OMG! OMG!!

[panik]

I just got (several!) emails from Caro about my LMFA noms... I'm only allowed ten in total - what am I going to go for? Honestly, I'm genuinely looking for advice - I don't know where to start! Holy shit; this is... thoroughly lovely, but... gosh! ::blush::

Gen:
Chasing Rainbows is up for Angst, AU, Sentinel & Guide, Original Character, Hurt/Comfort and Novel - I have to cut these down to 3 - any advice?

The Sentinel Affair is up for Humour (The Sentinel Affair!!! OMG, it's been up for over 2 years and only ever had one bit of feedback! What is going on?! ::dances happy dance::)

Wind Whispering is nommed for AU, Canon and novel in the Gen
But also for Canon character and pre-slash in the slash categories Urm...? I guess this is what happens when you cheekily post what's basically a gen story to 852 and call it 'pre-slash' heh heh! - Well it always was pre-slash in my head.::whistle::

Slash:
A Child of God (Oh bless its cotton socks! Because I haven't had much fb at all on this and was beginning to think it must suck big hairy ones) is up for Episode Related, Canon, Established Relationship and Novel - so again, I have to pick 3. (help? plz?)

Alpha and Omega gets an embarrassement of noms too, but because it's co-authored I get to keep it in addition to my ten total noms - it's still got to be cut to 3 categories, though.
It's up for Angst, AU, First Time, Novel and Collaboration.

I'm also up for New Gen Author (wasn't I up for that last year? ::Giggle:: Not that I'm complaining or anything!)
Oustanding Gen Author
New Slash Author

And I'm all like - whoa! Man! LOL! ::giggle::
But I have to get all this down to 10 noms in total - any advice from those more experienced than me would be massively appreciated cause I don't even know where to start!

I'm all discombobulated!  I'm... stunned! Utterly, totally and completely! Really! (Goes off to lie down in a dark room with a cool, lavender flannel over my fevered brow).

To everyone who nommed me, thank you, all SO much!

Comments

[fluterbev.livejournal.com]

YAYYYYYYYYYYY! HUGE congratulations! You've done so well, which relly doesn't surprise me at all ::twirls you round and round until you're sick::

I have no advice, but I will get back to you - I need time to think on your thorny issue! LOL

[fluterbev.livejournal.com]

My approach would be as follows:

You're allowed 11, including your collaboration, correct?

Look at where you are if you accept at least one nomination for each story.

That leaves you with the following:

3 author noms
1 collaboration
4 story noms - Rainbows, Sentinel Affair, WW, Child of God

TOTAL: 8

You're allowed three more. So in the case of three out of the five stories you are up for, you can accept two nominations, rather than one.

It's brutal, but it works! Does that help?

[rhianne.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, honey! *big hugs* That's such terrific news, I'm thrilled! Have fun making your choices!

Congrats :-)

[fingers.livejournal.com]

Congrats :)

[laurie-ky.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I loved all those stories. Got no advice for you though. Congratulations on your lovely stories.
Laurie

[marizilda.livejournal.com]

Congratulations: >>
It is deserved, you are a great writer, I hope that this be an incentive for you write more and more.

[suemc.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, I really don't know why this didn't happen last year. Bev's advice lools good, except I have a question. If your story is nominated this year but does not win, can it be put up next year, under the same category or under a different one? What I'm thinking is that if it can't, maybe it would be better to drop a story to put the others in more categories. But if I am confusing things more just ignore me.

As to which one to only have one nomination in, go for the one you were least comfortable with, which I think was 'The Sentinel Affair', but maybe I'm wrong.

Anyway, congratulations again, you deserve it, maybe this will trigger a turning point in your own books as well

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I think we're all wandering around in happy dazes this morning ::g::

Many congratulations on the well-deserved noms!

[t-verano.livejournal.com]

::pours champagne over Gilly delightedly:: I am totally not surprised and totally beaming at your noms and your fics and you. So very very deserved!

::hugs you heartfeltly (but gently, in order to not disturb that lavender flannel on your brow)::

[snycock.livejournal.com]

ooh, cool! That's so great that Child of God got nominated! And how funny that Wind Whispering got nominated in both slash AND gen...::snicker::

Although I apparently got nominated for New Gen Author...which really confuses me because I've written maybe two or three stories that weren't explicitly slash (but they were always going there in my head sooner or later).

Anyway, congratulations, and good luck on paring the list down! *g*

[arnie1967.livejournal.com]

Wheee, congratulations! It's nice to get noms, isn't it? :oD

[luicat.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!
::twirls you madly::

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your noms. Excellent news. :-)

[jessriley.livejournal.com]

Think you maybe feeling a little giddy with all that twirling, so I'll give you a big smooch instead.

Congratulations hon, totally and honestly very well deserved.

((((another smooch))))

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh, heaps and heaps of congrats!

Wonderful!

[roslynsmuse.livejournal.com]

Great news which I am sure will spur on the muse to further heights! Don't ponder too long - my notice said you only get two days to make up your mind so they can compile the final list :-)

I really enjoyed Wind Whispering and love the nom list just to get to more great fics I have either overlooked or not had time to seek out/read in my limited time frames.

Will have to add The Sentinel Affair to the list!

Enjoy
Roslyn

[swalihina.livejournal.com]

*g*... guess yesterday I wasn't really paying attention to the postings of my lf friends - I'm sorry ;) Too many things slipped through...

so a big - even if related, it is meant from the bottom of my heart - Congrats !!!!

So many wonderful talented people around here in this wonderful fandom... Each and every day I discover that there is so much out there I have to get my hands (or my 'puter the files *g*) on. So many things to discover (some discover again) and to read. But hey, that'll mean there is enough stuff to make the joy last for a very loooong time *g*

And I keep my fingers crossed for you :)))

[ponders-life.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

The voting is going to be very difficult this year -- so many deserving stories!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Wheeeee! Congratulations ::is not surprised *g*::

And I'm so happy to see A Child of God in there :~)

[maaaaa.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! *smooch*

[slipperieslope.livejournal.com]

Woot! Yays! Whooeee!

*twirls you*

[still-ra.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congratulations! I'm very glad that you're being recognized for your talents...your stories certainly rank up there in the top echelon of Sentinel fic, in my opinion!
As I'm very partial to Chasing Rainbows, I'm doubly happy to see it in there!
Keep up the great work! ;)

[earth2skye.livejournal.com]

Obviously I can't be of any help any more regarding the advice you asked for. But I wanted to (belatedly) congratulate you to all your nominations. They are well deserved!