Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:58:17 +0000 support@hpff.info (harrypotterfanfiction forums) IP.Blog 60  
It's no secret that my time for this place, as well as my writing, has slowly dwindled down to nothing. (I wonder how some of y'all do it, considering some of y'all have more on your plate then I do) Life has become absolutely crazy and yadda yadda yadda.
 
Between school, sports, family, neglected friends and other personal issues, I haven't had a spare moment. If I do, I'm trying to write or do whatever I need to do here! But even then other areas of my life are neglected while i'm having a right hard time trying to update stories, beta, leave and respond to reviews, the whole nine yards. To be perfectly honest I can't think of a valid reason that my writing and all of you lovely people can come before my actual life :/ that sounds harsh, but I'm sure y'all can understand. I feel like time is going by really fast now and I don't want to look back and think I've wasted it all by writing. 
 
But what I really wanted to say was thank you all for letting some crazy person such as myself into your loving community :hugs: This was my little safe haven and everyone here was just so nice and I cherish this little corner of guilty pleasure fanfiction  friends and writing <3 I love you all in your own little ways! I will honestly miss retreating to this cozy corner and all of you wacky writers! I wish the best for everyone, and may the writing gods shine down upon you and publish the incredible stories y'all seem to have just sprouting out of your ears like you can't contain them
 
Thanks for such a wonderful place, the oppurtunity to meet amazing writers, and shipping hard (dramione for the win ) 
 
Lots of Love&Best Wishes,
 
Ever]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:45:00 +0000 ) but I'm determined to come back! 
 
So, I have gotten some wonderful feedback on my new(ish) Bellatrix/Rodolphus. I was ecstatic! I got two major critiques on it! The first was the I had spelled Rodolphus as Rudolphus.   I wasn't really sure, and I was a little confused because the character list said Rudolphus but everything else said Rodolphus. I went with Rudolphus because it looked cooler (I won't even lie). I knew it was a little like Rudolph but it was cooler to me so I just picked it on a whim and hoped for the best. Yeah...not the best idea I've ever had, but it's easily fixed 
 
The second major critique I got was that both Bellatrix and Rodolphus were OOC because they were affectionate towards each other. I plan on toning it down a bit, even though I had tried to keep it balanced out with pushing the fact that they were rarely like that, but thats irrelevant. 
 
Seeing as they're both relatively young--mid twenties-- I tried to work Bellatrix as though she was only slightly crazy at this point. My goal was to build up to the point in her life that we know her as *cough* wretched *cough insane *cough* killer. But that's besides the point.
 
What I really wonder is are all villains truly, completely evil and incapable of not being evil towards a select few? I can't really put into words exactly what I'm trying to tell y'all, but I'm trying. I don't think villains have to be 100% completely evil their whole life. Is it really unrealistic that they're capable of other things besides killing my favorite Marauder  being evil and destructive? I really appreciate the CC I got--I do! Don't doubt it for a minute, but it got the wheels turning in this hollow head 'o mine. Was I off my rocker to to think Bella and Rodolphus could be slightly soft and affectionate towards each other? (It's definitely a possibility, me being off my rocker that is ) What's your opinion? Do villains have to be 100% evil, 100% of the time? 
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In third place, Meg's one-shot: Memories(15+). In second place, we haveValWitch21's entry titled Bubbles(12+) And taking first place would be Jenn, with her entry The Joys Of Children(12+)! Congratulations y'all, and I will be altering my authors' page and signature today or tomorrow! I will be stopping by and also leaving each of you some reviews in the next week or so--probably before break is out! 
 
Keep an eye out for my next challenge!]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:35:00 +0000
Tomorrow's my one year anniversary on the forums here and I really just wanted to let everyone know thank you for graciously accepting me with tolerance and a bit of insanity into this lovely community This safe haven has been my saving grace, so thank you all for sharing it with me!

After everything that's happened in the last 28 days I've changed quite a bit and it's a little scary how much my life has changed. I didn't ever guess that would change my writing, but I sat down last night for the first time and way too long to write. And i had absolutely nothing. It wasn't a lack of muse or plunnies or good music, but rather the lack of desire to write. I don't know what's happened to me to trigger this, but I'm sure as hell not going to sit around  and let this stay as so.

I'm going to sit down tonight and definitely write anything. Just anything. I can't not write. I think I might have talked myself out of wanting to write because there was no way I could for a such a seemingly lengthy period of time, so now it's like I've put myself into a permanent mind set of thinking that I cannot write.

But, I'm back to take care of my challenge and review thread so I'm sure my writing will slowly fall back into place. Or at least I hope.

