I stole this from jandjsalmon, nbaeker, rainpuddle13, tudorrose1533, and akaibara. I used the text of my story "In Vino Veritas", though I removed some of the Dracos and Ginnys because they really dominated the picture. I suppose that's cheating, but I really don't care!



And speaking of "In Vino Veritas", I forgot to mention that it won Best D/G Humor and was runner up for Best D/G Romance at the tnl_awards. Thanks to everyone who voted!

Over the weekend, nokomis305 made a comment about a D/G scenario she likes to imagine. That sent me into a bit of an unexpected writing frenzy, which resulted in a new fic in her honor. I hope you enjoy it!

Title: Dinner With the Malfoys

Rating: Not Naughty/K/PG or so

Summary: When Ginny meets his parents for the first time, things don't go quite as Draco expects.

Links: On FIA, On FFN

The story written for me in the dgficexchange was posted, and it is absolutely fabulous. In my (admittedly biased) opinion, it is the best fic of the exchange so far. I am truly very lucky. So if you haven't read it yet, what are you waiting for? Here is the link to the first part: "Notes on Falling Out of Love"

Also, a very happy Easter to all who celebrate it!

Here is the final chapter of "In My Life". Thanks to everyone who has read it!

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Chapter 11 Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: Draco and Ginny get married.

Here is the penultimate chapter! I hope to have the last one up soon, especially now that I have gotten my prompt for the dgficexchange and need to be working on that. :)

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Chapter 10 Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: The evening before their wedding, Draco and Ginny attend a party at the Burrow.

Here is the next chapter. There will only be two more after this, and I am going to try to post them both by February 1, so I can spend my time on my fic for the dgficexchange, but I can't guarantee that that will actually happen!

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Chapter 9 Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: Albus reacts to Draco and Ginny's announcement, and she reacts to him.

Another chapter! In other news, I signed up for the dgficexchange. I'm really excited about it, but worried about getting my story done on time. So you can expect another story from me before too long!

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Chapter 8 Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: Ginny and Draco's families begin to react to the news.

Here is the next chapter, and I think you're going to like it! *grins* I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can.

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Chapter 7 Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: Ginny and Draco have a confrontation.

Oops! I forgot to post this yesterday when I posted the new chapter. Better late than never, though, right? So here we go.

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Chapter 6 Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: Ginny and Draco have very different reactions to what happened the night before.

I posted the next chapter of "In My Life". This is where the pace starts to pick up!

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Chapter 5 Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: Draco begins to treat Ginny differently.

To get the really important news out of the way, I am done with my Christmas shopping!

Now, the main point of the post: the next chapter of "In My Life" is up. I'm afraid, though, that it will be a couple of weeks before the next one goes up--I'm going to be pretty busy with the holidays and a wedding.


Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Chapter 4 Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: Ginny and Draco get to know one another better.

At long last, I have another chapter of "In My Life" to post. My husband/beta reader was away, and then we both had finals to contend with, but now they are over, so we have a little bit of breathing room. Hopefully the next chapter will come a little more quickly!

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Chapter 3 Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: Ginny spends her first full day at Notting Park.

Here is the next chapter. Some of you might remember me posting a while ago about a character who had taken on a life of his own, entirely opposed to what I had planned for him; you will meet him in this chapter. By the way, due to my husband/beta's schedule, it will probably be at least a week until I am able to update again.

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Chapter 2 Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: Draco and Ginny each visited by their sons.

Finally, the next chapter! This is where the main part of the story begins.

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Links: On FIA, On FFN

In This Chapter: Ginny and Draco meet for the first time in many years.

I have started posting a new fic! Updates may not be as quick as I would like, but hopefully they won't be too slow.

This new story is a take on D/G I don't think I've seen before, and has the benefit of being fully compliant with Deathly Hallows (even the epilogue), but still more or less fluff. I don't think it is nearly as good as "In Vino Veritas", but I didn't think that was very good when I started posting it, either, which goes to show what I know. I guess we'll have to see how it goes. Anyway, I hope that you enjoy the story!

Title: In My Life

Rating: Sorta Naughty/K+/PG or so

Summary: Draco and Ginny discover that it is never too late to find true love.

Links: On FIA, On FFN

I stole this meme from lyndsiefenele.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).

If you can't guess which book these sentences are from, you are not a typical reader of my journal! And no, I didn't cheat. I actually keep copies of all the HP books by my computer to facilitate writing fanfic. Yes, I'm pathetic. Since I have already revealed myself to be hopelessly nerdy, I will also point out that this particular excerpt led my husband and I into a serious discussion about what, exactly, constitutes a sentence. We decided that single words as exclamations probably qualify, even without verbs. That said, here we go:

"Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

"Thank you!"

