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May. 30th, 2008 @ 08:16 pm Communication problems ...
We appear to be having some problems with our PO Box and email addresses. Mail -- both sorts -- appears to be getting returned to sender.

They *are* both current and should be working, but as they clearly are not, I'm investigating (loudly) what is going on.

In the mean time, if you have any queries, please email me at Temaris at gmail dot com or comment here. If you wish to send registration details via mail, email me or comment here and I will send you an alternate address.

If you wish to register using Paypal, the address to send email payments is registration at connotations dot org dot uk, or use the newly revised online registration page with all new interactive Paypal button! at the website.
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May. 14th, 2008 @ 12:35 am Vid Show
My people, let me remind you about the Connotations Vid Show.

We'll take any fandom, but please remember that Connotations is a slash con, and therefore may not be the best place to showcase that Sheppard/Weir masterpiece of yours. (Sheppard/McKay, however, we'll be all over.)

Between us, we have the capability to play pretty much any electronic format you can think of, except for VHS because my machine's knackered.

Any vids that people want to show at Connotations should be with me by August 31st. So, that's a whole three months for anyone who thinks they might want to put something together.

Remember, people, if we don't get any vids, it'll be the Tremors vid on a loop for two hours.
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Apr. 27th, 2008 @ 09:14 pm Registration is open!
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Only a little later than promised ;-)

The convention is running from 2pm Friday 3rd October to whenever they throw us out on Sunday 5th October. We will be running the usual things, and if you want further details check under the cuts :-) The website has been updated, and we have some timelines and news for you.

Registration costs £25, rising to £30 on 1st August 2008.

Updated 31/5/2008: We now have Paypal available from the website, and would recommend that you use that in preference to posting cheques if possible.

You can pay using credit/debit card or Paypal from our website or send a cheque to our postal address. In either case we will require a registration form from all new attendees. ( more on registering )

Hotels
We have been told that The Great North Run is taking place on Sunday 5th October, and hotels and such are filling up very, very fast. The Park Hotel has plenty of space --remember to quote Connotations when booking -- but this may not last. Book your hotel room *soon*. ( Hotel Rates@ the Park )

Vidshow
The vidshow has been really good the last couple of years, and we're hoping to see even more entries this time :-) ( More on the Vidshow )

The Zine
We welcome slash stories (and mixed threesomes and moresomes ;-) in the zine. The deadline is July 31st. ( more on the Zine )

Panels
Please feel free to suggest potential panels from now or at any time up to when we start voting in early September.

As always, absolutely any topic is fair game for the convention, from fandom specific to the most metatastic. Technical to absurd. The things that bug you, the things you don't get, the things you wish we'd talk about. It's all good :-)

The Pimp Session
This will run as usual, with the sign up sheet near Reg Desk at the convention. AV, powerpoint, mime, puppet theatre and stick figures with explanatory notes have all been utilised, although some of the most successful have merely involved reading aloud from the source material... Plan for no more than five minutes to convince us all why your fandom is the best thing since Jack kissed Ianto :-)

Thanks to interest shown last year there may be an Artshow this year! We are still discussing the details, but hope to tell you more very soon :-)
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Feb. 26th, 2008 @ 04:13 pm Sequals to Zine Story
In case anyone is interested, I have posted some sequals to my Torchwood/X-Files story which was included in last years zine.

The series now runs as follows:

1. Plus Ça Change (In zine)
2. Hobson's Choice
3. Interlunation
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Feb. 6th, 2008 @ 03:22 pm Fic: Twue Wuv - The Anniversary
( You are about to view content that may only be appropriate for adults. )
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Feb. 6th, 2008 @ 12:10 am Zine fic
I'm probably going to regret asking this but... as most of you know there was a zine done for our illustrious con organisers to celebrate the fifth year of the convention. The consensus seems to be that the stories in last years zines have now timed out. This means, in theory, there are two Tremors fics waiting to be inflicted on the unsuspecting masses, one of which was written by me (although it was all [info]seiyaharris's fault and I deny everything).

