My first MEFAs
YAY!!! The email from the MEFAs was waiting for me this morning with good news:
Passing received Second Place in Races: Elves: Incomplete
Thank you, Oshun, for nominating this story! *hugs*
A Matter of Cultural Differences received First Place in Genres:
Humor: Elven Legends
Thank you to Viv for nominating Erestor! XD
People really liked the Erestor-story which is great - I'm pretty fond of it myself. :-)
Right now, I'm trying to make up my mind about the banner: NiRi made a lovely 'MEFA nominee' banner with Erestor and Gwirith, but the customized one - and using that one would save the MEFA-manippers some work - actually also suits the story quite well: Elrond is looking baffled and Ereinon in the background is shaking his head. I can just imagine Erestor having made a remark to cause that effect. *g*
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To be completely honest, Passing placed higher than I felt it deserved. Now don't get me wrong, I love my little story, but there were some excellent works in progress in the [Elves: Incomplete] category; it was quite intimidating to read those stories when the MEFAs opened. I would have voted for them over mine any day!
But then it was also a rather 'mixed' category. The stories were really very different, spanning from angsty over hilariously funny to scholarly, and those differences probably explain some of it.
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As you can probably understand, I'm over the moon about the results. It is so much more than I expected for my first participation in the MEFAs. My only regret is that I did not manage to review more than approx. half the stories on my wishlist. *headdesk* Reviewing took so much more of me than I expected and in the end I kept reminding myself 'its the characters that count, not the phrasing of the review!'. Some of you will probably know what I'm referring to - sorry!
But all in all, it's been a very positive experience and I'm really glad to have participated.
Thank you so much to everybody who read and reviewed my stories! I haven't replied to all reviews yet, but will try to hurry up.