Title: Tour Guide
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Bill Weasley/Harry Potter
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
Beta: sevfan
Summary: Bill is a good boy.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
A/N: Written for leela_cat. She requested this on Saturday when I was visiting celandineb, and even though we didn't manage it that night, I managed it today. She requested Bill/Harry, prompt: Pharaoh.

( Tour Guide )

Warmest of birthday wishes to the most wonderful beta a girl could ever have! *smooches*

One Shots:
Anon in snarry_holidays: Remedial Potions - Snape/Harry, NC17
alisanne: Reindeer Post - Harry/Draco,G
Anon in snapelyholidays: The Lost One, Returned - Severus/Regulus, PG
Anon in snarry_holidays: The Beauty Within - Snape/Harry, NC17
Anon in lupin_snape: The Cat's Paw - Snape/Lupin, R
Anon in daily_deviant: Potter Shots - Draco/Albus Severus, mention of Rose/Scorpius, NC17
Anon in daily_deviant: The Pleasure to be Found in Soul-Sucking, Joy-Destroying Bastards - Severus/Sirius,NC17

Drabbles:
enchanted_jae: Incestletoe - Harry/Draco, R
alisanne: Well Fortified - Bill/Neville, PG, 100x4
lilyseyes: : Light in the Darkness - Harry, R
ellid: Baby's First Non Religious Multiethnic All-Inclusive Winter Holiday Festival, II - Snape, Lupin
alisanne: Daily Celebration - Snape/Harry,PG

Community News:
harrylovesdraco: Challenge 12 Results
harry100: New Prompt - prompt 63
draco100: New Prompt & Round-ups - prompt 72

Newsletters:
dailysnitch: New Issue - Monday, 21st December
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Your character of choice is having dreams of an unusually vivid detail. While this makes your character feel a little weird, that is nothing to how they feel when things in the dreams make their way to the waking world. Is it prophetic dreaming? Does your character need meds to combat their psychosis? Is there a new ability manifesting itself? Or, is there something else much stranger at work?

Give us at least 500 words. Descriptive details are encouraged.

There is no time limit on this challenge, but it is hopeful of something before January 4th.

Drop a comment (they're screened) with something you'd like seen drawn for someone else.

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Recipient username/email:
Description/Prompt/Scene from a fic:
I want to be an anonymous benefactor: Y/N

Any fandom/character/ship eligible other than Roy/Ed from FMA. No guarantees I'll stick to the initial idea, but I'll pick randomly and doodle as many as I can before Christmas!

Time again for a new prompt (a few hours late actually :P ).

Prompt 72: Pudding

Feel free to make that Christmas pudding or any other sort you think Draco might like. ;)

Here are the drabbles from last week's prompt, First Snow:

Keeping Warm by newcomer hpfangirl71! Welcome!
Snow & Babies by fancypantsdylan
First Snow by alisanne

Time for a new prompt. This is the fourth and final in a little series of challenges to take us through December. If you'd prefer to use Yule or the Solstice or any other winter holiday feel free.

Challenge Prompt #63: Potter Family Christmas

Thanks to everyone that wrote for last week's challenge, Lily Luna. You can read those entries here.

Title: Daily Celebration
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Challenge: Written for snape100's prompt #313: Snape’s Holiday Season
Word Count: 100
Warnings: kinkiness implied. ;)
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Daily Celebration )

Kristmas Wish Fulfilled for: r_grayjoy
From: A Magical Member!

Title: The Pleasure to be Found in Soul-Sucking, Joy-Destroying Bastards
Characters/Pairings: Severus/Sirius
Rating: NC-17
Kinks/Themes Included: Dirty Talk, Blindfolding
Other Warnings: None
Word Count: ~3,100
Summary/Description: Sirius was going to have fun. This was not going to be another in the long, boring chain of nights.
Author's Notes: Much Kinky happiness over the holidays, mystery recipient. I hope this helps fulfil your kinky dreams.

( The Pleasure to be Found in Soul-Sucking, Joy-Destroying Bastards )

Kristmas Wish Fulfilled for: florahart
From: A Magnificent Member!

Title: Potter Shots
Characters/Pairings: Draco/Albus Severus, mention of Rose/Scorpius
Rating: NC-17
Kinks/Themes Included: Orgasm denial, oral sex, anal sex, cockrings
Other Warnings: rimming, begging, a little dirty talk
Word Count: 7,000
Summary/Description: "I like them, the spectacles." Draco's voice was smooth and soft, and Albus' body reacted to that tone, pitched just right, every single time.
Author's Notes: Happy Kinky Kristmas! I so hope you enjoy this—I think I squeezed in most of your kinks, and added couple. Thanks so much to E for the beta and help with Albus' job, and to L for her suggestion that made this Kristmas gift just that little bit kinkier.

( Albus kneeled in the snow in front of Draco Malfoy. )

I meant to post these weekly, but then Yuletide ate my brain, and ... what do you mean, it isn't the second week of December still?

Usual disclaimer applies - I am still majorly behind in reading for many of these fests, but here's what I especially liked out of what I've read so far!

