--- In snorkack@..., "Keith McComb" <kinsfire@g...> wrote:

I realise that this may come across as a flame, and that certainly

isn't the intention I had. All of us are growing as writers, and
sometimes we need an outside view. I enjoy the stories immensely
(have them on my PDA in MobiPocket format, in fact) and love to
reread them.

Hell, the fact that I am bothered by certain things to this level

tells me how good you are - if you weren't good, I wouldn't care
about the way that the characters act.

Keith

As you say, we're all learning to an extent. I see Dumbledore's Army
and cringe reading it now, Spiritus Crystalus is an improvement, but
only slightly so. In writing those fics I was too fixated on the
concept of a chapter equaling one month of story time. Which in
retrospect was probably a mistake.

In DA we went from Kings Cross (End of 5th year) to back at Hogwarts
in exactly two chapters. I don't think I could do that anymore.
Sunset took four chapters to get to the express, then the very first
day at Hogwarts took a chapter all to itself.

Does this mean I'm planning on going back and revisiting DA and SC
for major rewrites? Heh... nope not really. Compared to Sunset they
ok fics in my book. But I'm not about to stop what I'm doing to
rewrite them.

As far as Ginny was concerned, then yeah, she wasn't all that nice.
She treated Harry like her own personal toy for quite a while, and
she had some serious growing up to do. Harry's lack of experience is
part of the reason why he didn't kick her ass to the curb and find
himself a girl that would shag him senseless and not mistreat him. He
didn't know any better, but like Ginny, he needed time to grow and
was willing (at least in our fic) to give Ginny the chance to grow. I
suppose I could have made her grow up quicker, but most of DA was
about Harry learning to deal with the damage left over by the
dursleys. I didn't really start working on Ginny and her problems til
the end of year 6.

Sunset and its planned sequel will probably be the last Harry Potter
fics unless I come up with a really good plot bunny. Its all
learning. :)

- Bob

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--- In snorkack@..., "Alyx" <alyxnw@y...> wrote:

I'll try to hurry. Sorry everyone!

Take your time, I'm sure we all appreciate the time it takes to right
a really good story/chapter. Just think, if JKR were to write the way
many people write fanfictions, she'd have finished all seven books a
couple of year ago!

Lord Kronos

Chapter 15 might be up tonight, but if so, it will be very late. It's
more likely that you'll all wake up tomorrow to a new chapter (those
in the U.S. at any rate). I wasn't able to get as much editing done
last night as I'd hoped, so the bulk if it is being done now. I'd
like to blame it on Bob, but since he reads the boards, that wouldn't
be a good idea :D


I'll try to hurry. Sorry everyone!

~Alyx~

P.S. A puppy? For me? Well now, this might just delay the update a
bit! :D

I second that. Should we get the guns, or the bribes?

Maybe a puppy with puss-in-boots-look? what do you
say?
Note: the puppy is for Alyx. :D

-Crs

--- eldest_fyffe <eldest_fyffe@...> wrote:

I CANT WAIT FOR CHP 15!!!!!!!!! any chance of it
tonight?

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I CANT WAIT FOR CHP 15!!!!!!!!! any chance of it tonight?

--- In snorkack@..., "magyareagle" <magyareagle@y...> wrote:

It already was posted in fanfiction.net Currently the first two
chapters are up and Chapter 3 should be up within a week or two. I
have the entire story plotted out already. The link is


Thanks for the interest!

Balint Szoke

Ooh, goody! *scampers off to read*

Dorothy (who is always looking for stories with concepts that haven't
been done to death already)

It already was posted in fanfiction.net Currently the first two
chapters are up and Chapter 3 should be up within a week or two. I
have the entire story plotted out already. The link is


Thanks for the interest!

Balint Szoke

--- In snorkack@..., "Dorothy McComb" <dmccomb1958@y...>
wrote:

--- In snorkack@..., "magyareagle" <magyareagle@y...>
wrote:

I have no problem with AU. In fact, by definiton, fanfiction is AU.
The story I am writing, "Stranger in a strange land" set out from the
begining to be AU, as I doubt JKR would ever write in Sirius's

return,

the explorer corps, and the conquest of earth by an invading fleet,
with Harry Potter at the helm and Weasely the tactician plotting it.

If this story is not already posted somewhere, you must tell us
*IMMEDIATELY* when it is!

Dorothy

any chance on chp 15 tonight?

--- In snorkack@..., "magyareagle" <magyareagle@y...>
wrote:

I have no problem with AU. In fact, by definiton, fanfiction is AU.
The story I am writing, "Stranger in a strange land" set out from the
begining to be AU, as I doubt JKR would ever write in Sirius's

return,

the explorer corps, and the conquest of earth by an invading fleet,
with Harry Potter at the helm and Weasely the tactician plotting it.

If this story is not already posted somewhere, you must tell us
*IMMEDIATELY* when it is!

