I have to say, the April Fool's front page for SugarQuill is one of the funniest things I've seen in ages. Of course, it's ten times funnier if you're familiar with the standard FictionAlley front page, not to mention the differing attitudes of the two sites as to a) who Hermione ought to end up with romantically, Harry or Ron and b) whether Draco ( Read more... )

Wow, I've been totally spoiled by my friends and family today. Which is a good thing, because I'm feeling really awful with this cold and now it's turning into a nasty sore throat, and if it weren't for all the cheering-up I'd probably be curled up somewhere whining.

First thing in the morning, I got a lovely poem in my mailbox from my dear friend ( Read more... )

Wah, now I'm going to get all sucky. My husband, who's been on the road since early Wednesday morning, just called and said he's been delayed and won't get home until Saturday night. Which means I'll be all alone, and stranded at home without a personal vehicle*, on my birthday. Boo hoo. Poor me.

OK, that's over now. :) On a more positive note ( Read more... )

For the sake of those (kindly and flatteringly) pestering me about various stories and works in progress, I thought I'd post a complete update on the status of all my projects:

1. Harry Potter fics

My half of Lessons has a good chance of getting finished some time in the next, oh, maybe six weeks or so. After that, you'll have to pester Erica ( Read more... )

I am once more indebted to Erica Smith for finding another amusing URL -- in this case a Markov Chain text randomizer -- running a few paragraphs of my Snapefic "The Potions Master's Apprentice" through it, and sending me this gem of a result:

"Miss Moody is a scone, Severus," said Dumbledore, calmly pouring the other Hogwarts houses.

Of course, I ( Read more... )

OK, here's a short list of my very favorite HP fics -- the ones that have really captured my interest, fired my imagination, and on the whole made me believe that I was in JKR's world, reading a new story about the characters I've come to know and love through her books. They also have a personal appeal to me on a philosophical level, in that many ( Read more... )

One of my readers, Ana, asked in her comments on a recent post:

"Do you have favorite HP fanfiction?"

Why, yes indeed, I do. And actually, I've been meaning to post a list of my HP fanfic faves, as well as to talk a little about what I look for in fanfic generally and HP fanfic in particular, so I might as well do it now... thanks for asking, Ana.

I ( Read more... )

Nicholas has gone to bed, so I finally can write something that might conceivably interest my readers, if I have any (peers sceptically into distance).

Now that I'm finished War Wounds, I have a couple of other HP fics in mind, at least one of which I hope to have written before the new baby arrives in early June. (BTW, if anybody is wondering why ( Read more... )

Oh, how I love Sugar Quill... I only sent them the final version of this story an hour ago and it's already up.

I'm pleased to announce the posting of my latest fic set in the Harry Potter universe, called "War Wounds". It's a relatively short, single-chapter piece concerning Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody and Imogen Crump after the events of "If We ( Read more... )

Hubby just came home with a remote-controlled Porsche for Nicholas. (Or at least it's supposed to be for Nicholas. I have my doubts.) Anyway, he's now rushed off to Giant Tiger to buy batteries so he -- I mean Nicholas -- can play with his new toy.

I just went ego-surfing on Google and found a bunch of reviews for my Snapefics that I hadn't seen ( Read more... )