announcing the winner

[lonanivymaeve.livejournal.com]

so in my timezone it's already 5:05pm and I think it's about time to declare the winner so that the new topic can also be announced today :]

I'm really happy that you guys found the time to write those awesome entries and I really enjoyed them all :]

I especially liked devlinnreiko 's "Give in" with its simple yet clear and well executed story and therefore pronounce her winner, congratulation!

phew, it's really not easy to decide a winner
I really enjoyed reading all three drabbles, so thank you once again for taking the time to write them :]


ah, a stupid question at last....

would it be ok for the subject-provider/judge of the week to comment the entries?
I kept myself from commenting before declaring the winner and am going to catch up on it in a second
I mean it should be fine to comment them right after reading them, too, shouldn't it?
as long as one wouldn't write something stupid like "omg you're totes gonna win this!" it shouldn't be harmful to comment normally, right?
or is it preferred to stay silent until the judgment is made?
I don't mind either way but I'm afraid of doing things that aren't much welcome in the community, so tell me what's ok :]

so long, looking forward to the next topic :]

Comments

[cptn-shinigami.livejournal.com]

I've always waited until after, mostly because I tend to give the game away.
:)
Which, of course, is no reason to say you shouldn't, it just means that afterwards you can say whatever you wanted to say in the first place without 'adjusting' it to be unbiased. :)

But it is difficult, considering ALL the drabbles here are just awesome *_*

[lonanivymaeve.livejournal.com]

hehe yeah, so many awesome drabbles~

you're right, writing afterwards doesn't have any disadvantages per se
but I always want to immediately write a comment and compliment the writer after I've read it XD
I'm impatient~
but then again I don't want to discourage the one who might want to send in the next entry and reads my comments thinking "well, if she likes that one so much already then maybe I shouldn't send it in after all"
but now that I'm typing this I realize that'd be a very negative way of thinking XD;
after all everybody is here to have fun most of all :]

sometimes I tend to think a bit dramatically XD;