MAGAZINE UPDATE:

• Impact Magazine (December 1998 Issue 84) has a photo of Xena and Bodicea on the cover and a two page article with pics.

21 December 1998

Added new bard to The Bard's Corner - Anne Azel!

• Posted Amazon Encounter by Anne Azel
• Heads up for Kiwis: This week's Woman's Day has a small segment on Lucy and snow PLUS a mini poster of Lucy in the Tiger print robe (Thanks Jester)
• Updated Magazine alerts for Lucy on The Lawless Alerts

20 December 1998

• Added new montage: Love & Loss

• Added TV Alert for Lucy Lawless to The Lawless Alerts

• Magazine Alert: For fans on Sheri Rappaport (Otere from Adventures in the Sin Trade) there is a small article in Femme Fatales and some interesting pics...January 22, Volume 7, Number 10 Issue

19 December 1998

I am pleased to welcome Xenrielle to The Bard's Corner - #145

• Posted Blooper by Xenrielle
• Posted Daring_Games by Xenrielle
• Posted Escaping Through Death by Xenrielle
• Posted What Some Will Do For An Apple by Xenrielle
• Posted I Have Many Help Files by Xenrielle
• Posted It Begins Where It Ends by Xenrielle
• Posted Name One Person by Xenrielle
• Posted Naughty Games by Xenrielle
• Posted Nutbread! by Xenrielle
• Posted A Shade Less Ordinary by Xenrielle
• Posted The Kiss by Xenrielle

• Posted Southern Comfort by CL Bactad
• Posted Home At Last by CN Winters

• Added transcript from TV Guide about Kevin Smith's movie role
• For those Lucy fans out there who want to hear the Flawless one sing..Jester has added three songs for download from his site. These songs are from the Christmas in the Park held annually in NZ.
  http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~nzjester/index.html
  
• Updated Foxtel XWP episode guide for January - Change to times shown..the Monday showing has been axed and it will only be shown on Saturdays.
• Updated AusNews about developments of Season 4 for Australia
  

18 December 1998 - Updated 7:50 pm (Sydney Time)

Update to the Fresh Magazine Orders:

Guys I think we've created a mini storm over at Fresh Magazine. I want to thank Penny (the editor) and Sharyn for their work - we have inundated them with orders :-)

They have been so kind and have contacted me so quickly - it's been an absolute pleasure.

Okay the latest info from Penny: Can Aussies and Kiwis buy the magazine from their local newsagents - they are running extremely low for international orders and would like to offer the magazine to overseas fans first, who can't get a hold of it otherwise. Penny says that anyone who has emailed fresh@next.com.au, or phoned/faxed their offices as at 3pm Sydney time, Friday 18 December, enquiring about the mag *should* have a good chance of actually receiving a copy, and these requests will be handled in the order that each person confirms they're sending cheques etc. in the mail or including credit card details with their email. You'll be informed within a few days if your order has been processed. So to those that haven't done that yet...guys find an Aussie or Kiwi xenite to help out!

Late Breaking News: Seems Liz Friedman just got a promotion!

Many thanks to Judi for this news item

Renaissance ups Friedman

Liz Friedman has been upped to president of television for Renaissance Pictures, whose roster includes syndication hits "Xena: Warrior Princess" and "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys." Friedman's promotion comes amid other exec changes for the company owned by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert. Patrick Moran was named vp production and Michael McDonald becomes director of development. Friedman moves into the post vacated in June by David Eick, who went to USA Network. She will oversee all aspects of development for network, syndication and cable projects. Friedman helped develop "Xena" and served as co-producer on that series and "Hercules."

• Posted Nano #5: Motion - Part 1 by Jules Mills
• For those who missed the E! News segment about the show - Dan the man from XenaMedia.Com has come through - he has just uploaded the Real Player clip from the segment. Go check it out! http://www.xenamedia.com
• Updated The Lawless Alert with magazine update
• Posted spoilers for Season 4 from the RJ Stewart chat...very interesting.

