[ellisk]

Per a discussion on the Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards yahoo site, it has been suggested to post a friendly reminder:

Don't forget that voting season is open on the MEFA website.

http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2005/index.php?page=login

Voting season will end September 30, so now is the time to login to the site, browse the stories and review as many as you like. These awards are special because each vote provides authors with much loved reviews. Let's get out there and review!

Also, if you entered a review as draft, do not forget to change it to "tentative" or "final" if you want it to be counted on September 30.

[Leaward]

Yup, you don't have to get all eloquent and write long paragraphs. (although that's nice too) Even a sentence -- 'good story, nice writing' or 'I liked it' is a good review and counts as points toward your favourite stories/authors.

So get over there and post a review and support those OSA writers who have been nominated ...

Now, let's see who has been nominated ... Well, Ellisk of course, and Nancy, and Space Weavil, Ghetto, me, Rhapsody, Dragon, jump on in here folks -- tell us if you've been nominated so we know to look for your stories!

Lea

[KhazarKhum]

Major SSP from me:

"Cursed Queen" was nominated.

[picara]

SSP: Two of my drabbles were nominated (Not Wholly Unwilling and Our Greatest King).

[Rhapsody]

More OSA author's are competing:

Ghettoelleth's Circle of Hands is nominated
Spaceweavil is in there with five stories including Alliance and Take the Little Ones;
SilverMoonLady is in there with seven stories: including Diamond in the storm, Moving Mountains,
Nancy Brooke with four... and so on.

There are many beautiful stories competing this year. If you have any doubts, questions or are puzzled how the site works: let us know. Let's give the authors feedback on their stories!

[VanatheEverYoung]

Oh ... all right ... I'll break down for some SSP. My story "The Trees Remember" is also nominated.

[Alassante]

Even though a sentence is nice, the more you write the better!

I have nothing to SSP so I will promote little Miss Bashful who isn't SSPing herself. Ellisk has stories there as well - in fact, her whole Interrupted Journeys series is nominated (except the new one)

Interrupted Journeys: Part One - New Journeys

Interrupted Journeys: Part Two - Journeys Perforce

Interrupted Journeys: Part Three - Journeys Begin

[AngmarofCarnDum]

Rhapsody,

"If you have any doubts, questions or are puzzled how the site works: let us know."

I am totally unfamiliar with these awards or this site. The page itself is a pain for older Macintosh computers. The text extends out about twenty inches on the page and that does not make for so easy viewing.

From reading the site, I understand I need to join the Yahoo group but I was put off by the sheer number of posts for some months. I don't like to get mail with which I really have no involvement.

Please give me some pointers on this. I would be glad to give reviews and votes for OSA story writers but I am lost. Help please.

[SilverMoonLady]

Ah, well, yes, if you experienced the onrush of questions and announcements during the first month or two, I can understand how that would be overwhelming Things are actually much calmer on list than they used to be. An easy solution is to set your notification to Digest, and so just get a single email with all the message in it per day (and you can scan the sum at the top to see if any of the messages apply to your interests or questions).

You do need to pop onto the yahoo group to get an id so you can go review the stories (to vote, in other words), and it is actually quite simple from there. Not sure if there is a fix for the format problem you're encountering though, I'm computer inept! But if and when you can get through that issue, the site is easy to sort through and such; just be sure to mark your reviews as tentative or final before Sept 30 or they won't be counted

By all means, ask further if you need:) We *want* more reader/reviewers!!!

[AngmarofCarnDum]

I just joined the Middle Earth Fanfiction Awards today and finally after about an hour, I think, maybe, I hope, that I have figured how I might be able to vote someday. After sorting through many topics, I found this information under "Guest FAQ." It was obvious: write to the site owner and ask for a password.

The pages are still about 2 feet long in width, though, a fault, I am sure, caused by my obsolete computer and cannot be remedied.

Ladies, bear with me please. I might need more help. I am trying very earnestly to vote for your stories.

[Leaward]

[AngmarofCarnDum]

Leaward,

"Re the mac problem -- would you mind talking with our site manager to see if he can fix that problem? This is the first we've heard of it I believe."

I emailed the group owner and a woman named Becky wrote me back. I told her of the problem but also told her to ignore it if no one else had the same problem. Sometimes my computer has problems that no one else's has. This is because a lot of my software is now obsolete, owing to the age of the computer.

Thank you and everyone else for all the help. At last comprehension has dawned upon me. I have that problem learning my way around new sites.

There is so much out there to read and I have a limited amount of time so primarily I would like to vote for OSA writers.

[Alassante]

[Leaward]

[Leaward]

I just heard back from the man who does the coding for the MEFA site and he said that he had checked it out with a MAC OS X so he got on an older MAC and discovered the problem you described, Angmar. He says: