From seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid Wed Jun 1 19:41:00 2005 From: seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid (shanti_50130) Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:41:00 -0000 Subject: Lost Souls Found Chapter 39 Posted Message-ID: In this chapter, we see the Dark Lord `test' Severus' loyalty. Warnings for some mention of Death Eater activities, not too graphically depicted but still nasty. Author's Notes and comments can be found in my LiveJournal, I am `weasleyfan'. Anyone can read my journal if you are interested in those sorts of things. It was posted today, it might require up to 24 hours to be `visible' on Fanfiction.net To reprise the summary: Severus Snape and OFC, Romance/drama, hurt/comfort. After OotP so loads of spoilers for that book, but before Half Blood Prince; 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 NC-17. 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. 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. I can't figure out how to `keep' my italics and other font-thingies on AFN. Pathetic, I know, but there you are. Hope you enjoy the chapter! From heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid Fri Jun 3 10:17:20 2005 From: heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid (heiditandy) Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:17:20 -0000 Subject: FictionAlley's fundraiser for Katie O'Brien Memorial Scholarships Message-ID: The order pages are http://www.fictionalley.org/wristbands.html and http://www.wristspirit.com/OrganizationInformation.aspx?FRCode=FictionAlley In March of 2005, one of FictionAlley's longtime writers lost her battle with leukemia. Even while she was in the hospital fighting against her illness, she continued to find strength as she wrote her story, assisted by her father, Dave O'Brien. As her father said, "Katie always wanted to be a writer, and she used this forum [FictionAlley] to fulfill her dreams. Correspondence with those who read and enjoyed her story sustained her even during the worst of times." Katie finished writing her story six days before she died; her father has continued to upload those chapters onto FictionAlley through the spring (you can find it at http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Dave_OBrien/ ). When we at FictionAlley learned that Katie had passed, we realised that the best way we, as a site, could honour her memory would be to provide other writers, as well as artists and those who give back to the community, with some help in making their dreams come true, so with the permission of Katie's family, we are in the process of establishing a scholarship fund in Katie's name. That's why the first $4500 in profit raised from sales of these wristbands will go to fund the first three years of the Katie O'Brien Memorial Scholarships - in 2006, we plan to award one for writing, one for art, and one for community service; each recipient will receive $500 (US) from FictionAlley to use towards his or her education. You can order wristbands via http://www.wristspirit.com/OrganizationInformation.aspx?FRCode=FictionAlley if you live in the US and via http://www.fictionalley.org/wristbands.html if you live outside the US. If you order by June 5, your wristband will be sent to you by July 5, which means you should have it in hand to wear to the HBP bookstore of your choice. We're also going to have the wristbands available at some of the HBP book parties that FA staffers will be attending - those will also cost $5.00 each - the list of locations is at http://www.fictionalley.org/fictionalleypark/forums/calendar.php?s=&action=getday&day=2005-7-15 and is growing daily. If you're interested in making a directed contribution to the scholarship fund, please email us at help at ...; you can also contact us at that address if you have any questions. Note: The bands cost between $1.25 and $1.75 each, depending on how many are ordered, so FA uses the balance of the $5 towards the scholarship fund. We have to sell almost 1200 to have enough money to fund the schoalrship program for its first three years. From lyyved at lynnyed.yahoo.invalid Sun Jun 5 01:49:49 2005 From: lyyved at lynnyed.yahoo.invalid (Lynn Eddy) Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 21:49:49 -0400 Subject: New Fanfiction Site Message-ID: I am working on a new Fan Fiction Web Site called Tales from Hogwarts- Harry Potter Fan Fiction for Kids and other Discerning Readers. These are the best stories I can find that are well-written, with original ideas, complete and with content in line with JKR. I am looking for for an artist (as I am hopeless at that). Preferably someone who is familiar with Dreamweaver. For the Title page I am looking for a nightime view of Hogwarts. If you are interested please contact me at lauraperegrine@ earthlink.net Thanks, Laura From hogwartsontheweb at stone_hogwarts.yahoo.invalid Mon Jun 6 02:34:15 2005 From: hogwartsontheweb at stone_hogwarts.yahoo.invalid (Prof. Rick Stone) Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 02:34:15 -0000 Subject: Borders Books Needs Our Help July 16th Message-ID: Hello everyone, This email is directed at those of you in the San Jose, Calif area...we have a great opportunity. A few weeks ago, I went to the Borders Books at Oakridge Mall to give them a flyer I had made promoting "Harry Potter for Grown-Ups", specifically the group I meet with every couple months. Last night, I received an email from the Corporate Representative for Borders, asking if we would like to help with their "Midnight Magic" party