From seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid Mon May 1 21:24:55 2006 From: seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid (Lisa) Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 21:24:55 -0000 Subject: Fiery Inception, HP RPG: Post-war, HBP-compliant, canon Message-ID: Lucius Malfoy is especially wanted at present for a canon Harry Potter role-play game which is set post-Half-Blood Prince, post-War. We also need MWPP-age contemporaries ? where NON-Sue/Stu characters are welcome. Be warned: we are exceedingly picky about the OC's we permit, see all rules before applying. --Are you tired of role-play games that die a few weeks after they start? --Are you tired of weak plots, absent moderators and games without direction? --Are you tired of games degenerating into sheer fluff, or suffering from the "Everyone Is Gay at Hogwarts" syndrome? --Are you tired of `canon' characters being utterly unrecognizable? --Are you tired of weak writing skills, rampant `one liners' and third-grade grammar? --Are you tired of games that are so rigid with canon they stifle all creativity? If you answered "YES!" to any of these questions, then come and have a look at Fiery Inception! http://community.livejournal.com/fiery_inception/profile /`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`\ /`/`/`/`/`/ * Canon through HBP, game started March 1, 2006. * Game is set in 2000, began the day after Voldemort's defeat * Age 18 and up, only * Adult content permitted, slash and het, within reason, see rules * Non-Trio-Era Original characters permitted, within very stringent guidelines, see rules * Currently looking for one or two `good' OC werewolves to be allied with Remus Lupin. * Rich admin-driven plot environment with plenty of individual character sub-plots. * Administration Team consists of six reliable, rpg-experienced, adult individuals ranging in age from 18 to nearly 40--this is not a 'fly by night' game that will die shortly after its birth! Apply with confidence! /`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`\ /`/ "In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live." --Sir Philip Sidney, Arcadia /`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`\ /`/ http://community.livejournal.com/fiery_inception/profile The war raged for nearly three years. Sometimes Death Eaters had the upper hand, sometimes the Order of the Phoenix did. Through it all, the Ministry tried to appear competent, efficient, and knowledgeable?mostly ineffectually. As in any war, countless people died, and as is often the case, the vast majority of these were innocent bystanders, caught in crossfire or used as tools. No one knew whom to trust. Chaos reigned. Every war must have an end, and this was no different. In an epic battle, culminating in fiery explosions and structural damage to Hogwarts itself, Voldemort was vanquished at last, his Horcruxes destroyed. Dark Marks did not simply fade, but vanished completely. He was gone. Yet, the Ministry is still politically corrupt and inept. Pureblood supremacists still hold much clout in the form of financial leverage and power. Minerva McGonagall wishes to rebuild Hogwarts without undue influence from either of those factions, with bold new plans for combating life-long prejudices among the students. Less than twenty-four hours after Voldemort's demise, and already lines have been drawn in the sand, showing the war might be over, but prejudice and strife are still rampant, hindering the ability of the Wizarding World to rebuild and be united. /`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`\ /`/`/`/`/`/ Sometimes . . . the end is the easy part. It's where you go from there that really matters. The choice is yours. . . where are you heading? /`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`\ /`/`/`/`/`/ 1. Game rules: http://community.livejournal.com/inception_ooc/545.html 2. Basic Role-playing tips, hints, dos and don'ts: http://community.livejournal.com/inception_ooc/1713.html" 3. Available Characters: http://community.livejournal.com/inception_apps/669.html 4. Beginning Plot: http://community.livejournal.com/fi_synopsis/597.html 5. Application: http://community.livejournal.com/inception_apps/profile be warned, we are picky! 