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>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm Cactuskim and I just joined about a week ago and I wanted to
> introduce myself.
>
> I had heard people mention MEFA awards occasionally but was not all that
> familiar with them and did not understand them until I offered to help a
> friend *Waves at Nautika* when she mentioned that they needed more help
> with banners.... I'm a bit of a Photoshop junky ;p
>
> I love LOTR and the Silmarillion and have since long before the
> movies.... I would tell you how long, but someone would call me old,
> and then I would have to lie and claim that I was reading them when I
> was only 2 to try and disprove the charges ;p. My favorite LOTR
> character is Legolas followed by Aragorn and Faramir. My favorite Sil
> character is Finrod.
>
> I do a little fanfic writing and a Lot of LOTR art work. A good friend
> of mine (NiRi) who I think is also a member here has been pestering me
> and telling me that I should post my stories where people can actually
> find them and read them.. So after only procrastinating for another 6
> months after she poked me, and 2 years before that, *I do not
> procrastinate!.... OK, I do ;p* I have actually posted my first story
> to ff.net today. :D
>
> Here is a link to the story I just posted if anyone is interested in
> reading it, it is a humor based story featuring Aragorn and Legolas
> with the rather odd name of "The Weaving Cow".
>
> http://www.fanfiction.net/u/417850/cactuskim
> <http://www.fanfiction.net/u/417850/cactuskim>
>
> I look forward to getting to know all of you.
>
> Cactuskim
>
>

> I offered to help a
> friend *Waves at Nautika* when she mentioned that
> they needed more help
> with banners.... I'm a bit of a Photoshop junky ;p

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Viv <spacellamaprincess@yahoo.com> wrote:

*MEFA needs help with banners? I'm there! Who do I contact?*

You would contact me, Fiondil, at this email address: namondil@gmail.com

Fiondil

--
"What part of 'You're dead' don't you understand?" -- Nýmo to an
Unidentified Elven Fýa giving the Lord of Mandos grief

****
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Arnediad

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>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm Cactuskim and I just joined about a week ago and I wanted to
> introduce myself.
>
> I had heard people mention MEFA awards occasionally but was not all that
> familiar with them and did not understand them until I offered to help a
> friend *Waves at Nautika* when she mentioned that they needed more help
> with banners.... I'm a bit of a Photoshop junky ;p
>
> I love LOTR and the Silmarillion and have since long before the
> movies.... I would tell you how long, but someone would call me old,
> and then I would have to lie and claim that I was reading them when I
> was only 2 to try and disprove the charges ;p. My favorite LOTR
> character is Legolas followed by Aragorn and Faramir. My favorite Sil
> character is Finrod.
>
> I do a little fanfic writing and a Lot of LOTR art work. A good friend
> of mine (NiRi) who I think is also a member here has been pestering me
> and telling me that I should post my stories where people can actually
> find them and read them.. So after only procrastinating for another 6
> months after she poked me, and 2 years before that, *I do not
> procrastinate! .... OK, I do ;p* I have actually posted my first story
> to ff.net today. :D
>
> Here is a link to the story I just posted if anyone is interested in
> reading it, it is a humor based story featuring Aragorn and Legolas
> with the rather odd name of "The Weaving Cow".
>
> http://www.fanficti on.net/u/ 417850/cactuskim
> <http://www.fanficti on.net/u/ 417850/cactuskim>
>
> I look forward to getting to know all of you.
>
> Cactuskim
>
>

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:40 PM, kimberli leal <kim@flash.net> wrote:

