Hello and Greetings

[backfrommars.livejournal.com]

Hello.  I've been enjoying the many wonderful fics here at Indeed, Sir for awhile now and thought I should finally stop my pleasure-freeloading and say thank you by contributing something of my own.   However, there's a slight problem: I have no idea how to do an LJ cut.   So if any of you lovely, lovely people could offer any suggestions about that, it would be greatly appreciated.

Till then, the story has been posted to my account (if you want to go the long way), and it's also on fanfiction.net under my pen name there: 96 Hubbles.  Truthfully, I'd rather you read the version here if you can, since I tweaked it in spots, but for the most part it's the same, so if you're desperate you can find it there.

Title:  Jeeves and the Incalculable Mistake
Chapter: One so far
Pairing: There will probably be no slash in this particular story, but if your fertile minds want to take it from there and go to the logical conclusion, feel free.  I'm taking it slow for various reasons - both personal and in terms of how I see the character interaction - but Jooster is where it is driving to.
Summary: Jeeves writes his own memoir, telling the truth about the events after the infamous bicycle ride.
Rating: Not sure.  There's a lot of emotional turmoil, but nothing that should offend anyone.  If that changes, I'll change the rating.
Disclaimer:  These characters belong to the late and very great P.G. Wodehouse.  This story is not meant to reflect on his work in anyway.

I'm sure the minute I post this I'll think of something more to say, but for now, I hope you can get to the chapter and that you enjoy it! 

Comments

[tuff-ghost.livejournal.com]

<lj-cut text="PREVIEW TEXT HERE">HIDDEN TEXT HERE</lj-cut>

[backfrommars.livejournal.com]

Thank you for answering so quickly! Unfortunately, when I said I need help, I meant a LOT of help. A pathetic amount.

For instance, where do I type this - on the entry post itself, or on my account page somewhere? What do I highlight - the whole story or part? Or the date on the page?

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

You post that in the text of the message, though you don't actually need the /lj-cut part unless you have text you wish to have viewed after it.

Above the first LJ cut you would have the opening bits that you want folks to see so they'll click on on your cut and read the rest.

Do you know how to do a link from one post to another? For that you would put this in the post where you want the link (substitute angle brackets for the square brackets):

[a href="put url here"]text of your link[/a]

That will let people click on something and go to your chosen page. The url in question would be the one for your specific LJ entry, not for the LJ itself, so that people will find it even if you've posted pages and pages of other stuff since that time. One thing that annoys me a little about some folks who post links is that they just post a link to their LJ front page, which means you have to dig to find the actual post they were talking about.

[tuff-ghost.livejournal.com]

in the entry post
put the story between the tags and use an excerpt for the preview text
don't need to do anything with the date

If you're still not sure make a test post in your own journal and try it out.

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

Just for the folks who might want to have a direct link to the story, here it is:

http://backfrommars.livejournal.com/944.html

[toodlepipsigner.livejournal.com]

Ty ;D

[charie-caphine.livejournal.com]

LJ FAQ on lj-cuts (http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=75), among other handy FAQs linked at the bottom of this very page.

[piccadillyo.livejournal.com]

Oh god, LJ cuts are such a pain in the arse. Took me ages to get the hang of them and even now I have to redo them most of the time because some cockup has occured.

What I'd suggest is to post the fic on your journal (where you're free to cock up the LJ cut as many times as you like before getting it right) and then just post to the community with a link to the post. Much easier and neater :)