From lists at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid Wed Dec 1 13:34:05 2004 From: lists at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid (Heidi) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 08:34:05 -0500 Subject: FictionAlley Holiday Fanfic Challenge (with prizes!) Message-ID: <5913e6f8041201053457498dbb@...> Check out FictionAlley's Be Timely! Holiday Season Challenge at http://www.fictionalley.org//fictionalleypark/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=199 (you may have to cut & paste that if Yahoo broke it up). This holiday season, the challenge involves songs. Your objective is to work at least a line (anywhere between five and thirty words) of at least one song - and no more than five songs - somewhere into your challenge. The trick is, the song had to have been released in the same calendar year in which the story takes place; for purposes of this Challenge, we are using the timeline from The Lexicon. We recommend using the links at the bottom of this post - http://www.fictionalley.org/fictionalleypark/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=1165431 - to see what songs were out in each year since the 50s. More than one person can use any particular song title for their challenge entry and you can use the title any way you want, except as the title (or at least, as the story's title only). The bit from the song needs to be part of the story itself - just be sure to fill in the bit of the template where you name the song you're referring to and provide the artist's name! You don't need to name the lyricist, but you certainly can if you want to. Minimum word count is 90 words; maximum is 600. There will be one prize for the most creative use of the lyrics, and one prize for the most humorous use of the lyrics. Three runners-up in each category will receive something from FA's grab bag of promotional stuff we've been sent this year. Good luck! Heidi From hpforme123 at hpforme123.yahoo.invalid Wed Dec 1 22:25:00 2004 From: hpforme123 at hpforme123.yahoo.invalid (~Samantha~) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 14:25:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: New chapter of The Fairy Prophecy up on Schnoogle. Message-ID: <20041201222501.82872.qmail@...> http://www.schnoogle.com/restrictedsection/fic.php?fic=sch:/authors/sespotwood/FP20.html Chapter 20:An owl from Lucius Draco gets an owl from his father that raises many questions. Sam points Draco in the right direction. Enter Sirius Black. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! ? Try it today! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From psychic_serpent at psychic_serpent.yahoo.invalid Sat Dec 4 21:40:33 2004 From: psychic_serpent at psychic_serpent.yahoo.invalid (psychic_serpent) Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 21:40:33 -0000 Subject: New chapter of REPLAY Message-ID: A new chapter of REPLAY is up on The Dark Arts at FictionAlley. Chapter Twenty: Our New Celebrity Ginny confronts Harry about whether he lied to her about Tilda; Harry confronts Snape about whether he impersonated Harry to be with Tilda; and Teddy has the Worst First Day of Term Ever, courtesy of his dad, The Boy Who Lived. Go to: http://www.thedarkarts.org/cgi-bin/links/jump.cgi?ID=17968 Enjoy! --Barb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Psychic_Serpent http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Barb http://www.thedarkarts.org/authorLinks/Barb From pigzitsacademy at pigzitsacademy.yahoo.invalid Tue Dec 7 00:08:20 2004 From: pigzitsacademy at pigzitsacademy.yahoo.invalid (pigzitsacademy) Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 00:08:20 -0000 Subject: Pigzits RPG Message-ID: http://s7.invisionfree.com/pigzits Have you ever wondered if other wizardry schools existed in England? If only the greatest of wizards go to Hogwarts, where do the other ??less abled?? wizards go to? Well these individuals get carted off to The Pigzits School of Wizardry and Witchcraft Pigzits, which used to be an insane asylum, was transformed to a wizardry school in 1711. We??re a school that is opened to the ??unique?? (Yes, even the worthless squibs are allowed to attend). Pigzits is based on a similar house system to that of Hogwarts, but instead of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Hufflepuff, Pigzits has the House of Pantalone, Pidgebunion, Mamaneshta, and Humpdump. Feel like joining a creative and original Harry Potter Based RPG? Well if so, come join Pigzits Academy. We??re a new RPG that is trying to compensate for the problems of regular RPGs. The admins are not strict and pretty much allow for your own plots. There is one main plot though, but you??re free to be creative and independent. You can swear, curse, be gay etc. etc. A key difference in Pigzits, is that this RPG not one where everyone strives to be the best wizard, but it is one where individuals strive to be character they can be. Difference is welcomed and so is comedy. If this interests you, come join us at http://s7.invisionfree.com/pigzits The board just opened yesterday and we already have 25 members. Join soon ?? From jeff at ... Thu Dec 9 04:05:37 2004 From: jeff at ... (Jeff Guillaume) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 23:05:37 -0500 Subject: December HP Fan Trips update Message-ID: <012e01c4dda4$56c320a0$6401a8c0@cheeser> *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** 'HP FAN TRIPS' DECEMBER UPDATE: (1) Early-bird discounts end this month! (2) Some packages already over 25% booked (3) "Hogwarts Express" train update (4) Earn a free trip (5) The fun is in the fandom Official site: http://www.hpfantrips.com/ ===== * Early-bird discount ends December 31, 2004 HP Fan Trips is offering a special $50 discount ($25 for weekend package) to those who make reservations before December 31, 2004. To take advantage, participants must make a deposit before the end of the promotion. (You don't need to pay for the whole trip at once. Payment plans are available and very flexible.) ===== * Seats are filling up! Several of the 2005 tours are already more than 25% booked. This means those interested should make reservations with their friends or family sooner rather than later. Each package will have a maximum of 42 participants. Remember, only the initial deposit is required to reserve a spot on the trip. ===== * Exclusive "Hogwarts Express" train ride news HP Fan Trips has an exclusive contract with the owners of the train used as the "Hogwarts Express" in the "Harry Potter" films. We want as many fans as possible to experience this mind-blowing ride, so we will most likely offer individual tickets for sale at a later date. However, we cannot guarantee seating nor predict the cost until more bookings are made. If you want to be absolutely certain to ride the train, reserve your seat now. All of our 2005 packages include an entire day of riding and activities aboard the famous locomotive. ===== * Earn a free trip Last year's announcement that HP Fan Trips would give away a free trip generated enough referrals that we provided two packages to different fan sites. This year, we've lowered the necessary referrals from 29 to 25! Fan sites and other organizations can sign up to support HP Fan Trips and start referring participants at http://www.hpfantrips.com/about/support.cfm. You'll get a link on the HP Fan Trips web site and a special code to track referrals. ===== * Fandom spells "fun" (... er, almost) One of the most exciting parts of HP Fan Trips is the chance to meet and talk to people with whom an instant connection is already established. Many fans last year brought their full costumes and took some amazing group photos (as well as turned a few heads on the streets of London). There are few places and events to "be yourself" with other fans, and HP Fan Trips is one of them. Join our official Yahoo! Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hpfantrips-friends to start planning your trip and meet other mega-fans. ===== Visit HP Fan Trips online: http://www.hpfantrips.com/ Earn a free trip: http://www.hpfantrips.com/about/support.cfm Discussion group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hpfantrips-friends [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid Sat Dec 11 23:30:56 2004 From: seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid (shanti_50130) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:30:56 -0000 Subject: Time to do it myself--a Harry Potter RPG run by a grownup Message-ID: Well, I've had to "take the plunge" in regards to my Harry Potter role-playing hobby. For me, role-playing is another way of bringing a story 'to life'. I enjoy it tremendously--sometimes even more than I like reading/writing fanfiction. It's my way of `exercising my brain' when I'm feeling sort of brain-mushy from dealing with my great-but-tiring kids all day. The universal flaw I have found in my search for a good Harry Potter role-playing game is that they are almost all own/run/administrated by college-aged young-adults or younger. These "kids" (to me as a later 30-something) are all very creative and enthusiastic, but also very transient. I don't mean that as an insult! We all know that the college-years are some of the most exciting but transient times in our lives. There are frequent major life-changes going on. Classes and finals and graduations and possible marriages or new jobs and moving and etc., etc., etc., At any rate, I've decided that rather than sit and complain about this (any more) it is time for me to give it a go myself. Fortunately, I found two other like-minded friends willing to help me. We have three administrators ranging in age from 27 to 37, and we aren't going anywhere! It is also a paid site, paid yearly, from a reliable company, so none of this down-time or information loss because of payment issues stuff that has happened on sites I've been on before. So if role-playing interests you AT ALL, Please come check out our site: http://www.hauntedchambers.net/ To the best of my knowledge, this one of the few role-playing games run by adults with a good focus on the adult and wider-world settings in the Harry Potter Universe without being a thinly veiled "smut" site. (Not that we have a problem with smut, but there are many other ways to stretch the imagination as well!) We do have a Hogwarts, of course, and many student characters