So - Series 2 of The Western Sky is complete, and I am in the process of proofing it and posting it. "Respect For Your Elders" (Episode 2x09) is up, and tomorrow I am going to move on to Episode 2x10 ("Hallie Potter, At Your Service").
In addition, I have posted a complete story (more or less) called "The 9th Floor". This is another tv show type story, but rather than having big dramatic fights and evil beings, it is a simple political drama, in the vein of The West Wing and Commander In Chief.
It deals with life at The Ministry, and with the families of those involved. Also, a group of children starting Hogwarts - the kids of the families and so forth.
Whether I continue it is kind of dependent on the number of reads/reviews it gets - since it is not a typical story, I don't know if people will be interested in it or not, and while I do mostly write for my own enjoyment, I have other series (A New Dawn, The Western Sky Series 3, Christmas in Sunnydale, Return To Willamette and Nineteen Years Later to name but a few) I can be working on as well.....
So - that's where it is.
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Western Sky Updates!
I finally fixed the problem with Episode 2x05 of The Western Sky ("Shadows Of The Past") and have posted it, along with 2x06 ("The Games We Play, Part 1") on the HP Fandom Site (see the right of this page to find the link, since I can't remember it off the top of my head).
It has yet to be updated on ForeverFandom because that site is currently down, and I don't know when it will be back up.
In addition, I have written four more episodes (2x07 - 2x10), and they are currently being proof read, before they are posted, and work continues on the last four episodes of the series (including a three part finale!)
My plan is to stay four chapters ahead, so I will be posting 2x07 within the next week, and then posting a new chapter each time I finish one of the final four (which hopefully should be in the next month or so, work and other things pending).
I apologise for the long delay in finishing this story, but Episode 5 really was doing my nut in, so I moved on to other stories to try to get some inspiration. And apparently, the plan worked.
Anyway - Western Sky updated. Yay!
It has yet to be updated on ForeverFandom because that site is currently down, and I don't know when it will be back up.
In addition, I have written four more episodes (2x07 - 2x10), and they are currently being proof read, before they are posted, and work continues on the last four episodes of the series (including a three part finale!)
My plan is to stay four chapters ahead, so I will be posting 2x07 within the next week, and then posting a new chapter each time I finish one of the final four (which hopefully should be in the next month or so, work and other things pending).
I apologise for the long delay in finishing this story, but Episode 5 really was doing my nut in, so I moved on to other stories to try to get some inspiration. And apparently, the plan worked.
Anyway - Western Sky updated. Yay!
Thursday, 31 December 2009
New Site News.
Hi.
I am posting this way in the future to keep it at the top of the page. To find recent posts, please scroll down.
The main purpose for this is to tell you all my HP stories can now be found at
http://www.hpfandom.net/eff/viewuser.php?uid=4145
and all my other stories (along with most of the HP ones) can be found at
http://www.foreverfandom.net/viewuser.php?uid=32408 (however this does not include The Silent Trio nor The Western Sky, though I do plan to change that)
I have also started posting on a new site - http://www.ficwad.com/author/69837 - for both my fanfiction stories and the original stuff I have written.
I have abandoned Fanfiction.Net after the March 22nd Debacle, and the refusal of the site-admins to even acknowledge they screwed up, even though a fair number of users think they did.
Maybe if they fix the problem they caused, and promise not to do it again, I would feel happy about returning. But until I can be sure that the site will let me publish my stories as I want them to be seen, I am not going to risk putting any more stories on there.
I am posting this way in the future to keep it at the top of the page. To find recent posts, please scroll down.
The main purpose for this is to tell you all my HP stories can now be found at
http://www.hpfandom.net/eff/viewuser.php?uid=4145
and all my other stories (along with most of the HP ones) can be found at
http://www.foreverfandom.net/viewuser.php?uid=32408 (however this does not include The Silent Trio nor The Western Sky, though I do plan to change that)
I have also started posting on a new site - http://www.ficwad.com/author/69837 - for both my fanfiction stories and the original stuff I have written.
I have abandoned Fanfiction.Net after the March 22nd Debacle, and the refusal of the site-admins to even acknowledge they screwed up, even though a fair number of users think they did.
Maybe if they fix the problem they caused, and promise not to do it again, I would feel happy about returning. But until I can be sure that the site will let me publish my stories as I want them to be seen, I am not going to risk putting any more stories on there.
Monday, 14 December 2009
Restarting Nineteen Years Later
Lucius Malfoy looked down the length of Diagon Alley, and smiled.
While the weekly Devotion Meetings were always very fulfilling, this one marked the fourteenth anniversary of the end of the war, and The Unity Squads had been out far more often to ensure they got maximum attendance.
