Another story for the TGS writeathon, another that I can't yet post at HPFF, this time because it's the ending of one of my WIPs, and so contains.... "spoilers". :P Picture River Song saying that word, and then you'll understand. It's the epilogue to The Sands of Time at HPFF, but since I have no clear idea when I'll finish that story, I'm ( Read more... )

It's far too easy to get mired in writing short stories. Four years ago, when I took a short story writing class, I was the one person who couldn't get the concept of what a "short story" was - I was a novel person, in for the long run. Now it's the other way around. There are still two more ideas in my head for Potterverse one-shots (hopefully ( Read more... )

Take an upset/angry mood, throw in a Stream of Consciousness challenge, and add a spice of Shakespeare (by way of Joyce) and I got this story. I haven't actually read The Tempest; I know the quotation instead of James Joyce's Ulysses, which is a conveniently stream of consciousness novel (so it all works out).

Title: The Rubies That Were His ( Read more... )

LJ says I updated 2 days ago, yet I could swear that it was only yesterday. Once again, I've fallen into a time lapse (or memory lapse, as I get those often enough). I will blame the marking, which is so far very dull. Essays on Northanger Abbey, my least favourite Austen novel, Pamela, and The Female Quixote are hardly of epic nature ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I last updated, and I'm very sorry for not responding to the people who last commented. Life has been pretty crazy this last month with work, attempting to take part in "extracurricular activities", and every spare moment spent on writing. But finally, I've hit a very short lull before my last bout of essay marking. ( Read more... )

In lieu of my disappointment over the HPFF Dobby awards, for which all my hopes have been dashed, and my very strangely swollen ankles - which came for no known reason and have left massive bruises up and down my legs (my excuse is that I was attacked by an octopus), I will think about things that, lately, have made me happy ( Read more... )

For the first time in... well, years, people are actually telling me that it's wrong to put two spaces after a period. That it should be only one space instead.

Where did this come from? I've been told to do two spaces since I learned how to type.

People say it looks funny to have two spaces.

What kind of foolery is this?

Edit: Apparently ( Read more... )

This was done for the HPFF United Collaboration on (surprise, surprise) HPFF.

Title: For the Greater Good
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: strong violence, DH spoilers
Word Count: 3688
Summary: Dumbledore makes the choice to duel Grindelwald, no matter what the cost.

( yes, it was a lame summary, but still fairly accurate... )

I came across this story at HPFF recently and thought it'd be interesting try out.

Then I started reading and was shocked.

It sounded like the first chapter of This Longing. Not exactly, but damn close ( Read more... )

It's happening ( Read more... )