on July 16th when HBP is released. She is looking for suggestions and/or people who will show up and help out with the festivities...here is a portion of the email. "I am the Corporate Sales Representative for the Borders at Oakridge Mall. I am the person who is primarily in charge of organizing the Midnight Magic event for the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I was wondering if perhaps your group would like to help me organize it. I figured, who better to come up with ideas for a great Midnight Magic party than people who are true fans of the series. Personally, I have only read the first book, and so am at a disadvantage when it comes to organizing a really great Midnight Magic party for the store. I would love it if your group would come help us out to make our Harry Potter party the best one around." I do have some ideas, and am totally willing to help out, but I don't want to do it all by myself...is there anyone else local who would like to help out? I know some of you already have plans to be other places for the HBP release, but if not, and you'd like to help out, let me know asap...thanks! Rick From seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid Fri Jun 10 04:42:13 2005 From: seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid (Lisa) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 04:42:13 -0000 Subject: Lost Souls Found Chapter 40 Message-ID: Chapter 40: Trouble With Harry has been posted. In this chapter we see Harry Potter get a very thorough and well- deserved tongue-lashing from our beloved Potions Master, though we necessarily reach a state of d?tente (love that word?thank my Beta, Elaine for bringing it to my attention) by the end. And Harry has to get in a final zing, because Snape has been particularly obtuse about some things, and occasionally needs a zing from random places. To reprise the summary: Severus Snape and OFC, Romance/drama, hurt/comfort. After OotP so loads of spoilers for that book, but before Half Blood Prince; 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 NC-17 for later chapters. http://www.fanfiction.net/~lisasimaginings Author page (see my cute family?and my hubby who has not cut his hair since HBP-release date was announced, just for me so he can dress as Snape for the book party!! What a guy! /vbg/) http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1789723/1/ Story link at ffn http://adultfan.nexcess.net/aff/story.php?no=25336 Story link at afn. 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. I can't figure out how to `keep' my italics and other font-thingies on AFN. Pathetic, I know, but there you are. I will also be submitting it to SycophantHex eventually if approved there. I'm waiting until it is complete to apply. I am trying to keep "Author's Notes" at the posting sites to a minimum to avoid interrupting the '`flow" of the story. If you are a person who enjoys those sorts of notes and musings, I invite you to have a look at my Live Journal account where I will place those more detailed notes. I am "weasleyfan" and anyone can read my journal whether you are a `registered user' or not. http://www.livejournal.com/users/weasleyfan/ I have saved some interesting links there in my research into British wedding customs, and also my links to my two personal favorite fan-art Snapes. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to comment and review. I try to respond to everyone personally, but sometimes I do not have your return email address. I save every review I get on my computer so I can 'feed my muse' when I'm feeling discouraged, so they do mean a great deal, even if I neglect to thank you personally. Questions, comments, and corrections are ALWAYS welcome! Hope you enjoy the chapter, Shanti From hogwartsontheweb at stone_hogwarts.yahoo.invalid Fri Jun 10 23:06:15 2005 From: hogwartsontheweb at stone_hogwarts.yahoo.invalid (Prof. Rick Stone) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 23:06:15 -0000 Subject: Update:Midnight Magic,July 16th in San Jose,Calif Message-ID: Hello everyone, I just got off the phone with the Corporate Sales Representative at Borders Books/Oakridge Mall here in San Jose, regarding their "Midnight Magic" party for the release of HBP. She said we could have OUR OWN TABLE to promote HP4GU, and do whatever we want to make the night an exciting one! They will be playing the HP music in the store, there will be costume contests, trivia games, and they will have 6 tables set up throughout the store, each with a different theme. She said that they want the night to be fun for the ADULTS as well as for the kids. I will definitely be in full Gryffindor uniform! I'm going to print up some flyers to hand out to people at the event. The folks at Borders are giving us a great opportunity here, and they welcome all our ideas and suggestions. Come and get involved, express your creativity, wear a costume.. this is going to be FUN! If you want to join us and help out, let me know, and once all the details are finalized, I will email you all the pertinent info! RICK From coriolan at coriolan_cmc.yahoo.invalid Sun Jun 12 16:38:36 2005 From: coriolan at coriolan_cmc.yahoo.invalid (Caius Marcius) Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:38:36 -0000 Subject: Harry Potter Filks: Salazar's Triple Crown Message-ID: Harry Potter Filks was updated today, with 100 new filks, including three new musicals by Salazar: Voldemort: The Mastermind of the Dark Mark (based on Sondheim's Sweeney Todd) portrays the transformation of Tom Riddle into Voldemort; The Sevvy-Lily Picture Show (based