I am excited to introduce a new initiative here on Nine Lives that has just been run at Elysian Fields.  This is our way of saying thank you to our supporters, to our reviewers, and to help our members know how much we appreciate their support of the site.  I am putting Susan’s write up here from Elysian Fields as she explains it much better than I ever could, but please feel free to jump in wholeheartedly.  Your support is what makes this site a success, and your reviews are what makes authors want to join and post here…I hope you approve of the new incentive!

From Susan’s fingertips to your eyes…

We have so many wonderful authors and reviewers here at Nine Lives, and now you have the chance to help us recognize some of the members who make NL such a great site. Every month we will have two members of the month, one author and one reviewer. So, how are the members of the month chosen? That's where you come in! Starting on the 1st of every month, nominations will open and you can head over to the nominations page to fill in your choices. Not sure who you want to nominate? You have until midnight on the 25th to get your nominations in. Also, if you change your mind, you can change your vote since the nominations aren't counted until after the 25th (your nomination only counts once no matter how many times you change your vote or hit the submit button).

Since nominations are open for most of the month, we're choosing for the following month (for example, right now nominations are for the September members of the month). After voting is over, the members with the highest number of nominations in each category will be selected. If there's a tie for the highest number of nominations, the tie breaker will be chosen at random. The members of the month will then be displayed for all to see in the new section on the main page sidebar.

There's some more information over on the nominations page, so be sure you read that over before submitting your nominations. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.

Susan