Would there be any interest in my making public the NC-17 Tylor/El Blanco fic that somehow ended up with my name attached or should I do the sane thing and let it return quietly to the depths from wence it came?
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Jan. 30th, 2008 @ 09:05 am Hotel
Just a quick question:

Is there a special rate for the hotel again this year? I ask because I want to book (yes, already!) and I like telling them what I'm going to pay!
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Jan. 29th, 2008 @ 12:06 pm Date for zine time out?
Last year the zine stories timed out on 1st of February. I'm just curious if that's the date for the 2007 stories as well? So it would be okay for me to post one of my zine stories on my webpage on the 1st?
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Jan. 3rd, 2008 @ 03:27 pm Crossovers...
I thought this might be of interest to those who remember the crossover panel. I haven't read it because it isn't my fandoms but there is now a Chalet School/Battlestar Galactica story being posted. To the best of my knowledge Bod is not involved. *eg*
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Dec. 18th, 2007 @ 12:55 pm Notes for Strikethrough/Boldthrough, Fanlib, & OTW panel
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The recent kerfuffles around the Organisation for Transformative Works reminded me of these notes; I thought I'd posted them, and only realised I hadn't when I went off to look for the link to show to someone else - and couldn't find it. *sigh* So, sorry these are so late. *headdesk* I've updated the notes I had to include more links.

( Strikethrough )

( Fanlib )

( Boldthrough )

( Fanarchive/An Archive of Our Own/The Organisation for Transformative Works )

( The notes I made after the panel )

This panel became an interesting discussion with comments about the legality of fanworks (fanworks = legal, dammit! (or they should be)), the 'open' vs. 'closeted' approach to being a fan (a draw), the relationship between fans and media creators (love-hate), and several other comments that I can't actually make sense of from my notes. *facepalm*

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Dec. 16th, 2007 @ 10:36 am Highlander holiday story exchange
In case you haven't heard yet --

They're here! Highlander Holiday ShortCuts stories are plopping under the tree, before our eyes -- more than 30 new stories will be posted in the holiday exchange. Authors are anonymous, for now. Go, read, indulge --and thank [info]amand_r for tying it all together. Good job!
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Nov. 13th, 2007 @ 08:51 am Con report
I've put up  my con-report on my LJ. Warnings: it was originally written for a friend of mine and I haven't edited it much. I took notes at the panels, so it ended up kind of long. Hopefully someone might find it interesting. 
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Oct. 25th, 2007 @ 04:51 pm Connotations 2007
Current Location: Manchester UK
Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Grace Kelly: Mika
(cross posted to my LJ)



So I had a lovely time at Connotations, as usual! :)

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Oct. 24th, 2007 @ 04:26 pm (no subject)
Current Location: work
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: none
 I promised the Writers Workshop to post the link to Master of What?.

This was set up for </a></b></a>[info]ravurian as the writing community for fic explaining what all the other fighters against evil and those who wish to take over the world for themselves were doing while the Master turned the Doctor into Dobby in the "Last of the Time Lords" ending to Dr Who. It is open to all fandoms which are, or could be, contemporaneous with the "Last of the Time Lords". The discussion setting out the context and the basic premise can be found here in the Ravurian Cantos . 

If you want to pimp this elsewhere please do. There's only one story there at the moment. Mine set in the Boston Legal fandom. Probably doesn't have enough warnings - though with the context from Dr Who I think character death should be expected.

I have also been friending people, completely at random based on whose lj name I could remember at the time, so please don't feel left out if I haven't added you; friend me and I'll friend back.
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Oct. 23rd, 2007 @ 11:00 pm It's not me, it's the SUGAR!
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It's all [info]seiyaharris's fault!!!

Sugar rush induced panels proposal for Connotations 2008:


-"How to Feed and Nurture your Very Own Gruboid"

-"The Dynamics of Foursomes' ButtSex as demonstrated in Interpretative Dance"

-"Gruboidhood meets Hobbithood: a Tale of Wonders and Mysteries revealed"

-"How to Count your Tentacles: Orefices and Appendages in 5 easy steps..or 6. Or 7. Erm."