on Rocky Horror Picture Show) stars the young Severus Snape and Lily Evans as star-crossed lovers, and Fahrenheit 10/31 ? The Musical (based on Evita) is an adaptation of one of my fanfics depicting an ESE!Harry conspiring with the ESE!Weasley Twins to fabricate a hoax regarding the Dark Lord as a strategy to corner the market in the lucrative practical joke market. Also, A Sirius Story, a new PoA musical in progress by Nelsongirl (based on West Side Story), an archive of all HPF's Gilbert & Sullivan's filks on the same page, three new Red Scharlach illustrations, and contributions by veteran filk mavens Ginger, Jason, Gail, Pippin, & RJ Lupin, as well as up-and ?coming talents of Jill, dungrollin & Prankaholic. Drop by for a visit soon! - CMC HARRY POTTER FILKS http://home.att.net/~coriolan/hpfilks.htm From seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid Wed Jun 15 06:49:09 2005 From: seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid (Lisa) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:49:09 -0000 Subject: Lost Souls Found Chapter 41: Wishful Thinking posted Message-ID: A short chapter to give Severus and Rowena a chance to discuss some of the minor `loose ends' as we get close to the end of the school year. Rowena discovers the truth about what happened at Severus' last DE meeting, and Severus discovers that he has, at some point, developed the distasteful capacity for `wishful thinking'. To reprise the summary: Severus Snape and OFC, Romance/drama, hurt/comfort. After OotP so loads of spoilers for that book, but before Half Blood Prince; so AU to that book when it arrives. Voldemort is out in the open, Snape is 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 NC-17 for later chapters. http://www.fanfiction.net/~lisasimaginings Author page (see my cute family?and my hubby who has not cut his hair since HBP-release date was announced, just for me so he can dress as Snape for the book party!! What a guy! /vbg/) http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1789723/1/ Story link at ffn http://adultfan.nexcess.net/aff/story.php?no=25336 Story link at afn. 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. One of my delightful List Sisters from GotSnape Yahoo Group (among others) has told me how to fix those font-thingies on AFN, Yay Zee!! I will be going back and doing that as soon as I have time, but my focus at this point is getting the story done before HBP comes out. Heh. If you want to read my chapter notes, comments, or my replies back to people who have been kind enough to leave me reviews, you can find those on my LiveJournal page. I am `weasleyfan'. Anyone may view my journal. http://www.livejournal.com/users/weasleyfan/ Hope you enjoy the Chapter! Shanti From seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid Sat Jun 18 17:47:55 2005 From: seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid (Lisa) Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 17:47:55 -0000 Subject: Lost Souls Found Updated Message-ID: Chapter 42: Bridal Parties This chapter sees our beloved Potions Master reluctantly attending Remus Lupin's bachelor party, while Rowena is off with Tonks and friends for the bachelorette party. I had *way* too much fun writing this chapter. I completely do not like fics where Severus is made to play the fool or behave in an undignified manner--but I had a great deal of fun giggling to myself as I imagined his thoughts and expressions of disgust and revulsion as he was forced to witness other people doing precisely that. To reprise the summary: Severus Snape and OFC, Romance/drama, hurt/comfort. After OotP so loads of spoilers for that book, but before Half Blood Prince; so AU to that book when it arrives. Voldemort is 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 NC-17 for later chapters. This is a mature themes fic, not only because of romance/sexual situations, but also because of a realistic, intense, and sometimes graphic view of what Death Eaters would probably REALLY be like, and the unpleasantness a truly effective spy would have to endure. http://www.fanfiction.net/~lisasimaginings Author page (see my cute family?and my hubby who has not cut his hair since HBP-release date was announced just for me, so he can dress as Snape for the book party!! What a guy! /vbg/) http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1789723/1/ Story link at ffn http://adultfan.nexcess.net/aff/story.php?no=25336 Story link at afn. 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. I have only recently been told by a list-sister on GotSnape how to keep my italics and other font-thingies on AFN, and I haven't yet taken the time to go back and edit previous chapters. I will also be submitting it to SycophantHex eventually if approved there. I'm waiting until it is complete to apply. If you are into that sort of thing, you are welcome to pop by and view my livejournal where I leave more specific chapter notes, replies to reviews, and those sorts of author-musings. Anyone may view my journal. http://www.livejournal.com/users/weasleyfan/ I love comments, reviews, constructive criticism, I would *adore* having a Brit-picker for this fic, and I am always happy to have people find/catch typos, errors, etc. I have a delightful beta who does an excellent job of catching most of my errors (and abuse of commas, etc.) but we are all human and sometimes I tinker after she has 'finished' with a chapter. Any remaining errors are mine, and I will shower you with virtual hugs for pointing them out to me so that I can fix them. Please specify which chapter you are referencing when giving me such 'fixes' so that it makes it easier for me to find and go back and repair later. I hope you enjoy the chapter! Shanti From Feawen at ... Tue Jun 21 17:01:42 2005 From: Feawen at ... (~Samantha~) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:01:42 -0400 Subject: LJ community for HP double drabbles Message-ID: <8432790f05062110014bfa6fcf@...