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| Saturday, November 28th, 2009 |
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The holiday fest season is almost upon us, and along with it is the eternal question: "How do I give feedback on fest gifts?" The answer is, there is no right or wrong way. The exception to that statement is when the fest in question has specific rules about feedback. The standard rule most fests have is "no flaming", which I think is a rule we can all get behind for obvious reasons. "No con crit" is another rule I've seen popping up in fest rules lately, but I know that issue isn't as clear-cut as the flaming issue. Some people say gifts shouldn't be criticized while others say just because it's a gift doesn't mean it's exempt from critique. I don't really want to get into the pro/anti concrit argument, so we'll leave it at that. So, yeah, as long as you're following the rules of the fest, there's not really a right or wrong way to give feedback. Now, that isn't to say that people won't complain or react negatively in other ways. For example, there are a few authors/artists who disdain squeeful comments and lament the lack of lengthy, "meaty" commentary, but they are in the distinct minority. The vast majority of authors/artists love feedback in any form they can get it, and "OMG that was awesome!!!" is just as welcomed as a 2 page treatise. I think that more than any other time, fests - especially holiday fests - are a time to celebrate the joy of giving and to share in the pleasure of receiving. It's a time to be happy for the gifts being shared, not just with the recipient, but with everyone. Yes, that story/art was created for someone specific, but the rest of us are getting to enjoy it too, and I think that's part of the collaborative fun that fests generate. They give all of us more of what we want most, and I think we ought to express our thanks for that with a simple, "I enjoyed that. Thanks!" comment. It'll make that author/artist's holidays a little brighter. With that in mind, I hope people will take the time to leave a comment on the gifts they enjoy in whichever fests they follow, especially people who are inclined to lurk the rest of the year. Fest authors/artists have been waiting for weeks, perhaps even months for their work to debut, so any feedback is a gift to them in return. As long as your response expresses your enjoyment, then there's no wrong way of expressing it. There's no such thing as too short or too simple, and you don't need a degree in English to leave good feedback. All you really need is enthusiasm! For myself, I intend to do more reccing and commenting in December once things calm down at work and in RL, and I intend to continue into the new year, especially since I'm going to rec at crack-broom again in January! This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/518 |
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Wow, so behind with the scheduled posts! I'll make a point to catch up tomorrow! In other news... I am so happy the holiday is nearly over and people are coming back, you have no idea! It was way too quiet online for the last few days. It felt like the zombie apocalypse was upon us or something. I was close to boarding up my windows and looking for my cricket bat. Also, I never realized just how much I depend upon all of you folks to keep me motivated. I was completely lost and useless without the Usual Suspects around! And then I found a few people on Y!M this evening, and my fic magically became unstuck. ::snort:: Anyway... HI! Don't leave again any time soon, okay?! ::glomps and clings:: |
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Hi everyone! Because so many people are in transit this weekend and we're still putting together our posting schedule, we're going to delay posting until the evening of Dec 1. Sorry for any inconveniences! We can't wait to get things started, and hope you all enjoy the fest! Best, Snarry Holidays mods |
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I could go on and on and on about this, giving lots of details and links, but you know, after a couple years at this, I have a method that works for me: Put everything on pre-order at Amazon. Yes, I know Amazon has some potential lurking evil, but I am monitoring them and if their evil ever becomes full-fledged, then I'll figure out something new. Until then, pre-order works for me. I have a card I can dedicate to it, the titles come out sporadically enough that I'm not actually spending the total amount of my preorder at once (far from it), and Amazon guarantees that I'll receive the lowest price the book was at throughout the pre-order period. If I buy a book at $10, and at some point, it goes on sale for $9, I receive a $1 refund notice. Nice! And Amazon generally offers the BL books from 20% to 38% off. Not a bad deal when I still want to support the BL publishers by buying their books from a marketplace that gives them credit for the sale. I feel like I receive a discount and the publishers still make some money, which is a bit more fair to me than having to purchase the books full-priced from a publisher storefront like Akadot (which is DMP's store site). I know pre-ordering isn't ideal for everyone, and OMG you can end up