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[sophinisba]

Happy Mayday! I feel bad that I didn't post more poetry during April. But then again I guess there's no rule against posting poetry at other times of the year.

I put up the sign-up posts for round 6 of remixthedrabble a couple hours ago! I meant to post links from here right away but I've been consumed by a Canadian TV fandom controversy I was previously unaware of. o_0 Hopefully that's been sorted out now. I'm actually terribly nervous about being the primary mod on this challenge for the first time, but I'm also really excited because I love the reading and writing part so much.

This is the Drabble Purist Round, where all the remixes will be exactly 100 words. Sign-ups are open until the 11th and are nonreciprocal again, so you can sign up as a remixee (giving permission for others to write drabbles of your stories) or as a remixer (you'll get four weeks to write a drabble!) or both, as you prefer. As usual, I am making sad puppy dog eyes at all you LotR writers hoping that you'll join in so I can mess with your stuff. :)

Remix Redux will also be happening again this year and will probably include rpf for the first time. If you're interested in the challenge and in particular if you're an rpf writer the mods would love it if you'd fill out this poll about the proposed changes.

Also earlier today I posted a new challenge at lotr_fic_recs, asking for fics with a memorable portrayal of Sean Astin, and mews1945 has already contributed a few recs. I'm hoping we'll get a lot on this one (which will be on for the whole month) since there are a lot of people still writing Sean/Elijah and there's overlap between that group and the hobbit fans who participate in the comm more often.

I have five Dreamwidth invite codes. Comment here with your e-mail address if you'd like me to send you one.

In non-fannish news, I've had a mysterious headache off and on since Wednesday night, just in a small area on the right side. Not too big a deal and if it had to happen I'm grateful it's this week and not last week, but it is annoying.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*reads your fannish news with glee*
*sends you analgesic vibes for your headache*

[sophinisba]

Thank you! The excitement and challenges of the fest are making a good distraction from the headache. :)

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

lalala pr0n slavefic merlin lalala insane!Frodo merlin and arthur lalala

[sophinisba]

Why aren't the Merlin writers signing up for my fest, Claudia??

[gentlehobbit.livejournal.com]

Urk. I hope that headache goes away!

Regarding the "memorable portrayal of Sean Astin" challenge... I had to laugh a bit and wonder if I should write a fic about him interacting with a sock! Considering I saw him being interviewed by a sock last week...

They could be drinking buddies, tell bad jokes... And who knows what a Sean Astin fan could come up with!

[sophinisba]

I think that actually watching that would make me cringe a lot, the way I did when I watched the shrunken head interviews on the DVD of Harry Potter and the Prison of Azkaban. However as a fic I think it could work!

My headache is still hanging around! It goes away for hours and then comes whooshing back! It is mysterious and maddening!

[shirebound]

Sophie, ONLY if you have any invite code left and want to give them away, I know several folks who would love to have them.

[sophinisba]

I still have four of them! You can send them here or give me their e-mail addresses, here or in an e-mail. :)

[shirebound]

Thank you so much. I let two folks (Lady Roisin and Telperion1) know that they could come over here and ask for a code. You sweetie. ♥

[sophinisba]

Er, that is, three.

[telperion1.livejournal.com]

I'm here from Shirebound's poke. She tells me you have Dreamwidth invite codes for the asking? *salivates*

Seriously, if you have any left, I'd love one. I probably won't be moving from LJ full-time, but I do like the thought of having all my fic over there so I no longer have to switch between LJ log-ins. My email is marta.fandom(at)gmail.com