I wish I was two people and could attend both of these events! Mark the dates in your calendards for July and August! TALL SHIPS ON COURSE TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITIES "The port of Belfast will be transformed to host the grand finale celebrations of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge from August 13-16 when thousands of people are expected to flock to both sides of the River Lagan for...

Fanfic When God Shall Come from the Sea with a Sigh by teh_elb - Aubrey-Maturin, PG, Stephen. Untitled by teh_elb - Aubreyad x Sharpe, R, Stephen/Wellington. Truth by latin_cat - Sharpe, R, Sharpe/Wellington, Sharpe/HC. First Time by latin_cat - Sharpe, NC-17, Wellington/HC. A Captain Walks into a Bar: Ch 1/2 by drunken_hedghog - Sharpe...

Fanfic Sirens by latin_cat - Aubrey-Maturin, PG-13, Jack/Stephen. Sweethearts by latin_cat - Aubrey-Maturin, R, George/Brigid, Brigid/Philip. The Ash Grove by latin_cat - Aubrey-Maturin, PG-13, Jack/Stephen, George/Brigid. Swimming by latin_cat - Aubrey-Maturin, R, Jack/Stephen. In Deep Agony by - Persuasion, G, Frederick Wentworth/Anne Elliot. ...

Fanfic Full Circle by esmerelda_t - Hornblower, G, Horatio/Archie, Archie/Other. A Dream of Life and Death by sarlania - Hornblower, PG, Hornblower, others. William Bush Alphabet Soup Light by draugdur - Hornblower, G to R, Bush. H is for Highbury Street by draugdur - Hornblower, PG, Hornblower, Bush. Valor by sekhmetkitty002 - Temeraire,...

Fanfic Aubreyad Kink Meme Round-Up compiled by des_pudels_kern Rumour's Harbour by damned_colonial - Aubrey-Maturin, PG-13, Jack/Stephen. Master and Commander and Zombies by teh_elb - Aubrey-Maturin, PG-13, Jack, Stephen. Sharpe's Sword by govi20 - Sharpe, NC-17, Sharpe/Jack Spears Sharpe/Harper. William Bush Alphabet Soup Round-Up compiled by ...

CRAIG'S POP LIFE: Is Amazon.com Homophobic? - In the last couple of days, people have been blogging about how Amazon has been labeling gay and lesbian books as "adult" and removing the books from their search engine. I'm glad the issue is FINALLY getting attention (see links below), because I have been complaining about it since February. - (tags: amazonfail glbt ) Cheryl's Mewsings »...

The posts you've seen posted here recently originate from spam bots. If you go to the respective journals, you might see content that looks normal at the first glance, but if you have a closer look, you'll see that the entries are samples taken from real user's journals, with links to sites with malware embedded. Clever! Some have no content at all, others are very open and simply post tons of links...

The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 20 Note from editor: Do any of the author's out there have podfic version's of their stories they'd like me to link in future issues? I've not seen any links or comments on podfic of original fic, so I thought I'd check so I don't miss linking to any that are out there. Art and Photography: kirby_crow has posted a...

Fanfic Finesse by thehappyreturn - Hornblower, NC-17, Hornblower/Bush. Things by latin_cat - Sharpe, PG-15, Sharpe/Wellington (implied), Harris, Harper, Lawford. Dreams Within the Smoke by latin_cat - Sharpe, PG-15, Sharpe/Wellington, Garrard. The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Tobias, 1/2 by lillie_frog - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, PG-13, Jane Tobias...

joyful_molly : Meta/writing: Writing holidays! Self publishing! World domination! - "Published by somebody else" does not automatically equal "good book". And I'm baffled again and again to see how an author's opinion is automatically promoted from "irrelevant" to "meaningful" because her/his book is available on Amazon. The world of original writing is just like fandom. Only with bigger...