The Receiving Room

Greetings one and all!

Sharon Ferguson, webmaster, here…first of all, my apologies for the delayed update this go around. You would think summer would free things up to the point where we’d have the time to get more done, but life seems to just get more hectic. Thank you all so much for your submissions and your patience! We’ve had such a grand time reading through them and getting them ready to go up! So without FURTHER delay, I bring you:

Crowe’s Point:

Meggie Ward is our newest arrival at the Point with her AE Bethanie Fischer’s story “Somewhere In Between Here & Gone” - can this be love for Jeffrey Wigand? Welcome to the Point, Meggie!

Layne Richards’ AE Rebekah Logan returns to the Point in chapter 2, drawn by a “Bad Connection“, one she has difficulty explaining to herself, much less to the residents. How will Ben respond?

Tina continues development of the new life that Adalia Robinavich, the Point’s gourmand chef, is leading in “Love is a Many Splendored Thing.” Who is the man that will win her heart?

Also by Tina - a very serious complication for John Biebe’s wife begins in the spring of 2006 - “Benign Confusion.”

Chloe Navratil finds herself at the hospitality of quite a few of the Boyz in Chapter Three of “Ashokan Falls” - but the one that turns out the most appealing is the one who is not part of the crowd at all.

In our Singles Section:

Taffey gives us two new stories for our Single Character Section:
“His Maker Can Wait” takes us back into the dusty streets with our beloved erstwhile gunslinger, Preacher Cort
“The Princess” - Jack Aubrey finds himself at odds with a rather pampered bitch.

Kaz also gives us Chapter Five of her popular story featuring our favorite SAS man, Terry Thorne - “The Price of Freedom”

Scarlet, a newcomer to the Gaslight, gives us “Can I Touch You?” a Hando-centered piece.

Layne Richards presents Ben Wade with an “Unexpected Opportunity”

Jo Anzalone, of Libris Crowe, offers two singles, one entitled “Ritchie Roberts 6.7” the nanobot-generated creature known as SID 6.7 finds a way to exact revenge upon Denzel/Parker; and the first chapter of “A Thorne Remaining,” a haunting romance.

In Multiple Characters:

Jo Anzalone & Sharon Ferguson bring to us the story that instigated the ongoing saga of the characters that inhabit NanoCorp SubSIDiaries, Inc. “If It Were Not So.” Many people dream of getting into the movies. At NanoCorp, you get exactly that.

Also a part of the NanoCorp series, three more chapters to the cross-over piece “X Proof” 4,5, & 6 - The FBI’s most unwanted agents find out some very interesting things about the men who run NanoCorp, and Terry finally reveals to Deidre the motivations behind his continued presence at the company.

For our Challenges

Tina adds another chapter to her ongoing Point adaptation of the movie “Laura.”

Other mentions:

A new Wikipedia site called Fan History has begun as a compendium for the various media that have gained fandom, and Russell Crowe has his very own page with the various links of known fan sites, including the Gaslight and others you may be familiar with. The link to this really cool site has been added to our links page.

Tina has also generated quite a bit of corresponding information to go along with her stories centered around Adalia - in the Miscellaneous section, under “Adalia’s Kitchen” a list of the recipes that she uses in her Shabbat meals. This page has a lot of potential for some interesting contributions!

One final note: the contacts page has been updated to list the most recent and active emails for the people who run the Gaslight Gateway. If you have questions about anything on the site, please feel free to contact one of the emails there!

Please sit back and enjoy our stories and if you should happen to be inspired to join our group, let one of us know and we can ‘point’ the way! (All right, you know I had to make a pun of it somewhere. Jack would approve!)

Best regards,

Your ever-tinkering,

Sharon

Ladies and gentlemen!

Children of all ages!

Come one, come all to some of the greatest Crowe fic on Earth!

Good afternoon, good evening and good morning to everyone.

Apologies for running a couple of days late, but now is the time to let you all know that we are pleased to bring you the latest update for the Gaslight Gateway website!

There is only one ring — a center ring, and we ask that you turn your attention there.

