So, I don't hang out on many other forums, but I do spend a lot of time at The Leaky Cauldron - 'the' Harry Potter news site.  They have a forum called The Leaky Lounge, and I've been going through series one book at a time with their Lily & Stag Inn reading groups.  Every month they hold a little contest.  May's was coming up with riddles - the winning ones were great.  June's was a writing one - they asked us to write a diary entry from one of the adult members of the Order of the Phoenix, after the Battle of Hogwarts in the Half Blood Prince (not the final book).  I thought it looked interesting, so I tried my quill. 

I won first place!  It was so fun to do that by the time I'd submitted it, I really didn't care if it won anything.  And now, I get a cute little "Contest Winner" button under my avatar as well as winning a custom wand from an American wand maker.  How cool is that??

It's amusing that something so small can make my day so bright.  A little bit of creative writing never hurt anyone, it seems!