Green Room - Week 7 - Day 8

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I haven’t read it yet, but I did receive my copy of the Fae Fatales anthology from our friends at Solarwyrm Press http://astore.amazon.com/li0cd-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=23 and had the chance to flip through it. It looks gorgeous. Granted, it would have looked better with a large font dedication to me and/or Idol that covered the first half of the book. But really, what book *wouldn’t* be better with that? ;)

Even with that noticeable flaw though, it looks like it’s well worth you checking out, and supporting your fellow Idol contestants. The vast majority of people featured in the anthology came through this hallowed institution, which is always exciting!

Oh, and I *am* a week or so away from putting together a list for the new Community Chest, so maybe someone will want to get some copies for that! ;) Just saying!

Seriously though, good job Solarwyrm!

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In other news – there is a poll going on, and things are looking *tight* http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/670715.html. Which means it’s that time again for you to make the case for your favorite entries from the week that aren’t getting as much attention as you would like. Voting turnout still hasn’t exploded – probably due to the summer – which means that every vote you can sway could make the difference! If you have read something fantastic – tell people about it! Not a “go vote for them, just ‘cause!” But let them know why they should bother to read it, convince them to go to read, and let the work itself convince them to take the next step and vote to keep them in another week!

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Oh, and Happy Birthday to our own notodette!

Comments

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

I got maybe three hours of sleep last night, and I'm going through and leaving comments for folks now (I finished voting yesterday). Which is to say, uh, I'm really sorry if I am incoherent. Also, maybe I should have done this earlier. Like, at three this morning, perhaps, since I was awake. Sigh. Anyway! I'm gonna just throw some names out here...

- I really enjoyed joyfulfeather's story this week.
- m1ss1ngcupcake made me cry.
- waveform_delta's entry made me giggle rather a lot.
- porn_this_way's rants are epic and awesome and this one is no exception.
- I cannot recommend recklessblues's entry strongly enough. I mean, it's just that good. For real. Actual quote from my spreadsheet notes: "holy WOW that was good"
- streetnights wrote a bit of fiction that I loved a lot, and I think you will too. It's not just sci-fi, it's a damn good story and well told to boot.

And that's rather a lot, though I could say more about more things. There's a lot of good stuff out there this week. Which I should go comment on, before maybe crawling back into bed for a nap while the thunder prowls around the house and rain makes me sleepier.

[theun4givables.livejournal.com]

!! I didn't mean to make anyone cry. I'm sorry. :(

Thank you for the shout out, though. <3

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

Nope, no apologies accepted. It's strong writing, it's emotional, and goddammit it's sad. Tears happen.

though, perhaps i should mention for perspective that i also cried this weekend when i found one of my old journals, when i broke a coffee mug, and when i finally received my electric velocipede check (all different kinds of tears). i... might kinda be leaky right now. so yeah

[theun4givables.livejournal.com]

<3

lol, I have weeks like that, too. :) Where everything punches you in the gut, positive or otherwise.

[joyfulfeather.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[porn-this-way.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the rec!! I'm trying this whole "cussing for a good cause" thing out lately.