• News from Creation:
  
  Hi everyone - just a quick note to announce we have reduced the prices of our 11"x14" photos by $5. All unmatted 11"x14" photos are now $10 and the matted 11"x14" photos are just $15. Check out our Hercules, Xena and Buffy photos available on-line by visiting our website at http://www.creationent.com

Non XWP Work

• I've updated my Star Trek Fan Fiction Page with 4 new stories! Check it out
  Star Trek Fan Fiction

17 December 1998

It's a hot time in December in Australia - for more reasons than the weather :-)
This magazine is the best I've seen dealing with the show - even surpassing the Official Magazines from Topps. It has a episode guide going up to Crusader, upcoming info and a whole lot of information about Lucy and Renee. This folks is a fan's magazine written by a fan...there is NO doubt about it. The pictures are gorgeous and there are 2 MAMMOTH posters. One of Xena, One of Gabrielle in battle stance and a smaller poster of Xena and Gabrielle. There is a list of web sites AND The Down Under Xenites (the Australian Xena Fan Club) is listed! Wahoo!
Can you all tell I'm excited? ;-)

• Added scans (16 pics and more to come) of Lucy as you have NEVER seen her before...well maybe a few were like the Rolling Stone Magazine but these are just...MAGNIFICENT. Okay enough gushing - Lucy Lawless Scans

• Ordering information for The UnOfficial Xena Warrior Princess Magazine from Australia - $4.95 for Aussies and $6.95 (incl. GST) for Kiwis

16 December 1998

Montage Update: I have done another montage for the episode The Gauntlet...I loved this episode because it shows how Xena has come a long way from the feral animal she was...or has she? Hmmm....

• Posted new montage for The Gauntlet #2
• Posted The Gabrielle/Xena Trilogy - Book 2 by Ogami
• Posted Fire's Light by ArdentTly
• Posted A Destiny Denied by ArdentTly
• Posted A Good Day by ArdentTly
• Updated The Lawless Alert with Lucy's appearnce on Christmas In the Park in New Zealand. The Flawless One sang two songs.
• Posted article from Daily Telegraph (UK) - 14 December 1998
• Another Gabrielle screensaver - this time from Soundwarrior
  "The preview trailer for the upcomming Xena Screensaver Series 2 - Gabrielle is now available for downloading."
  http://www.iinet.net.au/~chrisj/swxp/Screensavers/CPXSS.html
• Updated Season 4 rumours section with more info on If the Shoe Fits AND a clarification of *THAT* scene for Past Imperfect - I think I may have confused some people :-)
  

15 December 1998

XIP TURNS 2!!!!!

Well folks it's been 2 years since XIP was born...I think there are too many candles in the cake but hey what the heck :-) I have to say it's been a fantastic two years. I've met so many people who I consider good friends...people I would never have met before and above all else the Xenaverse is one heck of a fandom! Even if we do occasionally have our little family fights :-) Thank you to everyone who has made this site a pleasure to maintain for without your support and encouragment I don't think I would have enjoyed it as much as I have! Okay enough mushy stuff....

• Added quote and pic from Woman's Day (Australia) - December 21, 1998
• Updated Lawless Alert with magazine update
• Yesterday was Ted Raimi's birthday - Happy belated birthday Ted!
• For those ROC fans and I know there's a few - here is a new screensaver!
  It contains 15 pictures plus the gabrap.
  http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/9982/Rocsaver.zip
• Dee has added the wonderful piece of artwork by Barbara Maclay I raved about the other day - check it out! Barbara Maclay has done a portrait of Dana "Doc" Papadopoulos

14 December 1998

Magazine alert for Aussies: Lucy is in this week's Woman's Day (Australian version)
Scans and transcript up soon.

13 December 1998

• The Real Hollywood Chat on the 15th December is with writer RJ Stewart!
• Posted Circle of Life - Part 3 by Melissa Good
• Posted Nano #4: Newton's Second Law - Gravitation - Part 9 by Jules Mills
• For those who are fans of the Nano series by Jules Mills here is a treat. Barbara Maclay has done a portrait of Dana "Doc" Papadopoulos - check it out!
  http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/bungalow/2591/graphics/dana.jpg
• Posted White Water Terror 2: Kilaro’s Revenge by Blind Faith

It seems that TPTB have decided NOT to air If The Shoe fits as the first episode of the new year...here is the list:

• 4 January 1999   - Past Imperfect
• 11 January 1999 - Key to the Kingdom
• 18 January 1999 - Daughter of Promeira
• 25 January 1999 - If The Shoe Fits..
• 1 February 1999 - Paradise Found

I've updated the Rumours - Season 4 page with information on some of these episodes.

