MetaFic

Several folks have asked, including one via PM who doesn't accept return PMs, so I thought I'd provide what information I can about the rest of MoO2. The next chapter, number 26 by my count, is in early beta. Later early beta than it was a couple of weeks ago, so there is progress. Under ideal circumstances, it would be posted in about 3 weeks. In the real world, it will probably be longer, but it's still visible in the distance.

I'm still alive. I'm taking two courses at once and sniffing around the job market, all of which are taking up a lot of time. I'm also having to do some spring-related work on the house, which is taking up even more time. I have a wife around here somewhere, and she seems to like to take up my time. I've recently discovered that sleep is, in fact, necessary, and it takes up a shocking amount of time if you let it.

So I have very little time.

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.

Basically: stalled

My life has taken a turn for the busy in the last few weeks, and it's going to last for at least another week. I've had almost no time to work on writing, aside from the short bits of The Contract we've posted (much of which were already written or which Josh originally drafted). Chapter 24 of MoO2 is in the beta process, but it's waiting for me to have time to do the first-round revisions. Chapter 25 is outlined but waiting on ch24.

Top three reasons why I like Metafic:
1. People here aren't stupid.
2. People here don't assume that I'm stupid.
3. When I post a comment like this, a reasonable portion of people who read it will know what I mean. Which is not quite the same as #1.

Ahh. I feel better now.

Sluggy, which is the source material for Bun-bun, did a set of parodies of the first four HP books. I re-read them recently, and I thought others might enjoy them also. Prior knowledge of the Sluggy universe is helpful, but it's not really necessary to enjoy the parodies. Sadly, Bun-bun isn't in any of the stories, though I think he would show up in "books" 5-7.

Torg Potter and the Sorcerer's Nuts: http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/020902

Torg Potter and the Chamberpot of Secretions: http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/030915

Remember these?

M2:20 is in very-very-late beta
M2:21 is in late beta
M2:22 is in early beta
M2:23 is in early beta

I originally wrote chapters 21-23 as two long chapters which shared a basic theme. After some thought and a nudge from Jonathan, I decided to split those two into three shorter chapters. Hopefully that will mean less time between updates, in addition to the story-related reasons.

I hope to start fleshing out the outline for M2:24 soon, and then I'll start on the draft.

Well, it's seemingly been forever (but not Josh's version of forever), but here I am with a meaningful update about MoO.

In general, my output for the last month and the next 2 months has been and will be low. I'm in class, and my wife and I are also buying a house. That's sucking up loads of my time in ways that I never really expected.

So, the update:
M2:19 is in late beta
M2:20 is in early beta
M2:21 is in early beta
M2:22 is in early beta

I don't have a lot to report as a status update, but it's been a while, so I thought I'd say what I can. I'm back from vacation and just about caught up with the real life I missed. I'm slowly angling my way back into regular fanfic work, and I hope that MoO will be back on track from here on. So...

M2:18 is in late beta
M2:19 is in early beta
M2:20 is in early beta
M2:21 is in early beta
M2:22 is a (very) detailed outline

I feel like I've been completely incommunicado for weeks, so I thought I'd share. I recently took a 5-week intensive course, which usually isn't too bad, but this one was even more intensive than usual. I got almost nothing done during that whole time. That ended last week, and I was really looking forward to catching up a bit over the weekend. Unfortunately, my wife's grandfather (not someone she knew well) died on Saturday morning, and we ended up flying across the country to attend the funeral.