I’ve made some changes in our site’s registration, because it needed it. While we would like to continue to be a site that didnt need help we really do need you the people. So I am asking if you can contribute please do. Anything you can help with at all will be very appreciative. If you cannot that is completely fine, but it would be good to bring more into it with your help. Scans, graphics, anything written like a story, poetry something to see you more active with our site. We’d like to add more for you and by you contributing it would give the visitors more to view, read or listen to. I aint asking for anything high quality or professional. Edits are welcome from tumblr users, if text is added make sure its nothing offending. Anything submitted will be credited and if you prefer to remain Anon just state so.

A few years back, I was contacted by Thomas to join a group called the DA back when we were a Harry Potter website. It was a very good group and I was proud to be a part of it. Over time Thomas and I lost touch. Now I am proud to announce he’s back with a little something new.

The Austrian writer Thomas Sailer, a longstanding Harry Potter Fan, has published his third book “Chronik eines Harry Potter Fans“ (Chronicles of a Harry Potter Fan) just a few days ago.

For many years, beginning in spring 2005, he was active in the virtual Harry Potter fan community: He started helping out on ‘Emma Watson Empire’ and advanced, from a normal site visitor, to the site’s representative just within a few months.

Two years later he founded the Knight Bus, world’s most likely biggest Harry Potter link archive. And finally, he started an organization called ‘The international network of Harry Potter Websites’: His attempt to get the worldwide fandom to collaborate and to keep it in one piece after the release of the final Harry Potter movie.

In this book he talks about his activities and inducements, as well as the influence which the Harry Potter story had on his life.

You can read more on his personal website here:http://goo.gl/RGOP7 as well as here where you can hear him talk about it: youtube.com

I decided to end the Thanksgiving contest I figured I probably wouldn’t have much time so I will be emailing the winners asap. On another note, SkyArts has posted a clip from A Young Doctor’s Notebook which you can view by click the link.

I decided to do something different I’ve been thinking about about the people I met through SDR and while I cannot remember a whole lot of you I created something so we could hook up somehow. Please note that what I made is not concerning Dan in anyway news, pictures and video are already on the site. So if you join this will not be about him. But to share with what your working on and would like to share or just a few words on how you are. Also to help or give suggestions for our projects with the site. So if you would like to join here’s the link I didn’t know what to call it so I just called it SDR Members.

You might have noticed the facebook page went offline, furthermore you will now see it isn’t coming back. I have decided to delete it because I have something more to do with my life. My closest friends know what is going on in my personal life and I cannot do this anymore. While I would have love too there are just too many factors that brought me to this decision and I am not mentioning why. Today I went to do something. Something that could possibly do a lot of good. But I don’t have time anymore and what more. Some comments on the page were getting aggressive or possessive and its not just one person neither it was several and you probably didn’t read those cause i deleted them before you had a chance to see them. If you guys only knew what i went through every single day you would understand. Most of you calling me Daniel all day did not help either not including telling me what do. I am not a monkey you order around. I don’t appreciate that and I do not like it.

To the innocent, nice and friendly people. I cannot help but say thank you for calling me by my name and asking about me when something was wrong. Though don’t do that everyday, I know you worry. But I am good, seriously. My true friends you know who you are I need not mention names. It’s been a pleasure being your webmistress. But to all the nice, considerate and understanding people. I will remember you and we can still communicate however you see fit. I am not saying goodbye. Just saying there’s a lot more to do than just this.

Since Thanksgiving is coming up, I wanted to do something fun. A contest of some sort. So here’s what we are gonna do. I want you to think about something your thankful for. You can be creative and do what you want but the end result will be a photo you take yourself with whatever you are thankful for. You can be in the photo or not. If it is impossible to get a picture of what you are thankful for you can write it as well or even draw it.

Photos:
Portraits or Landscape size doesn’t matter as long as it is viewable.

Written:
A paragraph- 3-4 lines max. In English if possible. If you don’t speak English you can send it in your language, but it will be translated.

Rules:

Send before November 30. Do not wait till last minute.
Photos must be clear and visible
Paragraphs must make sense as much as possible.
Drawings don’t have to be professional. Any drawing will do must be by you.
Send your photos or drawings in jpg format
Send to: mrs_mlucas@lucashq.com with subject title: SDR Contest
Open to all countries

First Prize Graphics Package:

This package will be customized to what you like. Whatever theme and words you want on it.

Tumblr, Twitter Banner
Facebook Cover Photo
Avatar, matching or not for your Facebook profile
Wallpaper
Forum Signature
Additional prize will be added.

Second Prize and Third Prize

Special Gift