Introduction and Idea (Blog Carnival)

[heiditandy]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Calla" <lily_mortis at y...> wrote:
> Good evening, I'm new. 

And a welcome to you!


> Anyway, considering that so many people do write about Harry Potter on
> a regular basis, I think that a Harry Potter Blog Carnival should be
> considered. The format would work for any sort of online postings,
> whether blogs, LJs, MoveavbleType, etc. And it would provide a way for
> people to share their essays and thoughts with a larger audience. We
> could have a weekly or (better) bi-weekly call for essays and start up
> a list for potential hosts. I think this would provide a definite
> service for the HP community. If something like this already exists, I
> would like a link. I've found essay compilation sites, but nothing
> that allows for people to submit new essays often or that compiles
> links to recent essays that people may wish to peruse.

There are a few resources which do something similar, although not in
such an organized fashion. There's a collection of essays - pre-OotP,
though - by HPfGU members at http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/ and an
ongoing HP Essays LiveJournal community at
http://www.livejournal.com/community/hp_essays/ - you can also find
all their essays, by category, at
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=hp_essays and
they're about to do an essay-a-thon
(http://www.livejournal.com/community/hp_essays/57828.html). 

Over on FictionAlley, we have a "meta" section where people are
encouraged to post essays, papers, reports and even dissertations
(although we don't have any of the latter yet; we want to!) which you
can find here:
http://www.fictionalley.org/fictionalleypark/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=194

On a daily basis, there are two newsletters on LJ which compile links
to various things, including essays and discussions - one is Hogwarts
Today (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=hogwarts_today)
and the other is The Daily Snitch
(http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=daily_snitch). 

But, like I said, there's nothing exactly like what you're doing, so
you might find the project worth pursuing. If you're interested in
doing it in conjuction with FictionAlley, even though we're not a blog
but a board, let me know offlist. 

Heidi