XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS - FAN FICTION REVIEWS
What's New - May/June 1999
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Last modified: November 03 2012 12:32:59

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• SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
  A HUGE congratulations to veteran Xenite talent Missy Good on the publication and growing success of her first original novel, TROPICAL STORM. Missy's novel is now available through both AMAZON.COM and BARNES AND NOBLE. When it first appeared at Amazon.com it was ranked somewhere in the 800's but it is now in the 20's and climbing with a BULLET!
  
  

  Kudos also to JUSTICE HOUSE PUBLISHING for having the vision to recognize the amazing talent in this fandom and start bringing that out into the world at large. On behalf of many grateful readers out there much continued success to Missy, Justice House and the other bards who will soon be joining the ranks of published authors.

• BARD'S REFERENCE LIBRARY
  Added Kelley Piper's FIRST TIME STORIES index to the library's shelves.
• New STAR TREK VOYAGER Reviews:

  JUST BETWEEN DECEPTIONS by G.L. Dartt
  JUST BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT by G.L. Dartt
  SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER HER by G.L. Dartt

• I've redesigned the MAIN PAGE, this WHAT'S NEW page and all footer templates to improve navigation throughout the site. If anyone experiences problems with the new designs please e-mail me at .
• THE BARD'S REFERENCE LIBRARY:
  

  Added the EXPERTS DIRECTORY and the UBER-XENA FAN FICTION CONTENTS GUIDE to the library's shelves.

  Also added STELLAR'S XENA RELATED COMIC STRIPS to the X:WP FAN FICTION ART section. Maintained by Stellar, this site features Xena-related comic strips that have appeared in commercial magazines as well as strips produced by fans, a nice blend of fanfic and art.

• COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
  I've added a Comments and Suggestions form for those of you who'd like to request additional features or comment on the existing ones or make any other suggestions. Links to the form will be available from the main page and through the bottom template on most of the other pages. Any comments made will be e-mailed directly to me. I'll try to answer any specific questions and/or acknowledge receipt of your message but please be adviced that this pesky 24 hrs-in-a-day thing we live with sometimes prevents me from answering all my messages.
• HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS Index
  This is a new addition to the site listing all the stories and series which have gotten a HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION from me. The term "Highest Recommendation" is the most searched-for phrase in both of the search engines available through the main page so I'm hoping this index will save people time. Not sure if I can create an index for some of those other "terms" you guys search for ;-) ...but hope you find this one useful.
• LOST STORIES Index  
  Now includes the reviews for the following stories which have been removed from the Web:
  

  AFTERWORDS by Rebekah
  WHATEVER IT TAKES by Rebekah

• RAISING MELOSA SERIES by T. Novan
  Created a page exclusively for this series featuring the reviews of the individual tales in chronological order.
• New XWP Reviews:
  

  AMAZON PLEASURE by T. Novan - [Alt]
  DANCE (THE) by Shalon - [Alt]
  DON'T TOUCH THE AMAZON by T. Novan - [Alt]
  JOURNEY OF LOVE AND HOME (A) by Annmaray - [Alt]
  ONE KISS CHANGES EVERYTHING by Annmaray - [Alt]
  

• New XWP Fanfic Art:
  

  C Paradee Story Cover
  

  Inspired by BREACHING BARRIERS by C Paradee
  Ciegra Story Cover
  

  Inspired by AT A DISTANCE by Missy Good
  "Jae Cavanaugh" by Barbara Maclay
  

  Inspired by TENDER IS THE NIGHT by Kieran Llachlan Leavitt
  Carla Story Cover
  

  Inspired by TENDER IS THE NIGHT by Kieran Llachlan Leavitt

• A LOSS TO THE FANFIC WORLD
  Fanfic author Kristian S. Fischer, a reservist in the Danish armed forces, was in Denmark awaiting a possible deployment to Kosovo when the military vehicle he was in crashed, instantly killing him and three other soldiers. This bard shared with us some fine stories and will be sorely missed by those of us in the Xenaverse. On behalf of fanfic readers everywhere, our condolences to his friends and family.
• ALERT
  Veteran fanfic talent Quest has announced her retirement from Xena fanfic. For now Quest plans on leaving her stories available on the Web but does not guarantee those will be available long term. If you want to make sure to have those stories in years to come make sure to visit QUEST'S LIBRARY and save them on your PC.
• UBER-XENA FAN FICTION CONTENTS GUIDE
  A new feature at the site, this guide consists of a series of tables which break down uber stories by title, author, pairing, time period and location. Visitors can now access this guide from the main page or from any of the pages containing uber reviews. The guide is intended as a tool to help readers identify uber tales they may want to read and locate favorites they've read in the past. Before using the guide make sure to read and HEED the Spoiler Warning at the top of each of the files. Also make sure to take a look at the file How To Use The Uber-Xena FF Contents Guide - a link to that is also featured at the top of each of the files.
  