• Another Universe has 1999 Calenders for sale - check out their site
  http://www.anotheruniverse.com/store/categories/beaniebabies.asp

Magazine Update:

• December Issue of Playstation Magazine has a preview of the XWP video game out next year

NON XWP SITE:

For all you La Femme Nikita fans I've just added pictures and articles from:

• New Weekly magazine about Peta Wilson (Nikita)
• GQ Magazine article and pics about Peta Wilson (Nikita)
  if you thought Lucy's Rolling Stone pics were hot...check out Peta!

The site is located at:

http://xenite.simplenet.com/alfnip/new.html

11 December 1998

Attention Aussies: There is now a site that is our equivelent to Amazon.com - it's called OzBooks.com and it has quite a few Xena books - AT AUSTRALIAN prices!
Check it out - Xena books on OzBooks.com

• This has nothing to do with Xena but I'm going to plug my new site:
  The Aussie La Femme Nikita Information Page is now online.
  http://xenite.simplenet.com/alfnip/index.html
  
  

10 December 1998

For those going to the Santa Monica Convention - there is now a Frequantly Asked Questions available for con newbys convention experience and some tips.

Oh boy have I got another Uber winner...Tonya Muir has written With Faltering Steps
- it's a bit of an epic - 5 parts but I am certain you will enjoy it. I know I did!

• Posted With Faltering Steps by Tonya Muir
• Posted Nano #4: Newton's Second Law - Gravitation - Part 8 by Jules Mills
• Posted Oktoberfest - Part 9 by Redhawk
• Added a TV Guide (Sunday Telegraph) article about Le Femme Nikita and how they compared her to Xena. Interesting article.
• Added Online ET article about Fan Fiction on the Net
• Updated The Lawless Alert with new magazine update
• Updated The Lawless Alert with new TV appearance
• Updated Ted Raimi News Bits
• Updated Season 4 Rumours Section for the episode If The Shoe Fits

This is from Sword & Staff:

The latest auction is up on the Sword and Staff website at http://sword-and-staff.com
I'm trying something a little different with this auction in that it is made up entirely of art donated by Xena fans.

The artists who contributed include Lunar, XenaArtMaker, Marty Slater, Miguel Cura, Barbara Maclay, Charmer, MaryD, Kindred, and Allyson Heisey. The auction will benefit the Rainforest Preservation Foundation. Sword and Staff members already preserved 72 acres of Brazilian rainforest and the donation from this auction will augment that number. As always, all donations will be made payable directly to the Rainforest Preservation Foundation.

If you'd like to bid on any of the items offered for auction, please send your bid to mist@sword-and-staff.com and put the word AUCTION in the subject line. Please include the item number and the name of the item you wish to bid on. The auction will end at midnight EST on the evening of Wedneday, December 16th. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

From: Mistopholees
mist@sword-and-staff.com

From The Official Xena Fan Club:

• Creation's Herc/Xena online email list For Los Angeles area folks looking for Hercules, Xena, Star Trek, South Park, or Buffy gifts for the Holiday Season, the retail store KNUCKLEHEADS in the Glendale Galleria (located near the Disney Store) carries an extensive line of Creation produced items for the properties listed. It's a great store and worth a visit!
  
• For those interested in the Rolling Stone Magazine with Lucy on the cover...Creation is now offering the magazine for $18.00 from their catalogue! Email Sharon at outback@primenet.com for more details.

