Right. What everyone else says. I think it will be hard to find the 'truly unknown' and 'truly underappreciated' authors out there. (Hell, I found an author just 2 weeks ago I had never heard of before. But apparently, her work is well-known in a certain circle of fandom and one of her fics is considered a classic in fandom. How should I have known this when I didn't know her?).
I think that in the end, your community will turn out to be a subjective recs list, like so many recs lists out there. I always make an effert to rec 'unknown authors' on my recs list, and I know a lot others do as well, so in that matter your community won't add something new to this fandom.
And I think the problem isn't getting the people from your flist who are interested in finding new authors to participate in your community. No, I think the problem will be to get the rest of fandom, those who need a friendly shove in the good direction when it comes to unknown authors, to take an interest in the community.
Just a few things that are perhaps worth considering. :-)
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I think that in the end, your community will turn out to be a subjective recs list, like so many recs lists out there. I always make an effert to rec 'unknown authors' on my recs list, and I know a lot others do as well, so in that matter your community won't add something new to this fandom.
And I think the problem isn't getting the people from your flist who are interested in finding new authors to participate in your community. No, I think the problem will be to get the rest of fandom, those who need a friendly shove in the good direction when it comes to unknown authors, to take an interest in the community.
Just a few things that are perhaps worth considering. :-)