New in the sense that it isn't archived anywhere, but old and complete because I wrote it for an exchange; it is being posted as it is beta read.

You can find it at The Petulant Poetess:
http://www.thepetulantpoetess.com/viewstory.php?sid=14419

Ashwinder:
http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=21486

And, though I don't know why you'd want to read it there, at the pit:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5209725/1/

Summary: EWE. Hermione is trying to redefine herself in the post-Voldemort era. So are the Malfoys. Helping Snape regain his life gives Hermione hope that she can save her own. (PG-13)

:)Merrin

Trying to find favorites that hadn't already been recommended wasn't easy, but I narrowed it down to 14 fic and vid recs:

-Dr. Who/Torchwood
-Harry Potter
-Ironman (movieverse)
-Road to Avonlea
-Star Trek (reboot)
-Star Wars
-Stargate: SG-1 and Atlantis
-Twilight

http://community.livejournal.com/fangirl_tour/23389.html

Hey, my friend madamsnape has just posted the penultimate chapter of "Bound" at TPP, and it is a must-read!

She's also looking for a beta to help her with For All The Love In The World at TPP.

If you know the difference between a compound sentence and a compound predicate and want to help out, please contact her :)

pleasedontbreakmyheart @ hotmail . com

crossposted to: lovedraughts

Though I have the distinct impression I am already following the vast majority of my LJ friends on Twitter by virtue of your being in my address book, please note that WRITERMERRIN now as a place from which to tweet and read tweets. I shall probably be mostly a reader, but you never know when I may decide to spout random brilliant thoughts.

Sooo, after weighing the pros and cons, I saw the movie and was interested enough to read the first book... which I did in just a few days and ran to the library during my 30-min meal break to get "New Moon." I guess I'm hooked, but I need to keep reminding myself that people (like my husband and the other TPP admins) are relying on me, so I must not blow everything off to read.

( a few impressions )

And I got a callus from rubbing my finger along the edge of the book all weekend.

ETA: The reason for this post! If any of you are Twilight writers, I want to know. I dread the idea of diving into the pit to find something worth reading.

My friend came through her surgery, and so far things look positive. Thanks for the supportive comments.

I'm going to bed now because I started to sleep type.

I remember one incident of typing a report past midnight when I was in high school where I started to type something from my dream. Well, I did it again tonight. This little gem almost ended up in someone's fanfic:

[again, no comma because the toaster attacks innocuous fingers]

The best part is that when I woke up, I actually remembered that I originally had 'innocent' and replaced it with 'innocuous.'

<---And to show off my new icon!

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Your result for The Sorting Hat Test...

Huffledor

You scored 55% Order/Chaos, and 77% Moral/Rational

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I'm thinking about actually working on "In Defense of Small Wonders" at some point soon. (I know, that doesn't sound very promising.) So, here is my question. In America, we have chocolate chip cookies. We can also buy Hershey's chocolate kisses or Nestle morsels; also, ours come in milk chocolate, semi-sweet, or dark. If someone in England were to make chocolate chip biscuits(?), I mean, I assume they have them, right? Is there a brand? I'm trying to have Pansy do a chocolate analogy, but I know that my Pennsylvanian sensibilities will have nothing on a European's.

Thanks!

Announcing the impending opening of lovedraughts!

A Hermione Granger/Severus Snape centric community, accepting fiction and art updates, meta posts, recommendations and the opportunity for members to post searches for things they cannot find.



Click on the banner to be taken to the community! Please be sure to read the rules and comment before requesting membership. That way you'll be a member in no time!

AND...


Announcing the impending opening of snape_het!

A community centred around pairing Severus Snape with a female of your choice*. Accepting fiction and art updates, meta posts, and recommendations.



Click on the banner to be taken to the community!

* Except SS/HG. Our affiliate/sister comm lovedraughts is reopening for that specific pairing!

Just FYI, they are forecasting a loss of power for my area due to ice, so you may not see me around for a couple of days. I hope those of you southerners can safely enjoy the snow, too!

In every other fandom I'm in, there is an LJ community where people can announce their own new or updated stories to other like-minded fen. It has long boggled my mind that the Granger/Snape community is still largely Yahoo-based. I would like to remedy that, but I am going to need some help. Please comment and/or discuss the following points:

-What kind of fic would be allowed to be announced here?
--SS/HG only
--any Snape-centric
--Snape-centric het

-Do we want a strict format of fic only or open it up to meta and searches and drooling over Alan Rickman?

