Welcome to the first ever edition of The Observatory!
Born on the forums of The Orion Awards, the idea has developed tremendously
over the last month or so...
The Orion Awards has finally found a host which promises to be stable. Many thanks to Brightness for allowing us to use her web space...
Ten thousand years ago, the humans and the fairies battled for the supremacy. When they were defeated, the fairies all agreed to hide themselves underground. All except the demons...
AUTHOR OF THE MONTH
A Fandom Star
There are advantages to interviewing famous fandom goers over the internet. For one thing you have an opportunity to meet someone who is inaccessible, and for a second you don't have to get out of your pyjamas before you start. The disadvantage is ten intervening timezones and bleary eyes, leaving me clutching at instant coffee as a lifeline against 5am.
But it was worth it.
AgiVega, for those who have been living under a fandom rock for the last two years, is the author of the phenomenally successful duology Artemis Fowl: The Aztec Incident, and its sequel, Artemis Fowl: The Sword of God. An author, a fanartist, Hungarian, and the oldest member of fandom at twenty-five, Agi is not your average Arty Fowl fan...
Orion's Toolbelt
Writing an enticing summary
I must admit I don't have a lot of time to read lately. Heck, I don't even have a lot of time to write lately, let alone seek out things to read. So when I do occasionally make it to the front page of Fanfiction.net, I only have time to read one maybe two fics. Do I read yours? Maybe. Maybe not. But I do read something you've written. The question is: does your summary reel me in?
