Digest: 25 Mar 2007

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Digest for 11 March 2007 through 24 March 2007

Announcements:

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Monthly Challenge
Our March Monthly Challenge, We're All Poets, Doncha Know It?, ends next Saturday, March 31.  Details available here.

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Site Surveys
We're interested in knowing what you, our members, think about our site and all our satellites.  Please take a few minutes and complete the surveys (linked via banner below).  The first one is by far the longest, so please be patient.










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Quaffle Talk
Episode 5:  The One With All The Talking was released last week.  Information and links are here.

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Submissions
Please be patient right now with receiving fics back from our Quidditch Assistants.  We've been a bit overwhelmed with submissions and our queue is a bit daunting, to say the least.  If you've received a letter stating your fic was accepted and has been sent to the beta queue, it will be up at The Quidditch Pitch soon.  If you have any questions, please email The Captains.

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Quidditch Assistants
That said about our beta queue, we're in need of a few several good Quidditch Assistants.  Take a look at our guidelines, then complete our application.  It is extremely important that you fill out the application completely.  We understand that the job might seem daunting but it is extremely rewarding.  The way our beta application system works is:

1. Application submitted to The Captains at betaapplications@thequidditchpitch.org.  We will review all application and send out tests.  Please allow up to two weeks for this process.
2. When our decision is reached, you will either receive an acceptance or rejection letter.
3. Upon receipt of an acceptance letter, you should email The Captains to inform us that you have accepted the position, after which, you should register for The Quidditch Pitch Forum.
4. You will be assigned a Quidditch Pitch email address and password.  Your password should not be changed.  This email address is to be used for beta purposes only.
5. As stories come in and are approved they will be uploaded to the beta queue.  It is important that the queue is checked every couple of days.  There is no maximum number of stories to beta, but we do keep tabs on workload.

We appreciate your interest in becoming a beta for The Quidditch Pitch.

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Seeking Artists
Are you an artist?  Would you like to become involved at Phoenix Rising even if you physically can't be there?

The Quidditch Pitch is looking for a few good artists to design cover artwork for some of our Featured Stories of the Year.  We're planning a little something special at Phoenix Rising that would prominently feature both your artwork and the Featured Story.

If you're interested, please contact The Captains at thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org.

Specifically, cover art is needed is for the following stories:

• By the Light of the Lantern by annie/satindolls (a Ron fic with heavy Harry/Ron overtones rated NC-17)
  
• In Dreams by thysanotus (a Ginny/Hermione fic rated NC-17)
  
• A Little Something Between Friends by simons_flower (a Harry/Ron/Hermione fic rated NC-17)
  
• Ron as Q by Icarus/icarusancalion (a Ron and Sirius fic rated PG-13)
  
• You Want This by ank_the_tank/ankh_definition (a Ron/Draco fic rated NC-17)

The only caveat is that all artwork, even for the NC-17 stories, must be of no more than an R rating to be shown at Phoenix Rising, and preferably no higher than PG-13.

Please note that to read the NC-17 stories, you must be a registered member of The Quidditch Pitch.

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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising
+ Far From Perfect by Crikkita
+ Swirling Images by madam_minnie

Hallowed Halls
+ It's All How You Define It by delicatetruth
+ Midnight Confessions by alloy
+ An Ordinary Man by msmoocow
+ Perchance to Dream by ElvisVF101
+ Second Star To The Right by alloy
+ Surprise by hobbitcuddles
+ Take It Back by alloy

Remains of the Day
+ The Anniversary by j2o2f2o2
+ Cherished moments by spidergirl
+ Cocky Little Fellow by alloy
+ Courgette Stew by pumpkinpasty
+ Cryptograph by mapleandmahogany
+ The Darkest Recesses of the Heart by kerryblaze
+ Eternity’s Kiss by Rickey_A
+ Gain of a Loss by dragyngrrl
+ Gold and Silver by simons_flower
+ Halfway Through the Wood by Nattieb
+ Having Another Go by risiepookie
+ He Woke Up Dead by rosepddle
+ Ill Met by Moonlight by wolfiekins
+ Implausible, Irrational, Preposterous, Peculiar, and Just Plain Luna by The Treacle Tart
+ It's Just Beer by delicatetruth
+ The Knight of the Rose by SophiaMaria
+ Learning Curve by deenas
+ Of Blood and Dust and Potatoes by mapleandmahogany
+ One Last Chance by The Muskmelons
+ Requiem by The Treacle Tart
+ Smell Of Lavender by alloy
+ What If? by WeasleysGirl
+ Words Fail Me by Solstice