> I started a live journal community for HP double drabbles. All pairings are welcome. I would loooove to have you join, if not as a writer, than just a watcher/reader. http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=toilntrouble ~8D Hope to see you there. Sam [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From prongs at tarheel_drummerchild.yahoo.invalid Tue Jun 21 19:23:53 2005 From: prongs at tarheel_drummerchild.yahoo.invalid (Silver Stag) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:23:53 -0400 Subject: New Site at hpfanfic.net Message-ID: <000f01c57696$c68dc940$0201a8c0@bettysue> Hey all. We at fanfic.net (http://www.hpfanfic.net/) are excited to announce that we have just opened an archive for top-knotch completed novel-length fics! It's brand new and we're looking for stories. Want yours listed? Welcome to HPFanFic.Net's completed stories archive. This site is dedicated to only the best novel length stories written. Authors if you would like to see your work posted here please send an email to completed at ... with your fic's name and an archive of it i.e.zip or rar file of the finished story. Each story must be at least 8 chapters long, and be free of severe spelling and grammatical errors. The URL is http://completed.hpfanfic.net If you don't write, but know of an author who might be interested, pass the word along (no spamming, of course). Betty From seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid Wed Jun 22 22:08:06 2005 From: seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid (Lisa) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:08:06 -0000 Subject: New Chapter Lost Souls Found Message-ID: Lost Souls Found, Chapter 43: Nuptials At last we see the wedding of Remus and Tonks?from the perspective of Severus and Rowena. I agonized over Severus' "best man" speech for ages, but I am actually pleased with the result. I wanted him to be `funny', or at least make a snarky comment about how he doesn't "do" humor, but the Snape in my head was appalled with the result every time. The few paragraphs of the `speech' alone represent days of agonizing, deleting and re-writing. What exists here met the approval of my internal Severus. I hope it meets yours. Reprise the summary: Severus Snape and OFC, Romance/drama, hurt/comfort. After OotP so loads of spoilers for that book, but before Half Blood Prince; so AU to that book when it arrives. Voldemort is out in the open, Snape is 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 NC-17 for romantic/sexual content in later chapters as well as some graphic/mature dealings with the horrors of a Magical War. Overall a romance, but I do not pull any punches when it comes to dealing with Snape as a Death Eater to maintain his `cover'. War is gruesome. http://www.fanfiction.net/~lisasimaginings Author page (see my cute family?and my hubby who has not cut his hair since HBP-release date was announced, just for me so he can dress as Snape for the book party!! What a guy! /vbg/) http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1789723/1/ Story link at ffn http://adultfan.nexcess.net/aff/authors.php?no=13713 Author Page at AFN http://adultfan.nexcess.net/aff/story.php?no=25336 Story link at afn. For this chapter I had a great deal of help from the folks at the HP_Britglish on British wedding traditions. You can see the topic and their wonderful answers here: http://www.livejournal.com/community/hp_britglish/117719.html They were extremely friendly, helpful and very quick with their responses. I recommend `lurking' that group just for fun if you are a HP fanfic writer?I learn all sorts of interesting things there. A special thank you to Lady Claire who is helping me with some German translations I want to use between Severus and Katrina, to Surgical Steel who has helped me a great deal with authentic Texan material, and to Hermaania Malfoy and WitchEcho who have begun the process of going back through the entire fic and Brit-Picking for me! Yay! I am not, at this time, going back and DOING the repairs, as I focus on getting the fic done before HBP comes out, and fortunately they all seem to be relatively minor without detracting from the overall story. If you are interested, I am keeping a `running list' of known-fix- needs here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/weasleyfan/10155.html?nc=17 I am always grateful for comments, critiques, constructive criticism, etc. Hope you enjoy the chapter! Shanti From PenapartElf at penapart_elf.yahoo.invalid Wed Jun 29 18:55:14 2005 From: PenapartElf at penapart_elf.yahoo.invalid (PenapartElf at penapart_elf.yahoo.invalid) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:55:14 EDT Subject: seeking HP fans in Scotland Message-ID: A request has arrived here at Hexquarters from Vicky Allan (a reporter with the Scottish newspaper Sunday Herald) who is seeking to speak to adult HP fans in Scotland. As she already has the female perspectives well covered, Vicky is looking for male points of view at this time. Please contact Vicky directly via phone at 0131 620 2806 or via email at vickallan @... (without that extra space) if you or someone you know fits the bill. Thanks! :) Penapart Elf