Hello, and welcome to the November issue of "The Anvil"!

With the holiday season just around the corner, be sure to enjoy the "calm before the storm" with this month's issue of The Anvil: We have a bounty of fanfic, fanart, and essays to recommend, along with some fanvids and icons for your viewing pleasure. There's also the delectable results of our Pumpkineer Recipe Contest to sample, along with some equally delicious news. Speaking of which, be sure to read The State of the Project Address, for the latest info on the Book 6 Project and Witherwings.net.

If you hate us, love us, or just want to bug us, be sure to owl us at theanvil@theanvilezine.com.

- The Anvil Staff

- News

- The Anvil's first Pumpkineer Recipe Contest has three winners! To read the results, and to get yummy recipes, go here. Congratulations to all of our winners; who recieved a $10 online gift certificate of their choice.

- Jordan has put out a call for authors and editors for the Book 6 Project. Authors can apply here, and editors/betas can apply here.

- The Harmony Podcast was updated once this month, on October 14th. You can download podcast #15 in two installments, here; and the transcript is available to read, here. HTV was not updated this month, but you can download previous episodes, here.

- HarmonyForever is hosting a Halloween contest. Categories include "Best Pumpkin Pie Recipe", "Best Carved Pumpkin", "Best Fanfic", and "Best FanArt". The deadline is November 24th. To send in a submission, post here.

- HHr_News is looking for a new co-mod. Please comment in this thread here if you would like to help out.

- A rumor has appeared online that David Yates has been offered to direct the HBP movie. Reported by HPANA on October 4th, 2006

- JK Rowling is on Child Magazine's list of '20 People Who Changed Childhood'. Reported by HPANA on October 7th, 2006

- Preview trailer of OotP will be released November 17th. It'll be attached to another Warner Bro.s movie called "Happy Feet". Reported by HPANA on October 10th, 2006

- Rumored opening dates for 'Equus', which stars Daniel Radcliffe on London's West End, are February 16th as a preview night, and then February 27th as opening night. To read more of the article, along with comments from the director of 'Equus', go here. Also, DanRadcliffe.com is offering presale tickets. Details are available here. Reported by HPANA on October 13th and October 31st, 2006.

- Terry Gilliam comments on the Harry Potter movies, in a latest press junket for his movie Tideland. He also responds to rumors about him directing the last HP installment. To read his comments, go here. Reported by HPANA on October 16th, 2006

- Daniel Radcliffe talks about the OotP movie in his new interview with Newsweek, here. Reported by Diagonally October 24th, 2006.

- The cable station HBO is hosting a contest for US fans who want tickets to the OotP Premiere. For rules and contest forms, go here. Reported by HPANA on October 24th, 2006

- OotP Directer David Yates states that he filmed the movie "over three hours" long; and that he'll probably cut about 45 minutes of it. Reported by HPANA on October 28th, 2006

- Community

- For Project Harmony and Witherwings.net news, read the latest State of the Project Address; written this month by our own Co-Editor in Chief, Gwen.

- "Harmonian of the Month" is on hiatus until further notice.

EmmaWatson.net:

- A Dark Theory on Ginny posted by Bean on October 2nd, 2006

Harmony Forever:

- What do you think will happen to H/Hr in Book 7? posted by Mirtilla on October 9th, 2006
- Ginny on Lucky Juice? posted by Vanceone on October 18th, 2006
- What canon points make you worry that R/Hm could really happen? originally posted by Books&Cleverness, continued by srikant61 on October 30th, 2006

Portkey.org:

- Does a "scary" boyfriend need a "scary" girlfriend? posted by thu.huyen on October 8th, 2006
- About the Battle: A Question posted by sweet_lemmon on October 18th, 2006
- VH1 Interviews Rupert Grint posted by TerranOvermind on October 20th, 2006

Witherwings.net:

- Sounding Off on Mugglenet posted by The Good Ship H/Hr on October 29th, 2006

- Fanfiction

Delusional Fans:

- The End of a Love Story written by avonlea_dreamer: PG-13, Angst, One-Shot
- His written by avonlea_dreamer: PG-13, Romance, One-Shot

Fanfiction.net:

- Against All Odds written by LunaChaos: PG-13, Action/Adventure/Romance, WIP
- Harry Potter and the Princess Bride written by xxXiannaxx: PG-13, Action/Adventure/General, WIP
- I'm So Happy For You written by redhead_evans: PG, Angst/Romance, One-Shot
- Kiss written by Ecstace: PG, Romance, Drabble
- The Phoenix and the Wolf written by Muggledog: PG-13, Action/Adventure/Romance, WIP

fanfict00bs:

- A Game of Cat and Mouse written by amethyst_j: NC-17, Drama/Romance, One-Shot
- How it Ends written by jacyevans: PG, Angst/Romance, One-Shot

FictionAlley.org:

- Harry Potter and the Knights of Walpurgis written by IslandPrincess1: PG-13, Action/Adventure, WIP
- A Long Way From Home written by AP: R, Angst/Romance, WIP
- Remember With Joy written by puck_nc: PG-13, Drama, One-Shot