with a lot of mail to follow from Amazon (you have to approve some delays and not others, and I have no idea why), but it is nice to have a new title or three show up every month, and it's nice to know you WILL get a copy if Amazon decides to order only the bare minimum of books from the publisher. Of course, this method works best for someone like me, who's likely to read or try to find most BL books eventually. I definitely became tired of hunting, hunting, hunting for the books and the best prices. Amazon lets me be lazy about it at a discount. Huzzah! ***** November 30's BloMo will be about making good comments/giving good feedback in holiday exchanges (and in general), because December 1 will see most holiday exchanges getting underway and there will be a rush of excited commenting. Also, the Snupin_Santa lurkers might want to try to come out and participate in Stuff the Stockings, so a confidence-boosting guidance post might help them. If you have any feedback/commenting tips you'd like me to consider for my post, please let me know what they are before November 30. love, lore |
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Title: The Appeal of Books Author: ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} alisanneWord Count: 100 Rating: PG Challenge: Written for ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} snarry100's prompt #190: Flourish and BlottsWarning(s): None that I am aware of. A/N: Books can be quite arousing. Beta: sevfanDisclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only. ( The Appeal of Books ) |
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By the way, hearkening back to my earlier post--this doesn't spoil anything, since you can see on the Yuletide list of requested fandoms that no one asked for it--I did not get assigned to write for Richard Adams's The Plague Dogs. I decided, when I accidentally included it in the list, that rather than redo my list I'd just go read the book once and for all, even before the assignments came out, so I got it from the library. I got through Ulysses easier than this. This is...guys, I have written some interesting metaphors myself in my time, some of them admittedly more purple than should be seen outside of crackfic, but this takes them all: ...Rowf's rump slid suddenly forward as smoothly as a turd from a healthy anus... I can't even facepalm. It's too squicky. |
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Title: Ready Author: alisanneWord Count: 100 Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy Rating: PG Challenge: Written for hd100's prompt: TeethAuthor's Notes: Draco is ready for anything. Beta: sevfanDisclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction which is presented for entertainment purposes only. ( Ready ) |
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Hello, and welcome to the latest issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing! META/DISCUSSION/RANT fayzbub opens a discussion about an essay focusing on the Snape/Lily pairing.CHALLENGES/CONTESTS snarry100 is Flourish and Blotts.![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif){kind=small} quiz_sshg is Prolific Author Series: MiaMadwyn.REC LISTS/ARCHIVE UPDATES hgss_digest has been updated here.TODAY IN FIC Het lesyeuxverts posted "Le Ténébreux" (Snape/Lily. R. Warning: Character Death) DISCLAIMERS: The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links. We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via email to snapenews@gmail.com. There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.
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| Friday, November 27th, 2009 |
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A while back, I wrote an overview of the BL publishers that existed about two years ago. Time for a quick update! DMP's BL imprints are June, 801 Media and Doki Doki. June used to be known for pretty tame BL fare, but now it has become a better mix of tame-to-racy. 801 Media is still the imprint to go to for more explicit stories. Doki Doki is an imprint created to cater directly to a Japanese publisher. Most of the DD releases have been BL tales, but not all, and most of the BL titles have been the kind of tame June used to be known for. Still, people seem to appreciate the DD titles for what they are. Aurora Publishing has the Deux line as well as the Luv Luv line for Girl Love titles. I think if Deux existed on its own, it might still be a healthy company. As it is, Deux releases have slowed to a crawl with the rest of Aurora's titles, and I'm seriously worried for Aurora's survival. The Duex imprint put out some excellent titles over the years. You should look into them soon, before they all go out of print and everyone in the world starts chasing the titles for stupid prices. Tokyopop's BL titles usually end up under the BLU imprint (this could confuse Snupin fans ~_^). Tokyopop has admitted that their BLU titles always sell well, yet the company treats the imprint like a red-headed step-child (for those who don't recognize the saying, like it doesn't belong to them). The web site, long neglected, is just now showing signs of life this month, and releases have still been coming from the imprint, even if it's only about 1 title a month. BLU titles are rarely