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November 27th, 2009
11:57 pm lore [Link]	BloMo27: US BL publishers.... A while back, I wrote an overview of the BL publishers that existed about two years ago. Time for a quick update! DMP's BL imprints are June, 801 Media and Doki Doki. June used to be known for pretty tame BL fare, but now it has become a better mix of tame-to-racy. 801 Media is still the imprint to go to for more explicit stories. Doki Doki is an imprint created to cater directly to a Japanese publisher. Most of the DD releases have been BL tales, but not all, and most of the BL titles have been the kind of tame June used to be known for. Still, people seem to appreciate the DD titles for what they are. Aurora Publishing has the Deux line as well as the Luv Luv line for Girl Love titles. I think if Deux existed on its own, it might still be a healthy company. As it is, Deux releases have slowed to a crawl with the rest of Aurora's titles, and I'm seriously worried for Aurora's survival. The Duex imprint put out some excellent titles over the years. You should look into them soon, before they all go out of print and everyone in the world starts chasing the titles for stupid prices. Tokyopop's BL titles usually end up under the BLU imprint (this could confuse Snupin fans ~_^). Tokyopop has admitted that their BLU titles always sell well, yet the company treats the imprint like a red-headed step-child (for those who don't recognize the saying, like it doesn't belong to them). The web site, long neglected, is just now showing signs of life this month, and releases have still been coming from the imprint, even if it's only about 1 title a month. BLU titles are rarely anthologies, and they usually have only mild BL content, although there are a couple exceptions to this. Yaoi Press - the publisher's name kinda speaks for itself. There is nothing but Original English Language BL to be found here, ranging from super-dark to sickeningly sweet - in fact, most of the YP titles exist at one of the two extremes. Netcomics - This company has an interesting set-up. You can read chapters of a book online for very little money. When a title becomes popular enough (and, probably when Netcomics has gathered up enough capital in general), it is then printed and offered for sale as a book. Netcomics has put out some eclectic work over the years, ranging from Korean titles with only implied BL to some fairly explicit works. You never quite know what you're going to see next from NC, and their release schedule is sporadic, with no titles for months and then three at a time. I'd say that this is the place to go for edgy material, exciting new artists and a-typical BL reads. Yen Press began offering some BL titles late last year. They seem to have taken to Lily Hoshino, and their other BL title so far is also fairly explicit, so I'm hoping for good things from Yen Press next year in terms of BL. They put out nice, compact little books. Go! Comi thinks it sells BL titles. No, seriously, Go! Comi's only true mature BL offering is Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death. Cantarella is considered mild BL at best and then the most recent books GC listed as BL this year were...not. They were general stories with very bishie characters. I'm not sure where Go! Comi is headed next with BL, but I'm hoping it will at least swerve back into true BL waters. Media Blaster's BL book imprint is Kitty Media. I don't suggest going to the site. In fact, just go here, it will make your life easier. Kitty media books are generally the most explicit tales out there, and while I hammered the company a couple years ago, I have to admit, the books have steadily improved at KM. Series are published from the beginning, rather than starting in the middle, and the translations and paper quality seem to have improved. The books themselves are still among the smallest in size, but good paper goes a long way toward readability. Yaoi Generation is a new publisher, dating back to last year. So far, YG has put out 4 volumes of a 5-book series over the past year and a half. It finally announced its next two titles around the time the 4th book came out. Honestly, I don't see this glacial pace as a bad plan. Sure, I'd love to have lots of new titles to pick and choose from, but I'd much rather the publisher take it slow and steady than to see it put out a bunch of work all at once and then fold from too much overhead. I was surprised when YG announced itself just as the economic crisis started, and even more surprised when the first book actually came out. YG seems to have a plan, and I think as long as the people behind YG stick to the plan, YG can become an exciting new company - one I'll still be talking about in two more years. ~_^ love, lore Current Mood: predatory Current Music: P&P 2005 Soundtrack Tags: bl talk (Leave a comment)
