I'm on the quiz! Or more accurately, as morethansirius tells me, I am the quiz_sshg this week. This week's quiz theme is Prolific Authors: Bluestocking79.

That's me. ~blinks~

This is very unexpected, but also very lovely and very, very squeeful all the same. I'm shocked and flattered and touched and humbled and just... all over the place, really, but in a good and ( Read more... )

Because yes, even when life is very rough, there are good things. We just have to look harder to find them. (Ooh, sorry. I think I was channeling Pollyanna for a minute there!) But I am very grateful for and appreciative of the following things:

( I wrote something, Bambu wrote something for me, and other reasons why things are looking up )

~waves~ Hello! Yes, I'm here. Flailing around and dervishing and... slightly (okay, more than slightly) panicky at the realization that I am leaving Saturday, hello, and yet there is just so much to do, and more RL stuff to do, and... ~head in hands~

Anyway, a list seemed like the way to get perspective. We shall see.

( Bad things )

The UPS man rang my doorbell this morning, which is not in and of itself a strange occurrence, except that I couldn't for the life of me think of anything I might have ordered recently. I couldn't imagine who would be sending me anything (or why they would be), so my curiosity was piqued ( Read more... )

Just a reminder: the nominations for OWL Awards close this Sunday, so be sure to get yours in now! The actual nominating is as easy as can be, though selecting one nominee for each category may prove harder. *g* Best to start now, then, and not leave it to the last minute, right?

More information in this post, along with a listing of my ( Read more... )

1. Just about everything that has been posted for the Severus Big Bang and the severus_shorts community has been of a very high standard, but today in Severus Shorts, a story posted that is of the sort that most of us might get one chance in a lifetime to write, if we're lucky. It's THAT good. It takes an extremely rare pairing--Snape and Sprout--and makes it ( Read more... )

I've donated to the Red Cross, but I want to do more, so I'm participating in the fandom auction. I can't offer stories or art or crafts, I'm afraid, but I can bake, so I have two auctions up on help_haiti:

* An assortment of homemade cookies, with the winner's choice of a list of varieties, including my white chocolate raspberry bars, chocolate toffee bars ( Read more... )

Bad things ( Read more... )

1. Severus Snape is turning 50 tomorrow! (Yes, I know he's fictional. And your point was...?) In accordance with this momentous occasion, fandom will be overrun with fabulous fic, art, and creative projects of every stripe, and we lucky readers and reviewers get to spend all weekend (all month, to be honest) wallowing in the bounty. I can ( Read more... )

The OWL Awards are here again! See this thread for all the details, and then you can start nominating your favorites!

As for my eligible stories, I have hemmed and hawed about how or even whether to post a list, because while I certainly have eligible stories for this round of the OWL awards, the problem is that I have rather too many of them. 8 ( Read more... )