I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

I was listening to my randomplay this morning, and was inspired with an awesome SSHG prompt. A completely new one. So maybe there's hope of participating in the sshg_promptfest after all, if I can come up with four more(*). The really difficult ones are the art ones, since I want to make art prompts that I myself would want to do, which means something more emotional/symbolic than representational. Wish me luck?

In other news, I have a horrible sore throat. (sigh)

(*) Note that it isn't a requirement of the fest to provide prompts, it's just that I find it less fun if I don't, because I want to inspire as well as be inspired.

Though I'm not really sure why I'm posting this, since I'm certain that any of my followers who would be interested in this... already know about it.

The SSHG Prompfest prompt claiming is open: http://sshg-promptfest.livejournal.com/25533.html

I have decided the first four prompts I want, but I'm not sure which one I want as my fifth prompt. They are completely opposite to each other. One is silly art, and the other is serious fic.

And I'll probably end up re-arranging the order of the prompts even when I do decide.

Now that the reveals for the sshg_exchange are up, I can reveal what I made!
This year, I did craft for the first time. And boy was it a challenge. But a satisfying and stretching challenge, once I got over the initial panic.
( Snape Angel )
( Design Notes )
(edited to point to different offsite album)

And I will be playing exchange_bingo again!

Click the banner to be transported to the Exchange Bingo Hall


Sign ups are Nov 26 - Dec 24
Be there and be square - A bingo square, that is!

As I mentioned in my previous post, the sshg_exchange is running again this year, very soon.
This is an unusual exchange, in that it isn't just fiction, but also potentially art or craft.

Now... when I've signed up before, I've only signed up to produce fiction, because while I'm arty and crafty... I don't feel that my... representational drawing skills are up to the level of quality that this Exchange has shown. And for the life of me, I have no clue how my craft skills could be used to fulfill any of the art prompts I've seen in the Exchange, since art prompts tend to be representational, and I can't see how a bead necklace could be made to look like Severus Snape or Hermione Granger. Or crochet at the simple level I'm at. I don't embroider or do cross-stitch.

And yet... I like doing craft.

So, I ask you, friends, Romans, fellow-Exchange-ers, should I cower in fear as I've done before, or should I put down "art/craft/fiction" when I sign up this year?

I have sent my SSHG Exchange story to the mods! Yay!

I'm thinking I might do naarmamo this year after all, since vilakins suggested that I didn't have to stick to really small projects, just so long as I did something every day and posted about it. There's certainly a lot of art-y stuff I am itching to do after buying all those craft books earlier in the year. Like teaching myself crochet. And then bead crochet. And wire work. So I might do that.

Still havent seen HBP2. So I'm avoiding discussion of it at the moment. Planning to see it with my brother on Sunday.

SS/HG Exchange sign-up start soon!
Should I, or shouldn't I?

Another batch of reccing from the sshg_exchange.

Tyranny (of the Majority)
IN A WORLD where the wizarding community is doomed always to exchange one kind of tyranny for another, revolutionary heroes will arise. Starring Hermione Granger as the mysterious Red Shirt and Severus Snape as the shadowy Father of Democracy. Coming soon to screens near you.

Listen to Your Elders
The Golden Trio falls apart at the seams and Hermione feels alone until a Prince makes her feel wanted again.

Drink Me
Hermione has the unenviable task of cleaning out Snape's private laboratory. What could she possibly find amongst a dead man's possessions? More than she ever bargained for.

Out Of Time (Harry Potter/Doctor Who)
Severus Snape and Hermione Granger begin an interesting association. How well can they make it last when neither of them is exactly as they seem?
This one is AWESOME. Just sayin'.

More from the sshg_exchange.
The Bogie-Man Curse Is Hermione doomed to a stalled life fraught with fear, or can Severus find the answer?
An intriguing mystery.