> Hi Marta,
>
> Thank you for the welcome. I have been delighted when rummaging thru the
> list of previous years nominees and winners to find active links to stories
> and authors that I had lost track of.... I replaced a hard drive 2 year ago,
> and had to reformat my HD last December and I lost all of my bookmarks both
> times! *Sniff* that really hurts. Some of the archives stories had been on
> had been closed, and remembering the exact names of fictions, or authors
> (which some times use different names in different places) to try and search
> places like ff.net (which has a flaky search function) was very difficult
> at best, and I thought that some of the stories were gone forever.
>
> Sorry about the link, I assumed that since this group is about
> fan-fiction, that posting story links was OK like in my other groups. I
> never really thought about the awards focus here, although if I had thought
> it thru, it actually makes sense. I don't think that my story is even
> eligible for a nomination anyways, because even though I just posted it at
> ff.net, it was actually written a few years ago and is not a new story
> written in the last year. BTW, What is the exact cut off dates for when a
> story is written for it to be eligible for a nomination?
>
> Bye for now, Got to go work on more Banners ;p
>
> Cactuskim
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "melayton@gmail.com <melayton%40gmail.com>" <melayton@gmail.com<melayton%40gmail.com>
> >
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com <MEFAwards%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:58:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Hello... new member, and new story posting
>
> Hi Cactuskim,
>
> Welcome to the MEFAs! I'm glad you took the time to introduce yourself,
> and hope you have fun spending time in our little corner of the intarwebs.
>
> I did want to mention one thing, and this is as much for all the other
> members that are new this year as it is for you in particular. It's
> natural to want to post links to your stories, especially when you first
> join a group, to post a link to your story. It's sort of like your bona
> fides as a "real" fanfic writer. But, because of the nature of our
> group, we don't usually post links to stories here. If your story ends
> up being nominated, the fact that you mentioned it can feel a little
> like you're asking for votes.
>
> Which I know you're not! It's really the most natural thing in the world
> to want to do. Just thought I'd mention it.
>
> Btw, I did want to mention that we *do* allow self-nominations. If you
> think your story is good enough that you'd like it to compete, you're
> welcome to nominate your own story.
>
> Marta
>
> cactuskim123 wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'm Cactuskim and I just joined about a week ago and I wanted to
> > introduce myself.
> >
> > I had heard people mention MEFA awards occasionally but was not all that
> > familiar with them and did not understand them until I offered to help a
> > friend *Waves at Nautika* when she mentioned that they needed more help
> > with banners.... I'm a bit of a Photoshop junky ;p
> >
> > I love LOTR and the Silmarillion and have since long before the
> > movies.... I would tell you how long, but someone would call me old,
> > and then I would have to lie and claim that I was reading them when I
> > was only 2 to try and disprove the charges ;p. My favorite LOTR
> > character is Legolas followed by Aragorn and Faramir. My favorite Sil
> > character is Finrod.
> >
> > I do a little fanfic writing and a Lot of LOTR art work. A good friend
> > of mine (NiRi) who I think is also a member here has been pestering me
> > and telling me that I should post my stories where people can actually
> > find them and read them.. So after only procrastinating for another 6
> > months after she poked me, and 2 years before that, *I do not
> > procrastinate! .... OK, I do ;p* I have actually posted my first story
> > to ff.net today. :D
> >
> > Here is a link to the story I just posted if anyone is interested in
> > reading it, it is a humor based story featuring Aragorn and Legolas
> > with the rather odd name of "The Weaving Cow".
> >
> > http://www.fanficti on.net/u/ 417850/cactuskim
> > <http://www.fanficti on.net/u/ 417850/cactuskim>
> >
> > I look forward to getting to know all of you.
> >
> > Cactuskim
> >
> >
>
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> Thank you for the welcome. I have been delighted when rummaging thru the
> list of previous years nominees and winners to find active links to
> stories and authors that I had lost track of.... I replaced a hard drive
> 2 year ago, and had to reformat my HD last December and I lost all of my
> bookmarks both times! *Sniff* that really hurts. Some of the archives
> stories had been on had been closed, and remembering the exact names of
> fictions, or authors (which some times use different names in different
> places) to try and search places like ff.net (which has a flaky search
> function) was very difficult at best, and I thought that some of the
> stories were gone forever.
>

> Sorry about the link, I assumed that since this group is about
> fan-fiction, that posting story links was OK like in my other groups. I
> never really thought about the awards focus here, although if I had
> thought it thru, it actually makes sense.

> I don't think that my story is
> even eligible for a nomination anyways, because even though I just
> posted it at ff.net, it was actually written a few years ago and is not
> a new story written in the last year. BTW, What is the exact cut off
> dates for when a story is written for it to be eligible for a nomination?
>

> Bye for now, Got to go work on more Banners ;p
>

> Thank you for the welcome. I have been delighted when rummaging thru the
> list of previous years nominees and winners to find active links to
> stories and authors that I had lost track of.... I replaced a hard drive
> 2 year ago, and had to reformat my HD last December and I lost all of my
> bookmarks both times! *Sniff* that really hurts. Some of the archives
> stories had been on had been closed, and remembering the exact names of
> fictions, or authors (which some times use different names in different
> places) to try and search places like ff.net (which has a flaky search
> function) was very difficult at best, and I thought that some of the
> stories were gone forever.
>

> Sorry about the link, I assumed that since this group is about
> fan-fiction, that posting story links was OK like in my other groups. I
> never really thought about the awards focus here, although if I had
> thought it thru, it actually makes sense.