08:29 pm lupin_snape [bronze_ribbons] [Link]	Moonshadow update Stories added to Moonshadow, the Snape/Lupin archive, during the past two months: Title: Alpha Male (29 K) Author: sweetmelodykiss Title: Back (4 K) Author: astopperindeath The archive is located at http://www.ssf-moonshadow.com Also, the Crack Broom masterlist-by-author is now current. Current Mood: busy Current Music: Muppeteers, "If Just One Person" (Leave a comment)
08:23 pm scribbulus_ink [Link]	November Blogging: day 27 Here's a piece of advice for anyone who is participating in any kind of LJ/IJ/DW based fest at any time of the year: when you email the mods, include your journal user ID, especially if your user ID isn't the same as your email address. If your email address is the same as your journal ID, it makes things a little easier, but it would still be nice to include your ID nonetheless. Here's the thing. Unless you communicate via email with the mods outside of the fest enough that it's reasonable to assume they know to associate that email address with you, chances are the mods will have no clue who's emailing them and will have to take the extra step of consulting a spreadsheet in order to figure it out. When a fest mod is juggling 30+, 40+, 50+, or more fest participants, they are not going to remember who everyone is. They might not know you, they might not interact with you outside of the fest, or they might not remember. There are people who have participated in Snupin Santa just about every year, and I still wouldn't know them from an email address alone, much less know all the new people who rotate in and out each year. So if a fest mod asks you to include your user ID and/or the name of your recipient in your emails, please try to remember to do it. It's not just a busy-work request; it can save the mod a little extra time (and let's be honest: a little extra irritation) if they know who they're dealing with straight-away instead of having to look it up. Trust me, trawling through a spreadsheet and looking for one person's email address out of 50-60 (or more) names is a pain in the ass. This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/518068.html. It's cross-posted to LJ and IJ, and comments are enabled at all three journals. Current Mood: exhausted Tags: fandom: snupin santa diaries, november blogging 2009 (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
03:04 pm lupin_snape [drusillas_rain] [Link]	Recipe Project: Easy Brownies Title: The Way of the World Author: McKay (scribbulus_ink) Commentary: McKay's "Way of the World" contains some wonderful domestic scenes between Snape and Lupin in the kitchen, where, for example, Lupin teaches Snape how to cook (and survive) in the muggle world. McKay already posted a great recipe from the story, so I hope no one minds that I'm posting one for brownies inspired by this delightful scene: Excerpt: "Laugh at me, will you?" Severus snarled. "You'll pay for that!" And suddenly, Severus reached into the bowl, scooped up a huge handful of batter, and advanced on Remus. "No -- Severus, you wouldn't!" Remus stared at him, wide-eyed, as he began backing away. "Oh, wouldn't I." Severus' voice was a silky purr now, but his smile was pure evil. ( Remus couldn't help but think that batter-covered Severus would have been even better. ) ( Easy Brownies recipe ) Tags: project: recipe book (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
10:16 pm lupin_snape [jin_fenghuang] [Link]	ART: Smooch, PG Title: Smooch Author/Artist: jin_fenghuang Rating: PG Pairing(s)/character(s):Snape/Lupin Summary: Just a sweet little kiss Warnings: none Notes: This drawble is for r_grayjoy , who writes the most awesome limericks ever XD ( Smooch! ) (10 comments \| Leave a comment)
November 26th, 2009
09:50 pm scribbulus_ink [Link]	Further Thanksgiving Festivities It's the Pilgrim's Bounty holiday in Azeroth, with food-related daily quests and themed garments offered as a reward for fulfilling the quests. Why, yes, as a matter of fact I do bring my penchant for cross-dressing to Warcraft. ( My Blood Elf Death Knight in a dress: ) I did get a turkey caller as a quest reward, which I assume lets you summon a turkey to kill in order to help you make the required turkey meals for one of the quests. However, when you summon the turkey, it arrives with a great big heart over its head, which promptly shatters when it realizes you aren't a prospect turkey paramour, and it's labeled "lonely turkey". I couldn't kill a lonely turkey! I just let it wander free and haven't used the turkey caller again because I felt so guilty. This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/517717.html. It's cross-posted to LJ and IJ, and comments are enabled at all three journals. Current Mood: full Tags: games: world of warcraft (Leave a comment)
