Claire de Lune

Question for the f-list; I have Word at home, but only Word Perfect (12) and Abiword at work, and of course I can use googledocs. My problem is with quotation marks; I usually use Times New Roman and get the lovely curved quotation marks in Word, but if I bring up the document in any of these other applications, it leaves the curvy quotation marks as they are--but all the new ones are straight! I have a loathing of straight quotation marks, but I can't figure out how to change them. :( Abiword and googledocs don't seem to have a formatting option for it.

It's just that I'd really like to work on alisanne's fic some more today (Boss is out!) but replacing all the quotation marks would be such a pain--and ugly. I want my pretty, curvy ones.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Title: Coming Back
Author: Dreaming of a White Christmas...
Giftee: perverse_idyll
Word Count: ~12,200
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: The obvious plus past Harry/Ginny.
Warnings: Epilogue compliance
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry's been looking for Snape for a long time. Snape doesn't believe him.
Author's Notes: This has been scary and exciting and educational and I'm so happy to be done. Love and thanks to my dearest Elizabeth, who spoke of My Fair Lady when I was stressing and gave this fic her much-demanded attention, and to Emily, who was a last-minute angel and is owed a ton of H/D wallsex. I really hope you like it!

Coming Back

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/12/1/jason-isaacs-brendan-gleeson-ralph-fiennes-emma-thompson-julie-walters-nominated-at-satellite-awards

Congratulations are in order today for several actors from the Harry Potter series who received nominations at the Satellite Awards for their work in other films and television series.First, Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) was nominated as Best Actor in a Series, Drama for his work in the Showtime's Brotherhood. The show, now in the third season, was also nominated as Best Series, Drama. David Ten...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/12/1/scans-from-german-hbp-calendar-include-luna-and-harry-in-party-attire

New scans from the German edition of the 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince calendar are now online. HarryPotterXperts let us know about new scans (available here in our galleries) which include a look at Luna (Evanna Lynch) and Harry (Dan Radcliffe) in their festive holiday attire for Slughorn's party. Thanks Christian!

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/12/1/rumor-alert-more-on-possible-lego-harry-potter-videogame

Rumor Alert: ComputerandVideogames.com is reporting today that they believe Lego is developing the Harry Potter novels for a video game. With very little information or sources given, the site is saying that Warner will do the publishing of the Lego game, "even
though EA has the rights to do the PC and console movie tie-ins. Warner
published Lego Batman too, it's worth noting." Additional Quo...

alisanne's holiday fic is practically writing itself! I'm enjoying it a lot, even though it somehow seems very 'old school' Snarry--and somehow kind of cheesy, in a bad-fic plot kind of way. I only worry there's a lot of exposition, but . . . I like it that way. Again, old school. It feels like something that could--and should--have been written several years ago. It's not flawless, it's not elegant, but it's fun.

Title: Frivolous Activity
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Rating: G
Written for snape100's challenge: #258: Truly, Madly, Deeply
Word Count: 100
Warnings: Sheer silliness. I also gacked a bunch of lines from the movie "Truly, Madly, Deeply."
Beta: eeyore9990
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Frivolous Activity

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/11/30/tom-felton-talks-malfoy-manor-draco-and-his-father-lucius-malfoy-and-more-in-new-interview

GoodPrattle.com let us know about a lengthy new interview they did with Tom Felton, where the actor speaks about scenes in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows and the Harry Potter book series. There are several pieces of note in the interview which you can read via this link. Of particular interest is the following on the development of the character of Draco, h...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/11/30/usa-today-previews-tales-of-beedle-the-bard

The USA Today has a short preview article online tonight, previewing the upcoming new book from J.K. Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Arthur Levine, editor of the Scholastic editions of the Harry Potter novels is quoted, remarking on these new tales which were first mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:"They feel like folk tales or fairy tales that have been around
forever," ...

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torino10154: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? - (Charlie/Kingsley, G)
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http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/11/30/bonnie-wright-attends-british-childrens-academy-awards-in-london

Actress Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) attended the British Children's Academy Awards held tonight in London, England. She presented the CBBC Me and my Movie Award, with a new photo of Bonnie at this event available here. You can also see more photos of Bonnie at this event  thanks to our Order partner BonnieWrightOnline.com.

Title: To Perish Twice
Author: Bribery has been known to work.
Giftee: jadzialove
Word Count: 5k or thereabouts
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: forced bonding, epilogue-compliant (more or less), happy endings
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Severus had had five years of very bad sex with Potter, once a year and regular as clockwork – he wasn't about to go on like that for the rest of his life.
Author's Notes: Thanks to S and R for the beta, and apologies to Robert Frost for butchering his poem. :) I hope that I managed to hit at least some of your kinks, jadzialove, and that you enjoy this! A very Snarry Holiday to you!

( To Perish Twice )

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/11/30/david-thewlis-receives

Previously we reported actor David Thewlis (Remus Lupin) would be recognized at the British Independent Film Awards. This event was held tonight in London, England where David was presented with the special Richard Harris Award for his outstanding contributions to British film. Congratulations David! Photos of David at the event can be seen here, also in attendance was Potter co-star Ralph Fien...

Does anyone know where to find or how to make an icon of the Grinch as that evil grin spreads across his face? There's a video with it here (at the very end) and all I can think is how awesome it would be to use that for my holiday chan fics.

Title: Everybody Knows
Author: ...
Giftee: togsos
Word Count: ~28,000
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Erm, Snarry?
Warnings: Harry is 17; bottom!Snape; graphic violence
Disclaimer: This story is all mine, but is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry has grown tired of the wizarding world. He just doesn't have a good enough reason to sacrifice himself.
Author's Notes: This is AU from mid-HBP; beta admirably performed by H; greatest of thanks to the Snarry Holiday mods!

Everybody Knows

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/11/29/jason-isaacs-autographed-photo-at-malfoy-manor-up-for-charity-auction

There is a new charity auction underway tonight, for an autographed photo of actor Jason Isaacs. The auction is for a photo taken of the actor in his role in the Harry Potter films as Lucius Malfoy, showing the actor lounging at Malfoy Manor in high style, sitting by the fire with brandy in hand, the lads at rest nearby. Jason signed the piece in typical humorous fashion, with the sentence "Thr...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/11/29/tales-of-beedle-the-bard-pre-orders-shipping-soon

With just four days left until the release of the new book by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, fans (including this editor) who have pre-ordered their copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard have started seeing their order status set to "shipping soon" or "dispatching soon." Very exciting business indeed!On a related note, the LA Times is one of many papers starting to preview the book which go...

Title: The Rock Collection
Artist: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Giftee: thesewarmstars
Media/Medium: Photoshop
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Warnings: none.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry would have to send Eileen a thank-you gift for her courtship advice; he would never have thought to add this particular rock to Severus's collection on his own.
Artist's Notes: thesewarmstars asked for Snape to have a collecting habit that Harry could find out about. In addition to the actual crystal Harry adds to Snape's collection, he gives a Muggle sweet found in seaside towns, one that usually has the name of the town or resort written in sugar on the inside. This 'rock' has been doctored for Harry's particular purposes. ;) Since I like the idea of Harry and Severus's mum conspiring to make him happy, I'm thinking it's one of Severus's childhood favorites and she clued Harry in.

Happy birthday, Bill Weasley!

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