How did everyone do with their Nano? ]]> Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:54:00 +0000 But I've been doing next to nothing but prepare to move and watch the baby. It's kind of nuts, we just sat around until the very last minute. So now, and we move this friday, we're scrambling to get things done before the mover's show up tomorrow. I'm really excited, and the dogs excited too! He's already in the car ready to go! I just have to show y'all this!



But, I've been trying to revamp while doing this crazy stuff. It's not always the easiest when my current 'space' is on the couch, which I share with the baby. I partially gave up on it, because I broke down and I've been writing new stuff like crazy. But, I've made sure, absolutely sure, that the new stuff has been better quality *fist pump* I've actually started writing the oddest stuff, stuff I don't usually write like a Fleur/Charlie/Bill, a Pansy centric one-shot, and a Harry/Ginny. Whaaaat? Something...canon?

So, my review thread has been a bigger success than my first one *another fist pump* I realy enjoy it too! Which is a great thing, but I'm really looking to better the reviews I leave, so if y'all would like to comment, PM me, or send me a tin can with a string attached to it and you on the other end, I would love to hear some feedback.]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:13:00 +0000 *is dancing*

All I heard about was how awesome Taylor Swift's latest song was! I was expecting something beyond awesome! And then I listened to it. It's a fun, catchy song; I'll give her that! But is is very, very annoying. Especially when you catch yourself singing it under your breath. And humming it. And dancing to your own humming in the halls. You get the point Maybe it's just me, but I think TS might have lost her touch. I love her first and second albums, but Speak Now was not very good :/ And this single isn;t my favorite either. I think I'm just not a fan of the country crossed with pop thing she's got going on, but who knows? :shrug:

I was listening to this not-so-wonderful-but-annoyingly-catchy song while revamping Who We Used to Be and somehow, someway Anastasia ended up saying "We are never ever getting back together" to Sirius. I definitely had a rewind moment and had to go back and fix that!

Ultimately, I decided not to play any music at all while writing because the song that my shuffle decides to put on is what molds the story. I suppose that explains a lot...doesn't it? I may have to settle for nature sounds or something while writing because i cannot write without some kind of background noise.

Now that I've already jumped topics a bit, lets do it again!

Dobbys! Aaaaah! Why is it so exciting? I just get all excited seeing them! I don't even know what stories to nominate because I love so many of them! I have one or two in mind that I know for sure need to be nominated!

One more topic jump, because I'm so excited I can't stay on one subject:

Oh my gosh, christmas/holidays/yeah are almost here. Which I was kindly reminded by the emoticons thing. Uck, it feels like we just got done with them! I guess since we have events spread all throughout the year, there is know break! We always have two birthdays in January and February, one in March, one in April, three in June, two in July, one in August and by September we're shopping for Christmas. Whaaaaat? The only "break" we have is in May. I've come to dread the holidays because now that we live in the states we have to spend them with family, which would be big deal if you knew my family. Instead of one or two...special snowflakes, we have one or two normal people...

Okay I'm done rambling, I just had to get a pointless blog out of my system ]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:20:00 +0000
Now, I've always believed you could never have too many WIPs. Always. I told everyone too! I probably sound hypocritical now, because while I was away these last two times, I realized that I really do have too many!

I cannot believe how it changed so quickly; not once did I feel a shred of guilt putting up a new story while plenty others sat dusty and in need of updating. It was just a shrug and a new story. And after thinking

I made this decision on the first 6 hour drive to the farm, when I was trying to plan out all of my WIPs and listed my one-shots.

I counted 11 WIPs, and 8 one-shots. 4 of those one-shots I am/was/will working on continuing.

What bothered me was that of the 11 WIPs I have, only 6 had more than 1 chapter. Much more, I rush to update so the quality of the chapters are terrible :/ I don't think I would feel so bad about it if i didn't rush to get anything up, no matter how short or lack of good quality it may be.

WIPs have been piling up in my notebook, especially while I was on vacation at Mackinac Island! I guess there's something about an eight mile bike ride with complaining cousins that really inspires me.

Another hypocritical point: In my review thread, one the most common things i leave in reviews is something along the lines of, "Fix your blessed imagery"! You can ask a few people who really got their nose held to the grind stone about it Yet in my own stories the most imagery there is that the person's hair was blonde and their coat was green

Ultimately, on crazy impulse I decided that all the WIPs that are solely mine and have only one chapter are being completely revamped. As in imagery, grammar, even POV! The whole works! Even Becoming Parents, a eight chapter WIP is possibly being completely torn up and fixed.

I actually find it completely slightly embarrassing that the stuff that I have up is of far less quality than I am capable of writing. If I didn't rush and worry, I could probably post something decent.