10:37 am innerslytherin [Link]	FIC: About Last Friday, Hotch/Reid & Rossi/Prentiss, PG Title: About Last Friday Pairings: Hotch/Reid, Rossi/Prentiss Rating: PG WC: 1759 Summary: After Foyet. Notes: Thanks to resolucidity for a quick beta. SPOILERS for "100". Series: This is part of a series of Season Five episode tags I've been writing. 1. Not So Alone 2. Weeping Endures for a Night 3. The Blink of an Eye 4. Trust and Regret 5. Something Pretty Wonderful 6. Hope and Bourbon 7. Shaking Things Up 8. Cementing 9. Life Goes On 10. Reeling ( 11. About Last Friday ) Current Mood: tired (Leave a comment)
10:37 am innerslytherin [Link]	FIC: About Last Friday, Hotch/Reid & Rossi/Prentiss, PG Title: About Last Friday Pairings: Hotch/Reid, Rossi/Prentiss Rating: PG WC: 1759 Summary: After Foyet. Notes: Thanks to resolucidity for a quick beta. SPOILERS for "100". Series: This is part of a series of Season Five episode tags I've been writing. 1. Not So Alone 2. Weeping Endures for a Night 3. The Blink of an Eye 4. Trust and Regret 5. Something Pretty Wonderful 6. Hope and Bourbon 7. Shaking Things Up 8. Cementing 9. Life Goes On 10. Reeling ( 11. About Last Friday ) Current Mood: tired Tags: my cm fics: non-collaborative, pairing: hotch/reid, pairing: rossi/prentiss (Leave a comment)
08:33 pm lupin_snape [mailroomy] [Link]	the invisible line Title: the invisible line Rating: R Pairing: Snape/Lupin Warnings: unbetaed, post-DH. Word Count: ± 2,050 words. Disclaimer: Not mine, I'm just borrowing them for my twisted means. Summary: maybe one day we won't need to stay in the dark. ( the slightly rambly note ) ( the story ) (7 comments \| Leave a comment)
07:31 am scribbulus_ink [Link]	November Blogging: day 26 Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate it! Happy almost-the-weekend to those who don't! Real post later, if time and family allow. Count one fly-by, lore. ;) This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/517550.html. It's cross-posted to LJ and IJ, and comments are enabled at all three journals. Current Mood: rushed Tags: november blogging 2009 (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
05:09 am lore [Link]	BloMo26: T-Day.... I wonder how many National Blog Posting Month entries today will be quickie "Happy Thanksgiving" notes, or will make Thanksgiving the topic or will just have Thanksgiving in it? Because hey, no one loves to reduce a holiday down to math more than me. Have a good one, loves. May Morimoto himself guide your hands if you're cooking. gobble gobble love, lore Current Mood: hungry Current Music: dogs snoring (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
November 25th, 2009
11:59 pm lore [Link]	BloMo25: Song of the Moment and some doubts.... This will be hard, but I thought I'd talk about a song I've been pondering a while: ( Meet Me on the Equinox lyrics and video link ) Ok, I can see Severus starting the song and Remus finishing it, but I don't necessarily like the "Everything ends" chorus. It's certainly a good canon song for them, and I can see around "everything ends" by it meaning something more elusive in the future or as Severus' doubts. But what do you all think? Add it to my mental Snape/Lupin soundtrack or not? And we'll just forget what really inspired this song, natch. ~_^ *** In other news, We've come up with a contest for snupin_santa readers this year called Stuff the Stockings. Interested? Check it out! love, lore Current Mood: listless Current Music:** Matthew Good - Avalanche (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
09:56 pm lupin_snape [scribbulus_ink] [Link]	Search Arionrhod and I are looking for a story that's Remus/Severus/Regulus, but it starts off with Remus and Regulus together, not Severus/Regulus, and Severus was brought in later. Remus hated the way Sirius was treating his brother, and he and Reg got involved. Marauders Era, not very long (we think). Any help would be appreciated! (Leave a comment)
08:13 pm lupin_snape [real_life_rosy] [Link]	Fic Search Oh my dearest Snupineers, I don't do this often... but it is driving me (and Zephre... who I've bugged) CRAZY. I'm looking for a fic where Remus is confined to a wheelchair, and Severus is forced to care for him. Dark!Harry, who is clearly trying to both keep Remus secluded and get Severus thrown into Azkaban. Help??? Pwease? (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