(Just for the purposes of academic honesty, these sentences are, of course, from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.)

I finished reading DH earlier today, and thought I would share some of my thoughts, especially since my husband is still rereading the earlier books (he just started OotP), so I can't say anything to him until he is done.

( Thoughts on Deathly Hallows--SPOILERS! )

Nearly six years ago, I read the first four Harry Potter books for the first time, and in some ways, my life hasn't been the same since. I was immediately captivated by the world and characters that Rowling created, and thoroughly enjoyed speculating on what would or would not happen in the later books. My interest only snowballed when I was introduced to fan fiction, and found out how much fun it can be to play with the characters and settings myself. A big part of that fun was knowing that what I wrote was still possible (even when I knew all along that it was exceedingly unlikely).

Now, in less than eleven hours, I will have the final book in my hand, with all of its definitive answers. In some ways, I am looking forward to finally knowing, to discovering exactly where Rowling's vivid imagination has led. And yet, I am sad to lose the uncertainty of it all. Because, when it comes down to it, I don't suppose I (or many of the millions of fans worldwide) would have been nearly as excited about the stories if we knew all along how they ended. If, all those years ago, I was able to read the whole series at once, I'm sure I would have devoured them just as quickly as I did, and enjoyed them thoroughly, but I am not at all sure they would have caught my imagination to quite the same extent. There wouldn't have been nearly as much to contemplate and draw me in.

I believe that after tomorrow, the fandom will begin to disperse. It won't happen immediately, for sure, but it will begin to slowly dwindle away. The uncertainty has pulled us together just as much as our love for the books, and once we have all of the answers (or at least as many as Rowling is willing to give us), I doubt there will be quite as much need for the discussion, speculation, and fan fiction that draw us all together. I'll miss that very much.

Yet even if the experience will be bittersweet, I am still excited about reading the new book. I was at the bookstore this morning when it opened to stand in line for my wristband, and I will be there again at midnight, with all of the other fans, probably bouncing on the balls of my feet in anticipation. I will read the seventh book just as avidly as I did the first six, though perhaps I will stop to savor it just a little more than I did the others. Last times are always sad, and I find it hard to believe I will ever feel quite this way again about a series of books. Luckily, even when I have read Deathly Hallows and digested its contents, the books will still be there, even if that spark of speculation is gone. They will still be part of my life, old friends to turn to, to share with my children, if I have any. The fandom will still be there, even if it is never quite the same. And I will still have the friendships I have made along the way.

At midnight tonight, an era will end, but hopefully at least a little of the magic will linger on.

I'm finally starting to get caught up with my life, and this weekend, I even had a little time to write. So at long last, after more than three months, here is the next of the time-stamp meme ficlets I promised to write. I have one more to go, but I'm not sure when that will happen. Hopefully before another three months pass!


Title: Another Homecoming
Rating: Not Naughty
Word Count: 1464
Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns all things Harry Potter.

Summary: At Christmas, Evan returns from his second year at Hogwarts.

Notes: This is for rainpuddle13, who asked for something three years after "Coming Home", and also sort of for castoffstarter, who seconded the idea. This ficlet has not been beta read, so please forgive any mistakes.

( Another Homecoming )

Here are links to my previous time-stamp ficlets in case you missed them, or have forgotten them, because it has been so long:

Birthday Cake, six months after "Baking Lessons".

Be Careful What You Wish For, within a week of "The More Things Stay the Same".

Lessons to Learn, just after "The First Sign of Spring".

As many of you probably know already, the closure of FIA was an April Fools' prank. The whole Cabal (past and present) was in on it. We all did our part to make it seem real, and pretty much all of the drama was instigated by members of the Cabal. (Yes, Mynuet and Lyndsie Fenele's little spat was all staged, as were all of our posts today.) We were all blown away by the amount of support that was shown for the site, for mynuet, for lyndsiefenele, and for the rest of us. That caused all kinds of guilt, which led us to end the whole thing early. I hope that nobody was irreparably harmed by the prank, and that the reopening of the site will help soothe any wounds you may have incurred. One thing from my previous post that wasn't a joke, however, was my appreciation for all of the friends that I have met through FIA. I hold you all in the highest appreciation, and I hope that our friendships will outlast any single site on the web.