anthologies, and they usually have only mild BL content, although there are a couple exceptions to this. Yaoi Press - the publisher's name kinda speaks for itself. There is nothing but Original English Language BL to be found here, ranging from super-dark to sickeningly sweet - in fact, most of the YP titles exist at one of the two extremes. Netcomics - This company has an interesting set-up. You can read chapters of a book online for very little money. When a title becomes popular enough (and, probably when Netcomics has gathered up enough capital in general), it is then printed and offered for sale as a book. Netcomics has put out some eclectic work over the years, ranging from Korean titles with only implied BL to some fairly explicit works. You never quite know what you're going to see next from NC, and their release schedule is sporadic, with no titles for months and then three at a time. I'd say that this is the place to go for edgy material, exciting new artists and a-typical BL reads. Yen Press began offering some BL titles late last year. They seem to have taken to Lily Hoshino, and their other BL title so far is also fairly explicit, so I'm hoping for good things from Yen Press next year in terms of BL. They put out nice, compact little books. Go! Comi thinks it sells BL titles. No, seriously, Go! Comi's only true mature BL offering is Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death. Cantarella is considered mild BL at best and then the most recent books GC listed as BL this year were...not. They were general stories with very bishie characters. I'm not sure where Go! Comi is headed next with BL, but I'm hoping it will at least swerve back into true BL waters. Media Blaster's BL book imprint is Kitty Media. I don't suggest going to the site. In fact, just go here, it will make your life easier. Kitty media books are generally the most explicit tales out there, and while I hammered the company a couple years ago, I have to admit, the books have steadily improved at KM. Series are published from the beginning, rather than starting in the middle, and the translations and paper quality seem to have improved. The books themselves are still among the smallest in size, but good paper goes a long way toward readability. Yaoi Generation is a new publisher, dating back to last year. So far, YG has put out 4 volumes of a 5-book series over the past year and a half. It finally announced its next two titles around the time the 4th book came out. Honestly, I don't see this glacial pace as a bad plan. Sure, I'd love to have lots of new titles to pick and choose from, but I'd much rather the publisher take it slow and steady than to see it put out a bunch of work all at once and then fold from too much overhead. I was surprised when YG announced itself just as the economic crisis started, and even more surprised when the first book actually came out. YG seems to have a plan, and I think as long as the people behind YG stick to the plan, YG can become an exciting new company - one I'll still be talking about in two more years. ~_^ love, lore |
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| Saturday, November 28th, 2009 |
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| Friday, November 27th, 2009 |
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Here's a piece of advice for anyone who is participating in any kind of LJ/IJ/DW based fest at any time of the year: when you email the mods, include your journal user ID, especially if your user ID isn't the same as your email address. If your email address is the same as your journal ID, it makes things a little easier, but it would still be nice to include your ID nonetheless. Here's the thing. Unless you communicate via email with the mods outside of the fest enough that it's reasonable to assume they know to associate that email address with you, chances are the mods will have no clue who's emailing them and will have to take the extra step of consulting a spreadsheet in order to figure it out. When a fest mod is juggling 30+, 40+, 50+, or more fest participants, they are not going to remember who everyone is. They might not know you, they might not interact with you outside of the fest, or they might not remember. There are people who have participated in Snupin Santa just about every year, and I still wouldn't know them from an email address alone, much less know all the new people who rotate in and out each year. So if a fest mod asks you to include your user ID and/or the name of your recipient in your emails, please try to remember to do it. It's not just a busy-work request; it can save the mod a little extra time (and let's be honest: a little extra irritation) if they know who they're dealing with straight-away instead of having to look it up. Trust me, trawling through a spreadsheet and looking for one person's email address out of 50-60 (or more) names is a pain in the ass. This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/518 |
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Title: The Benefits of Rank Author: alisanneCharacter(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter Rating: PG-13 Warning(s): m/m sex implied. Challenge(s): Written for slytherins100's prompt #98: Art SchoolWord count: 100 Author's notes: Severus is always the teacher. Beta: sevfanDisclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only. ( The Benefits of Rank ) |
