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Happy Saturday! Hope you all have a blessed, relaxing weekend. *hugs*

Thank you so, so much to those of you who remembered Sage and nominated it; it's up for Best Newly Completed in the latest round of Moste Potente Passions. This is a total surprise. I didn't realize that I was nominated as I have been remiss in checking all fandom emails (whoops), so Shug had to hunt me down for last minute confirmation (sorry honey!). Thank you.



*squishes everyone* Here's to another wonderful round of frolicking in the world of Severus and Hermione!

This spoof of the New Moon trailer is a must-watch for those who love Twilight as well as those who enjoy poking fun at it. All in good fun. :-)

Reposted from annietalbot

Thank you.

Thank you for donating your time. You all have lives, yet you carve out time so that we can share our favorite stories, so that some of us can be thrilled by being nominated, so that a very few can experience the joy of victory, and so that every one of us can have the opportunity to read stories that are new to us and discover new treasures.

Thank you for your fairness and openness. You tell us what is going on every step of the way. You are willing to let us see your process, to admit when you do not know the answer to problems, and to solicit (and listen to) opinions when issues arise. You follow the rules, even if it means disappointing friends whose stories don't make the cut or don't get nominated in their desired categories.

Thank you for your patience. We've all been disappointed at times. Either we have stories nominated that didn't win, or our stories haven't made the cut, or things we have nominated on behalf of others don't appear on the final ballot. Yet you bear our disappointment with grace and kindness, even when we express ourselves in ways that are at best tactless and at worst insulting.

Some of us have good perspective on this. Some who might have expected to receive final nominations and didn't still go out of their way to congratulate those who have and nurse whatever wounds they might have privately.

As a member of the fandom, I thank you. Your efforts go a long way toward keeping this corner of the fandom alive, and I'm profoundly grateful to you for it.

For Ari, Scoffy, Lola, and others whose trials and joys remain unwritten. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.



(thanks to all who started and are passing along this beautiful blessing)

...is a pouty BF.

( just whinging... )

Round four nominations are open! The following are my eligible stories... not much this year.

Beneath the Cedars, written for juniperus for the latest Exchange. It clocks in at 10,053 words and features a later-in-life Hermione and Severus. Key words: monastery, Spain, St. John of the Cross.

Title: Beneath the Cedars
Author: lady_rhian
Category or Categories: Mid-Length, Romance, DH Compliant
Story Link: http://owl.tauri.org/stories.php?psid=9004
Author’s Email or LJ, if available: ladyrhian77@gmail.com

The Office, a drabble for the Hermione as Headmistress challenge at the gs100.

Title: The Office
Author: lady_rhian
Category or Categories: Drabble
Story Link: http://thepetulantpoetess.com/viewstory.php?sid=13153
Author’s Email or LJ, if available: ladyrhian77@gmail.com

... I am hesitant to include this as it's a parody, but I did write The Witch's Snare for annietalbot's, lulabelle72's, and elise_wanderer's birthdays last year. Word count: 3143.

Title: The Witch's Snare
Author: lady_rhian
Category/Categories: Short, Humor (Parody)
Story Link: http://thepetulantpoetess.com/viewstory.php?sid=11424
Author's Email: ladyrhian77@gmail.com

And, as a note, Sage is eligible for Finite Incantatem: Best Newly Finished Fic as well as Mrs. Scower's Magical Mess Remover: Favorite DH-Compliant Fic.

Title: Sage
Author: lady_rhian
Category/Categories: DH-Compliant
Story Link: http://thepetulantpoetess.com/viewstory.php?sid=6610
Author's Email: ladyrhian77

Now... to put together the massive nomination list! So many wonderful stories from this period. All the Exchange fics! Ack!

