My Journal

A few weeks ago I read a ficlet at Ashwinder which I thought made beautiful use of language.  When I read the reviews, I found out that the author was posting her first fanfiction writing.  Then I found out she had an LJ account, so I friended her.  dogstar06  is a college student who loves reading fanfics, movies, Shakespeare, and the Phoenix Suns.  She has completed her ficlet which is called Encounters. 

It can be found at Ashwinder:  http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=20522

I hope you will welcome her to LJ and take a look at her story.

Happy Sunday, everybody.  Go Cleveland State!  (Hey, it's my shout-out to an Ohio "Cinderella" team in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.  Sorry to any Wake Forest fans.)

My little offering in honor of Severus's birthday may be found here at grangersnape100 

Would someone raised in a British Muggle environment, such as Hermione, know who Barney the Dinosaur is?  I want to use Barney as a simile/metaphor and would like to know if British Muggles know who he is or if he's just an American celebrity.

I've finished making my nominations for sshg_awards   !  It's the first time I've made nominations for any of the fanfiction awards, and it was an interesting experience.  I didn't nominate in all categories, but I did nominate the pieces I absolutely felt deserved to be nominated.  *points to icon*  Now I'm looking forward to the reading and voting experience!  *tired but happy*

So, this afternoon I was playing a word game when I was asked the meaning of the word turgid and given several choices of definition.  I immediately picked the definition "swollen, inflated" because I remembered that I had seen that word used to describe a certain portion of Severus Snape's anatomy in various pieces of fanfiction.  Who says that SS/HG fanfiction is a waste of time?  Obviously, it's highly educational!  LOL!

I'm going to rec a fic found at TPP.  It's called "Loving the Enemy."  Muggline has been translating yet another of the German fanfics.  (If you haven't read "The Godfather," it's a very interesting take on SS/HG.)  About "Loving the Enemy," Muggline told me, "The plot takes place in the Marauder era.  The story starts on the Hogwarts Express when Lily Evans and the others start their seventh year and it ends on Halloween, when the Potters are murdered by Voldemort. It is a magnificent tale of how Lily and James fall in love with each other (although it is also a long love story of Sirius and Lily's best friend with a very mysterious plot about dangerous magical artifacts included)."  It sounds exciting!  It hasn't been getting very many reviews on TPP, so I'm guessing that many people haven't found it yet.  The German story is already finished, and Muggline is very prompt about posting updates.  I hope you'll take a look!

I've been working on a series of drabbles that starts out with student!Hermione and mentor!Severus, but that hasn't been going too far.  Then a couple of days ago, I thought of a continuation to my silly Walking Club drabble that I wrote in April.  It only took a couple of hours to write it up, which is a record for me and such a relief after banging my head against the wall on the other drabble series.  The Walking Club is Formed  is up at grangersnape100

 I just posted my second set of drabbles at grangersnape100  this week.  It's a continuation of my old and grey challenge piece about Severus and Hermione's kids.  Plus I posted my walking club drabble at The Petulant Poetess and Ashwinder.  And I have some more ideas for some other things... it's kind of exciting!  All this sudden creativity could be a result of the fact that I found out this week that I am NOT one of the staff members being cut at my school.  That's a load of stress gone.  Happy weekend!

Yes, I did!  I posted my first fanfic at The Petulant Poetess yesterday.  It's my little dental exam drabble "Root Canal!" from 

grangersnape100.  I've even got some reviews.  I'm excited!

Edit on April 12:  I'm now posted at Ashwinder, too.