I have nominated Earthsea for the fic_corner exchange, a medium-sized exchange for children's & YA lit. The exchange is run by one of the new Yuletide mods along very similar lines. Nominations close today (11 June) and sign ups run 15-21 June.

The characters I've nominated are Ged, Jasper, Lebannen, Seserakh & Thorion.

I've nominated Earthsea for yuletide with the characters Azver, Irian, Lebannen, Seserakh. I'm not sure what I'm planning to request at the moment (possibly Lebannen, possibly Azver/Irian) but if anyone's very keen on a character I'm open to swapping. Nominations are open until 29 September.

yuletide sign ups are open until Monday 14 October. There are six four two Earthsea requests at the moment. There are eight characters available this year: Irioth, Ged, Lebannen, Ogion, Seserakh, Tehanu, Tenar, Thorion.

Unfortunately, there seems to be a glitch with AO3 challenges where characters go missing from the tagsets, and this has affected ( Read more... )

Wow, it's been quiet here! yuletide noms are coming early this year: they start today and run until 23 September. This year one can nominate up to four fandoms (an increase on previous years), with four characters each. I assume everyone here knows the drill but do drop a comment if you'd like some hints ( Read more... )

Sign ups for Yuletide are now open! They close on Sunday 28 October. There are eight Earthsea characters to request: Emer, Ged, Irian, Irioth, Ogion, Seserakh, Tenar, Yarrow.

More information here. I'm assuming everyone here knows the drill by now, but if you don't drop a comment & I'll talk you through it. (AO3 membership is required to participate, but ( Read more... )

I've recorded audio versions of two of my favourite Earthsea stories:

The Veins of the Forest, by ellen_fremedon
"This man, Azver, when he was young, he heard some tale of the Immanent Grove, and it came to him that the center of all the earth's powers must be there."
mp3 | zip | streaming (21.5 MB; 23 min 28s)

The Eaten One, by daegaer
Tenar does not yet realise how ( Read more... )

The yuletide nominations this year run September 24th - October 3rd. As last year, one can only nominate three fandoms each with only four characters.

I definitely plan to nominate Earthsea but haven't yet decided on which characters. If anyone else is interested in requesting or offering Earthsea, let's coordinate here to get the broadest possible ( Read more... )

tryfanstone has written a wonderful story for me in Help Japan. It explores a novel idea for the nature of the Doorkeeper, and it's stylistically simply gorgeous.

The Shining of the Stars, by Jay Tryfanstone
For three days and three nights, Ged holds the Door, on Roke.

It's her first Earthsea story, so do let her know if you enjoy it.

Another chapter from The Jade Dragon is available at AO3...

Summary: Havnor City, the largest city in the world... It's nearly 200 years since Lebannen came to the throne and his kingdom's on the brink of disaster. The king's mad, his heir's missing and when newly reinstated Officer Bittern investigates, he soon starts tripping over corpses

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avanti_90 has written a really interesting Earthsea story for me for Help Japan. It's not something I've seen before, a set of thoughtful possible alternative futures for Tenar, which 'fix' the changes in UKLG's characterisation of her between Tombs & Tehanu.

Uneaten, by avanti_90
Four paths that Tenar did not takeIt's her first story in the universe, so ( Read more... )