FA Update + something for Brits

[heidi]

First, our newest episode of the FictionAlley podcast, SpellCast, is now up on iTunes. If you haven't subscribed, you can listen to it (and subscribe to it) here - and if you're a big Luna fan, we'd love to have you be part of our round table on the next episode - you can email us at spellcast@fictionalley.org if you're a Luna fan with a microphpone setup on your computer.

Second, we have added an amazing RSS page, where you can see a list of all new fics on FA using an RSS reader like LiveJournal or Google or Yahoo's RSS setups. Our main RSS feed is here and by the end of this month, we'll have an RSS feed for every era, genre, character and ship listed on FictionAlley's search page. You can learn more about FA's RSS projects here.

We also announced our Katie O'Brien scholarship winners - you can read more about them, and enjoy their submissions, on our scholarship information page - and please keep your eye on that page, because later this month, we're going to introduce our 2006 Fundraising Items - we think you'll really like them!

And just a reminder - if you are attending Lumos, and haven't signed up to drabble or create filks or art in the FA/HPANA Creativity Booth yet, please do! Just go to the application page and fill out the form, and we'll add you to the schedule.

Lastly, yesterday I talked with Jeannie Baresi from Beyond Boundries - she's the organizer of the HPFanTrips events over the last few years. This summer's trip starts in just a few weeks, but there's still space for people to join on the whole thing, and if you're in the UK and want to take a ride on the Hogwarts Express, the tickets are kind of pricey, but the experience, from what I've been told, is pretty neat!

Comments

[sandy-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Huge congratulations to the scholarship winners! That's exciting. :D

Quick question about The Creativity Booth, though. Do you have a timetable for notifying applicants? There is still loads of time, of course, but since we'll have so much going on, it will be nice to know if we need to schedule around a time slot in the booth.

Thanks!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Midweek, next week, we should have a list based on those who've applied as of this coming Monday.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I should be uploading the spreadsheet this afternoon or tomorrow when I'm caught up on the ones that came in over the weekend while I was away.

[sandy-phoenix.livejournal.com]

That's great. I know you've had plenty on your plate so don't worry about taking whatever time you need.

Thanks for orchestrating it all.

[titti]

I have a question for you. Is it possibly to add the links at the bottom of each entry on fiction_alley? I ask because on the Snitch we link to specific links and not comms (The other option creates too many problems).

Right now, I link you your entries on your LJ. If you don't mind I can continue to do so.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we're going to actually be re-doing the LJ sometime this next month anyway as we redo the site, so as of August 1 at the latest, it should be easier to use.

[story645.livejournal.com]

The winners are awesome, really well chosen.