Post by wordy on Sept 1, 2010 0:17:09 GMT 10
Board Update
by ubiquitous
It's been another eventful three months here on Goldenlake. We're in the middle of One Sentence Week, which is about to hit 200 entries by the time this gets published. And while we're talking numbers, we now have over 68,000 posts in over 7300 threads, which is just amazing.
The Tortall Forum has been a hive of activity, with serious discussion in threads such as Nationalities and fun threads such as Character Theme Songs. There was also plenty of what-ifs and speculation with threads such as Dynasties, Kel's Knighthood and Husbands of Tortallan Queens. Minor Characters week saw us discussing Evin, Merric and Lindhall, with some crazy shipping and slashing in the thread Minor Character Shipping.
In Emelan, there was a real focus on relationships with threads such as Student/Teacher Relationships, Minor Character Shipping, and Sandry/Crane, as well as discussion of the future Duke of Emelan in Vedris' Sons. There were also interesting discussions on magic and military in the threads Unmagic and Military Forces in Emelan.
In the Provost's Dog forum, there was plenty of speculation in Unknown Pasts and discussion of the categorisation of the trilogy in PD as Crime Fiction.
Up and Coming was a hub of fangirlish squeeing at the news of the upcoming release of Tamora Pierce's anthology Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales as well as the Tortall Companion Book. There was also more talk of what we would like to see in threads such as Minor Characters - More?.
Writer's Corner was all about style the last few months, with threads such as Trademark Words or Phrases and Writing Style. We also discussed creativity outside of fandom with threads such as Original Characters in Fanfic and Original Works.
Artists corner discussed personal style as well, in the thread Developing Individual Style. There was also talk of those little tricky bits in the Difficult Spots thread.
The last few months have also seen focus threads replacing bookclub. These focus threads concentrated on discussing specific areas of each world. However from today, bookclub will be returning for Tortall, Emelan and Provost's Dog, with each new bookclub starting on the first of the month.