‡ Into Raspberry Swirl ‡

• http://www27.brinkster.com/swiiirl/
  
• Femmeslash (lesbian) pairings only, no chanslash.
• Ratings: All.
• Authors' review by lightbringer.
• Reader review by lightbringer.
  

‡ Authors' Review ‡

• Are the rules and terms of submission easy to find?
  Yes.
• Do they supply a beta reader for authors?
  No, that is an author's responsibility.
• Are they polite about rejecting fics?
  Unknown.
• Do they remove author's notes or copyright notices without asking the author first?
  They seem to have all notices intact.
• Do they ever archive fics without permission?
  "If you you have submitted or given me permission to archive your work I will in the future archive your other works if you don't ask me not to."
• Are they prompt about removing fics at an author's request?
  Unknown.
• What is their plagiarism policy...do they investigate or do they take a complainant at their word?
  They don't have a plagiarism policy listed.
• Do they update at least once a month?
  It looks like they update a few times a month.
• Do they make it possible for readers to leave feedback?
  Yes, via an email link.
• Is their location stable, or do they move frequently?
  Stable.

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‡ Reader review ‡

• Is the site attractive?
  It's okay...the graphics aren't so great, but the layout is neat and clean. It looks like it's designed for "lipstick lesbians".
• Is the site easy to navigate? (can you get to all the main sections from every page, or do they rely on the 'back' button an awful lot?)
  This site uses a frameset, so there is navigation to all the main sections from every page. The story index has a nice option which allows you to either open the stories in a frame or in a new window. (gold star for that!)
• How selective is the archive? (Are you likely to find a good story?)
  There isn't a whole lot of femmeslash, so the quality of stories is variable. The site owner doesn't do recommendations, so be prepared to dig.
• Are they a specialty (ship or genre centric) or general (only ratings restrictions) archive?
  Only femmeslash (lesbian relationships) are archived. They also archive related fanart.
• Is it easy to navigate within multi-chaptered stories?
  You can either pick a chapter from the first page, or you could follow links to the chapters preceding and following your current chapter from the chapter pages. So it's fairly easy.
• Are there search engines? Are they easy to use?
  No search engine. This is a small archive, so a search engine isn't appropriate.
• Are the indexes (author, title listings) clearly laid out?
  Yes. There is an index by author, and the newest stories are noted on the update pages.
• Are stories appropriately labelled if they require warnings?
  Eh...the warning on the front page is a little cutesy. The individual stories are labelled with ratings and pairings.
• How many pages do you have to search through to get to the first story?
  2 or 3, depending on which story listing you use.
• Is it easy to leave feedback?
  Links to the authors' emails are in the story index...but not in the stories.

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