[HPFGU-OTChatter] Other lists

[heidi]

--- "m.steinberger" <steinber at zahav.net.il> wrote:
> 
> I've been hearing about other HP lists for adults,
> like SugarQuill, Red Hen, Leaky Cauldron, etc. How
> do they compare to HP4GU, which I've been on for a
> while? Are the discussions different? Different
> types of topics?
> 

SugarQuill primarily focuses on issues relating to
fanfic writing, and discussion of canon among
Weasley-fans and both Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione
shippers. 

Leaky Cauldron, where I am an editor, does not have
discussions, per se, although we allow comments on the
message boards - there's really nowhere there for
canon discussion. 

I don't know what Red Hen is - never heard of it - so
someone else can explain that.

FictionAlley has a number of canon discussion boards
(http://www.fictionalley.org//fictionalleypark/forums/forumdisplay.php?&forumid=10)
and character discussion boards
(http://www.fictionalley.org//fictionalleypark/forums/forumdisplay.php?&forumid=11).
We discuss a lot of the same topics that are discussed
here, but as it's a message board, it doesn't fill
your inbox, and it's a lot easier to search for topics
than it is to use the Yahoomort search engine (IMO). 
We have a schedule of planned chapter and character
discussions, starting with OoTP, which will start just
after Nimbus - 2003 in August, too. 

While FA was created as a repository for fanfic, you
can spend hours on the message boards and not see a
mention of fanfic (other than in people's sigfiles,
which you get here on HPfGU too anyway). 


heidi

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