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

With this hectic holiday season, be sure to ignore all of your relations and enjoy a hot cup of cocoa with The Anvil: We have some shiny and brand-new fanfic, fanart, and essays to give, and - if you're good - some fanvids and icons to enjoy. There's also some treats in the news section, not to mention some delightful topics of discussion in the H/Hr community. And, speaking of which - if you're curious about WW.net and the Book 6 Project, be sure to check out The State of the Project Address; written by our Editor, the not-so-naughty Gwen. (She stole all the cookies, we tell ya.)

Whether you love us, hate us, or want to put coal in our stockings, be sure to owl us your letters at theanvil@theanvilezine.com. Happy (Hopefully) Anvil-Free Holiday, everyone!

- 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.

Harmony Forever:

- Ginny on Lucky Juice? originally posted by Vanceone, continued by brown on November 1st, 2006
- Movies: OotP originally posted by sweethermione21, continued by Rhosyn on November 1st, 2006
- Not Worried At All About H/G originally posted by Nymphe, continued by bamaslamma29 on November 2nd, 2006
- Deserving Love originally posted by khym_chanur, continued by parseltongue on November 14th, 2006
- Who Will Fall in Love With Whom? posted by FlyingPhoenix November 14th, 2006
- Worst Ron/Hermione Moments posted by yarvis on November 20th, 2006
- Why Shouldn't Harry and Hermione Become a Romantic Couple? originally posted by Nathaniel, continued by Hermione's Hero on November 22nd, 2006

Portkey.org:

- Alchemy: Fire and Earth originally posted by House_Elf_44, continued by redshoes on November 1st, 2006
- IoS and the Reason Harmony Is Not Sunk... originally posted by kitkat310, continued by stu14688 on November 13th, 2006
- Rumors for Book 7 posted by Nora on November 19th, 2006
- Emma Coad Interview posted by hereafter on November 25th, 2006
- What We All Come to Fear and Want posted by Litoya on November 28th, 2006

- Fanfiction

-AdultFanfiction.net:

- Harry Potter and the Ruthless Seven written by Zeelthor: NC-17, Angst, WIP

Delusional Fans:

- Discovery written by tigersmeleth_86: G, Drama/Romance, One-Shot
- A Glimpse of Truth written by avonlea_dreamer: G, Drama/Romance, One-Shot
- Seventh Year written by kmars44: PG-13, Drama, WIP
- These Precious Moments written by avonlea_dreamer: G, Fluff/Romance, One-Shot

fanfict00bs:

- A New Day written by jacyevans: PG, Angst/Drama, One-Shot
- Someday written by sbeegee: PG-13, Angst, One-Shot
- Unease written by amethyst_j: G, Romance, One-Shot

Fanfiction.net:

- The List written by HermioneCrookshanks919: PG-13, Humor/Romance, WIP
- The Letter written by Lost_Ranger: PG, General/Romance, One-Shot

FictionAlley.org:

- Harry Potter and the Fulcrum of Destiny written by Wombat: PG-13, General, WIP

Harmony_Fiction:

- Headspin written by tattooedsiren: NC-17, Drama/Romance/Smut, One-Shot

HPHG100:

- 11/11 written by izzyx3: G, Fluff/Romance, Drabble
- An Unfair Price written by spiffysara: PG, Angst/Character Death, Drabble
- Chess Match written by izzyx3: G, Drama/Romance, Drabble
- Cliche: Falling (Literally) written by izzyx3: G, Fluff/Humor/Romance, Drabble
- Closer written by izzyx3: PG, Drama/Romance, Drabble
- Fire written by fiiishy: G, Humor/Romance, Drabble
- Go With It written by heather11483: G, Angst/Drama, Drabble
- Healing written by visiblestar: PG, Character Death/Romance, Drabble
- Supposed to Be written by happy_daze: PG, Angst/Romance, Drabble
- Watch Me: Part One - Diverge written by tv_dream: PG, Angst, Drabble. (The rest in the series can be found, here.)