06:26 pm scribbulus_ink [Link]	November Blogging: day 25 I feel pervy for finding Adam Lambert, who is young enough to be my son, sexy and hot, but when he releases music videos like this one... Well, I'm only human! This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/517343.html. It's cross-posted to LJ and IJ, and comments are enabled at all three journals. Current Mood: hot Tags: november blogging 2009 (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
05:00 pm snegurochka_lee [Link]	Random things, and art recs FACT: When you are used to writing antagonistic pairings, writing friendship pairings is hard. And features way too many OOC fights before the sex. :/ FACT: I heard some old Heart song on... IDK, a bathroom cleaner commercial or something the other day, and now I can't get it out of my head. Also, it has now become the soundtrack for my smutty_claus story. I... don't know if this is a good thing or not. ... but man, those chicks could rock, riiiight? air guitar FACT: The S.O. and I just heroically got out, by exploiting a technicality, of a horrible Thanksgiving dinner we were supposed to go to tomorrow, hosted by the distant relations of a pseudo-acquaintance. Yes! fist pump Pyjamas and bacon sandwiches on the couch by ourselves, here we come. Thank God. Americans, I love you and appreciate that you love Thanksgiving so much, but honestly, I usually have better things to do ~~on my birthday or close to~~ than hang out with other people's families who invite the foreigners out of pity. I appreciate the gesture, but, no. Just, no. :) FACT: Fabulous art recs are fabulous! Before I head back into writing lockdown, here, have some art! Till Death Do Us Part by Anon at hp_darkfest (Harry/Ginny, Harry/Draco, R: blood, character death [Ginny]) Mind the warnings, please: this is a very dark piece, thematically. It stunned the breath right out of me with its implications. It made me super uncomfortable and want to weep for humanity, in a way, but it's also an astonishing piece, both artistically and conceptually. Very highly recommended, but not easy to take in. Pensive by stellamoon (Draco, G) Utterly stunning. a;lskdjf. I cannot even put into words how gorgeous and erotic this portrait is. As You Witch by Anon at radish_love (Harry/Luna, PG) Yeah, ANON. coughcough Just about as anon as the first piece up there. :D There is no reason in the universe for this piece not having about 8 times as many comments as it currently does. It's fabulous. Teddy and Victoire by ericahpfa (both PG) Erica is drawing next-gen portraits!!! runs around flailing "Looking for these, Potter?" by tbranch (Harry/Pansy, R) Because I never, ever get tired of tbranch's Pansy, or Harry/Pansy. purr Lily/Lorcan/Lysander by _aurora_sky_ (NWS LIKE WHOA OKAY. Also, incest) Because this post did not have nearly enough porn in it. :D Well, this isn't just porn. It's actually really gorgeous, with the positioning and the lighting and things like that. nod It's also hot like burning, okay, and I don't even care what you think of the next-gen characters or who Lorcan and Lysander are or whatever. HOT LIKE BURNING. See something you like? Leave a bit of feedback for a talented artist today! runs back to writing Current Mood: productive Current Music: Heart - Alone Tags: art recs: gen, art recs: harry/draco, art recs: harry/luna, art recs: harry/pansy, art recs: threesomes, artist recs: _aurora_sky_, artist recs: anon, artist recs: ericahpfa, artist recs: stellamoon, artist recs: tbranch, fic stabbing, rec themes: darkfic, rec themes: het, rec themes: incest, rec themes: next-gen (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:10 am lupin_snape [scribbulus_ink] [Link]	Recipe: Hershey's "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake Title: Takes the Cake Author/Artist: Arionrhod and McKay Excerpt: [Remus admired] the large photographs of cakes which decorated the corridor. They were all winning confections from past shows, and he couldn't help a small feeling of pride at the sight of his own two winning creations. He always did his best to create cakes which tasted as good as they looked, and he rather thought that his own specialty, which was fondant, made his compare quite favorably to the other winners... ...When Severus entered the conference room in the wake of his network liaison, Pansy, he swept his gaze around the room, curious to see whom he'd be competing against since the network had kept the participants list hush-hush. He'd only competed against one of them - Potter, whom he considered an arrogant little snot - but he knew the other two by reputation. It took considerable will power not to roll his eyes at the sight of Trelawney, whose works were praised as being "avante-garde", but which he called "artsy-fartsy". He'd take great satisfaction in seeing her eliminated, especially since he could scarcely believe she'd scraped a win to qualify her to be here in the first