From what he could see, they'd done their job very well - The Alley was packed, with hundreds of people carrying unity banners and waving flags with images of his Royal Majesty.
"Minister Malfoy - it's time" He smiled down at his assistant - Saffron always enjoyed the meetings, and he was fairly certain that - after they were finished - she would be more than willing to join him in a post meeting celebration.
"Thank you, Saffron" He smiled as she giggled. In the decade since his wife had been executed for treason, he had had quite a few companions, but - he had to admit - Saffron was proving the most entertaining and delightful.
"You're welcome, Minister" She nodded, then took a step back as he walked up to the platform and turned to face the crowd.
"People of Britain" He paused to let the cheers calm down "I stand before you today, pleased to announce the longest era of growth and prosperity the county has seen" There was more applause, and he smiled genially "It's now fourteen years since the rebellion against his Royal Majesty was crushed - fourteen years in which we have hunted down the traitors, the terrorists and those who would disrupt the peaceful running of our glorious country" He paused, then beamed "And this morning, I am proud to announce that...." He trailed off, frowning as he realised there was music playing in the background.
"Early one morning"
"Minister?" Saffron walked up behind him.
"Just as the sun was rising"
"Where is that coming from?" He asked quietly, still looking around.
"I heard a maiden singing"
"I don't know, Minister, but I will find out" She turned, and clicked her fingers at a few of the security agents flanking the podium.
"In the valley below"
Lucius turned back to see the crowd looking around in confusion.
"Ladies and gentlemen - do not panic. This is merely a minor disturbance, and we will have it sorted out momentarily" He looked around The Alley again, then turned back to see Saffron looking confused.
"Shut that noise off now, or don't bother coming in to work tomorrow" He yelled at her. She looked around wildly, but still could not find the source of the music.
"Oh do not leave me"
"People! Do not...." He started again, then trailed off as the crowd started pointing up.
"Minister!" Saffron pointed above him, to where a giant wolf's head had appeared, jaws dripping blood as it snapped at the people below.
Lucius turned back to the now panicking audience, then glanced up to the roof of Flourish and Blots.
"Do not deceive me"
Three figures, all dressed in deep purple robes, were stood on top of the bookshop, all with wands drawn, and pointing towards him.
"Saffron...." He tried to get her attention, but his voice came out as a whisper.
A moment later, he saw three beams of green light lance out of the wands, and fly through the air towards him.
As the crowd screamed in terror, he realised that he, at least, was getting off easy. At least Voldemort would not be able to to torture him for this failure.
"How could you use a poor maiden so?"
Hermione Granger-Weasley turned away from the scene below them, and looked to her two fellow assassins.
"Lets go" She said, then all three turned on the spot, and vanished, leaving the screaming, panicked crowd below, and the giant, snarling wolf's head above.
While the weekly Devotion Meetings were always very fulfilling, this one marked the fourteenth anniversary of the end of the war, and The Unity Squads had been out far more often to ensure they got maximum attendance.
From what he could see, they'd done their job very well - The Alley was packed, with hundreds of people carrying unity banners and waving flags with images of his Royal Majesty.
"Minister Malfoy - it's time" He smiled down at his assistant - Saffron always enjoyed the meetings, and he was fairly certain that - after they were finished - she would be more than willing to join him in a post meeting celebration.
"Thank you, Saffron" He smiled as she giggled. In the decade since his wife had been executed for treason, he had had quite a few companions, but - he had to admit - Saffron was proving the most entertaining and delightful.
"You're welcome, Minister" She nodded, then took a step back as he walked up to the platform and turned to face the crowd.
"People of Britain" He paused to let the cheers calm down "I stand before you today, pleased to announce the longest era of growth and prosperity the county has seen" There was more applause, and he smiled genially "It's now fourteen years since the rebellion against his Royal Majesty was crushed - fourteen years in which we have hunted down the traitors, the terrorists and those who would disrupt the peaceful running of our glorious country" He paused, then beamed "And this morning, I am proud to announce that...." He trailed off, frowning as he realised there was music playing in the background.
"Early one morning"
"Minister?" Saffron walked up behind him.
"Just as the sun was rising"
"Where is that coming from?" He asked quietly, still looking around.
"I heard a maiden singing"
"I don't know, Minister, but I will find out" She turned, and clicked her fingers at a few of the security agents flanking the podium.
"In the valley below"
Lucius turned back to see the crowd looking around in confusion.
"Ladies and gentlemen - do not panic. This is merely a minor disturbance, and we will have it sorted out momentarily" He looked around The Alley again, then turned back to see Saffron looking confused.
"Shut that noise off now, or don't bother coming in to work tomorrow" He yelled at her. She looked around wildly, but still could not find the source of the music.