9 December 1998

I am VERY pleased to announce that T. Novan has joined The Bard's Corner. Ms Novan's work is OUTSTANDING and I thoroughly enjoyed reading them! Another request...go, read, enjoy! ;-)

• Posted After All These Years
• Posted After All These Years - Second version
• Posted Another Day in the Life
• Posted In A Queen's Eyes
• Posted A King's Ransom
• Posted Let Your Spirit Move Me..
• Posted My Heart Will Go On
• Posted The Truth and Nothing But ..
• Posted Wrapped

Raising Melosa Series by T. Novan

• Posted A Visit to Mothers
• Posted The Heart of a Warrior
  
• Posted I Will Not Be Denied.. by BJ O'Donnell
• Posted A Story of Magic by CL Bactad

Upcoming Events:

Real Hollywood has announced that they will be holding an online chat with some of the cast and crew of Xena: Warrior Princess.

Date: December 15, 1998, 5:00 pm (US PST)
Guests: To Be Announced.

The Real Hollywood web address is:
http://www.realhollywood.com

8 December 1998

I think everyone knows that I absolutely adore Tropical Storm - for those that don't ... it's a beaut of a Uber story! Now comes something different:

Barbara Maclay has THE TROPICAL STORM GRAPHICS PORTFOLIO PAGE at http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/bungalow/8725/

Check it out! And speaking of Tropical Storm...Missy has finally finished this epic.
Go, read, enjoy :-)

• Posted Tropical Storm - Part 16 (final) by Melissa Good
• Reposted Sons of Thunder by MaryD
• Posted For The Love Of... by Xero
• Posted In The Mind's Eye - Part 3 by Kat
• Posted The Mating Game by Joanna
• Posted Bucket of Eels by TZ
• Posted Eternal Life by TZ
• Posted When Evil Meets Itself by TZ
• Posted Fragments by TZ
• Posted Getting It Right by TZ
• Posted Madness and Discovery by TZ
• Posted A Warrior's Heart by TZ
• Posted The Way Of The Family by TZ

For those that speak German here is a treat - there is a German Interview with the Bards Page :-)
http://www.kronach.baynet.de/~symbiont/autoreninterviews/fragenkatalog.htm

CN Winters and Watcher are the first bards on the page and the German bards are there as well (translation of these will be up in the next few days)

7 December 1998

I'm back! Many thanks to those that sent me get well cybercards and emails!

• Created new montage: Season 1 - A Fistful of Dinars

From the "I have a little cash to spare" dept
(from Sharon Delaney:

There is also one item that we only have 98 copies of. It is a framed matted "Dirty Feet" photo signed by both Lucy and Renee. It took us almost a year to put this together.

The Price? It's $219.95 (US$) (Australian dollars...@ $400.00) If you are interested - email Sharon on outback@primenet.com

Fanfic Recommendations: I'm a BIG Missy Good fan and I have to tell you folks if you haven't read Tropical Storm then you are missing out on one of the best Uber stories I have ever read. Set in Maimi (Missy's playground) it's the story of Dar Roberts and Kerry Stuart. I thoroughly recommend it! Go on you know you want to read it! :-) Part 16 is now in progress - http://www.merwolf.com/tropical1.html will take you to Tropical Storm - Part 1. Or you can click to Missy Stories on The Bard's Corner.

• Posted Tropical Storm - Part 15 by Melissa Good

I am extremely pleased to announce that TZ (Tami) has joined The Bard's Corner! I love this bard's work! Check it out!

Bardly Pursuits
The Magic of Mushrooms
Passion Improvised
For Gabrielle
X and G Lend a Hand
The Golden Chalice
The Biggest Step
Letters to Ephiny

The Sacrifice for Love Series:

A Thread In Time
Gabrielle's Return
All You Need is Love
The Gods' Hope
At What Cost
Love's Sweet Face
Irritating Can Be Good

The Way of Life Series

The Way of Love
The Way of the Wolf
The Way of the Amazon
The Way of the Bard
The Way of the Child
The Way of the Mother

The Eternal Series

Eternal Rewards
Eternal Love
Eternal Bond

• Updated Episode Listing for Season 1 episodes on Foxtel for December

3 December 1998

• Added new montage for Locked Up and Tied Down (Season 4)

• Posted SLK's episode review of The Debt - Part 2

• Posted 15 screenshots from Entertainment Tonight - 2 December 1998

The Bard's Corner & Joxer Tales Updates:

