CONGRATULATIONS ... and THANK YOU!
Dec. 27th, 2009 04:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ariannaFirst and foremost, I want to congratulate all the winners of this year's LMFA Awards process ... and all those who were nominated, too. Together, all of you give us an amazingly rich source of stories, art and songvids, as well as wonderful archives and websites to safeguard those riches.
This year, especially after losing so much with the geocities closures, I'm particularly grateful to those who contribute by hosting stories and by linking them so we can readily find them. And the often unsung contributors, our betas, help us to give the best we can to the fandom. I'm sure grateful to mine, StarWatcher. And I'm grateful to all the folks who contribute so much time and real effort to give us the annual LMFA Awards process, which is both an annual source of excellent contributions through the nominations' lists, and also a kind of feedback mechanism to all who are nominated and selected, something I particularly treasure in these days of pretty sparse feedback on individual stories. So, a hearty round of applause to everyone who continues to inject life and energy and fun into this wonderful fandom.
And, finally, last but certainly not least, I want to thank those kind and generous people who nominated and voted for my stories ... I'm thrilled to have won gen awards for gen crossover (SG-22), gen novel (What About Now?), and gen episode related (It's About Friendship), as well as slash awards for slash post TSbyBS (The Silent Key), slash established relationship (Half Heaven, Half Heartbreak), and the one that totally astonished me, Outstanding Slash Author. It's been a rough couple of years, with three major surgeries, one minor operation, two shoulder replacements, a brush with cancer resulting in a total hysterectomy and a subsequent protracted post op infection with attendant complications with which I'm still contending. Consequently, I haven't been writing all that much and when one isn't well it's easy to feel isolated ... well, let's just say these awards are such gifts, gifts which I have always treasured but never so much as this year.
Thank you, all of you, so much.
This year, especially after losing so much with the geocities closures, I'm particularly grateful to those who contribute by hosting stories and by linking them so we can readily find them. And the often unsung contributors, our betas, help us to give the best we can to the fandom. I'm sure grateful to mine, StarWatcher. And I'm grateful to all the folks who contribute so much time and real effort to give us the annual LMFA Awards process, which is both an annual source of excellent contributions through the nominations' lists, and also a kind of feedback mechanism to all who are nominated and selected, something I particularly treasure in these days of pretty sparse feedback on individual stories. So, a hearty round of applause to everyone who continues to inject life and energy and fun into this wonderful fandom.
And, finally, last but certainly not least, I want to thank those kind and generous people who nominated and voted for my stories ... I'm thrilled to have won gen awards for gen crossover (SG-22), gen novel (What About Now?), and gen episode related (It's About Friendship), as well as slash awards for slash post TSbyBS (The Silent Key), slash established relationship (Half Heaven, Half Heartbreak), and the one that totally astonished me, Outstanding Slash Author. It's been a rough couple of years, with three major surgeries, one minor operation, two shoulder replacements, a brush with cancer resulting in a total hysterectomy and a subsequent protracted post op infection with attendant complications with which I'm still contending. Consequently, I haven't been writing all that much and when one isn't well it's easy to feel isolated ... well, let's just say these awards are such gifts, gifts which I have always treasured but never so much as this year.
Thank you, all of you, so much.
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Date: 2009-12-28 10:00 pm (UTC)