Nimrod

Challenge #118 ends at midnight.

The next challenge will start on December 1st when we begin...

25 days of Draco and Harry

I will post a picture a day from December 1st - December 24th (with a bonus picture on the 25th).

The challenge is to write a drabble, ficlet, story, whatever for each of the pics. They can be separate or each one can be a part of a bigger story. If you write for each of the 24 prompts (last one is a bonus and does not count) - you will be entered in a drawing for a prize (assuming more than one person completes the challenge).

Each picture will be made available at Midnight est time. If you have any questions or concerns - feel free to contact me.

It was a very pleasant holiday. My dearest Chazpure and Odogoddess drove up from Los Angeles, and a friend of theirs from the Bay Area joined us as well. It had been a long time since the friend had eaten a "real" Thanksgiving dinner, so I did the whole traditional thing, with roast turkey, cornbread dressing with giblets, home-made cranberry sauce, baked fresh yams, biscuits and a relish tray. We had home-made apple pie for dessert as well. We were, also traditionally, as stuffed as the turkey.

I joined four HP fan fic exchanges this year, but I turned in the last of those last week, so that was off of my conscience and I was able to plow ahead on my NaNoWriMo novel. My house guests had fan fic of their own to write, have been heads-down over their laptops, and did not need to be entertained. I was free to wallow in the improbable plot lines that evolve through NaNo. I hit 50,567 words on Friday morning and posted the text to the word count validation program. Winner! That gives me a nice cozy feeling of accomplishment. I still have plot left over, so I'll be working on the book for the next week or so. After that, I'll let it rest for a month and then start making my revisions and corrections during January. That will be a nice way to start off the new year.

I also squeezed in a few pages for a monthly electronic science fiction apa that I joined a couple of years ago.

I feel incredibly productive!

This has been a very nice holiday and I hope that all of you who celebrate Thanksgiving had one that was equally enjoyable.

All prompt posts are cross-posted to Lupin100 on IJ and Lupin100 on LJ.

Tags: the LJ and IJ communities have author/artist and pairing tags now. If a tag you need isn't on the list, leave me a comment, and I'll add it asap. There aren't any tags for individual challenges. You can see the tag list for IJ here and LJ here. More will be added on an as-needed basis. Please don't forget to tag your entries with both author/artist and pairing (or gen)!

Drawbles are welcome!


Prompt #271: "The seasons always change and life will find a way."

Title: In Vitro
Characters: Harry, Kingsley, Severus . . . after a fashion
Word Count: 100x6
Rating: PG
Warnings: Unexplained plot, vaguely creepy
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to JKR.
A/N: Originally intended for snarry100 but it got weird. Too weird.

( In Vitro )

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.

( The Quibbler Report: Friday, November 27, 2009 )

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 )

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

Let's see--

1000 words of NaNo today. I'm at least a day behind as far as wordcount goes. Very frustrating. But I am getting there.

Gaming machine attacked by toxic malware today, so I lost at least an hours worth of time, and had a bit of a fit trying to get the bloody thing *off* my computer. *sighs* Gone, now, but really not a happy thing.

For those of you who have followed my family issues with my mother's side of the family--good thanksgiving this year. There were only eight of us total, so it was nice and quiet, which means no huge blowups.

Title: Past Time
Author: alisanne
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge: Written for snupin100's prompt #236: Teeth
Characters: Remus/Severus
Beta: sevfan
Authors Notes: Just once I wish we'd seen this side of Remus in canon.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Past Time

Title: Sheath
Artist: ghot
Media: PS
Characters: Hermione/Luna
Rating: R
Warnings: femmeslash, cosplay.
Themes/kinks chosen: Costumes
Artist's notes: "I'm Ursula, a Bavarian witch queen who freed her people and brought revolution to her country." "I'm Xena."

( sheath )

( The Quibbler Report: Thursday, November 26, 2009 )

It's Friday morning here in Australia, and I'm reccing this essay:

http://randomneses.livejournal.com/479704.html

It's about the Snape/Lily pairing, and why there's so much Lily-bashing (apparently) that goes on in the Snapefen camp. I don't entirely agree with it, but it's thought-provoking,to say the least.

I look forward to hearing what other members think!

Alison

But, um, mostly to the Americans amongst you! ;D

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm taking Faeon, Chad and Patrick out to a nice buffet, then coming home to wildly throw things into a suitcase. I leave for Loscon in Los Angeles tomorrow morning (and because of the logistics of getting me to the airport, Faeon will have to drive me out to an airport hotel tonight). From there I'm going straight to Austin for SMOFcon. I'll have my laptop, of course, so I won't be entirely without the internet - not sure I could survive that.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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.

To all my dear friends celebrating Thanksgiving I hope you have a wonderful holiday!



"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you', that would suffice." ~Eckhart von Hochheim

Helluva day to post a rec, at least for folks this side of the pond, but here it is nonetheless.

Title: The Guardian
Author: madambackslash
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: PG
Characters: Jack Harkness, John Hart, Gray, Ianto Jones, Rhiannon Davies, Mica Davies, OCs
Spoilers: Through CoE
Summary: The Jones family has lived in Cardiff for a very long time...
Why you should read it: This tale starts in 27 CE with a very young witness to a horrific event, a witness who proceeds to give that event a meaning that grows through time and then persists well beyond. To say more would spoil it, but it's beautiful and sad and touching and I expect it's a story I'll revisit more than once. Have Kleenex handy when you read.

In the US, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. We'll be going to acromantular's house for dinner - I'm making caramelized shallots. There'll be a ton of other people; last year Merrie spent most of the evening making little origami animals for the littler kids at the dinner. She's bringing origami paper tomorrow.

This year has been full of changes for me and for my daughter. I am thankful that we have a new, happy home, fulfilling lives, new friends and old, interesting schoolwork, thought provoking politics, caring and loving friends, good, healthy food, warm clothes, comfortable warm shoes...

All in all, I have been very lucky, and I am grateful for the good, and the bad, things in my life.

Happy Thanksgiving, to everyone out there. I hope you have many things to be thankful for.

Stasia