• Posted The Gabrielle / Xena Trilogy - Book 1 by Ogami

• Posted Discovery by Rooks

• Posted Nano #4: Newton's Second Law - Gravitation - Part 6 by Jules Mills

• Posted Nano #4: Newton's Second Law - Gravitation - Part 7 by Jules Mills

• Posted Before My Eyes by Bel-wah

• Posted Gabrielle and Callisto by Phil D. Hernandez

• Posted The Joxer Rebellion - Act 1 by Phil D. Hernandez to The Joxer Tales

• Posted The Second Homecoming of Gabrielle by Phil D. Hernandez to The Joxer Tales

Merchandise Update:

• Redesigned The Aussie Merchandise Page

• Added Foxtel's offer of Xena Action Figure for $39.95

• Action Figure Alert for Aussies: Toy Kingdom in Woodlark St, Lismore has the 6" Velasca, harem Xena and Autolycus figures in stock. You can also purchanse the dolls from Uncle Pete's Toys in Wagga. (Price $26.95)

• Many thanks to Deborah for this info: Simplicity has a pattern for a Xena costume for kids as well as Adults.

TV Alert for XWP Cast Members:

• Bruce Campbell will appear on the 13 December 1998 episode of the X-Files. The ep is titled "Terms of Endearment"
  

Creation News (The Official Xena Fan Club Updates):

• All the parts have arrived in house. We're starting to collate and pack them tomorrow and will start shipping next week. We'll be making daily trips to the post office to send out the ones made that day. They are sent priority mail so it won't be long before they will be arriving on doorsteps. If anyone has moved, please let me know now :)

  Sharon

  P.P.S. We have over 6,000 orders to get out. I'll post when they are all in the mail.

2 December 1998

Attention Aussies: This week's Who Weekly (30/11/98) has a nice photo of Lucy, Rob & Daisy from the NZ TV Awards

Created new montage based on the episode "Locked Up and Tied Down". This montage is dedicated to Peyton and it showcases Thalassa and Gabrielle.

Speaking of Thalassa...this has bugged me since I first heard the name...I'm curious as to why they named this character that..in Greek it means ocean or the sea...so was it supposed to mean something or did RJ like the sound of it. If anyone knows the answer to this question..let me know :-)

I would like to announce a new bard has been added to The Bard's Corner - Ilsa. Ilsa has written a story that involves Xena, Gabrielle and two FBI agents called Scully and Mulder...I thoroughly enjoyed this story - I'm a budding X-Files fan so it was rather interesting for me!

• Posted Kansas by Ilsa

• Posted Reflections In A Golden Eye - Part 2 (Book 2) by ArdentTly

• Posted Some Other Good Day by Blue

• Posted SLK's Review of Maternal Instincts

For those Kevin Smith fans out there:

• Posted Transcript and Pics from the Starlog magazine #259 (January 1998) - this pic is just too gorgeous.

Now XWP Work - Star Trek Fan Fiction

• Reposted Lenara by Scout

1 December 1998

Montage Update: Review and Montage of Season 4 episode Crusader are now online. I am now going to attempt to have visions of Joan of Arc be eradicated from my brain...wish me luck :-)

Attention Aussies: In the latest issue of Foxtel Magazine (December), Foxtel is offering a Xena Action figure (I figure about 12 inches) for $34.95. They are only releasing 1,000 of them!

• Archived What's New for November 1998
  

• Posted Nano #4: Newton's Second Law - Gravitation - Part 5 by Jules Mills

As a small side issue here. For those following the Nanoverse stories by Jules Mills..I got this bit of info in my daily Net News for the day. I thought people might be interested:

• NANOTECH PRIZE
  
  In case you missed it, the winner of the Foresight Institute’s (http://foresight.org/ ) 1998 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology was Ralph Merkle of the Xerox Palo Alto Research. Merkle is one of the great advocates of nanotechnology and his page at http://nano.xerox.com/nano/   is worth checking out.
  

• Posted Crusader: Away From The Light by Blind Faith

• Posted Sins of the Daughter by Bel-wah

• Updated Season 4 Rumours with info about If The Shoe Fits

• Updated The Australian Episode Guide - Channel 10. Xena has finished for the year on Channel 10. Foxtel will air Season 1 episodes during the summer.

Magazine Update: (Many thanks to Liz for the following info)