as well as teenaged players. However, the maturity level of the board and the role-playing skill is high without being intimidating. We actively welcome and encourage adult characters, canon or original, with 'real lives' in the world outside of Hogwarts. It's a fun way to explore what "average" people might do in the wizarding world. We have a fairly straight-forward screening process that ensures we get quality players with a good understanding of canon. We have lots of open canon characters. Right now we're especially looking to fill: Hermione Granger (JKR has just pointed out to us that with her birthday in September, she nearly a year older than Harry?she will be of `legal' age early into their 6th year?that could be VERY fun to play with! Hermione will be screened very rigorously, though, so be aware.) Narcissa Malfoy Kingsley Shacklebolt Bill, Percy, Charlie and Ginny Weasley Argus Filch Rubeus Hagrid Madam Hooch Cornelius Fudge Delores Umbridge Students, canon or Original Order of the Phoenix members, canon or Original Death Eaters, canon or Original We're looking for adult characters to `flesh out' the wizarding world. Hospital employees, Ministry employees, any creative ideas of shopkeepers, `every day' sorts of folks. Whether you decide your character supports the Order or Voldemort, we are good about finding ways to "work in" your character into existing plots. I'm allowing people who want to come from the game that just `died' to transfer their own character's interactions/history into the new game so you will see some `transfer backstory' threads. But we have currently done nothing in the way of plot advancement, and won't be until after the Holidays, though the game is "open". This is a great time to `come on board' and just mess about and interact with the other characters, develop relationships and things, to `get your feet wet' gradually. I hope you'll come and check us out, and maybe play with us. Lisa/aka Shanti From Ali at alhewison.yahoo.invalid Sun Dec 19 14:49:00 2004 From: Ali at alhewison.yahoo.invalid (Ali) Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:49:00 -0000 Subject: Accio CFP Deadline Reminder Message-ID: Accio 2005 would like to remind you that the deadline for submissions in response to our call for papers is fast approaching. If you have a presentation that you would like to submit for our consideration, please email it to submissions at ... by December 31, 2004. Please see http://www.accio.org.uk./call4papers.shtml for detailed information. Anyone who is interested in participating in a Snape panel, please email the same address, submissions @ accio.org.uk (without the gaps) to indicate your interest. Accio 2005 is an unofficial friendly event, bringing together academics and adult Harry Potter fans to discuss all aspects of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books. Planned events include presentations, panels, speeches, games, a feast, and informal discussions into the wee hours. Sponsored by HPfGU, Accio 2005 is the first Harry Potter conference in the UK, and will take place at the University of Reading over the weekend of 29 - 31 July, 2005. For more information, please see our website at http://www.accio.org.uk./ Ali Hewison For Accio 2005 From seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid Thu Dec 30 07:21:59 2004 From: seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid (shanti_50130) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:21:59 -0000 Subject: Lost Souls Found Chapter 31 up Message-ID: Sorry, guys, I have not been good about posting to my lists when I update this fic. Chapter 31 is up on FFN as of tonight, might not be visible until tomorrow (12/31), "Losing the Game", and Chapter 32 has just been sent to my awesome beta. Both of these chapters are a bit sad and angsty considering what has just happened to Severus and Rowena. I could still use a Britt-picker, though! Especially with my Weasley- twin dialog, *wink* Again I will remind everyone that the story has been more thoroughly 'polished' at FFN, because I find it more user friendly to my technophobia, but the 'juice' is left in the 'lemons' on AFN. To reprise the summary: Severus Snape and OFC, Romance/drama. After OotP so loads of spoilers for that book, but before Half Blood Prince (hmm, is that one word, halfblood, or two?); so AU to that book when it arrives, Voldemort out in the open, Snape involved in DE activities because of his OotP Spy role, a researcher from Ministry offers to aid and assist Dumbledore and is reacquainted with our Potion's Master whom she knew slightly from school. Snarky Snape, in depth plot. (Way too much plot for those of you who want PWP.) WIP Rated for later chapters. Here are the links again: http://www.fanfiction.net/~lisasimaginings Author page http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1789723/1/ Story link at ffn http://adultfan.nexcess.net/aff/story.php?no=25336 Story link at afn. I am eventually going to get around to submitting it to Syncophanthex in Occlumency, but haven't gotten there yet. Hope you enjoy it. I quote something another fanfic writer I enjoy said, "Reviews are like chocolate, you can never have too much."