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Big News!

I've been sitting on this for a couple of weeks because I wasn't sure if it was going to be official or not, but I've had the word that it is so I can announce it here and in other places.

I've taken over as the Director of The Erotic Authors Association!

From the website: The Erotic Authors Association is an organization for writers of erotic literature and erotica that was founded in 2000. It also includes professionals and organizations that work with erotic writings or erotic authors.

If you aren't a member, please join (see the website for details). If you are a member, bear with me for a while as I get my sea legs as it were, I'm new at this, and will need to ease in gradually. If there's something needs doing, email me and I will get it done.

I'd like to thank Dusk Petersen for the work she's done on the site while she's been Director, particularly its cool new look which I won't be playing around with, as I love the unfussy simple look she's created.

What I'm planning to do, though is to change the name of _literotica_ to something like the EAA or whatever (more on that later) so there's a Livejournal presence for the site. I'm a great fan of LJ - and although there is a Blogspot, and a myspace Blog and a googlegroup, they are ably run by other members of the EAA.

I welcome any suggestions for amendments improvements changes that members would like to see, and over the weekend, I'll post a page on the site with a "Hello from the DIRECTOR" saying hi and doing a David Brent "My Door is always open....

*gigglesnort* Now.. where did I put my bullwhip?

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So. Covers. Hmm. The Random Death Eaters will be commenting on them later, but I'd like to ask something as me.

Isn't Harry supposed to be right handed? Why yes, he is. Gehayi reminded me that Ollivander makes that clear in book one.

*ponders*

And as for the UK "Kid's" cover - it's.... horrible! Do they look 17 to you? Too much to hope that Dobby is about to stab Potter in the back, I guess.

300 - GIP - non rant

Well - WOW.

I have only one thing to say.

"SPARTANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Just brilliant.  Fabulously stylised mayhem. I'm quite in love with Leonidas, plus the beautiful son.  Xerxes was incredible, and the fight scenes just amazing.  I can't wait for the DVD.  And SO MANY LOVELY ABS.

But of course, I only watched it for historical interest. *cough*

But there were funny moments that hit me hard from time to time.  When Leonidas started to climb the mountain to get to the priests I whispered to Kerry "Contender, you will start on my first whistle"

The Oliphaunts were just too LOTR!  I read on a historians site that there were no elephants, but hey, who cares. There were ABS!  It also reminded me of the battle scene on Hoth.  OMG I'm such a bloody geek.

I wasn't sure what the Elephant man was doing there, either.  And when did Faramir get hot?

And GIP. just because.  I'm quite sure I have enough Geeks on my list to get this.  Thank you to Henri who gave me the idea.



Finally - I was going to have a damned good rant about a post on Romancing the Blog about how people can't read Romance books with adultery in them, but gehayi has done it far far better than I could ever do. I'd just end up getting cross.