I haven't really been following all this FF.net wank because I haven't used FF.net in years, but it is CRACKING ME UP because what I understand is:

• FF.net recently changed their TOS
  
• And have been deleting fics that violate this new feature
  
• Authors of deleted fics are very upset because they've lost their fics/reviews/whatever
  
• So are their fans
  
• Meanwhile another group has taken it upon themselves to CRUSADE on behalf of FF.net and are reporting fics that violate the new TOS to FF.net to have them deleted
  
• Another group is counter-angry at these guys
  
• People flouncing from FF.net

hmmmmm WHERE HAVE I HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE?

I don't know how many/if any of you crazy kids still write Harry Potter fanfiction, but if you do, I encourage you all to sign up for UR.org's Annual Christmas Fic Exchange. Fourth year running! Huzzah. After shenanigans last year in which I suddenly realized I was writing Ten when I was meant to be writing James Potter, I have made the executive decision to sit this one out. But it was always fun, so if that's your thing, go for it.

In unrelated news, I guess David Tennant is going to be in the pilot for some NBC show. Pretty much everything detailed in that article has me going


Lastly, I am killing time before work and goldy_dollar and johnmayergirl23 both wanted me to do the "ramble about what makes them awesome" thing from that meme I did yesterday, so ( why not. NOW WITH MORE VIDEOS!Collapse )

Hey guys!

So I know there are still some of you on my flist who are active in the Harry Potter fandom, and to soothe the oncoming storm that is christycorr, I am appealing to you lot with a pimp.

GO NOMINATE YOUR FAVOURITE FICS FOR THE 2009 HOURGLASS AWARDS, your friendly neighborhood HP fanfic awards, now with 85% less wank (I promise). If you want to be even kinder and appease christycorr even more, you can sign up to be a judge here. You can judge as many or as few categories as you like, but keep in mind a judge is obligated to read every fic nominated in his/her category. So unless you are insane or christycorr you probably don't want to sign up for all of them ahem, inksplotched.

Nominations close on June 1st, so scurry.

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On that note, there are about fifty of you who have me friended that I have not friended back, many of whom have never said a word to me. Um, this is mostly cool, but if you are watching this journal in the hopes I will one day post another chapter of Silly Love Songs or write heaps more HP fanfiction in general, you'll probably be disappointed and may wish to defriend me.

You don't have to, of course. But your flist will continue to be spammed by all my public entries, most of which will probably centre around Doctor Who. Sorry.

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Lastly, Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl" is stuck in my head. Please, God, someone give me a replacement song.

Today the list of Hourglass Award Winners was released, huzzah! Congrats to everyone who won, especially my homegirls christycorr and afterthree. christycorr gets an extra pat on the head because she is the one who routinely slaves over putting these things together for UR, so huzzah!

And omfg, bluebellflames, I am totally in love with your banners. So pretty! *fawns* Which is not to say that last year's were ugly, of course.

And here's the awkward part where I mention that my fics won without sounding like an asshole:



Thirteen Steps to the End of the World was my contribution to UR.org's Holiday Fic Exchange last Christmas. PG-13, Marauders, in response to the prompt "the only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire".



Puzzle Pieces, a rather large collection of drabbles/short fics/basically anything that doesn't fit somewhere else.

Yay! I am shallowly excited that I get one of each colour of banner. Good job, everyone. Er, same time next year?

ETA - I forgot that to add that this year there's a popular vote award, so go vote on which of the winning fics you liked best. You don't have to have read all of them; you can select "I have not read this". Go go go!