1. Administration Team Contact Information: fiery_inception at yahoo.com /`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`\ /`/`/`/`/`/`/ We're especially looking for MWPP-age contemporaries like Kingsley Shacklebolt, Hestia Jones, Alastor Moody, and Arthur Weasley?the admin team is hoping for a strong Arthur to eventually possibly `run' for Minister for Magic later in the game. Of the Trio era characters, Daphne Greengrass, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Dean Thomas and many others are still `open'. /`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/ LUCIUS MALFOY PARTICULARLY SOUGHT AT PRESENT We have just recently lost our Lucius player to the black-hole of `real life'. Lucius is greatly desired by his wife and son, as well as his sister-in-law and a great many aimless souls in need of a strong leader for the `Cause'. Lucius needs to be prepared to lead the pureblood supremacist movement with the genteel grace and political savvy of a Malfoy. In regards to Lucius, specifically, the successful applicant will: --be an experienced gamer with a reasonable amount of time to give to an active game --be willing to work in close conjunction with the Admin Team to keep plots moving and the game lively with intrigue and suspense without turning the entire game `dark' --be a proactive player who knows how to initiate plots and threads and run Lucius as a `driving force' behind the still-alive but badly-wounded `pureblood supremacist' movement. There is very little `back story' from the preceding Lucius player, so assimilating into the game and making Lucius utterly your own will not be difficult. The only absolute is that Lucius must be a Pureblood Supremacist. More details on our needs for Lucius can be found here: http://community.livejournal.com/inception_apps/14183.html /`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/`/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From jodel at jodel_from_aol.yahoo.invalid Tue May 2 21:05:46 2006 From: jodel at jodel_from_aol.yahoo.invalid (jodel_from_aol) Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 21:05:46 -0000 Subject: Red Hen Publications Message-ID: Well, I've just uploaded the general Spring update. Missed the boat on the 4 "Foundation" essays, they've been defered to the end of May, but the rest has all been gone through and brought more or less into compliance. (I may have missed a glitch here or there. Let me know if you find one.) http://www.redhen-publications.com/Potterverse.html I've gotten a few reports of the site access being unreliable for the past few days and will be speaking to the web host this evening, but I was able to reach it earlier through an old version of Explorer and through Safari. Not from AOL though, yet. Don't know about other browsers. With any luck any problems will have been fixed within another day or so. From heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid Sun May 7 11:32:57 2006 From: heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid (Heidi Tandy) Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 04:32:57 -0700 Subject: Volunteers Needed for FictionAlley's Fic & Essay Intake Team References: <1147001417.C701789@...> Message-ID: <1147001581.2F198DE2@...> As always happens with the transition to summer, FictionAlley is in need of new coding staff members, and you can learn more/get the application here: http://forums.fictionalley.org/park/misc.php?action=faq&page=4 And when I say "in need", I mean desperately in need. In March and April, the turnaround time for fics was three or four days; now it's pushing beyond our pledge of 10, and there's no way the current team can do more than they are - we're simply understaffed. Since we're a 501(c)(3), one may be able to get "service" credits for volunteering with FA, or even independent study credits. And given that the last two applications that came in included things like "Griffindor" and "Mr. And Mrs. Weasley", we really need *good* applications. So please, help if you can, even if you can only help through the summer. Heidi for FictionAlley From heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid Sun May 14 22:01:13 2006 From: heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid (Heidi) Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 18:01:13 -0400 Subject: "And"-searches now available on FictionAlley! Message-ID: <5913e6f80605141501o5720da6ej3c70c2ab89dfb90d@...> We've been working on it for months... And now, it is working! You can now search for combinations of ships, or of main characters separate from ships - just click on http://forums.fictionalley.org/fics/search.php and you can try it out! In other words, if I want to find all fics that feature Sirius Black and Harry Potter as main characters, and which are, say, Action/Adventure fics, I... Go to the Main Search Page Select "Action" for genre At "Show me fics where the main character is", select "Harry Potter" Click "Add another character" When "Show me fics where the main character is" comes up on the screen, select "Sirius Black" (Add other options, like house, length, upload date, etc, if I want to) Scroll down and click "Submit query" And look! Here's a list of all the fics