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Happy Birthday to Many happy returns, sweetie! :) |
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| Thursday, November 26th, 2009 |
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Title: Past Time Author: alisanneWord Count: 100 Rating: PG Challenge: Written for snupin100's prompt #236: TeethCharacters: Remus/Severus Beta: sevfanAuthors Notes: Just once I wish we'd seen this side of Remus in canon. Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only. ( Past Time ) |
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That's right! In six days, on December second, I, Cluegirl, shall spontaneously become The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. (Line forms to the right, gratuities are appreciated.) For those hoopy froods who don't speak Hitchiker, I'll be turning 42. I expect it to be nothing at all like being 41 has been, but just in case, I've liquidated my assets, put everything into canned goods and shotgun ammunition, and have stapled my towel firmly to my elbow. With that, and my wand in my back pocket, I expect I'll be ready for anything. Except possibly zombies. Zombies take a little more preparation. As for what I want for my birthday? No frelling idea. I mean, there are the old standards, of course; I always get a bit giddy at just the notion that someone might illustrate one of my stories, or conversely, might write a story for one of my drawings. Collaboration is highly squee-some in my little world, y'see, and I swear that one day SOMEONE will illustrate the mirror scene from Pink Slip, and I shall expire of Happy on the spot. I could wish for world peace and the brotherhood of man, but I've noticed how shittily brothers treat each other, and as we all know, the last time the matrix was configured for world peace, it crashed and we lost whole crops to the logic failure. So that's out. But reining things back into the realm of the distantly plausible, I'd say I want for more or less nothing of note. I want to keep rolling on Tempus Fugitive. I want my cats and my snakes to stay healthy in the coming year. I want the resources to close up the hole in my house properly, and to begin the next major set of repairs (Hopefully before the porch falls entirely OFF Mandala House, thanks!) And most importantly, I want my friends who are in reach to join me for a Solstice party on December 19th, to celebrate both my birthday, and the Sun King's in one swat. The date is positive; December 19th. Save it, and if you can possibly make it to Troy, NY, do consider coming! And don't worry if you're not of the witchy persuasion -- I plan no heresy, just cake and shenanigans. |
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I had to work part of the holiday, so I just counted the time I did have off as a good thing, and took it easy rather than make plans with others. I did make time to make a yummy dinner for myself from scratch: Chicken with sun-dried tomatoes in dijon-riesling-cream sauce Sesame noodles Spicy peanut butter soup Tart green salad with proscuitto and asiago and warm balsamic dressing Warm butterscotch-maple pudding I love mixing cuisines. |
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It's the Pilgrim's Bounty holiday in Azeroth, with food-related daily quests and themed garments offered as a reward for fulfilling the quests. Why, yes, as a matter of fact I do bring my penchant for cross-dressing to Warcraft. ( My Blood Elf Death Knight in a dress: ) I did get a turkey caller as a quest reward, which I assume lets you summon a turkey to kill in order to help you make the required turkey meals for one of the quests. However, when you summon the turkey, it arrives with a great big heart over its head, which promptly shatters when it realizes you aren't a prospect turkey paramour, and it's labeled "lonely turkey". I couldn't kill a lonely turkey! I just let it wander free and haven't used the turkey caller again because I felt so guilty. This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/517 |
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Master, bless. My most precious ones, goodness. I am exhausted. I have just spent the whole day completely revamping my website. But I am very pleased with how it looks now. I wanted a clean design, something simple, sober, understated (I daresay, monastic), and professional; I think I have accomplished my goal. I also wanted an active blog there. Do take a look here, my dearest ones. That is enough for one day. Whew. Your devoted Logospilgrim, the quiet professor |
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![[info - personal]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small} snegurochka_lee! Hope you had a great day, with lots of love 'cause you might just be one of the loveliest people I know, and HP fandom is *so* lucky to have you! *hugs* |
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| Thursday, November 26th, 2009 |
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For the moment, I think my mom's email to me says it all: Happy Turkey Day! Though since I'm having pork roast and you might have ham, I could say Happy Pork Day. But that just sounds vaguely dirty.....lol. |
