The following HP fests are happening on Dreamwidth (DW) and/or Livejournal (LJ). Most of them are posting on AO3.

• HP Halloween 2023 (LJ): A Hallowe'en/autumn themed double drabble exchange. 200 words. You can post treats even if you haven't signed up. See here for the wishlists. Works due on October 25. Reveals happening on AO3 on October 31 ( Read more... )

snapecase on Livejournal is open for sign-up right now. It's a Severus-centric fest where you write (or draw) about Severus at the age range of your choosing. There are still spots left for all five age categories.

hp_halloween is open for sign-up right now. It's a double drabble (200 words) exchange focusing on Hallowe'en, autumn and spooky scenarios (fluff is also ( Read more... )

HP fest stuff.

hoggywartyxmas (Hogwarts staff and friends) has announced its plan for this year. Have a look here and leave a comment there if you are interested.


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Saw chdarling's Tumblr post about Weird Questions for Writers (because writers are weird) the other day. One of the questions got me reminiscing:

"8. If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?"So, which one would you pick? (It's without dialogue for me ( Read more... )

I'm sleepwalking right now...

Anyway, just for fun, I made a 2023 HP Fest Schedule. It contains important dates of current and upcoming HP fests, organised by dates. For now, the schedule spans from May 20, 2023 to February 18, 2024. I'll update it once in a while. Maybe.

Making a note of a few resources on AO3 tagging.

An (Incomplete) Guide to AO3 Tags by Lililoveschampagne (and fellow commenters) on Reddit

Tags are Tricky...a quick and dirty guide by mostlyinthemorning on Tumblr (The guide is in jpeg format; there's no text-only version.)

Comprehensive List of Triggers, Tags & Squicks by VeelaWings

Tags for ( Read more... )

We stayed at home and got through the winter storm without much incident. (To think I went out for a walk in the morning on the 23rd, and it was raining hard. An hour later, the snow and the wind were blasting away on the streets, and by the afternoon everything was frozen ( Read more... )

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Hello, how is everyone doing?

I've been busier than usual this October, so I haven't done any October prompt challenges. Also been busy with potterfests. (If you have subscribed to it, sorry about spamming your reading page every day lately.) The next news round-up is more or less ready to go; it will be posted on November 4. Also got a bunch of prompting/ ( Read more... )

Did a bunch of stuff on potterfests. Here's a bit of HP fest news that didn't make it to the news round-up I'd posted a few days ago, news I added to the news round-up after the fact, and other announcements that had just been made. I'll post about them on Potterfests as well.

First Wizarding War Fest: Claiming extended to October 9. Submission deadline is ( Read more... )