My first MEFAs

[lissas_elves]

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

Comments

[inzilbeth_liz]

Many congratulations! I'm sure both are very well deserved. I reached my unofficial target of leaving 30 reviews but it wasn't enough and I missed many good stories.

[lissas_elves]

Thank you. :-)

>>I missed many good stories.<<

Oh, don't I know the feeling! I meet my target, too, but only just, and there were still so many great stories on my wishlist...

[keiliss]

Oh I'm so glad those two did so well. I meant every word of both reviews. Passing was like nothing I've read before, I thought it was stunning and hope there'll be more soon.

Some of my reviews make more sense than others. I was running so late it came down to either edit or read more stories. I stopped editing and it shows *g*.

I need to do a post about my results, but I think I'll wait till I catch Red later and can get a nice banner out of her.

[lissas_elves]

Thank you, Keiliss! And thank you for your lovely reviews. *hugs*

>>Some of my reviews make more sense than others.<<

Oh - you, too? Makes me feel a little better. (Some of mine were frankly embarrassing.)

I'll keep an eye out for your post!

[nierielraina]

Congratulations, Lissa!

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:

If you choose to go with the one I made for you, I'll be more than happy to customize it to a winning banner. I still have the PSD file and it would be easy and quick to do. :)

[lissas_elves]

Thank you, NiRi! You gave me such much encouragement when I wrote this story - thank you for that, too. *hugs*

>>I'll be more than happy to customize it <<
Thanks - that's a great offer! I think I've made up mind already, but will sleep on it, just to be on the safe side. :-)

[alassante]

Congrats Lissa! The masses have spoken and you have to accept the fact that you underestimated how good Passing was.

[lissas_elves]

Thanks, Al! I hope it didn't sound as if I were complaining! I'm incredibly grateful for each and every review (am currently writing thank you's to the reviewers) - it was just... surprising. :-)

(Of course there is the little problem that now I have to finish the d**n story. *g*)

[heartofoshun]

First, congrats on both pieces. Excellent stories. I didn't realize "Passing" did not stand alone. There are people who do not read WIPs. Frankly, I thought it would get a First (that's why I nominated it--I only nominate things I think have earned a First--and then somebody goes and puts all my favorite stories in one category and my votes cancel themselves out! Grrr!).

I missed reviewing stories that I intended to review. I'd have to check, but I think I may have missed "Cultural Differences." I'm sorry if I did. I loved it. I'm not very organizationally inclined. (When I first thought of starting a novel, I wondered how one kept track of where one put the chapters on one's harddrive? I'm pretty lame!)

[lissas_elves]

Thank you, Oshun - and thank you so much for nominating 'Passing'!

Congratulations are in order to you, too, I believe?

>>I didn't realize "Passing" did not stand alone.<<

No way you could know, really - it wasn't mentioned anywhere. I did originally write it as a stand alone, but it asked more questions than it answered, really, so later I began working on a WIP related to it (from way back in time - I refer to this stuff as 'The First Elves' or 'The Singers'). After reading the MEFA-rules, I thought I'd better mention this fact since otherwise the story might be disqualified later or something (not so good with understanding rules, you know) and then it ended up categorized with all these intimidatingly good stories(!) and I was just about ready to withdraw it, because obviously it couldn't compete...

>>I missed reviewing stories that I intended to review.... )