[Viv]

[NancyBrooke]

True dat!

[NancyBrooke]

Announcing OSA Drabble Challenge #115 now open for all archives:

"What's That Smell?"

Whether it’s Athelas, Madeleines or ‘Sea & Ski’ Suntan Lotion we all know smells can bring back powerful memories, so for the next two weeks let your nose be your guide down memory lane and drabble about:

Smells that inspire memories.

Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, 23 February 2009.

A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, but you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.

If you need more time or run into trouble posting any challenge response, please do not hesitate to contact the challenge admins by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.

[NancyBrooke]

Oops - deadline will be two weeks March 8.

[NancyBrooke]

Hey, participation in the challenges lately has been anemic, to put it kindly, although those few fics that have come in have been terrific and worth the wait.

If the themes we're putting up aren't inspiring you, please feel free to suggest something that will. You can pm me, or send a pm to the Challenge Mod box. Any and all suggestions welcome.

I hope to open a new challenge today, although it's snowing here in the Mid-Atlantic US and I have a seven-year-old to entertain.

So get those cards and letters coming.

Cheers,

NB

[NancyBrooke]

“Politics is the art of the possible.” Otto Von Bismarck, 1924
“Politics is just like show business,” Ronald Reagan, 1983
“Politics is a choice of enemas,” George V. Higgins, 1991
“My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy,” J. R. R. Tolkien, 1943

Whether it's the Tooks taking over the Thainship, Eorl taking the Oath of Loyalty from Cirion, Imrahil giving over power to Aragorn, the Alliance developing Pax, Lee Adama becoming acting President, Delores Umbridge supplanting Dumbledore, or whether you follow Jack to the caves or stay on the beach with Locke,

It’s all Politics.

Join me in writing for our next Drabble Challenge, available for all archives. Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, March 30, 2009.

A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum. Any problems or questions? Contact the challenge admins.

[dolarabee]

I do like Higgins' take on it.

do.

[Sulriel]

I have fallen off of doing the challenges. I enjoy them, I'll try to get back on the wagon. .. politics though ... .... ....I will try.

[Viv]

A humour piece about Lee Adama's dorky pinstripe suite (as opposed to, say, hot!pilot!uni) would be in order here.

[NancyBrooke]

[Viv]

It would have to, of course, include the misspelling.

[NancyBrooke]

[NancyBrooke]

Apologies, again, for slacking off on the challenges. RL has been slapping me around a bit, but things are looking up, so here's a preview of the next Weekly Drabble challenge which will begin next Monday, April 6:

Whether it’s “Let’s Make A Deal” or “Let’s Forget This Ever Happened” this week you are challenged to drabble about:

Strange Bedfellows …

We’ve all seen them (or been in one), and probably wanted to look away but couldn't! Whether it’s the spontaneous hookup, an arranged marriage, or an expedient business partership arranged between enemies. So get your twist on (but remember the guidelines!), and write on!


Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, March 30, 2009.

A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum. Any problems or questions? Contact the challenge admins.

[NancyBrooke]

New Two-week Drabble Challenge starting today for all archives:

“Happy loving couples make it look so easy, Happy Loving Couples always talk so kind …”

Or do they? Every fandom has them: the lovers who, though they might squabble and squirm, know deep in their souls they are meant to be together for eternity and beyond. Yeah, you know who they are: Aragorn and Arwen, Buffy and Angel, Scully and Mulder, Mal and Inara. They’re the couples who make us love to watch and keep us turning that next page – will they? Won’t they? Will they? Won’t they? They’re:

OTP: One True Pair

Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, April 27, 2009.

A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum. Any problems or questions? Contact the challenge admins.


Thanks, Viv, for the idea!

[Viv]