that meet my criteria: http://forums.fictionalley.org/fics/search.php?genre=Action&genre_mode=either&char1=H&order_by=updated_date+DESC&char2=SB ! (Of course, you can't do combined "or" searches anymore - you now need to do a separate search if you wanted to find all fics with Harry, or all fics with Sirius, but I think we can all live with that, can't we?) Any questions? Ask us! From kayla at kaylagagnet.yahoo.invalid Wed May 17 03:59:50 2006 From: kayla at kaylagagnet.yahoo.invalid (Kayla Castille) Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 22:59:50 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Phoenix Rising -- A Harry Potter conference Message-ID: <3673.68.226.172.47.1147838390.squirrel@...> The spirited city of New Orleans will be the setting for Phoenix Rising, an academic and educational conference on all things Harry Potter, to be held May 17-21, 2007. Thats right its exactly one year away, but its never too early to begin the wizarding celebration! The famed Crescent City, herself being reborn in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, will welcome fans and academics from all over the globe to celebrate the best-selling book series by J.K. Rowling. Phoenix Rising seeks to explore the Harry Potter phenomenon through academic programming intellectual discussion and debate on the most famous boy wizard of his time. On top of these formal panels, presentations and roundtables, the conference adds exploratory education in a variety of forms, including games, fanfiction readings and an art gallery. Quidditch will be played on the banks of the Mississippi River (www.thephoenixrises.org/events/quidditch), and the work of amateur Harry Potter artists and authors will be shared at our Artists and Authors Night. Phoenix Rising will step off on the evening of Thursday, May 17, 2007, with the Overture Dinner and Gallery Opening. Throughout the weekend, attendees will venture beyond the Sheraton New Orleans into the city's famed French Quarter for keynote presentations and evening events, including the Masquerade Ball at the historic Fairmont Hotel (www.thephoenixrises.org/events/masqueradeball.html). Fans can participate in another special way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first Harry Potter novel by leaving their favorite wizardly memory at the Remembrall Wall (http://community.livejournal.com/phoenixchat/2242.html). Then, in New Orleans, attendees will also have the chance to leave their memories on-site, and theyll be shared with everyone after the conference. Registration is open and currently costs $140. Phoenix Rising is now accepting submissions for paper presentations, panels, workshops and roundtable discussions; the Call for Papers is available at www.thephoenixrises.org/programming/academic/cfp/. For more information, visit www.thephoenixrises.org or e-mail help at .... Laissez les bons temps rouler! ~~~~~~~~ Kayla Castille Public Affairs Coordinator Phoenix Rising - A Harry Potter conference www.thephoenixrises.org From Hamzarahim at hamzarahim.yahoo.invalid Wed May 17 06:53:37 2006 From: Hamzarahim at hamzarahim.yahoo.invalid (Hamza Rahim) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 06:53:37 -0000 Subject: Wizardtales' next Author Chat Message-ID: A year or so ago a sensational author came onto the Harry Potter fanfiction scene and ensnared us all by her stupendous fic ? The Greatest Power -http://wizardtales.net/viewstory.php?sid=717 The fic had everything ? plot, action, romance, angst, humour and it was all done superlatively. Forty chapters of sheer magic ensured that her fic went down in fanfic history as one of the all time greatest fanfics written. Yes, I'm talking of none other than Mugglemomma - http://wizardtales.net/viewuser.php?uid=182/ Once the fic was completed almost everybody felt a great loss. We wanted to find out more to read on to feel once more the magic she wove with her words. It gave us great pleasure then to find out that she was writing a sequel to her masterpiece called ? Pieces of a Soul - http://wizardtales.net/viewstory.php?sid=3626 She has graciously agreed to give up some of her precious time to host a chat for us and talk about her sequel and answer any questions you may have about The Greatest Power. The chat is scheduled for this Saturday, the 20th of May, 8:30 pm EST. Do not miss a chance to speak to this marvelous author. It won't come again easily. The Chat dates and times (and all time zone translations) are: Saturday, the 20th of May, 8:30 pm EST : This translates to 7:30 pm CST, 6:30 pm MST and 5:30 pm PST in the US; 01:30 am on Sunday, May 21st, in London; 02:30 am Sunday in Berlin; 07:00 am Sunday in India and 9:30 am Sunday in Perth and 11:30 am in Sydney. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From C_angel18 at littlemissgreeneyes.yahoo.invalid Wed May 17 16:05:56 2006 From: C_angel18 at littlemissgreeneyes.yahoo.invalid (Sara Collins) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:05:56 +0000 Subject: FW: 2006 Volume 4 - Harry, Carrie & Garp Message-ID: From: StephenKing.com Newsletter Reply-To: sknews at ... To: c_angel18 at ... Subject: 2006 Volume 4 - Harry, Carrie & Garp Date: 10 May 2006 14:12:12 -0000 AN EVENING WITH HARRY, CARRIE & GARP I am excited to announce that on the evenings of August 1st and 2nd, I will be reading with the creators of Potter and Garp at Radio City Music Hall. This came about because two good people agreed with me that it might be possible to do one gigantic reading to benefit two charities. One is Doctors Without Borders, an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man- made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries, and the other is The Haven Foundation, a charity that supports writers and artists who can no longer support themselves because of accidents or illness. We are doing this at Radio City Music Hall because it is the biggest, brightest venue we could find and we are hoping we can fill it on both nights. We hope to see you there--this is going to be very cool! Stephen King Tickets go on sale May 12th at 10 AM (Eastern time). For full details about how to order tickets, click here http://www.stephenking.com/hcg/efs.html From rstiegel at rstiegel.yahoo.invalid Wed May 17 21:24:55 2006 From: rstiegel at rstiegel.yahoo.invalid (Rachael) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 21:24:55 -0000 Subject: Snapecast is here! Message-ID: Do you enjoy listening to Potter-related podcasts, but find yourself frustrated with the lack of in-depth Snape discussion? Are you a rabid Snape fan who is looking for yet another outlet for your insatiable obsession? Or are you interested in discovering new and improved reasons to loathe that horrible greasy git? The perfect potion for your predicament is here at last. Don't be a dunderhead, head over to Snapecast. http://snapecast.com Snapecast is the first and only Snape-centric podcast. All Snape. All the time. Tune in for in-depth roundtable discussions on all aspects of Snape. Theory, character analysis, fandom humour, fanfic pairings. You name it! We'll also be featuring interviews with your favourite fanfic authors, artists and COSplayers. Whether you love him, hate him, or just have the hots for him, Snapecast is the place to be for all the best snapecentric discussions. So have a listen to Snapecast. Your next auditory antidote is available for download starting June 1, 2006. http://snapecast.com http://snapecast.livejournal.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid Tue May 23 17:00:51 2006 From: heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid (Heidi) Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 13:00:51 -0400 Subject: New Podcast by & for Harry Potter fans Message-ID: <5913e6f80605231000v637e505bl1693ee38b21f4ec7@...> FictionAlley's podcast, SPELLcast, is now available via iTunes (click http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=156422019 if you have iTunes installed on your computer, then click Subscribe when it loads) and via our blog (spellcast.libsyn.com); it'll be on odio and Yahoo later today. SPELLcast is created by and for Harry Potter fans - we focus on news about the fandom, such as conferences, things fandomers can attend, like Warwick Davis's appearances this month at Disney's Star Wars Weekends in Orlando, insights from creative fandomers, like the vidders featured in this week's episode, and fanfiction discussions and reviews. In future episodes, we're going to profile fandom chefs, knitters, wand-makers, filkers and the wide world of creativity at Lumos in Las Vegas. If you're interested in learning more, click here: http://forums.fictionalley.org/park/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=232 From coriolan at coriolan_cmc.yahoo.invalid Fri May 26 03:24:06 2006 From: coriolan at coriolan_cmc.yahoo.invalid (Caius Marcius) Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 03:24:06 -0000 Subject: Harry Potter Filks: Two New Musicals Message-ID: Harry Potter Filks was updated today with two new full-length musicals: The Phoenix of the Order by SchmergoWeasley, an OOP musical based on The Phantom of the Opera (The D.A., set to Masquerade, is especially striking), and Tom Riddle by Anon E. Mouse, based on Evita. Also filks by veteran contributors Murasaki, Constance Vigilance, Jill, RJ Lupin and the Final Stillness of Saturn. Drop by for a visit today! - CMC HARRY POTTER FILKS http://home.att.net/~coriolan/hpfilks.htm