Dorothy

I have no problem with AU. In fact, by definiton, fanfiction is AU.
The story I am writing, "Stranger in a strange land" set out from the
begining to be AU, as I doubt JKR would ever write in Sirius's return,
the explorer corps, and the conquest of earth by an invading fleet,
with Harry Potter at the helm and Weasely the tactician plotting it.

--- In snorkack@..., "Keith McComb" <kinsfire@g...> wrote:

I've always looked at any story I write as being AU the moment the

first word of the story makes it to the page, be it electronic or
paper. I am not going to write the story that another writes, and I'm
certainly not going to write at JKR's level. (Personal opinion is
that I'd be writing DOWN to her level after HBP, but that's just a
very dissatisfied reader talking.)

Keith

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All conversations with a potato should be conducted in private.

----- Original Message -----
From: bobmi357
To: snorkack@...
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:30 PM
Subject: [snorkack] Re: Quick Question for the canon fanatics out

there.

--- In snorkack@..., "Phil" <tarkas1956@n...> wrote:
> --- In snorkack@..., "bobmi357" <submitaccount@y...>
wrote:
> > As far as this fic is concerned, book six doesn't exist. <
>
> Would that it were the case in reality... at least, from a
ficwriter's
> PoV. HBP has _so_ limited the scope of possible plots if canon

is to

be
> adhered to. Shame.
>
> Phil, who has at least 3 WIPs (some published, some not) that

HBP has

> forced into AUs, and is slightly annoyed by it.

That is exactly why I won't write a post HBP fic. It's far too
limiting.

Why be annoyed about your story being AU? We knew Sunset would be AU
from the moment the first word was put into a word processor file.

Its

sequel will be even more AU. Our first two stories are totally AU now
thanks to HBP. And personally I think our stories are better than HBP
but thats beside the point. :)

- Bob

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--- In snorkack@..., "Phil" <tarkas1956@n...> wrote:

--- In snorkack@..., "bobmi357" <submitaccount@y...>

wrote:

As far as this fic is concerned, book six doesn't exist. <

Would that it were the case in reality... at least, from a

ficwriter's

PoV. HBP has _so_ limited the scope of possible plots if canon is to

be

adhered to. Shame.

Phil, who has at least 3 WIPs (some published, some not) that HBP has
forced into AUs, and is slightly annoyed by it.

That is exactly why I won't write a post HBP fic. It's far too
limiting.

Why be annoyed about your story being AU? We knew Sunset would be AU
from the moment the first word was put into a word processor file. Its
sequel will be even more AU. Our first two stories are totally AU now
thanks to HBP. And personally I think our stories are better than HBP
but thats beside the point. :)

- Bob

Nothing is mentioned in the book, as far as I remember.

--- Phil <tarkas1956@...> wrote:

--- In snorkack@..., "bobmi357"
<submitaccount@y...> wrote:

As far as this fic is concerned, book six doesn't

exist. <

HBP has _so_ limited the scope of possible
plots if canon is to be
adhered to. Shame.

Phil, who has at least 3 WIPs (some published, some
not) that HBP has
forced into AUs, and is slightly annoyed by it.

I agree. I mean, the only valid plots that could be
easily continued are those focused on the romance and
less on the actual action. And Harry goes horcrux
shopping > kills horcruxes > gets together with Ginny

kills voldemort is a boring plotline already.

Crs, who is so annoyed that he has started his own
alternative to canon, starting with first year.


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--- In snorkack@..., "bobmi357" <submitaccount@y...> wrote:

As far as this fic is concerned, book six doesn't exist. <

Would that it were the case in reality... at least, from a ficwriter's
PoV. HBP has _so_ limited the scope of possible plots if canon is to be
adhered to. Shame.

Phil, who has at least 3 WIPs (some published, some not) that HBP has
forced into AUs, and is slightly annoyed by it.

--- In snorkack@..., "mjc" <cashman_26250@y...> wrote:

--- In snorkack@..., "bobmi357" <submitaccount@y...>

wrote:

Thanks. I thought that was the case. :)

- Bob

Of course with the DEs offing Amelia Bones that could have postponed
any trials that were going to take place...

Nope. As far as this fic is concerned, book six doesn't exist.

--- In snorkack@..., "bobmi357" <submitaccount@y...> wrote:

Thanks. I thought that was the case. :)

- Bob

Of course with the DEs offing Amelia Bones that could have postponed
any trials that were going to take place...

--- In snorkack@..., "Dorothy McComb" <dmccomb1958@y...>
wrote:

--- In snorkack@..., "bobmi357" <submitaccount@y...>

wrote:

At the end of OotP.

Did the Death Eaters caught in the MoM go through a trial? I

don't

remember reading about any trial and I want to make sure of it.

- Bob

It wasn't mentioned. If they did, this information either never

came

to Harry or wasn't important enough to him for the autor to mention
it. In HBP I think Lucius was still in jail, but there was no

mention

of a trial there either. Given the Shunpike situation, I'd suspect
the Ministry has reverted to imprisonment without trial again.

Dorothy

Thanks. I thought that was the case. :)

- Bob