hale pupule

I really do have fanfic ADD. I have four fics that I open every day. I have several complete chapters in each one.

But I need to review a few things before I go any further on one of them. I got an idea for Severus' past from a book I read when I worked nights at the college library where my mother works days. She's still there, and I absolutely love the fact that I can just find a book in the catalog and call her, and she'll check out the book and lend it to me. It's like having my own, personal librarian!

Since I'm more than halfway done with my PIF presents (I'm sending them all out at once when they're all done), and droxy has issued a challenge to us drabble writers, I am offering the best bribe I can think of. To the first six active grangersnape100 Spies and Death Eaters who will commit to joining the Order outright for six months, I will commit to drawing a character or scene from the fic of your choice before those six months are out.

YOU:

1. You need to have posted six drabble ENTRIES between 1 October 2007 and 31 March 2008. Each post in a serial counts as one entry (even if there were 22 drabbles in that entry, it only counts as one); this includes every chapter of Yuletide Potions, for those of you who participated. Provide links to at least one of your drabbles, so I can click the author tag and ferret out the rest.

1A. If your first-ever GS100 drabble was posted more recently than six months ago, I want to see at least one post to GS100 for every CALENDAR month since you started writing drabbles. (Example: if your first was in December -- even 31 December -- I want a minimum of four entries to GS100 between 1 December and 31 March. Doesn't matter when exactly they were posted, just so there's an average of one a month. Savvy?)

2. You commit to making at least twelve drabble entries (not just 12 x 100 in one or three entries) for the Order between now and Halloween, all under the banner of the Order of the Phoenix. And join the Order outright, please, even if your spy points have always gone to the Order in the past. This means ALL your drabble points earned between now and Halloween go to the Order. (I will be keeping track.)

ME:

1. You name the Potterverse fic, and you may express a preference for certain scenes/chapters, but I choose what I will draw. Know this: I have not yet succeeded in drawing more than two people in one picture to my satisfaction, so please keep that in mind (to keep me sane). Also, whatever I draw will be work-safe. The artwork will be yours (online); you may make icons/wallpaper and share them (or not). The artwork will also be posted in my DA gallery. Or it could be a simple portrait of a single character, if that is what you wish.

2. The switch is easy for you, but your drabbles and my drawings will take time for us to conjure. However, I shan't wait until after Halloween to post the drawings; I'll post each when it's done. Satisfaction is NOT guaranteed; go to my gallery to decide if it's worth joining the risk of joining the Order or not. (You can see that I am drawing backgrounds now, if that makes any difference!) And if someone specific is your Severus or Hermione (or Remus or Millicent or whoever), please point me in their direction -- I can draw other people besides Alan Rickman!

My journal, my bribe, my rules (which are subject to change if you make puppy-dog eyes; I am a Hufflepuff, after all). I know I'm not the best fanartist out there (not by a long shot), but a Keladry drawing is yours, if you qualify and you reply quickly enough. Ask if you want clarification on any of my picky, fussy, entirely bend-able rules.

bluestocking79 wants a moment from The French Connection
wonderfulwrites
snapeophile
dickgloucester
And the jury is out on two other writers ATM.

After almost five months, Hogwarts, a History is back on track. Not completely written, and I have some big gaps to fill in, but I have about ten drabbles done. I have at least twenty to go, most of them after this point: ( here's a bit of a teaser .... )

I'm looking through my files and wondering what to work on next. I have a few pre-HBP and pre-DH fics I started but never finished. One of them is very work-intensive, for reasons I'd rather keep under wraps for the moment. Three others are in various stages of progress. (This isn't counting my monster Austenverse plot bunny.) I just can't decide what to do now, or if I want to do anything at all. Nothing's grabbed me. I do have one WIP that I want to finish, but beyond that ... meh.