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Happy Birthday today to a fabulous writer and reccer Many happy returns, my dear! :) |
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 I am thankful that I have all of you wonderful people in my life. *hugs everyone* |
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A note of explanation: Dominus is a boy scout. As such, he has the requisite Scouting addiction to Corned Beef Hash. Anywhere we go to eat, if it's got hash on the menu, I immediately know what my husband will be ordering, no matter what else they may serve. Seriously, he loves the stuff so much that from time to time, he'll scratch the hash itch with tinned. Clearly, this was a situation I could not abide. I mean, if you're gonna feed your monkey, feed it the good stuff, right? So here's what we're having for breakfast today. * Go to your deli, and ask for a butt end of corned beef. Anything over a quarter of a pound is great, and they don't need to slice it for you. You'll be mincing it up at home yourself. * If you are pork-compliant, then chop up three good, fatty strips of bacon, and put them in a BIG, flat-bottomed pan on low heat. (The object here is to render their fat, not to cook the bacon; cooking the bacon is a side effect of the rendering.) * If you are pork-resistant, then do the 2 - 1 mix of olive and sesame oils here, to add the smoky taste of the bacon. * Peel a few cloves of garlic, and crush them with the flat of your knife. Throw those in with the bacon to render. * go out to the sage bushes, and get a handful of fresh leaves. Throw those in whole too. * Add a generous drizzle of oil into the pan to help the bacon give it up in case it's a bit chary. I think I put about two tablespoons of olive (because I keep olive oil ready to hand. You can use whatever kind of oil you fancy, really.) * Rough-chop a medium onion (red ones are tastiest!) and enough potatoes to match volume, then half again. In my kitchen, that was three small blue potatoes, and one large red. (I have goth tubers. No one's surprised, I know.) You want to cut them fairly large, but fairly thin -- that is to say, quarter each potato longways, and then slice the pieces about half an inch thick at most. They need to be large enough that they'll hold together, but thin enough to cook all the way through. In my case, the blue potatoes were a bit elderly, so they didn't need any pre-cooking, but I slung the red in the microwave for two turns at 30 seconds apiece, so its texture would match the others. You do as you see fit. * Take your biggest kitchen knife -- this is the time to break out your cleaver, if you've got one, -- hack your corned beef into crumbles. There's no rhyme or reason to this, you just whack away, and try not to let it fly all over the place. * Once the bacon's not showing any white anymore (that is, all its fatty rind should now be caramel coloured and kind of translucent) you can dump the onion, potatoes, and beef into the pot. If you don't have enough oil to lightly coat everything, then add just a little more, but otherwise, just turn the lot to get it evenly mixed and coated, throw in salt and pepper to taste, pat it all down flat in the pan, and walk away. * Ignore the sizzling, and the searing smells from the pan for a good long time. Hash is SUPPOSED to be kind of scorchy and burny, remember? If it really distressed you, you can fuss it about for awhile first, to try and get everything to cook up, but that's kind of redundant, since you're going to settle it to scorch soon anyway, and when you flip it over to do the other side, everything else will cook up then. * Fry up an egg for each person you'll be feeding. (From our stovetop, it looks like this is going to feed four, which means two for us today, and two lunches for Dominus later on.) Scrape all the good stuff up from the bottom of the pan, and ladle the hash into the plates, then slap the egg on top. * Serve with tabasco, worchestershire sauce, and ketchup on the table, but don't be surprised if your guests don't even notice they're there all. * Make this noise: OM NOM NOM!!! * Wish you were eating breakfast with Clue and Dominus today! |
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Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate it! Happy almost-the-weekend to those who don't! Real post later, if time and family allow. Count one fly-by, lore. ;) This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/517 |
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I wonder how many National Blog Posting Month entries today will be quickie "Happy Thanksgiving" notes, or will make Thanksgiving the topic or will just have Thanksgiving in it? Because hey, no one loves to reduce a holiday down to math more than me. Have a good one, loves. May Morimoto himself guide your hands if you're cooking. *gobble gobble* love, lore |
