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Sugar Quill are having a submissions day!!

Kind of.

Details are here

Basically they're looking for links to completed stories either on LJ or archived at another site that might be suitable for the Quill.  Read anything great lately?  Check with the author then recommend away.  Think you're up to it?  Link to your own work if you like (I'm sure that's what I'll be doing!)

Accepted authors will become proper SQ authors with an SQ beta and can begin submitting all their stories in the normal way. 

This may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - don't miss it!

In celebration of Charlie

Some time ago, tdu000 asked me for some quotes about Charlie to go in her Project Crumpet essay.  I just came across the message I sent her and felt it deserved a wider audience.

An essay on the crumpetness of Charlie! That's hilarious. Okay, *tries to put on sensible academic hat*

'To elaborate all the manifold qualities which comprise the hawtness of Charlie would require the precise skill of a scientist, the deep sensitivity of an artist and the eloquence of a Shakespeare. Fortunately, the English language provides us with a simple way of encapsulating these ideas in one expressive term: Phwoar.'

Or would you prefer something more personal?

'The first time I caught sight of him, leaning against the wall in Moonette's back garden, casually downing a pint, then turning to smile at me, I knew I'd found the man I'd been dreaming of. Strong, sexy, straightforward, with more fun in one twinkle of his eye than Walt Disney could shake a stick at. When he took me up on his broomstick [ignores the cheers at laughs at the entirely intentional innuendo] for the first time, it was like I was seeing the world through new eyes. Leaning back in his strong embrace, it's like you're shielded from everything bad.'

Or something focussing on his more canon attributes?

'Strong and brave - obviously. The dragons tell us that. Plus he has a tattoo, which means he's not only brave enough to face a Hungarian Horntail, but Molly Weasley on the warpath. Stocky and muscular. Freckled. Red hair. What's not to like about that? Plus he likes animals. And he gave up on the chance of a Quidditch career, which shows more sense than 999 men out of 1000.'

Or something about him from the writer's perspective?

'The fact that we know so little about the second of the Weasley brothers provides fertile ground for the writerly imagination. The details we have are tantalising: He played Seeker, he lives in Romania and works with dragons. Dragons! Who wouldn't want to write a story about a man who deals with ten-ton, firebreathing, flying mammals on a daily basis? He has no canon pairing, so the author is entirely free to create a Mary-Sue original character for his love-interest. And, let's face it, what woman wouldn't want to be the love interest of so intriguing and appealing a character as Charlie Weasley? And let's not forget those biceps. Phwoar!'