( Best Mates XMas )

( Happy Trekmas )

( HD Holidays )

( HP Holidaygen )

( Kinky Kristmas )

( K/S Advent Calendar )

( RS Small Gifts )

( Smutty Claus )

( Snapelyholidays )

( Snupin Santa )

( Yule Balls )

As always, do please let the creators of these works know if you've enjoyed them ... and if there's anything fabulous that I've missed, do please let me know about that! :)

Things that are making me happy this week:

1. As much as I enjoy giving and receiving at fests, you know what I also love? Seeing a gift go up that is all, "A gift for ____!" wherein "____" is the name of someone you totally fangirl but haven't seen around for awhile and had no idea was in the fest, and then you squeal like a little girl and frantically go through every entry at the fest trying to find their contribution in order to flap your hands over it. AND THEN FIND IT! I love that.

2. Beta'ing a Yuletide story that made me go all *happy sigh* over super minor fandom that possibly only the author, recipient, and me are interested in. :)

3. Making huge progress and being excited about Writing Project that has been stalled and guilt-making for a loooong time. Woo!

4. marguerite_26. But that's every week, really.

5. Advent drabbles/ficlets many of you are doing. Short bursts of multi-pairing fic! I love opening my flist in the morning in December and inhaling little!fic. I'm trying my hardest to always comment, but even if you don't see me, I am probably totally reading and flailing over your advent drabbles.

6. Recc'ers (and I don't mean, like, me, but rather, YOU). Authors and artists and readers/viewers/commenters are AWESOME, and so are this fest season's recc'ers. I appreciate it so much when someone takes the time to point at stuff I might like. *flappy hands*

Things that are making me sad this week:

1. My f***ing website. Can anyone with any expertise on these matters tell me what the hell is wrong with it? I don't think it's been working for months. Some good folks have pointed this out to me recently, but I figured it was just down for a few hours and thus didn't really try to do anything about it. But no, it seems to be down forever. For no reason. And slashcity just sent me the bill for 2010. Is this worth paying for? I notice from poking around at other people's sites who use slashcity that this is maybe just me. I cannot possibly be over bandwidth, I don't think, but then, I don't really know what bandwidth is or how it works. :/ And I can't even get into my admin console thing to check stats and maybe see what's wrong. Fail. I mean, all my fic is on LJ/IJ anyway, so maybe I can let the site lapse? I kind of liked having it all off LJ/IJ, too, though. Wah. HALP.

All right, off to do some more shopping. :D

I've had a lot of things that I've been blogging about in my head but now I'm actually here posting and I've got none of those things in my head right now.

To any fest fic people who are pissed off at me for not finishing, I'm sorry. I had a panic attack a few days before the fest fics were due and fandom is supposed to be fun. The fics are ironically finished. Have been finished for a few months but I panicked and I'm sorry. My email has been deluged by face book and I've been ignoring email. I have avoidance issues and family drama is driving me crazy

November and December are bad months for me. All the media and everybody dangles family in my face and I'm forced to realize again that my family isn't what it should be. My depression gets bad and I'm just going to accept that I can't get things done properly in November and December. Things start over again in January and I'll probably be back to my cheerful self.

I made it to 25,000 words on my Nano Novel which is pretty good for me considering the computer problems and wrist problems that plagued me. I'm also still working on it.

I thought today was the 21st so sadly I can't turn in my finished yuletide fic.... Oh well it's not my best work anyway.

I'd write more but the kettle is whistling and it's 59 degrees inside this house. I'm going to Books a Million to buy stocking-stuffers for my husband and then to Publix to buy some split peas for some soup!

I'll try to log on later tonight though and read friends pages.

I do love all of my (imaginary) friends and I've missed you!

Ps: Mum if you read this and still have a pulse it'd be nice if you'd call back so that I can be neurotic about things other than wondering if you've died.

Title: Well Fortified
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Neville Longbottom/Bill Weasley
Word Count: 100 x 4
Rating: PG overall
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
Beta: sevfan
Challenge: Written for neville100's prompt #100: Century
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
A/N: Happy 100th prompt, neville100!

Well Fortified

Title: Well Fortified
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Neville Longbottom/Bill Weasley
Word Count: 100 x 4
Rating: PG overall
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
Beta: sevfan
Challenge: Written for neville100's prompt #100: Century
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
A/N: Happy 100th prompt, neville100!

( Well Fortified )

It's midnight and I am finally checking my mail. *rolls eyes at self*
Thanks to everyone whose Holiday cards and gifts I received today:

♥ swtalmnd, I love the Snarry card, thank you!

♥ mahaliem, the carousel card is gorgeous, I can't stop playing with it. *g*

♥ minuial_nuwing send me a lovely card with a winter scene, thank you, sweetie!

♥ My darling sevfan sent me a sparkly snowman card, thank you, luv!

♥ softly_sweetly sent me an adorable card with deer and tree confetti *plays with confetti*

♥ knic26! OMG, I'm amazed at how grown up he is! *boggles*

♥ dementordelta! I got it today and iI cracked up. Dude, we are SO playing with this at the next con. ;)

♥ fancypantsdylan gifted me with a snowglobe on my user page, thank you, sweetie!

You all made my day! *glomps tight*

Hello and welcome to today's issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!

COMMUNITIES
• quiz_sshg has answers to the latest quiz: Magical Bets

NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES
• hgss_digest Monday update
• The Petulant Poetess Snape/Hermione section, Potions Under Duress, has been updated with these G - PG-13 rated works

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We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via e-mail to snapenews@gmail.com). There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.

Title: Reindeer Post
Author: alisanne
Rating: G
Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Summary: Harry knows not to get in Draco's way.
Word Count: 300
Genre: Humor
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
A/N: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas prompt: Reindeer, and for slythindor100's Advent prompt: Lit outdoor tree
Beta: leela_cat
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Reindeer Post )