Dan (cambangst) sent me a tweet recently which read (in part):
“You wrote one of the all-time classics in the HPFF genre. I can’t even imagine how that feels, although I’d love to find out.”
And this got me thinking. How exactly does that feel? How did it feel at the time? And how does it feel now?
Well. First of all, let me say that there is no hard and fast rule as to why one story becomes ridiculously popular and another doesn’t. Timing, perhaps. A particular turn of phrase of
Today marks the tenth anniversary of my joining the Harry Potter fanfiction world. On 10 February 2009, I made an account at the old HPFF and loaded chapter 1 of my first fanfic story into the queue. I remember it quite well – I went through a few user names (mostly from Tolkien) before I found one that hadn’t been claimed yet, and while I had the chapter all organised, with a name and everything, I realised quite early on in the posting process that I didn’t have a title for the story it came f
It’s that time of the year, isn’t it? Where everyone pelts you with details of how they’re going to turn their lives around and have whole new start. Gym memberships, diets, daily meditations, taking the stairs, drinking less, sleeping more, the works. You know the drill. Well, even those old fogies on this site – like me – aren’t immune, much as I would like to be.
Who are you? I hear some of you asking. It’s a fair question. I’ve been a member for a while and pop my head up sporadically o
So, if you follow me on Twitter you might have seen a status that looked like this a week or so ago.
I and Jo Raskoph left reviews of the offending story letting them know that I'd written it and hadn't authorised any translation. I've historically been a little hesitant to have translations of my work on other sites. However, this I suspect is mostly to do with the fact I've only been asked about How to tame a Marauder, and that's 284000 words long and I am concerned the nu
It’s happened again.
Back in the day, when How to tame a Marauder was ridiculously popular, I had a bit of a problem with plagiarism. That is, I would find the story posted on sites I had not posted it to, usually attributed to a different author. The first time it happened I was flabbergasted, but then it became, well, not normal, but common enough to not raise too much of an eyebrow. Needless to say I became very cognisant with the copyright rules of different sites, and I never had much
So, I know I've been noticeable by my absence lately - if you notice that sort of thing and are familiar with me, that is. It's the usual excuse: real life is really hectic and I'm struggling to find time to spend on these forums and the archive. I have far too many unanswered reviews and it's been far too long since I've updated my author page with anything new ... or, really, with anything at all. And, to my eternal chagrin, Gryffindor are languishing near the bottom of the House Cup, and (ver
*raises hand sheepishly* Uh … hi???
I know I’ve been missing in action for, well, months now so I wanted to drop by and say hello. I don’t really have much of an excuse except for being hideously busy for a while now, and, frankly, exhausted. And that doesn’t really lend itself much to writing, to my eternal chagrin. Sigh.
Anyway, there have been changes on the home front and that’s been taking up a lot of my attention. Nothing major, a