  SPECIAL NOTE FOR BARDS: If you disagree with any of the entries I've listed for your stories in that UBER-XENA FAN FICTION CONTENTS GUIDE or if you have more specific suggestions contact me at

• EXPERTS DIRECTORY
  Added new expert Simahoyo to the RELIGION, CULTURE and HISTORY sections.
• Fixed problem
  The FreeFind search feature on the main page was not working for a few days. I had to tweak it a bit to work with my recent changes to the site but it is now working once again.
• LOST STORIES Index
  Added the review for the following story which has been removed from the Web at the author's request:
  

  ALL I EVER NEEDED by K.P. West

  Also restructured the Lost Stories Index so that all entries are now in alphabetical order instead of broken up into categories.

• New Reviews:
  

  BAD SEX by WordWarior - [Alt]
  BEHIND EVERY GOOD WARRIOR by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  COMING OF AGE by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  CIRCUIT (THE) by Seana James - [Alt]
  DRAG KING: THE BURNING DREAM by Susan Smith -- [Alt]
  FISHING IN THE DARK by Bibbit -- [Alt]
  GOOD DAY TOO (A) by L.N. James
  GUN SHY by Lorelei -- [Alt]
  IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA... by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  NEAT LITTLE CAVE (A) by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  WARRIORS WILL BE WARRIORS by T. Novan -- [Alt]

• Changes To The Site
  Effective today I have changed the name of EVERY file at the site with the exception of the file for the main page so the web addresses of all those pages have also changed. The main page remains at the same URL (https://lunacyreviews.com). However, users who've bookmarked one of the other pages should now go to my main page and use that to visit and RE-bookmark any of the other pages they regularly use because the file extensions on those will have changed from .htm to .php. I made these changes to the filenames in order to make the maintenance of the site easier. For additional details on that read the notice for webmasters below.
  

  I've also broken up the 37 files containing the reviews of alternative stories because those files were getting much too large. The alt. reviews are now available in 161 smaller files which should load quicker in your browsers and will leave room for more reviews to be added in the future. The alternative reviews now feature additional templates at the top and bottom of the files to make navigation easier.

  ATTENTION WEBMASTERS: If your site contains links to any of my pages those links will no longer work after these changes I've put in place today. If you only link to my main page then you're fine because that URL has not changed - but links directly to the review pages or the author pages or any of the various resource pages will require updating. I've prepared a separate file with more technical details about the changes and suggestions on how to go about changing your links - particularly if you have lots of links that will need updating. Take a look at the file Changes To The Site Effective 6/12/99

• New XWP Reviews:
  

  ARES' REVENGE by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  CONVERSATION WITH ARES (A) by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY (THE) by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  INNOCENCE LOST by PatsBard -- [Alt]
  MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS by PatsBard -- [Alt]
  MILKY WAY (THE) by Cyclops -- [Alt]
  TO A GLORIOUS MOMENT by Xenaslaves -- [Alt]

• New XWP Fanfic Art:
  

  Ciegra Story Cover
  

  Inspired by CHICAGO 5AM by LN James
  Ciegra Story Cover
  

  Inspired by DAREDEVIL HEARTS by WolfDragon
  Ciegra Story Cover
  

  Inspired by SEARCH FOR AMPHIPOLIS (THE) by Bat Morda
  Ciegra Story Cover
  

  Inspired by SECOND TIME (THE) by L. Graham - [Note: Story is no longer on the Web]
  Ciegra Story Cover
  

  Inspired by WARRIOR BY ANY OTHER NAME (A) by Missy Good
  "Dar And Kerry's Photo Album" by Ciegra
  

  Inspired by the characters introduced in TROPICAL STORM by Missy Good

• Fixed links:
  

  Ciegra Story Cover
  *SwordnQuill.php*">Sword'n'Quill

• New XWP Reviews:
  

  AFTER THE FLAMES by K. M. McHugh -- [Alt]
  ETERNAL BLISS by WordWarior -- [Alt]
  JUST THE BEGINNING by Vertigo -- [Alt]
  KISSING GABRIELLE by Annmaray -- [Alt]
  LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  MIST OF PIERIA (THE) by Annmaray -- [Alt]
  ROAD TO ATHENS (THE) by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  WHAT THEY DON'T SEE by Seana James -- [Alt]

• New XWP Fanfic Art:
  

  "Sunset" by Slash
  

  Inspired by A TRIP TO THE OCEAN by WrshpXena (Tiggster)

• Linking Problem:
  None of the links from my site to Spanish translations of Xena stories are currently working. The Spanish translations are all located at a site that is down for service. Those links should resume working soon - I'll include a note here when that is the case.
• New XWP Reviews:
  

  ASKING (THE) by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  MIA by Kristian S. Fischer -- [Alt]
  FLESH AND BLOOD by Ogami -- [Alt]
  PHANTOM OF THE LIBRARY (THE) by Toutfolie -- [Alt]
  WARRIOR'S BEST FRIEND by Otter -- [Alt]

• New XWP Fanfic Art:
  

  "Billie and Cat" by Barbara Maclay
  

  Inspired by the BILLIE AND CAT SERIES by Kd Bard
  Ciegra Story Cover
  *SwordnQuill.php*">Sword'n'Quill
  "Dark Comes The Morning - Pt. 8" montage by Carla
  