place. He was better pleased by the sight of the third competitor; he'd never competed against Lupin, but he'd seen the man's work in other competitions, and he could - albeit grudgingly - admit that Lupin had deserved his wins. Severus himself had two photographs of winning cakes hanging on the wall of fame he and Draco had passed on the way in, which put him ahead of Trelawney and even with Lupin, if he remembered correctly. Commentary: Well, it's cake! Granted, it's not as cool or as fancy as those created by the competing chefs in the story, but still... cake! Source: Hershey's Classic Recipes cookbook ( Hershey's ) Current Mood: tired Tags: project: recipe book (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
November 24th, 2009
11:56 pm lore [Link]	BloMo24: OMG HOW DID IT GET THIS LATE?.... I have on "Glove You So Much" OPI nail polish. It's a lovely, wine colour with more brown than purple in the red, and it shimmers just a bit. Only I put it on too thick and have bubbles, which mar the effect. Is there any way to put on more than one coat of nail polish without bubbling? Man! love, lore Current Mood: silly Current Music: dogs farting (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
11:53 pm lupin_snape [scribbulus_ink] [Link]	Recipe: Split Pea Soup Title: Snark and Bark RPG Author/Artist: Arionrhod and McKay Excerpt: When Severus stepped out of the Floo, Remus turned to him with a smile, taking his arm and heading toward "their" table. It had been some time since they had been to the pub, and even longer since Remus had been there with his memories intact. "I have to admit, I'm dying for a cognac," Remus murmured as he slid into a chair, loosening the sling so that he could rest the baby's weight in his lap. "I'm looking forward to us having a drink and relaxing. But no pea soup. Gah! I can't believe I actually ate that stuff!" "Not only did you eat it," Severus said with a smirk, "but you craved it." He might let Remus forget that in another thirty years or so, but not before. Commentary: Arionrhod and I began writing Remus (her) and Severus (me) in the RPG in 2004, and pea soup became part of our characters' story. It began when Remus craved pea soup during his pregnancy despite not actually liking pea soup; Severus discovered he did like it, and it became one of his favorite dishes. The love it/hate it dichotomy is now a long-standing foundation for teasing between them that continues to this day. Source: Fix-It and Forget It Lightly, by Phyllis Pellman Good ( Split Pea Soup ) Current Mood: sleepy Tags: project: recipe book (Leave a comment)
11:21 pm lupin_snape [lore] [Link]	Snupin Santa Contest: Stuff the Stockings! snupin_santa is coming and he's bringing presents to all us good little girls and boys. And for one especially enthusiastic Snape/Lupin fan, a hard-copy of Chocolate & Asphodel, v. 2! Stuff The Stockings '09! The rules are simple (sort of, hee!). Promotion posts for the exchange on other communities, comments left on Snupin_Santa entries, and recommendations will all be awarded points. Whoever gathers the most points from right now to January 6 at Midnight EST will be the Ultimate Stocking Stuffer! ( More Detailed Rules and Point Scoring Under The Cut! ) That all sounds great, but what do I win again? The person who amasses the most points will win a bound copy of Chocolate & Asphodel, v. 2 UNLESS.... If the winner reaches more than 75 points, he or she may have their choice of the following: C&A2 bound (will need to be mailed), paid journal time (6 months, any journal or blog, even LJ), fan art from a well known Snupin artist, an icon set (negotiable), or volunteer uploading of up to 15 works to Moonshadow. We will award second- and third-place as well with smaller, but still cool! prizes. So, what do you think? Questions, clarifications? We made this a point-based contest so that everyone would be starting from a level playing field. It's open right now - you can make a promotional post right away - and will close January 6. I am looking for a second volunteer to count comments on the gift posts at the web site, IJ and LJ. The lovely zephre has already volunteered to be one of our counters, but we want a second one for verification. If you're interested in volunteering, please write me at the mod mail (lupinsnape @ gmail.com, no spaces). I can't wait to see everyone stuffing the Snupin Santas' stockings! ^_^ love, lore Current Mood: excited Tags: snupin santa 2009 (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