Presenting…

ANOTHER ROUND OF SUBMISSIONS WHICH WE HOPE WILL PLEASE AND DELIGHT ALL OF OUR READERS!

In the universe of Crowe’s Point, we have more of our Newcomers:

http://www.gaslighthotel.net/GASLIGHTHOTEL/crowespoint.html

*Under Ben Wade: Layne Richards and Bad Connection

*Under Cort: Sharon Ferguson and Ashokan Falls

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CHALLENGES:

http://www.gaslighthotel.net/GASLIGHTHOTEL/challenges.html

*There is more of Tina’s adaptation of the classic film noir, Laura: parts 6, 7 and 8

*And we have a new entry from Sharon: the start of an adaptation of the 1999 movie, The Mummy: parts 1 and 2.

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SINGLE CHARACTER
http://www.gaslighthotel.net/GASLIGHTHOTEL/single.html

*Under Bud White, we have more of Bridgid Morgan’s Police Blotter.

*Kazlyn gives us — and Terry Thorne — The Price of Freedom: parts 1, 2 and 3

*Taffey brings us two of her Cort stories: You Didn’t Have To Go To All That Trouble and Chest of Money
*From Riley we have three stories:

Lily’s Story featuring Cort

Skin and Bone for Hando

And for Colin, The Private Nurse

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MULTIPLE

http://www.gaslighthotel.net/GASLIGHTHOTEL/multiple.html

*The authors of the NanoCorp SubSIDiaries presents X Proof Part 3.2, the next in the ongoing series of multiple character stories. Remember the motto: “Many dream of getting into the movies. At NanoCorp, you get exactly that.”

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ORIGINAL
http://www.gaslighthotel.net/GASLIGHTHOTEL/original.html
*Bejay Roles gives us FOUR new stories her the Jake Mitchell series!

Bitter Endings
New Beginnings
To Have And To Hold
In Sickness And In Health

Finally, we would like to make the following announcement, if you will now follow the spotlight to our Ringmaster!

We are so delighted with the response to the rebirth of Gaslight, that in order to keep up with all the submissions — and please, please, please keep them coming because it is WONDERFUL — that in order to keep you, our readers, from feeling overwhelmed by so much material….

WE WILL NOW BEGIN TO UPDATE THE GASLIGHT GATEWAY AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS!

And it’s all thanks to you: for your support, for your writings, for your feedback and comments. As I mentioned before, do NOT stop submitting your work — keep it coming. We love it!

So that’s it. Now sit back, print it out if you like, and relax with your beverage of choice!

Until next time!

Tina (List Mum for the Gaslight Tavern)

Beej (co-Moderator for the Gaslight Tavern)

Sharon (co-Moderator for the Gaslight Tavern)

Because of a file clean-up and rearrangment for the last update, the url address for gaslighthotel.net got slightly changed. If you note on the homepage, the file extensions read GASLIGHTHOTEL/home.html . This is now the current url, whereas before, the extension read “gateway/home.html”. I know it is annoying to have to go in and change a link; however, if you rewrite your link to the Gaslight to simply read : “www.gaslighthotel.net” - the link will automatically take you to the Home page, and the extensions aren’t necessary for your link and any future changes in the files (I dont plan any!!) will not affect your link.

I apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

Thank you,

Sharon Ferguson

webmaster

Sharon here –

I wanted to take a small aside and say thank you to those who have been acting as beta for my writing. Tina, Beej, Jo, and Taffey have been wonderful in their support as well as instrumental in helping me improve. Y’all are great!

P.S. It bleeeeeeeeds…!!!

Single Character:

We are happy to bring you three more chapters in Bridgid’s Police Blotter, featuring Bud White.

From Elise Van Cise: check out Ben Wade in Justice Served.

Original Character:

From Beej — we bring you two new stories featuring her own creation, Jake. Join him in New Recruits and First Assignment.

Crowe’s Point Fiction:

Chapter Two in Sharon’s Ashokan Falls, featuring our favorite preacher, Cort.