Speaking of which --

Allow me to pimp elise_wanderer's amazing Casablanca-inspired tale Everybody Comes to Snape's. If you didn't read it during the Exchange, head on over to OWL and take a look! It is sensuous, snarky, subtle, and structured beautifully (how's that for alliteration?). It was my gift, and Elise is deserving of the highest praise for her daring innovation in storytelling. Oh, and Lucius is in it. And there's a magical marketplace. And Snape as a bar owner... *guh* Read, review, nominate! :-)

Wishing Happy [and sometimes belated] Birthdays and many happy returns to the lovely sbrande, annietalbot, elise_wanderer, lulabelle72, and dressagegrrrl! Thank you for blessing us all with your talents and friendship! Wishing you all great joy in the year to come.

Should you desire a drabble, leave a prompt. I do promise to get to them! :-)

*squishes*

The Witch's Snare, a birthday ficlet for annietalbot, lulabelle72, and elise_wanderer has been posted on OWL. The summary? Annie, Elise, and Lula own a cafe on the dodgy end of Muggle Dublin. Whatever will they do when a certain couple walks through the door?

Use your imagination. ;)

I got a fanfic care package today! Somigliana's The Silvering Divide, in binder form with notes included from the wonderful mollyssister. My fanfic fairy godmother has taken it upon herself to give me the best antidote possible for my senior seminar. Stories in hard copy, all printed out -- such an awesome gift! Thank you, lovely! *squees!* I can tell you what I'll be reading before bed tonight, and it sure ain't Great Expectations.

Best. Video. Ever. If the lighting/cinematography matched, it'd be perfect. Possibly the best editing job I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwM3GvaTRM

Thank you for delighting us with your talent, your friendship, and your irrepressible joy! Wishing you great happiness on this most special of days, my friend. May this year be a blessed one.

Should you desire a drabble, leave a prompt. :-)

*squishes*

Wishing great joy to camillo1978 on this special day. I hope you have had a blessed time with Agent 78, et al. *hugs* If you would like a drabble, leave a prompt. :)

The lovely ayerf wrote me a delightful birthday pressie, How to Woo Back a Witch. It is based off the prompt "Hermione and Severus have broken up. Lucius shows interest in Hermione; Severus is jealous. How does Severus woo his love back?" Her story is wondrously entertaining and provides Lucius with ample screen time. ;) Go leave her some love!

Beneath the Cedars, my story written for juniperus in the latest round of the sshg_exchange, has been posted in its entirety on Ashwinder, The Petulant Poetess, and OWL.

I am late to the party. Not that this is unusual.

Here's how the meme goes:

1) Comment to this and I will give you 3 people.
2) Post this meme with your answers.
3) Provide pictures and the names of the 3 people I gave you.
4) Label which you would marry, shag, and throw off a cliff.

The lovely and talented bluestocking79 gave me Aramis, Severus Snape, and Mr. Darcy. *wails* How do you choose?

( My Solution )

I have missed so many birthdays! Bad Rhi, Bad Rhi.

Wishing very happy (belated) birthdays to these beautiful, talented ladies: firefly_124, droxy, morethansirius, beffeysue, snarkyroxy, renitaleandra, kribu, gelsey, and subvers. Thank you all for blessing us with your joy and friendship!

Birthdays are fun. :-) As a quick side note, my sister celebrated her 18th birthday last Friday, and she ditched my mom and dad for -- get this -- her boyfriend of one week. His mother baked her a birthday cake. That, we are not telling my parents. *sigh*

Anyhow -- Happy April Fool's Day, and may I say that Mother Nature has the head start on everyone right now, as I woke up to find snow slowly falling down outside. It looked lovely. It would look even lovelier in December.

*hugs & smooches to those that want 'em*

In the interest of procrastination...

You Are Snow Boots

You are a very determined person. Nothing is going to stand in the way of you and your dreams. You are a good worker and very capable. You're the type of person who never says "I can't." You are strong willed and have lots of endurance. You don't have more energy than other people. You have more drive. You have large ambitions, and you always have your eyes on your goal. You know how to motivate yourself.

OK. Back to Statistics.

Happy Friday, everyone! *group glomp*