1) Fiction should be centred around Willow Rosenberg. [Duh!]

2) It should be appropriately marked. If it's adult, say so, and say why. If it's got violence, sexual situations, bad language, whatever-- say so, both in the summary and in the subject line. Erotica belongs on the Adult list, not here, please and thank you-- that's why it's there!

"Erotica" may be defined as any fic which explicitly depicts sexual acts, period. "Adult" is a story with violence, implied sex, or bad language.

3) Label stories clearly:

TITLE: Hardwired
AUTHOR: Jane Smith / jsmith@generic.com
DISTRIBUTION: Ask permission, please.
SUMMARY: Willow's having strange dreams-- could her old "boyfriend", Malcolm, be involved...?
RATING: G
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Willow, or BtVS-- Joss Whedon and the WB do!

TITLE: Fire in the Heart
AUTHOR: Jamie Stone / domino@cable.net
DISTRIBUTION: Don't.
SUMMARY: Willow's got Xander-- but does she really want him...?
RATING: R; contains violence.
DISCLAIMER: Joss Whedon and the WB own all rights to Willow, et al. No copyright infringement is intended.

and so on. You must supply TITLE, AUTHOR, RATING, and DISCLAIMER. The DISCLAIMER should name names [BtVS; Joss Whedon; WB, etc.], and not "Standard Disclaimer Here", to make things easier on everyone. After all, one ought to give credit where credit is due, yes? And without Joss and the WB, we wouldn't have Willow!

If DISTRIBUTION isn't specified, default is in the fanfic-list archive; if you archive it, the author *must* be attributed.

4) No flames. Feedback is great-- and encouraged-- but not flames. Miriam and Elaine will determine what is a flame-- but basically, any nasty comments, personal attacks, etc. are unwelcome. If you're not sure if it's a flame, don't post it, please and thank you. Flames will get you unsubbed, and fast.

5) NO off-topic posts -- ones that aren't either Willow-fic or feedback to stories. If you'd like to discuss BtVS, join one of the many wonderful discussion lists. If you'd like to post BtVS fic in general, join one of the general fic lists.

However, discussion of Willow herself is also permitted, but keep it short and to the point, please.

6) See http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/7728/btvsurls.html for further information on mailing lists. There are a lot of them floating around!

For a discussion list for Willow and Alyson Hannigan , send mail to willowlist@coollist.com. It's run by Mai Shiranui [mai_shiranui@hotmail.com]. All Hail Mai!