MetaFic

An astute reader (Ichtys) noticed that I made a rather glaring error in Chapter 24. I had Dumbledore introduce Hagrid to the Grangers as though they had never met. They had indeed met, however, back in chapter 9 when Hagrid broke up the fistfight between Arthur and Lucius. Normally, I really don't like making substantive changes to a chapter after it's posted, but in this case I think it's called for.

Ginny woke from a light doze when George patted her shoulder.

“It’s almost dawn,” he whispered.  “Go on back to your dormitory, and meet us in the common room in an hour.”

She stared at her brother in confusion until she remembered why she was in his room.  Hermione had been Petrified.  It was her fault.  She was in the boys’ dormitory because she had been unable to face her own.

With such a title, this could be about our church, which doesn't have its own building so has to set up and take down every week, but it isn't.

Instead, it concerns my current writing project which is set in Anglo Saxon England. I didn't really appreciate how much work it would entail in bringing the wealth of information that is out there regarding the period (its set around 924 AD)into a story. It's also showed me just how much info I have stored in my head about the world in which Harry lives.

My wife has never read any of my fanfic, always asking why I don't write any original stuff. She tends to be a lone voice amongst those who are interested in what I write as everyone else wants to know when the next chapter of 12M or Sins will be. But now she's happy, because I'm working on an idea that has no links to Harry Potter.

I got a really cool Christmas present. "HGRHfan35" on SIYE created a picture for me to go with Lily's Child and I thought I'd share it with everyone. It's an animated GIF and you can find it at: http://s675.photobucket.com/albums/vv116/HGRHfan35/?action=view&current=...

It is snowing here; started last night and we have probably over 8 inches on the ground right now. We are under a Winter Storm Warning and a Blizzard Warning will kick in about 5pm (local) this evening and stay in effect overnight. The initial forecasts were 12+ inches, now it is up to 22 inches. Whoohoo! I know the amount of snow we get in the Mid-Atlantic states might not be much to other readers, but for us real big snow storms are quite rare. This is our first in over three years. It is making a nice addition to the Christmas decorations inside and out!

I bet everyone thought I was gone. :) I see haven't left a blog entry for over 8 months. Yup, I've been busy (and sometimes lazy. :) Two big pieces of news: "Lily's Child" ch 3 is finally out, and I'm looking for a couple of betas.

((A/N: My apologies to everyone for the length of time it took for this chapter to come out.

For those who wish to know, the majority of the problem is that I changed my writing process with this story. The new process, obviously, did not hold for very long before I collapsed under it. Let that be a lesson to all other writers: If you find a process that works well for you, don’t change it on a major story. If you want to change your writing process, try on a small to medium sized story to make sure the new process really works for you.

Scouting around for something new to read I came across Ginny's Journey on SIYE.

I was surprised to find that the interaction between H&G after 48 chapters is minimal. I won't be continuing with the story because I didn't actually like it, but it got me thinking; how much H&G does the story have to have to find a place on the site?