-"Easing your Way into RPS: the properties of Lube, Butter and Gun-Oil, plus Steve Carlson's phone number"

-"Mysticism and Fandom: Jensen Ackles as the Definitive Proof of the Existence of God. Any God. As long as Jensen gets shirtless."

-"Twu Wuv or ButtSex: the Metaphysical Implications of the Divide between the Mind and the Body and Ergonomics of Penetration, with Demonstrations offered by The Organic Scheme for the Conservation, Reproduction and Protection of Three-Legged Llamas, Giant Mexican Bananas and Beagles"

-"The Rent-Boy: myth and mythology from Young!Kirk to Baby!Dean via Alex Krycek's redefinition of the role (aka, The Two Knees/One Armed Pose)"

-"Cauliflower, Cabbage or Spinach: Ass Babies and where exactly they come from."

-"Your Wingfic, let me show you it: 17 techniques of feathers combing/pruning/petting proven to result in enhanced feedback"

-"Yoda, El Blanco, Dobbie: Ethics and Rituals of Responsible Mating and Foreplay when The Force, Magic and Gruboid Spit are the only lube available"



A Krycek-dedicated round-table:

-"Krycek: the Man, The Gun, the Microbs (who knows where he's been, really!)"

-"Krycek: konsonants of Love, bringer of Kaos, sucker of Kocks"

-"Krycek: why Mulder? Why NOT Mulder? But most importantly...WHY SKINNER OMGWTFBBQALIENS!?!"

-"How to Build Your Own Krycek, and what the Detachable Arm is For"

-"Russian Whoring 101: Alex Krycek's Memoirs"

-"Krycek: Friend, Foe or just a Fucker?"


*hides*
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Oct. 20th, 2007 @ 11:15 pm Warnings: You're Doing It Wrong!
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Since I also have the Warnings panel notes, I figured I'd type those up, as well. The panel divided warnings up into three categories: those we need, those we'd like, and those we want but will never get.

( Warnings )
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Oct. 20th, 2007 @ 10:54 pm Subcultures of Fandom panel
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So, the panel on Subcultures of Fandom could have gone two ways. One was to look at how different areas of fandom have different cultures, and the interactions between them. Or there's the one we actually did. If it's any comfort, I'm pretty sure that a/ it was mostly people *in* the fandoms arguing about these things, and b/ there were people taking notes to go look up the fandoms after the con. Ahem.

We ended up with seven pages of annotated fandoms.

So. Rather than the agony of watching the rugby, I am typing this up.

And occasionally visiting the live update page.

*bites nails*

( Subcultures of Fandom )
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Oct. 20th, 2007 @ 09:37 pm Things That Annoy Us
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So, the final panel at [info]connotations was the wonderfully titled 'Things That Annoy Us'. And we made a list. A list of things that bug us. Some of these things annoy one person, some of them annoy several. I think at least one of them got a resounding 'Hell, yes!' from most of the room.

At the end of the panel, I promised to write it up and post the list, and here is it.

( Things That Annoy Us )

In the end, we kinda decided that, even if we are annoyed by all of this, the good parts more than make up for it :-)
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Oct. 19th, 2007 @ 10:39 pm Con Report
( Click here for all the thrilling details )

It was said at the moderately tidy dinner and better than I could do, but thanks again to [info]temaris and [info]moonlettuce, Suzie (who I believe has recently suffered a promotion) and all their loving and giving minions for working so hard to show us a good time – I can't wait 'til next year.
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Oct. 19th, 2007 @ 10:08 am Expo : if you didn't have enough of us last week!
Hi All,

some people at Connotations mentioned they might be going to Expo this weekend. If you do turn up, come find Tash and me and say 'Hi!' - we'll be pretty near to the banner saying 'Photos with the Stars', since Rob is the photographer.
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