HPHG100:

- Forgiveness written by castledown: PG, Humor/Romance, Drabble
- Long written by heather11483: G, Angst/Romance, Drabble
- Rain written by brentdax: G, Romance, Drabble
- Resistance written by visiblestar: G, Drama/Romance, Drabble
- Still written by buyo105: G, Romance, Drabble

Portkey.org:

- A Riddle or Two written by Makkura: G, Action/Adventure/Mystery, WIP
- Vox Corporis written by MissAnnThropic: NC-17, Drama/Romance, WIP
- The Wand of Ravenclaw written by Wizardora: PG, Romance, WIP
- War written by dragonis: R, Action/Adventure/Romance, WIP
- Yet Another Sibling Who Lived Fic written by pstibbons: PG-13, Drama/Humor, WIP

Witherwings.net:

- Non Sequitor written by Castledown: R, Humor/Romance, WIP

- FanArt

DeviantArt:

- Harry Potter Sketch Pad (rated G) posted by Eruadan on October 1st, 2006
- Harry P. Sketch (rated G) posted by Eruadan on October 1st, 2006
- Hermione Laughing (rated G) posted by rath_roiben_rye on October 15th, 2006
- Old Sketch Colored (rated G) posted by Kaykos on October 26th, 2006
- Go and cope with it, then! (rated PG) posted by H_Joanna on October 27th, 2006

HHrArt:

- Hot (rated R) posted by sweet_lemmon on October 9th, 2006
- Stay (rated R) posted by sweet_lemmon on October 13th, 2006

Portkey.org:

- Side by Side (rated G) posted by press05 on October 4th, 2006
- Hold Me (rated G) posted by hooobajube on October 7th, 2006
- Trick or Treat (rated G) posted by weasleytwin101 on October 11th, 2006
- Not So Bad (rated PG) posted by siangwu on October 17th, 2006
- Wedding Night (rated PG) posted by Maevezanar on October 22nd, 2006
- Ka'iro Race (rated G) posted by BerenicePotter on October 25th, 2006
- Changes (rated PG) posted by HedwigsHaven on October 26th, 2006

-Essays

The Daily Snitch:

- Hermione is Behaving Like a Real Witch written by Kaskait on October 18th, 2006

HarmonyForever:

- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and 'HBP' written by bamaslamma29 on October 23rd, 2006
- Harry misses Ron the most? written by Vanceone on October 24th, 2006
- Not Worried at all about H/G written by Nymphe on October 30th, 2006

Portkey.org:

- JKR Said There Are Shipping Hints in PoA... written by House_Elf_44 on October 10th, 2006
- Emma/Knightley = Harry/Hermione? written by Nora on October 20th, 2006
- 777: 7 Tasks, 7 Books, 7 Steps of Alchemy written by House_Elf_44 on October 25th, 2006
- Carpe Diem - Gather ye rosebuds while ye may written by Salamon2 on October 27th, 2006

- Media

FanMixes:

- Wanting More created by thedropp on October 5th, 2006

FanVids:

- "You and Me" by Lifehouse created by dhinac on December 10th, 2005
- "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" by Air Supply created by spellbound015 on August 15th, 2006
- "I Saw Her First" by Heartland created by leochick on October 19th, 2006

- Extras

Delusional Fans:

- 11 H/Hr Icons posted by lil_pixiedevil on October 20th, 2006
- A Header, an Icon, and a Wallpaper posted by mirtilla87 on October 29th, 2006

Harmony_Icons:

- 8 HP Icons posted by gabilha on October 21st, 2006

HHr_News:

- Why Harry Likes His Monster, Reason #1 posted by autumnwish on September 2nd, 2006

Portkey.org:

- Fallen Angel (Wallpaper) posted by Maevezanar on October 4th, 2006
- Am I Dead, Angel? (Wallpaper) posted by Maevezanar on October 20th, 2006

- Games

This month's quiz brought to us by the lovely AnndeeGranger.

The quiz is on an external website, and can be accessed here.

When you're done, share your scores on the forums, here.

- Owls

Last month's question was: In light of the upcoming holiday - if the Trio were going to a Halloween Party, what would be their costumes?

myrhlyn: "I see Harry and Ron going in Chudley Cannon costumes, while Hermione dresses up as some historical figure in wizarding history. She'd probably be very nitpicky about it, too. "

AnndeeGranger: "I agree that Ron would wear a Chudley Cannon's Uniform, but I could see Harry dressing differently at Hermione's urgings. Maybe the two of them would dress up as the Flamels."

sun4u: "Ron would be a mummy! Hehehe - The twins helped him, hence the very bad wrapping job and the reason why he can't get the toilet paper off!"

You can continue reading comments, here.

Next month's question: With JKR now having a third title in mind, what are your predictions for what the seventh book will be called?

Discuss your answers here; or send us your answers in an owl to theanvil@theanvilezine.com - and your letter might appear here, next month!