From:	Logan Graves logan1@********.net
Subject:	A NEW: Quick formatting question :)
Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:20:25 -0400

In our last episode, Maelwys wrote:
>
> Time/Date Stamps...I remember reading in the FAQ that it's better to use the
> time where you are...is that where you or your character is?

Most of my characters operate out of Seattle, but I live on the East coast of
the US, so whenever I post (& I mean *when-ever*), I try & synch them up to the
current Seattle postings, or if they're answering someone from Europe, I try &
remember to stamp the replies in excess of, say, nine hours from the initial
post.

Basically, just have your replies far enough afterwards so that the timestamps
don't "appear" to cross. (Normally, I can just put down my local time, counting
on the "receive email, read it, then finally write" -lag to take care of
things.)

On a related note, if you need to post a LOT of sequential posts that take place
in a single day, you can either write them all ahead of time & volume post them
with their timestamps all neatly in a row OR, if you're short on time, you
could release each of the parts in smaller bits over a few days, as internal
files, "journal style," or perhaps in the form of flashbacks. Then the dates at
the bottom of the post would be the received dates, instead of the
actual/recording dates.

--Fenris