  Inspired by DARK COMES THE MORNING by Missy Good
  "Honeymoon" montage by Carla
  

  Inspired by HURRICANE WATCH by Missy Good
  "It's Just A Matter Of Trust" by Carla
  

  Inspired by TENDER IS THE NIGHT by Llachlan
  "A Letter To Dori" by Carla
  

  Inspired by DARK COMES THE MORNING by Missy Good
  "The Phantom Of The Library" by Lunacy
  

  Inspired by THE PHANTOM OF THE LIBRARY by Toutfolie
  "Tender Is The Night - pt.4" montage by Carla
  

  Inspired by TENDER IS THE NIGHT by Llachlan
  "Xena - Warrior Backpack" by Carla
  

  Inspired by DARK COMES THE MORNING by Missy Good
  "Xena - Warrior Horsetrainer" montage by Carla
  

  Inspired by DARK COMES THE MORNING by Missy Good
  "You Are My Hero" montage by Carla
  

  Inspired by DARK COMES THE MORNING by Missy Good

• To all of you who've written me in the past few days regarding my recent decision to cut back on my involvement in the Xenaverse thanks for ALL the kind words and your understanding. I must say it was particularly nice to hear from a lot of folks who tend to just lurk as well as from a number of old friends. I haven't responded to all the posts but I do very much appreciate you guys taking the time to write.
• New XWP Reviews:
  

  AMAZON DREAMS by Dawn Lemanne -- [Alt]
  CARROT CAKE CYCLE (THE) by Drools Thrills -- [Alt]
  CONQUEROR'S STONE (THE) by DJWP -- [Alt]
  FOLLOWING HER HEART by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  RINGING IN THE YEAR by Melissa Good -- [Alt]
  SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT by CN Winters and T. Novan -- [Alt]
  SPEAR OF PENTHESILEA (THE) by Archaeobard -- [Alt]
  WE GOT HIM, GABRIELLE by Verrath

• Procedural changes announced in Thursday Fan Fiction Report - Final Report
• AUTHOR INDEX

• Linking Problem:
  None of the links from my site to Spanish translations of Xena stories are currently working. The Spanish translations are all located at a site that is down for service. Those links should resume working soon - I'll include a note here when that is the case.
• New XWP Reviews:
  

  ASKING (THE) by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  MIA by Kristian S. Fischer -- [Alt]
  FLESH AND BLOOD by Ogami -- [Alt]
  PHANTOM OF THE LIBRARY (THE) by Toutfolie -- [Alt]
  WARRIOR'S BEST FRIEND by Otter -- [Alt]

• New XWP Fanfic Art:
  

  "Billie and Cat" by Barbara Maclay
  

  Inspired by the BILLIE AND CAT SERIES by Kd Bard
  Ciegra Story Cover
  *SwordnQuill.php*">Sword'n'Quill
  "Dark Comes The Morning - Pt. 8" montage by Carla
  

  Inspired by DARK COMES THE MORNING by Missy Good
  "Honeymoon" montage by Carla
  

  Inspired by HURRICANE WATCH by Missy Good
  "It's Just A Matter Of Trust" by Carla
  

  Inspired by TENDER IS THE NIGHT by Llachlan
  "A Letter To Dori" by Carla
  

  Inspired by DARK COMES THE MORNING by Missy Good
  "The Phantom Of The Library" by Lunacy
  

  Inspired by THE PHANTOM OF THE LIBRARY by Toutfolie
  "Tender Is The Night - pt.4" montage by Carla
  

  Inspired by TENDER IS THE NIGHT by Llachlan
  "Xena - Warrior Backpack" by Carla
  

  Inspired by DARK COMES THE MORNING by Missy Good
  "Xena - Warrior Horsetrainer" montage by Carla
  

  Inspired by DARK COMES THE MORNING by Missy Good
  "You Are My Hero" montage by Carla
  

  Inspired by DARK COMES THE MORNING by Missy Good

• To all of you who've written me in the past few days regarding my recent decision to cut back on my involvement in the Xenaverse thanks for ALL the kind words and your understanding. I must say it was particularly nice to hear from a lot of folks who tend to just lurk as well as from a number of old friends. I haven't responded to all the posts but I do very much appreciate you guys taking the time to write.
• New XWP Reviews:
  

  AMAZON DREAMS by Dawn Lemanne -- [Alt]
  CARROT CAKE CYCLE (THE) by Drools Thrills -- [Alt]
  CONQUEROR'S STONE (THE) by DJWP -- [Alt]
  FOLLOWING HER HEART by T. Novan -- [Alt]
  RINGING IN THE YEAR by Melissa Good -- [Alt]
  SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT by CN Winters and T. Novan -- [Alt]
  SPEAR OF PENTHESILEA (THE) by Archaeobard -- [Alt]
  WE GOT HIM, GABRIELLE by Verrath

• Procedural changes announced in Thursday Fan Fiction Report - Final Report
• AUTHOR INDEX