08:37 pm scribbulus_ink [Link]	November Blogging: day 24 I thought it might be helpful for my fellow Snape/Lupin shippers who are in the mood for some new holiday RL/SS icons if I did a comprehensive round-up of where to find them. Fan Art Based: Happy holidays - bluecage art by aleoninc, colored by innerslytherin art by aleoninc, colored by almost-clara art by aleoninc, colored by isildurs-babe Animated art by karasu-hime, icon by whitestar Photo Manips: Animated with Rickman and Thewlis, by beaded-thistle Animated with Rickman and Thewlis, by isildurs-babe. Some of these are racy. Animated, by captain-tulip And I asked about the icon that matches the following icon on lupin-snape, but no one responded, so I'll try my flist: - made by kaleidoskope in 2006. There's a matching icon with Paul McGann as Remus in a Santa hat. Does anyone have it? If I snagged it at the time, I've lost it, and I'd love to have it. This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/516668.html. It's cross-posted to LJ and IJ, and comments are enabled at all three journals. Current Mood: calm Tags: november blogging 2009 (Leave a comment)
08:25 pm innerslytherin [Link]	FIC: Reeling, Hotch/Reid & Prentiss/Rossi, PG Title: Reeling Pairings: Hotch/Reid, Prentiss/Rossi Rating: PG WC: 1315 Summary: Hotch and Emily are both shaken up by their encounter with the Fox. Coda to "Out Foxed". Notes: Betaed by resolucidity. SPOILERS for "Out Foxed". Series: This is part of a series of Season Five episode tags I've been writing. 1. Not So Alone 2. Weeping Endures for a Night 3. The Blink of an Eye 4. Trust and Regret 5. Something Pretty Wonderful 6. Hope and Bourbon 7. Shaking Things Up 8. Cementing 9. Life Goes On ( 10. Reeling ) Current Mood: cold Current Music: Enya - The memory of trees Tags: my cm fics: non-collaborative, pairing: hotch/reid, pairing: rossi/prentiss (Leave a comment)
05:13 pm snegurochka_lee [Link]	Fic: Light as Iron, Singed as Pearl (Harry/Draco, NC-17) Title: Light as Iron, Singed as Pearl Author: snegurochka_lee Pairing: Harry/Draco Rating: NC-17 Word Count: ~13,800 Warnings: Dom/sub. Bondage. EWE. Summary: The owner of the elite BDSM club M. had not gained his reputation as the most coveted Dominant on the scene by taking on just any riff-raff submissive who asked. It would take an unexpected letter to convince him to accept a new client, but it might turn out to be the biggest mistake he ever made. Notes: Written for hd_career_fair last month for this prompt. "Thank you" does not begin to cover my gratitude to the divine marguerite_26, whose handholding, beta work and modly prodding went well beyond the call of duty. When I was tempted to make Harry Minister for Magic, she also gets the credit for very wisely suggesting the position he has here instead. Thank you also to everyone who read, commented on, and recc'ed it at the fest. ♥ ! Originally posted anonymously here, where you can still read it in one file, if you prefer. ( Light as Iron, Singed as Pearl ) - over at LJ Feedback is always appreciated, either here or at LJ. :) Current Mood: pleased Tags: char: draco, char: harry, char: oc, my fics, pair: harry/draco, theme: anonymous sex, theme: au, theme: bdsm, theme: bondage (Leave a comment)
09:56 am bronze_ribbons [Link]	all ye fans of Lord Peter Wimsey ( spoiler cut ) Current Mood: happy Tags: dls, recs (Leave a comment)
10:03 am lupin_snape [snupin_santa] [Link]	Snupin Santa 2009: Coming Soon! A week from today, posting will begin for Snupin Santa 2009, and there are just a few things I want to go over before we get started. Posting will begin on December 1, although I can't guarantee I'll stay up until midnight in my time zone (GMT -5) to post the first gift, which means it may be late on December 1 or maybe even December 2 for those of you in earlier time zones. Sorry about that, but Santa has to sleep. POSTNG: I will post either one or two gifts per day throughout December with the exception of December 25 and December 31, on which there will be no gifts posted. The big reveal will be on January 7, 2010. All gifts will be posted in full on the Fest website with announcements containing basic header information and a direct link to the gift on both Livejournal and Insanejournal, but I won't be posting the full text/image of the gift either at IJ or LJ. So basically, you can receive updates when new gifts have been posted in one of three ways: Snupin Santa Fest archive lupin_snape on Insanejournal lupin_snape on Livejournal The gifts posted most recently will appear on the main page of the archive (scroll down until you see the red bar reading "Most Recent"), and all gifts posted within the last 14 days will appear on the Recently Added page. All gifts posted for the 2009 fest will appear on the Snupin Santa 2009 category page in alphabetical order by title. Let me remind anyone who has not used eFiction before, if you don't like the look of the site, you can change it. There are detailed instructions on how