"Oh do not leave me"
"People! Do not...." He started again, then trailed off as the crowd started pointing up.
"Minister!" Saffron pointed above him, to where a giant wolf's head had appeared, jaws dripping blood as it snapped at the people below.
Lucius turned back to the now panicking audience, then glanced up to the roof of Flourish and Blots.
"Do not deceive me"
Three figures, all dressed in deep purple robes, were stood on top of the bookshop, all with wands drawn, and pointing towards him.
"Saffron...." He tried to get her attention, but his voice came out as a whisper.
A moment later, he saw three beams of green light lance out of the wands, and fly through the air towards him.
As the crowd screamed in terror, he realised that he, at least, was getting off easy. At least Voldemort would not be able to to torture him for this failure.
"How could you use a poor maiden so?"
Hermione Granger-Weasley turned away from the scene below them, and looked to her two fellow assassins.
"Lets go" She said, then all three turned on the spot, and vanished, leaving the screaming, panicked crowd below, and the giant, snarling wolf's head above.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Alarums!
Apparently HPFandom has been temporarily shut down due to.... I think it is overuse of the CPU on a shared server, but it's not entirely clear at the moment.
I am going to wait to see what happens, but possibly look for other sites as well. (I have felt in a bit of a minority on HPFandom since it is so obviously a slash-site, even if there are a few non-slash stories there).
Watch this space, I suppose.
I am going to wait to see what happens, but possibly look for other sites as well. (I have felt in a bit of a minority on HPFandom since it is so obviously a slash-site, even if there are a few non-slash stories there).
Watch this space, I suppose.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Plagiarism is a truly appalling thing
I am not a professional writer, and probably never will be.
But I am quite proud of what I've written, and if I thought anyone else was claiming credit for it, I would be more than a bit ticked off.
(Note - yes, I quote a lot in what I do. But as far as I know I have never written something I took from someone else and claimed it as my own. I always provide sources for what I quote, unless it is really obvious who wrote it, and generally copyright info as well.
In addition, posting stories on different sites with different names sometimes causes confusion amongst readers, but generally I clear that up easily enough).
So when I found this http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=140402 and compared it to this http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/daria_vs_the_lawndale_zombies.html I was utterly appalled someone would have the balls to do it.
I am pretty sure the Daria one is the original, and that the Happy Days one is a rip off, because at one point the character of Chachi is referred to Upchuck - the only time it happens in the story. Which smacks of a sloppy cut and paste job. (Plus one of the characters sings the Lumberjack Song, which I'm sure wasn't around in Happy Days time. But that could just be crappy writing).
Now - it's possible Erin Mills and Race's Girl are the same person, in which case it isn't plagiarism, and I take it back.
But when you look at other stories Race's Girl has written, and search for phrases in them, they come up in different stories. (Captain Muscles vs The Amazons seems to be a copy of History Created and Crushed, by Nigel Preece, for example).
I admit, there isn't a lot I can do, but honestly - it does make me want to smack this Race's Girl for doing such a shitty thing.
But I am quite proud of what I've written, and if I thought anyone else was claiming credit for it, I would be more than a bit ticked off.
(Note - yes, I quote a lot in what I do. But as far as I know I have never written something I took from someone else and claimed it as my own. I always provide sources for what I quote, unless it is really obvious who wrote it, and generally copyright info as well.
In addition, posting stories on different sites with different names sometimes causes confusion amongst readers, but generally I clear that up easily enough).
So when I found this http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=140402 and compared it to this http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/daria_vs_the_lawndale_zombies.html I was utterly appalled someone would have the balls to do it.
I am pretty sure the Daria one is the original, and that the Happy Days one is a rip off, because at one point the character of Chachi is referred to Upchuck - the only time it happens in the story. Which smacks of a sloppy cut and paste job. (Plus one of the characters sings the Lumberjack Song, which I'm sure wasn't around in Happy Days time. But that could just be crappy writing).
Now - it's possible Erin Mills and Race's Girl are the same person, in which case it isn't plagiarism, and I take it back.
But when you look at other stories Race's Girl has written, and search for phrases in them, they come up in different stories. (Captain Muscles vs The Amazons seems to be a copy of History Created and Crushed, by Nigel Preece, for example).
I admit, there isn't a lot I can do, but honestly - it does make me want to smack this Race's Girl for doing such a shitty thing.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Wargh!
You can't just shove in four characters for one act then never use them again. It's stupid, and people are going to notice.
So - how about we change E&B for a new Ambassador? Maybe Emily Brown... That might work?
So - how about we change E&B for a new Ambassador? Maybe Emily Brown... That might work?
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