HHr_News:

- Forgetting the World written by avonlea_dreamer: PG, Fluff, One-Shot
- Sub Night written by Anonymous: NC-17, Drama, One-Shot

Portkey.org:

- Acts of Desperation written by MissAnnThropic: R, Angst, One-Shot
- The Ballad of Quesada and Molino written by Faith_Obrien: PG-13, Horror/Suspense, WIP
- Blame the Light written by Violet_Kefira: PG-13, Humor/Romance, Completed
- Home. With Harry. written by crystal_h.: PG-13, Drama/Romance, One-Shot
- Legacy written by jardyn39: PG-13, Drama/Mystery, WIP

Witherwings.net:

- Insatiable written by AnndeeGranger: R, Romance, Song-Fic

- FanArt

DeviantArt:

- Window Stills (rated PG) posted by geeekygirl on November 5th, 2006
- Broken (rated PG-13) posted by sororitysheep on November 10th, 2006
- Harry and Hermione (rated PG) posted by mericontrary on November 10th, 2006
- Harry, Hermione, and Baby (rated PG) posted by mericontrary on November 10th, 2006
- They Forgot Themselves... (rated PG-13) posted by loriofpandora on November 10th, 2006
- Mucha-Style Hermione (rated G) posted by orionstar on November 21st, 2006
- The Golden Group (rated G) posted by bloodywoman on November 22nd, 2006
- Expelliarmus (rated PG) posted by Jerome-K-Moore on November 29th, 2006

HHrArt:

- Fanciable (rated G) posted by runeharmonic on November 29th, 2006

HHr_News:

- H/Hr Manip (rated PG) posted by lil_pixiedevil on November 20th, 2006
- Hermione (rated PG) posted by _odella_ on November 29th, 2006

Portkey.org:

- Christmas's Gift (rated PG) posted by Maevezanar on November 24th, 2006
- Mistletoe Kiss (rated G) posted by weasleytwin101 on November 27th, 2006

-Essays

HarmonyForever:

- What Attracts Hermione? written by brown on November 28th, 2006
- When Is It a Crush, and When Is It Love? written by avidbeader on November 29th, 2006

Portkey.org:

- I Love Her Because She's Like My Mother... written by moogle on November 23rd, 2006
- Relationship Blindness written by bdrman on November 24th, 2006

- Media

FanVids:

- "For You" by The Calling (Right-click, and then choose "Save Target As...") posted by MissAnnThropic on October 6th, 2006
- "When the Heartache Ends" by Rob Thomas (Right-click, and then choose "Save Target As...") posted by MissAnnThropic on October 24th, 2006
- "My Confession" by Josh Groban posted by Harmione2004 on November 2nd, 2006
- "What a Sight" by Matchbook Romance posted by valeriehall343 on November 29th, 2006

- Extras

Delusional Fans:

- 30 HP Icons posted by lozzy_babe06 on November 26th, 2006

Harmony_Shipper:

- 26 HP Icons posted by veelaicons_ on November 5th, 2006
- 44 HP Icons posted by veelaicons_ on November 5th, 2006

HHr_News:

- 47 HP Icons posted by gabilha on November 24th, 2006
- 100 PoA Icons posted by f_enna on November 27th, 2006

- Games

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

Directions: Form a phrase in the boxes below by using the corresponding letters below each column.

A printable version of the quotefall is available here.

Click here to view the answers.

You can discuss this month's quotefall on our forums, here.

- Owls

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

myrhlyn: "I'm kinda with the Alchemy theorists in that it might be water-related. Something with snakes, or an elixir. But I think it would be funny if she stole from the Narnia series, and used Harry Potter and The Last Battle. That probably fits better than anything, but has no mystery to it."

AnndeeGranger: "Maybe she'll pull a Lemony Snicket and call it Harry Potter and The End."

You can continue reading comments, here.

Next month's question: Do you think there's an American wizarding school in the HP world? If so, where would it be located?

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

See ya then!