have the right to deny membership to applicants for any reason. Once accepted, membership will only be denied if rules are not followed or an antagonistic spirit is present.

You are not required to vote on any chapter. However, if you liked it, it's only polite to do so.

Pressing those stars, adding the stories to a public reading list, and commenting on the chapters help these books move up in the genre lists, too.

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Annual Breaks:

• Spring Break: The week before Easter Sunday

• Mid-Summer Break: The week before the 4th of July and the week after the 4th of July

• End-of-Summer Break: The week of Labor Day (first Monday after first Sunday in September)

• Fall Break: The week of Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November)

• Winter Break: Starting the week before Christmas (25 December) and ending the week of New Year's Day (1 January)

• Please add this book to your private library so that you will receive notifications.

• Please add this book to a public reading list for publicity.

• Please press the star on chapters as they are posted to help it rank.

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