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Just want to say thank you for coming up with this - I love the idea
of awards that are all about feedback. I treasure every comment I
receive about my stories - even the negative ones at least show that
someone took the time to read it!

I don't want to go and volunteer to do stuff I don't know how to do,
or won't have time to do - and yet, I don't want to just sit here and
let everyone else do all the work. I guess I could help categorize,
if you still need that (although here I sit, wondering where on earth
I would nominate my newest story. Would you consider taking Orcs out
of the Horror category? They're not always horrible - besides my own
Canohando, I've met a couple of other fanfic orcs who were quite -
er - engaging...)

Anyhow, I think this whole MEF Awards process sounds like a ton of
fun, and I'm glad to be involved.

jo
(jodancingtree online and Jo Conkle otherwise, but jo either way)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jodancingtree [mailto:jodancingtree@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:55 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] This sounds *so* good!
>
> Just want to say thank you for coming up with this - I love
> the idea of awards that are all about feedback. I treasure
> every comment I receive about my stories - even the negative
> ones at least show that someone took the time to read it!

Me, too. I've recently built a Feedback Database to put it all in and it has
been so rewarding to relive all of that feedback, from more than 700 people
over the years.

> I don't want to go and volunteer to do stuff I don't know how
> to do, or won't have time to do - and yet, I don't want to
> just sit here and let everyone else do all the work. I guess
> I could help categorize, if you still need that (although
> here I sit, wondering where on earth I would nominate my
> newest story. Would you consider taking Orcs out of the
> Horror category? They're not always horrible - besides my
> own Canohando, I've met a couple of other fanfic orcs who
> were quite - er - engaging...)

How about we leave you as an On-call Volunteer? Then, if we get into a bind
with categorizing, we'll give you a ring. As for Orcs, I'll give you the
same answer I gave Soledad for Mysteries. To make a Category, we'd not only
have to have at least 5 stories by at least 2 authors (Sorne/Enros also
writes Orc stories)*and* 3 new Awards Titles. And we have to have that
figured out by well, today. Tomorrow at the very latest. I could see one
as The Uruk Hai Award, perhaps, but we'd still need two others. I'll leave
that up to your Orc-folk to figure out.

Otherwise, they could be a subcategory of Drama, or Adventure, or even just
one of the books, like LOTR or The Silmarillion. The same 5 X 2 still
applies.

> Anyhow, I think this whole MEF Awards process sounds like a
> ton of fun, and I'm glad to be involved.

And we're glad to have you.

--Ainaechoiriel

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr Land of Myth and Memory
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

As for Orcs, I'll give you the

> same answer I gave Soledad for Mysteries. To make a Category, we'd

not only

> have to have at least 5 stories by at least 2 authors (Sorne/Enros

also

> writes Orc stories)*and* 3 new Awards Titles. And we have to have

that

> figured out by well, today. Tomorrow at the very latest. I could

see one

> as The Uruk Hai Award, perhaps, but we'd still need two others.

I'll leave

> that up to your Orc-folk to figure out.

How about The Shagrat and The Gorbag Awards, named after our two
favorite Captains at the Tower of Cirith Ungol?

I've read some really fine snuggly (bleech) orc stories *g*.

Stella

I'll 2nd (or 3rd) an Orc category. At the very worst, it won't get
the five stories and will have to be canceled.

>>The Shagrat and The Gorbag Awards,

third place can be The Filthy Maggot Award, or how about The Cursed
Vermin Award?

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Stella" <lasselanta02@y...> wrote:
> As for Orcs, I'll give you the
> > same answer I gave Soledad for Mysteries. To make a Category,
we'd
> not only
> > have to have at least 5 stories by at least 2 authors
(Sorne/Enros
> also
> > writes Orc stories)*and* 3 new Awards Titles. And we have to have
> that
> > figured out by well, today. Tomorrow at the very latest. I
could
> see one
> > as The Uruk Hai Award, perhaps, but we'd still need two others.
> I'll leave
> > that up to your Orc-folk to figure out.
>
> How about The Shagrat and The Gorbag Awards, named after our two
> favorite Captains at the Tower of Cirith Ungol?
>
> I've read some really fine snuggly (bleech) orc stories *g*.
>
> Stella

Well you could have three places where different types of Orcs hang out:
Moria, Isengard and Mordor; or you could have three of the big names in
Orcdom - Ugluk, Grishnak and Shagrat; The three fortresses: Isengard,
Barad-dur (Lugburtz) and Minas Morgul. Orc emblems: The White Hand, The Red
Eye and....pox, can't think of a third....

Enros
-----Original Message-----
From: Ainaechoiriel [mailto:mefaadmin@earthlink.net]
Sent: 29 April 2004 21:38
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [MEFAwards] This sounds *so* good!



figured out by well, today. Tomorrow at the very latest. I could see one
as The Uruk Hai Award, perhaps, but we'd still need two others. I'll
leave
that up to your Orc-folk to figure out.



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Orc emblems: The White Hand, The Red

> Eye and....pox, can't think of a third....

The only other one mentioned is Death-Face-Moon, which belongs to
Minas Morgul and Gorbag.
Grond

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Sorne&Enros" <Sorne&Enros@m...>
wrote:

> Well you could have three places where different types of Orcs hang

out:

> Moria, Isengard and Mordor; or you could have three of the big

names in

> Orcdom - Ugluk, Grishnak and Shagrat; The three fortresses:

Isengard,

> Barad-dur (Lugburtz) and Minas Morgul. Orc emblems: The White

Hand, The Red

> Eye and....pox, can't think of a third....

Hmmmmm...Well, the emblems arent' doing anything for me, but you have
several good ideas there. Short (very short) poll anyone?

--Ainaechoiriel

Thank you Grond!! I thought there was one in there somewhere.......got it
now! Tower of Cirith Ungol: "Two liveries Sam noticed, one marked by the
Red Eye, the other by a Moon disfigured with a ghastly face of death"

Enros
-----Original Message-----
From: draborgieuk [mailto:ralph.henning@btinternet.com]
Sent: 30 April 2004 14:07
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: This sounds *so* good!


Orc emblems: The White Hand, The Red

> Eye and....pox, can't think of a third....

The only other one mentioned is Death-Face-Moon, which belongs to
Minas Morgul and Gorbag.
Grond



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