> I don't think that my story is
> even eligible for a nomination anyways, because even though I just
> posted it at ff.net, it was actually written a few years ago and is not
> a new story written in the last year. BTW, What is the exact cut off
> dates for when a story is written for it to be eligible for a nomination?
>

> Bye for now, Got to go work on more Banners ;p
>

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:40 PM, kimberli leal <kim@flash.net> wrote:

> Hi Marta,
>
> Thank you for the welcome. I have been delighted when rummaging thru the
> list of previous years nominees and winners to find active links to stories
> and authors that I had lost track of.... I replaced a hard drive 2 year ago,
> and had to reformat my HD last December and I lost all of my bookmarks both
> times! *Sniff* that really hurts. Some of the archives stories had been on
> had been closed, and remembering the exact names of fictions, or authors
> (which some times use different names in different places) to try and search
> places like ff.net (which has a flaky search function) was very difficult
> at best, and I thought that some of the stories were gone forever.
>
> Sorry about the link, I assumed that since this group is about
> fan-fiction, that posting story links was OK like in my other groups. I
> never really thought about the awards focus here, although if I had thought
> it thru, it actually makes sense. I don't think that my story is even
> eligible for a nomination anyways, because even though I just posted it at
> ff.net, it was actually written a few years ago and is not a new story
> written in the last year. BTW, What is the exact cut off dates for when a
> story is written for it to be eligible for a nomination?
>
> Bye for now, Got to go work on more Banners ;p
>
> Cactuskim
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "melayton@gmail. com <melayton%40gmail. com>" <melayton@gmail. com<melayton%40gmail. com>
> >
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogrou ps.com <MEFAwards%40yahoog roups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:58:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Hello... new member, and new story posting
>
> Hi Cactuskim,
>
> Welcome to the MEFAs! I'm glad you took the time to introduce yourself,
> and hope you have fun spending time in our little corner of the intarwebs.
>
> I did want to mention one thing, and this is as much for all the other
> members that are new this year as it is for you in particular. It's
> natural to want to post links to your stories, especially when you first
> join a group, to post a link to your story. It's sort of like your bona
> fides as a "real" fanfic writer. But, because of the nature of our
> group, we don't usually post links to stories here. If your story ends
> up being nominated, the fact that you mentioned it can feel a little
> like you're asking for votes.
>
> Which I know you're not! It's really the most natural thing in the world
> to want to do. Just thought I'd mention it.
>
> Btw, I did want to mention that we *do* allow self-nominations. If you
> think your story is good enough that you'd like it to compete, you're
> welcome to nominate your own story.
>
> Marta
>
> cactuskim123 wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'm Cactuskim and I just joined about a week ago and I wanted to
> > introduce myself.
> >
> > I had heard people mention MEFA awards occasionally but was not all that
> > familiar with them and did not understand them until I offered to help a
> > friend *Waves at Nautika* when she mentioned that they needed more help
> > with banners.... I'm a bit of a Photoshop junky ;p
> >
> > I love LOTR and the Silmarillion and have since long before the
> > movies.... I would tell you how long, but someone would call me old,
> > and then I would have to lie and claim that I was reading them when I
> > was only 2 to try and disprove the charges ;p. My favorite LOTR
> > character is Legolas followed by Aragorn and Faramir. My favorite Sil
> > character is Finrod.
> >
> > I do a little fanfic writing and a Lot of LOTR art work. A good friend
> > of mine (NiRi) who I think is also a member here has been pestering me
> > and telling me that I should post my stories where people can actually
> > find them and read them.. So after only procrastinating for another 6
> > months after she poked me, and 2 years before that, *I do not
> > procrastinate! .... OK, I do ;p* I have actually posted my first story
> > to ff.net today. :D
> >
> > Here is a link to the story I just posted if anyone is interested in
> > reading it, it is a humor based story featuring Aragorn and Legolas
> > with the rather odd name of "The Weaving Cow".
> >
> > http://www.fanficti on.net/u/ 417850/cactuskim
> > <http://www.fanficti on.net/u/ 417850/cactuskim>
> >
> > I look forward to getting to know all of you.
> >
> > Cactuskim
> >
> >
>
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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "cactuskim123" <kim@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm Cactuskim and I just joined about a week ago and I wanted to
> introduce myself.
>
> I had heard people mention MEFA awards occasionally but was not all
that
> familiar with them and did not understand them until I offered to
help a
> friend *Waves at Nautika* when she mentioned that they needed more
help
> with banners.... I'm a bit of a Photoshop junky ;p
>

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogrou ps.com, "cactuskim123" <kim@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm Cactuskim and I just joined about a week ago and I wanted to
> introduce myself.
>
> I had heard people mention MEFA awards occasionally but was not all
that
> familiar with them and did not understand them until I offered to
help a
> friend *Waves at Nautika* when she mentioned that they needed more
help
> with banners.... I'm a bit of a Photoshop junky ;p
>



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