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You are, without a doubt, one of the best and smartest writers in this fandom. You can make my heart ache for characters and pairings I would normally not give a damn about, and write kinks that don't generally interest me in ways that leave me begging for more. Your smut is hot enough to burn my whole bloody apartment building down, but it's never a mere PWP. Your stories, no matter how short or porny, always say something -- about a character, a pairings, a situation, a possibility -- and the message is always interesting. I don't want to just gush about your writing, though, because you're so much more than a collection of fics. I think what's most remarkable about you is that you're a genuinely nice person who loves fandom for all the right reasons. I've seen that you enjoy meeting other talented people around here, getting to know them, and interacting with them. Your enthusiasm for reading/viewing, reccing, and participating in fandom in general is wonderful to see. I love your posts full o' squee. Oh, you can get your snark on with the best of 'em at times. ::grin:: But you're also one of the most supportive, generous, and approachable people I've met. Don't ever leave, eh? It's people like you that make HP fandom the awesome place that it is. Happy Birthday, Lee!!! If you don't know what the heck this is all about, the explanation is here. |
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| Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 |
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You're another one of those people who's just been around forever, and without whom this place would feel oddly empty. After all this time, you still have so much enthusiasm, and do such a tremendous amount for the fandom and your ship. It's likely that you often don't receive the appreciation that you deserve, but I want to thank you for all your hard work. Thank you, also, for reading and commenting on my fic, and for being supportive in general. And while I'm at it, thank you again for the completely rockin' Snack fic you wrote for me last year at this time (yeah, I remember)! LOL You're a super mod and organizer, a fantastic writer, and on top of all of that, you seem to be an incredibly interesting and nice person. I'd like to know you better, and I really should make an effort to comment on your journal posts more frequently. If you don't know what the heck this is all about, the explanation is here. |
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Title: My Son/Part 8 Author: lilyseyesPrompt: thematic_hp - Round 7 – Vows and life debts, Prompt #30. Severitus – Snape knows he is Harry’s father, but his desperate attempts to gain custody fail. He vows that even if he cannot tell Harry who he is, he will always protect his son. Pairing: None Rating: R for the warnings Word Count: +/- 5200 Warnings: *Mentions of child abuse and child selling, manipulative!Dumbledore* Author's Notes: This story took off on its own journey, choosing its own way – this is a WIP that will be updated as real life allows. Betas: whitecotton and the_minx_17 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 ( Part 8 ) |
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| Thursday, November 26th, 2009 |
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| Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 |
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Title: Gratifying Author/Artist: alisanneCharacter(s)/Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter Challenge: Written for harry100's prompt #59: QuidditchRating: PG Length: 100 Warnings: None that I am aware of. Summary: There are parts of Quidditch that Severus actually enjoys. Beta: sevfanNotes: It's been a rough week, so you get silliness. This is dedicated to unbroken_halo. You know why. ♥Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only. ( Gratifying ) |
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This will be hard, but I thought I'd talk about a song I've been pondering a while: ( Meet Me on the Equinox lyrics and video link ) Ok, I can see Severus starting the song and Remus finishing it, but I don't necessarily like the "Everything ends" chorus. It's certainly a good canon song for them, and I can see around "everything ends" by it meaning something more elusive in the future or as Severus' doubts. But what do you all think? Add it to my mental Snape/Lupin soundtrack or not? And we'll just forget what really inspired this song, natch. ~_^ ***** In other news, We've come up with a contest for snupin_santa readers this year called Stuff the Stockings. Interested? Check it out!love, lore |
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Issue # 791: Tuesday-Wednesday, November 24-25, 2009 Hello and welcome to today's issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!COMMUNITIES The deatheaterfest mods have sent assignments snupin_santa has made a Mod post about Snupin Santa 2009NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES hgss_digest has been updated here and hereCHALLENGES/CONTESTS snupin100 has posted Challenge 235: TeethTODAY IN FIC Het lesyeuxverts has posted Le Tenebreaux (R; Severus Snape, Lily Evans; Warnings: character death)DISCLAIMERS: The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links. We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via email to snapenews@gmail.com. There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for 'This week in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.
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