So besides the already planned WIPs that need put up because I'm not the only one waiting on my sorry butt, I will not be putting up any new stories, one-shots or WIPs, until all of my stories are revamped completely and up to a higher standard. I've been putting this off and now I'm in way over my head, but I'm determined to fix it because I don't want to be feeling down because I haven't put my full effort into something I love.

I have one question, before I go clean the kitchen and put away dinner *whines* is switching POVs on my one-chaptered WIPs nuts? Or do you think it's reasonable?

Oh gosh, one, one last thing!

I absolutely have to send an apology for my laziness to Summer, Emesias, and Bethan who are all patient enough to write stuff with me! Bless their hearts and their amazing amount of patience. I would have ripped my head off already, and they astound me not only with their writing skills, but also with the fact they have yet to murder me *touches wood* ]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:08:00 +0000


I saw this the other day on a social media website and I nearly exploded! I searched a little bit, and not too hard due to a lack of time, and didn't find any! I really want to write one, but I can't because I will butcher the poor characters If someone else is willing to give it a shot, let me know!

It'd be a challenge to write, but I think it would probably be fun for anyone who attempted and it could turn out really well! Somebody has to try this!]]> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:03:00 +0000 The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky being two of the more popular titles. There were a few other titles among them, of course.

All I heard was how great these books were. I am totally guilty of gushing about books, hell, I've blogged it a few times! But every single time someone said a book was 'so great, and wonderful and yadda yadda yadda' I opened the book with great expectations! And when I closed the book I was terribly disappointed. Not that the books were bad, per se, but I was expecting something amazing.

I think it's because all of the books get so hyped up and I'm expecting the greatest piece of literature ever written. So, all these books that are probably quite great, I don't really enjoy. Ultimately, I am definitely going to stop gushing about books, and more so run away screaming from anyone who wants to gush about books.

I will admit that The Perks of Being a Wallflower did get a bit hyped up, but I enjoyed that book a lot more than I did the others! I purchased it on my kindle last night around midnight and I stayed up until 3:30 a.m. to finish it. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and I'm going to stop there because I've probably gushed too much

Another thing that has really got to me lately is how much I love books and then I go see the movies. The Hunger Games was all I could think about and now I slightly detest it after seeing the movie. The same goes for Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter. I have lately decided I won't see movies if based off a book, but sometimes they look so good! And then I walk out disappointed and griping about how they completely didn't follow anything about the book

Ah, well. Good bye for now!

Oh, one last thing! Congratulations to Gryffindor! I'd also like to congratulate Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin for their efforts as well! My first HC was a great one, and I missed a majority of it! Great job to all of you!]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:21:00 +0000
Onto the point of this blog! I have just finished a wonderful book, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
by Seth Grahame-Smith!

Originally, this was recommended to me by my U.S. History teacher. Because I really admire him, his opinions, and his taste in books, I purchased the books--even though I had a few doubts.

I opened this with the intent of a comedy! All of the reviews on the inside cover spoke of it as a comedy! Upon finishing, I realized in no way could it be considered a comedy. There was not one funny moment in that book. It was all very depressing.

I will not spoil any of it, but let me tell you this: It is an amazing book, with wonderful supporting information. If I very well knew vampires didn't exist, I just might believe it. The ending was predictable, and the emotions are incredibly strong. I cried several times while reading! Its wonderfully descriptive, and its just an excellent read! I'd recommend going into the book very open minded, and I bet you will be pleasantly surprised!

I went and saw the movie today! I didn't go in with high hopes, but I didn't expect to be so disappointed! I don't want to be totally negative about it, so if you except the movie for what it is and disregard the book, its a great movie! But I have to admit that it is literally the worst screen adaption I have ever seen. I think it followed all of one of the many major plot points. Yes, yes, I know, its unreasonable to expect everything. But there wasn't much that transferred from the book to the movie. I can't go into specifics--mainly because I don't know how to use spoiler tags but

I think this book really should be added to your list of 'to-reads'! While the title is a bit cheesy, its a wonderful read! At first, my father was a bit put out by the title, but upon my begging him to watch the movie at least, you realize there really isn't much else it could be titled XD

I would strongly recommend reading the book before the movie! The book is really good! But let me tell you, my friend who is very, very...prim, if you will, expected a comedy that would be rated 12+. So let me warn you, if I had to rate it on HPFF it would definitely be mature for sensitive topics/issues/themes, substance use/abuse, strong violence, mild language, and mild scenes of a sexual nature.

Its a really great read, and definitely not to be missed! Ultimately I would rate it....at 9.3/10! But I am also a history nerd, so you've been warned!]]> Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:44:00 +0000