This doesn't fall under any challenge that I can discern, so I'm not submitting these to grangersnape100, but I seem to be developing another serial drabble. I wrote In the Garden a few weeks ago, and this one came to me today:

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Severus entered the room. Yseult stood in front of the mirror, smiling gently as Ginny and Luna fussed over her. They adjusted her veil, kissing her sweetly, and left Severus alone with his daughter.

“Your mother is the only woman who ever looked as beautiful as you do now,” he said, coming up behind her.

“I wish she was here,” she whispered.

Severus held his daughter in his arms, looking over her shoulder at the two of them in the mirror. “So do I.” He took a daisy and tucked it amongst the other flowers in her curly black hair.

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I think I shall try to write some more along this timeline.

My dears, this is a hybrid self-pimp and fic rec. A few Order members and sympathetic Spies have started a round robin over at grangersnape100. It's called "Yuletide Potions," and the six of us plan on updating daily -- or almost daily -- from now until Christmas weekend. (Or whenever we finish the story.) We only have a basic plot outline, so how the story unfolds is as much a mystery for all us writers as it is for our readers!

Shug started the fic yesterday with nine drabbles, and I added another thirteen today. Ginny will pick up the story tomorrow, and so on:

Part I
Part II

So sit back and enjoy many courses in a SSHG Christmas banquet that has already combined delicious appetizers of humor, angst, and friendship, with an even more varied menu to come!

I'm so excited, I could just squee. For hours on end.

I sent Chapter the Last out to be looked over today. I don't care if it's angsty and overly emotional and just plain BAD. I'm happy with it.

And I am NEVER posting a WIP again.

Last week, dickgloucester made this post, which started the first round of the Final Word Drabble Challenge! Here are the rules (which I have tweaked a little, since I'm in charge this week):

I'll give you a one-word prompt. It has to be the final word of the drabble you post in response in my comments section. As many people as feel the urge can respond. Any rating, any Potterverse pairing/situation ... anything that grabs your muse by the short and curlies. (I do warn you, however, that anyone who so much as hints at romantic Ron/Hermione in anything resembling a favorable light will be systematically slaughtered.) Time limit of a week? The first person to post their drabble gets to choose the word for the next round. This could go on forever, or fizzle out instantly, but shall we try it?

So the last word in each hundred-word drabble this week shall be ... harmony.

Happy writing, everyone!

In addition to reccing fics by other authors whose works are eligible for this round of the sshg_awards, I'm posting links to the four fics that I've written that are eligible, too. (No matter how badly written they are.)

Family. Complete in one shot. Summary: A moment at home. (Posted to Ashwinder 18 July 2005, but it was originally posted here at fanfiction.net in September 2004.)

Babble. Complete in two hundred words. Summary: Sometimes, a word can take on a life of its own. Sequel to "Family." (Posted to Ashwinder 29 June 2005.)

Hero. Complete in six chapters. Summary: Hermione is trapped in Hagrid's hut after the rising of the full Moon. Professor Snape is in a bad way after a Death Eater gathering, and is mortified to find that he needs Miss Know-It-All's help to get through the night. Pre-romance. (Started at Ashwinder on Severus' birthday, 2005.)

She Was Beautiful to Him. WIP, sixteen chapters posted. Summary: Professor Snape has cause to think about his most insufferable student and comes to some unexpected conclusions. (Started at Ashwinder 6 March 2005.) I'm still struggling with it, but I've started making progress ... yet again. ( Here's an excerpt from my next chapter: )

Here are some relevant links to the sshg_awards community:
Rules for Nominations
Award Categories
FAQ
The Nomination Post

Author: keladry_lupin
Team Name: Order of the Phoenix
Rating: keep your kindergarteners away from this one ....
Word Count: 4 x 100
Challenge: Regency
Characters: Hermione, Severus, and Crookshanks
Author's Notes: Not mine, never was. I'm not sure if this is what the mods had in mind for the "Regency" challenge, but it's what my off-kilter mind cooked up.

( Regency Fluff )

Cross-posted to grangersnape100.