Delicious is going to be sold, not shut down

Still probably a good idea to back up your bookmarks, but at least we're not being cut off from our source of fannish crack.

Yahoo is shutting down Delicious

Doesn't corporate America understand that fandom has needs?

It was just announced that legomymalfoy won the LJ election. Yay for the voting power of fangirls!

svmadelyn had a brilliant idea (as she is wont to do!) about how to try to wield our fannish power on LJ by voting as a block in the LJ election. You can read about her plan here. Frankly, I was completely clueless about who to vote for, but I did want to vote, because I think it's important. Joining fandom_votes seems like a good way to find out about the candidates ( Read more... )

To whoever nominated my stories 101 Ways To Get Lucky (In Love) and Only Grumpier and With Darker Hair for the McShep Awards. I'm so flattered ( Read more... )

If you haven't had the chance, check out the fabulous summercon multi-fandom extravaganza, the brainchild of the lovely and almost frighteningly energetic svmadelyn. There are many activities, including the bad manip challenge that makes me laugh every time I think about it ( Read more... )

This is something that comes up every now and then for me personally, and now it's come up for fandom in general since it's summer and these issues always crop up when there's nothing to watch on the TeeVee.

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I'm going to be 40 in, oh, about three weeks. I'm feeling good about it. More than that, actually. I'm feeling self-indulgent. *g* So I'm issuing a story challenge. Because I CAN.

Lenore's Utterly Egocentric Multifandom Summer of Love Challenge

1. Peruse this list of the Top 100 Songs of 1966 (the year I was born!).

( Top 100 Songs of 1966 )

Big thanks to everyone who participated in the Pucker Up: Multifandom Mini Challenge! Late entries are completely welcome. If you posted something for the challenge and didn't comment with the link to it, please do. And yay for kissing! :)

If you're looking for some action, check out:

Pucker Up: The Multifandom Mini Challenge

All kissing scenes, all fandoms, all day long. Go have a look-see!

Also, if you're writing for the challenge, don't forget to leave a link to your story. Thanks!