Dark Tales
+ none the last two weeks

The Broomshed
+ Apologetic by bryonyraven
+ Back to the Garden by Antosha
+ Excuse From Pain by pumpkinpasty
+ False Fates Part II-Trial of the Century by md1016
+ Harry and Ron Drabbles by hobbitcuddles
+ I’ll Be Home For Christmas by Rickey_A
+ In Omnibus, Fratris by Thevina
+ IOU by Rickey_A
+ It's So Hard by madam_minnie
+ Nighttime Wanderings by MinSiRe
+ Painting by mapleandmahogany
+ Scent of a Woman by The Treacle Tart
+ Seek by frignut
+ Skin Deep by The Treacle Tart
+ There is no Happy Ever After by IamAGhost
+ Thoughts in hindsight by illem
+ Tie Me Up…Please? by Rickey_A
+ Uncertainty by hgseeker
+ Unspoken by AmandaR
+ Weasley is the Centerfold by annie
+ Web of Lies by TheGiantSquid

Crossovers
+ none the last two weeks

Non-Fiction
+ none the last two weeks

New authors/registration:
- Alexia
- amalamia
- amkat
- aMonday
- Andraste
- angekuo
- angel33845
- Angelsea585
- AnitaB
- anne_rose_teen
- AnonymousU
- Ashaherazade
- ashleydrury
- athanor007
- av22
- awesomealice8
- balinell
- Basal
- Bethan
- blahblabla
- Bodhi
- bravesirrobin697
- buttercup
- c17
- Calypso
- catcherintherye
- celeron
- chaserkt
- chireel
- choclt_rckt
- chocol84life
- crabber24
- crescentmoon
- cruz
- deedee1219
- deejayel
- deliberataire
- demomatic
- dhansen
- DiamondEyes
- Dragon no Hime
- dragonblade65
- duckduck
- ducky03
- dum_brunette23
- eeyore97106
- eivac
- ElectricGypsy
- elril
- Emerald Riddle
- escritor
- Etoile
- euroweasley
- fearevilchickens
- fictionflowergardens
- flaeyr
- Fofashu
- fraa
- frustratedwitch
- ginnypotter23
- googoodoll
- greatkufan
- gritiker
- gwtwfanone
- Gypsybaby21
- haegyulsa
- harryxginny
- Helena
- Helix
- Hermy73
- hothoney111
- iheartpygmypuffs
- ImmortalGold
- insanewoman389
- Jpatch
- kaelmalakai
- Keelasue08
- kew
- kleinkat02
- koppe
- lanned
- larmesdepluis
- lastvictory
- Lielananna
- LiLi N
- Liz
- Looney2
- loskie24
- lovesprungfromhate
- lucylovejoy
- lvsHP23
- lyrakken
- mag9
- maitai
- MammaMia
- MammaMia02
- Mandi
- meck
- MeghanJoMoran
- melbymonkey
- melkr725
- meteoritecrater
- Mike
- MioneMiss
- mirrors
- MissMKS
- moonrae
- Moose67
- nat
- ncarter
- NorKing
- NoxyTrot
- onatah_1
- Only My Reflection
- overrated
- poppy jellybeans
- porschedude90210
- Raee
- RavenSky
- Restie
- rhianna
- rhuad
- riboflavin
- ruinedmaid
- sammylola
- screech070
- sec123
- shine
- shredbettie9
- shyfire
- Sira1
- SiriuslyObsessed
- slytherin_queen
- smudgeworthy
- Sorrow By Nature
- srj4ron
- star14
- sunlitshadows
- supersil
- tequilaguy
- tinpin609
- TypedForMiles
- Ulthyrja
- White Oak
- wildabeast2233
- wvchemteach
- xanphibian
- yoonho
- Zala
- zombiedoll77