The Challenges Page:

From the Fairy Tale Challenge the Gaslight featured a few years ago, and seen here for the first time:

By Beej:

Hansel and Gretel

Lucky Jack and the Beanstalk

From a Children’s Story Challenge offered by Gaslight a couple of years ago, and also seen here for the first time:

By Tina:

Gift of the Magi

And in our current Movie Challenge:

By Tina:

Check out the first chapters in an adaptation of Laura

Photo Gallery:

For your consideration and enjoyment, we have lots of new pictures for you, courtesy of Jo Anzalone!

The Crowe’s Point Couples Page:

We have updated it as well this time around so check it for any changes, and if you think there’s an incarnation you might like an AE to be connected to at the Point, think about writing Crowe’s Point fiction.

Check out the guidelines for more information and of course, your friendly moderators are always around to help. (Just click on CONTACT US).

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening to everyone and a very good Wednesday to you all!

Happy Reading!

Good morning to everybody, and as your Gaslight List Mum fights a migraine sinus headache today (as well as e-filing her taxes) I just wanted to pass on what’s going on today and this week! Thanks in advance for reading this. And to our Gaslight Tavern and Gaslight Hotel Yahoo group members on Special Notice only, you will be sent a copy of this separately through the group servers so that you don’t miss it.

First off, as with many things here lately, we are undergoing a lot of changes — we think for the better…and one of them is that we have a new moderator at the Gaslight Tavern. Most of you know Sharon — who has been a member since 2005 and is a big Jack Aubrey and Cort fan. She is now joining Beej as one of our moderators, so if you can’t reach one, you can try another! Sharon — I don’t know if you have ANY idea what you’re getting yourself into, but welcome to moderating…and be very, very afraid! LOL

Second — look for the next series of updates on the Gaslight Hotel Gateway tomorrow, 16 April 2008. We were trying to figure out a good date, and I suggested the sixteenth…so that all of us here in the States suffering from Tax Day headaches will have something to enjoy after you’ve electronically sent that e-file or dropped it off before midnight at your nearest post office! Kick back with your drink of choice and enjoy what we have to offer. More later.

Next: Trisha — who was a Gaslight Tavern moderator and member since its’ inception — is no longer moderating the group, and since she’s more full-time over at the Moonlight Hotel, has departed the Tavern. Best wishes!

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Good morning and good afternoon and good evening to everyone! And let me thank you up front for reading this lengthy message.

So if you have anything you would like to include for next week’s update, you have until this coming Saturday afternoon (5 PM Eastern time) to get it to us.

That includes your fiction, poems, your drawings, character photographs, whatever you think we might like to publish, and if a story isn’t completed yet but you have a nice amount to submit, then please feel free to do just that. We only ask that your beta work be completed and that if you have anyone to credit it is mentioned — something we greatly appreciate!

And not to worry: if you don’t have anything ready for this April update, we’ll be updating again in four to six weeks or thereabouts, so you can start planning for then!

Send your submissions to Beej — our chief reviewer — at brolga@sky.com or our main email address at webmaster@gaslighthotel.net.

If you have any questions, they can also be sent to webmaster@gaslighthotel.net.

Remember that the Gaslight Movie Challenge will be running pretty much through the summer. If you have any questions about it, please let us know! We’d love to see what you produce.

Thanks for your continuing support. We’ll be happy to hear from you, and remember, we love your feedback too!

Keep the creative juices flowing now!

Tina , Beej and Sharon

www.gaslighthotel.com: The Gaslight Hotel original fanfic site
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Hello to you all and a quick announcement:

We wanted to let you all know that for the latest updates to the GaslightHotel.net, as well as a blog, we’ve been working on an addition to the site, which we are calling The Receiving Room. You can link to it at:

http://gaslighthotel.net/keepersdesk/.

Not only will we post updates to the website there, but you can leave comments, and should you forget the title of a story that you read about, we have TAGS for you to use.

Just a little something more to add to your enjoyment.

Our next update will likely be in mid-April, so keep an eye on this space for more information. If you have something you’d like to submit in the way of fiction or even your own art work, get in touch with us at beejayroles@gaslighthotel.net. We’d love to see it and hopefully give it the go-ahead!

Have a good one!

Tina and Beej and Sharon