[angelbear]

I'm not 'really' new; I've been around a few months. Anyway. Hi. I'm Angelbear. I've been having a ball reading your posts and the stories. I haven't read a ton yet, but I do have my favorite authors already. (ZDV - OMG! and Julie - fans self) I've seen Space's stuff recommended and Circle of Hands. Any others?

I'm very much enjoying the penguin rampage and I'm still trying to understand the Moo Moo Sisterhood. Do I get a certicate for any of those?

waves...

[DarkElfChilde]

waves back...


Howdy!


- DEC

[Yavanie]

WooHooo! Can't believe I beat Alassante to the puch!!! (TexasGirl I promise I'll save the next newbie for you!)

Let me be the first to say HOWDY and welcome out of lurkdom and into the forums!!! Great stories here!!!! what/who do you prefer? elves, men, hobbits, romance, adventure???


the rest of the welcoming comitee should be along shorlty!!! Look out for the penguins (tho they are less dangerous than some around here!)

An oh yes, anything by Space, and definitely read Circle of Hands, Thuriniel has a couple of real treats as well, you've discovered Zee, and try out a first time writer: Eruanna and her "Flower of the Horselords" not what you'd expect, and very good.

I'm sure others will be making more recommendations shortly, there are so many good fics here I'll let others jump in!

[SilverMoonLady]

Ale and hobbits that way, and the nekkid elves down the hall and to the right.....

Welcome!!

[DarkElfChilde]

Yav, you're the second one to say howdy...I'm the first one here. HAHAHAHA!

[Yavanie]

DEC,we must've posted at the same time, and welcome to the comittee!

[DarkElfChilde]

thanks Yav.

[Alassante]

I am tired of Howdy. Suilaid Angelbear!

Recommendations really depend on your facination I think - elves, men, horselords, hobbits, etc or do you just like a little of it all? You have named some really good ones - Space, Zee, and Ghetto (Circle of Hands). There are so many other great stories/authors I could recommend but it really depends on what your interests are! Alot of the good ones I haven't even gotten to read yet! I have over 40 stories on my watch list to read!

[Texasgirl]

wow, the whole committee got here before me. damn.

anyway, howdy angel - glad to see you've finally rode in to the town of wackos. but we're okay. mostly!

don't worry about the moo-moo sisterhood and the penguins. all in good time, darling.

TG

[NancyBrooke]

(Now step aside for the old guard, kiddies ... not meaning you, Silver )

Welcome, Angelbear; tell us more about yourself -

Got a favorite character to read about? race? pairing? Dish, Girl, dish!

I'm Nancy, roaming free-lance typo-spotter, grammar facista, and Zee-proclaimed Boromir Slut. I've been around OSA for almost as long as there has been an OSA, I'm old, I was into LOTR long before there was a movie, and have been known both to pull rank and pull out my soapbox. So you'll forgive me while I chant the site mantra -

Read, Rate, Review!!



Again, welcome; we all loves the newbies!

[SilverMoonLady]

[ghettoelleth]

I thought the old guard was myth, like the chupa cabra or crop farmers being rectal probed by aliens. hmm

[ghettoelleth]

I'm so sorry AngelBear, I didn't even realize. We have another newbie coming in to say hello! I'm not used to people being so eager to come in and say hi. The days of "lets see how long it takes to run this one off" are officially over I guess. That's wonderful.

Welcome AngelBear. You need an Avvie honey, you look naked.

Everyone here is pretty friendly for the most part, its just a really scary Monday and it looks like the pharmacy may be closed and Dec's meds are running low. Do not despair if the topic is not to your liking, we are all sufficiently ADD and ergo rarely stay fixed on one subject for any substantial length of times. Allow me to demonstrate.

Hey Ninjas! Is it not cool that we have another newbie to welcome? Even after bloody penguins and Howdy wars? (Now watch carefully Angelbear as my minion come along and drag that question into something laden with sexual innuendo)

[Alassante]

Yes these newbie threads are quite popular now, Ghetto. It must be the warm and welcoming atmosphere around here now. People seem to be *gasp* having fun! Either that or its our naked avies!

Angel, we are a fun bunch and we love to play. The point of OSA is to have fun and read good stories. As for the "clubs" you asked about. They come and go so fast, just stick around and you can jump in on the next one. Heck - start one, I will join in. I am always a joiner. (is that a word???) Althought the best club is the nekkid avie club. Even the non-members love the view!!!

Here are some tips:
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TEN SUCCESSFUL WAYS TO GET ALONG IN OSA

1) Got a copy of LACE? If not get one.

2) If you don't like what it says....burn it.

3) If you burn it....tell everyone you never read it nor did your characters. If you don't tell them that, they get all upset. Trust me. I know. I found out AFTER I published two smutty elf stories. Who knew that people that lived that long do not have sex before marriage??? Not me. And Legolas....never married. What a waste of a perfectly damn good elf. Don't even get me started.

4) If you have your elves speaking elvish, do NOT and I repeat DO NOT go to Gray Company for your elvish. Don't ask me what my elves were saying but it wasn't elvish!!

5) If your hit count is low and you keep checking it, eventually the numbers will go up. Of course, I soon realized that every time I checked it, it went up by one. So I have checked one of my stories over 300 times.

6) If you don't like a review, cuss out the person. To the computer screen only. IM your friend, b*tch about it. DO NOT CUSS OUT OR B*TCH OUT THE REVIEWER IN A PM. They get testy about that. But cussing them out to the computer screen is A-OK. If you want to be mature about the whole thing, ask Vana. She is the mature one. Come to me to complain or Ghetto to slash some tires. DEC can make a Avatar saying how mean the person is but you might get in trouble for that too!

7) If you do not know how to do something, ask. If however, you are told how to do it and still cannot figure it out, just don't do it. I, being the village idiot, will broadcast that I do not know how to do something: just to find out it was user error to start with.

8.) If you need to learn how to remove elven armor with your teeth (with your teeth??) ask Zee

9) If you start an innocent thread, it can turn into either a joke fest (see current thread) or a smut fest (see any I start, for some reason they turn out that way!)

10) Betas - Betas are your friend. They are sensitive people and they need much sucking up to and you should do it. They read the worst crap you can write and make it turn out beautifully. They are smarter than you. They are better than you. And they are always much nicer than you. (see how sucking up is done - if you need any help with the sucking up - PM me, I am a pro and NO GHETTO DO NOT MAKING ANY RUDE COMMENT ABOUT ME AND SUCKING NO MATTER HOW TEMPTING IT IS FOR YOU, that goes for you two as well, Texas and Ya)

11) yes I know I said there were 10 but I added another - get over it already - SLASH may be scary, but SLASH art can be sexy - see Theban Band....... . And if you have read on other sites about SLASH and MPREGs, there really are no such things as MPREGs and as for SLASH, why does Legolas always get it in the end.....no pun intended, of course.
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If you just wanna speak out about no certain topic - go the the Hi-Jacked thread but be wary of over caffeinated writers. They tend to stroll in hourly.
http://www.openscrolls.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1437&start=0

[Texasgirl]