-Does anyone want to co-moderate this?

-PLEASE suggest names for the group!

-PLEASE COMMENT! In my head, I have a goal number of people I want to see respond to this post before I'll go for it. Every positive comment counts! People volunteering to help moderate count twice ;)

For those of you not caught up in the excitement of the Potter Place Anything Goes Challenge--and why not--I had submitted the first five chapters before the voting deadline and have since posted a sixth.

I'm not exactly blocked on the next chapter, more that I'm too busy getting ready for my vacation to work on it. Since I'm sure to be jet-lagged, I'm going to try to take advantage of some of those quiet early mornings to get on with the story. In the mean time, if you haven't been reading it, here it is:

Severus Snape and the Head Girl Curse, Rated T for eventual mildly adult content.

Summary: Seventeen years ago, the Head Girl took Snape's rejection of her personally and exacted a long-lasting revenge--one that Dumbledore was not above using for his own end.

rarcke, this is the one you were helping me with last year.

If you've been enjoying the creative variety of the Anything Goes Challenge stories over at The Petulant Poetess, what are you waiting for? There are only a few hours left for voting.

http://www.thepetulantpoetess.com/voting.php

GO VOTE!

You are Marianne Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! You are impulsive, romantic, impatient, and perhaps a bit too brutally honest. You enjoy romantic poetry and novels, and play the pianoforte beautifully. To boot, your singing voice is captivating. You feel deeply, and love passionately.

Take the Quiz here!

Well, all but the part about being able to play the piano ;) Though it isn't my favorite book, I can't complain about her leading man, yumm!

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Speaking of a leading man, my Hubby gave me the electronic Harry Potter 20 Questions game for my birthday, and it has already provided hours of fun.

I thought I was down to my last beta project when one appeared in my inbox this afternoon. Well, I guess I do like to be busy, right!

So, I just realized this morning that my LJ was set to not send birthday notifications. In lieu of an official notification is just me waving my arms and yelling, "Pay attention to me!"

I'm so busy now that I'm adminning. With one or three of the girls being out due to weather and stuff, we've been swamped over at The Petulant Poetess, and people are writing up a storm to get stuff in before the challenge deadline. I just realized I have like 60 posts to read on my FList, and I don't think I'll get to it before Saturday.

I am also officially un-writers-blocked. I've written a few pages this week. There may actually be a new chapter of the Dudley/Pansy fic forthcoming.

Anyway, Hubby should be home soon with breakfast I don't have to cook :)

Dedicated to all of the soggy fangirls in hurricane country.
With thanks to southernwitch69 for rescuing me from misspelling.

Anniversary at Disney’s Really Magical Kingdom Resort

Rating: PG-13, for mild situations that would come up celebrating an anniversary ;)

Summary: Severus and Hermione return to celebrate their anniversary where they'd spent their honeymoon, only to find themselves riding out a hurricane.


( “Incompetent magical maintenance,” Severus grumbled... )

Five Days at Disney's Really Magical Kingdom Resort
Various Ratings from PG to PG-13
1. From the Goldilocks Suite: Luna and Colin
2. From the Jasmine Suite: Draco and Pansy
3. From the Alice Suite: Remus and Tonks
4. From the Merlin Suite: Arthur and Molly
5. From the Arthur Suite: Harry and Ginny

Complete at The Petulant Poetess
http://www.thepetulantpoetess.com/viewstory.php?sid=10813

Or where it originated
http://community.livejournal.com/romancingwizard/312352.html#cutid1

Hi,
I happened to notice that a whole bunch of people had friended me recently without my noticing.

I decided to go ahead and reciprocate! I mostly only post for fic-related stuff, but it's always great to know someone will at least see what I'm posting ;)

Um, since I added the whole lot, sight-unseen, I hope you also understand if I unfriend you within the next couple of weeks, not to take it personally, just because I don't want my FList to get unmanagable.

I'm planning to post some stuff I wrote for Romancing the Wizard soon!

Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test...

English Genius

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Now I just need to remember the difference between farther and further ;)

In chat last night, I was given a prompt for Pansy Parkinson and Dudley Dursley. Little did I know that the drabble was going to grow to something this big. Here is the first chapter. It will eventually have romance between Pansy and Dudley with Snape and Hermione as a side pairing. Rated G-PG.

( In Defense of Small Wonders )

ETA: Now in its edited form at TPP:
http://www.thepetulantpoetess.com/viewstory.php?sid=9693