to change the appearance of the site temporarily or permanently on the Help page (along with other useful info). There are several other "skins" to choose from, so everyone should be able to find something they like or at least can live with if they don't like the default skin for whatever reason, but if not, they're welcome to find an eFiction 3.0 skin they do like and send me the zip file of it. Fest-related news will be posted to the News section of the website (scroll down until you see the red bar reading "Site News") as well as on IJ/LJ. The most recent news posts will be on the main page, and all news posts, including older ones, will be in the News archive. LEAVING FEEDBACK: Unfortunately, anonymous commenting is not enabled at the Fest site because someone posted a link to a piece of art on the site in an unprotected area (either they didn't have the "limit inclusion in searches" checked on their journal or they posted the link to a site/forum that doesn't block search spiders), which resulted in that piece of art being flooded with 4000 spam comments. The Snupin Santa Fest site itself does block search spiders, and only one particular piece was targeted, which is how I know it came from an unprotected link. At any rate, it forced me to disable anonymous commenting for the site; I didn't want to do it, but I didn't want to leave the site vulnerable to more deluges of spam either. However, that does not mean you must register for an account at the Snupin Santa site in order to leave feedback for our authors and artists. You have three options for leaving feedback: 1) Sign up for/sign in to your account on the Snupin Santa Fest archive OR 2) Leave a comment on the individual gift announcement post on Livejournal. All gift announcement posts on LJ will have comments enabled. OR 3) Leave a comment on the individual gift announcement post on Insanejournal. All gift announcement posts on IJ will have comments enabled. NOTE TO PARTICIPANTS: 1) Once the gift you created is posted, whether it's a story or art, if there is a major problem that needs to be fixed, you may email snupin_santa @ yahoo.com and one of the elves will fix it. Minor tweaks, such as typos, will need to wait until you can fix them yourself in January when I flip the gifts from the Snupin Santa account to the author/artists' accounts. 2) Writers might also want to check the text of their story to make certain it's all there. I double-checked to make certain there weren't copy/paste errors when uploading long stories, but accidents happen. 3) DO NOT leave any comments on IJ, LJ, or the archive that might reveal who you are! This is an anonymous exchange, and we want to keep everyone guessing until the master list is posted in January. You won't be able to answer feedback comments anonymously on the website, so you'll have to wait until January to reply, but I'm sure in the interest of maintaining the anonymous fun, no one will be offended by the lack of a speedy response. 4) I strongly advise using the comment tracking system at both IJ/LJ, even if you don't normally use one or the other. There are people who will comment only at IJ and people who will comment only at LJ, so if you don't check your gift post at both places, you might miss some feedback. If you have an account at IJ/LJ, all you have to do is click the thumbtack icon at the top of the post. If you don't have an account at both places, you can always bookmark the post and check back. 5) I will NOT accept revisions of gifts that have already been completed and submitted after November 26. If you've already requested that we use a revised version of your story/art or you send in a revised version by the 26th, the revised version will be uploaded to the Snupin Santa fest site. However, I'm setting a deadline for revisions because I've already begun uploading gifts, and I'm busy enough as it is without having to deal with a flurry of last minute changes and having to upload gifts twice. After the 26th, you'll have to wait until January when I flip the accounts to make any major changes/revisions because I need time to get the gifts uploaded and ready to go by December 1. That's all our preliminary business out of the way, so all that's left now is to wait for the Snupin Santa sleigh to arrive! There will be over 50 new RL/SS stories and graphics posted between December 1-30 - all eras, all ratings, threesomes, long stories, short stories, smutty art, sweet art, romance, dark themes, holiday cheer, tear jerkers, and happy endings. No matter what flavor of Snupin is your favorite, I guarantee there will be something for everyone! Current Mood: cheerful Tags: snupin santa 2009 (3 comments \| Leave a comment)

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