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Author has written 26 stories for Harry Potter, and Daria. Who am I? I'm a 38 year old cubicle jockey in Northern New Jersey with a beautiful wife, two cats, and too many student loan bills to have the job I hold. I write Harry Potter Fan-Fiction as a hobby. Likes and dislikes: I follow sports – a lot. I root for evil empires: New York Yankees, Los Angeles Galaxy and The University of Southern California Trojans (MBA '05. No bandwagoning here) primarily. I generally dislike teams that come from nowhere – crazy bunches of kids that no one gave a chance who might just win the championship and maybe a few hearts along the way. You can beat your Rally Monkeys to death with your Bloody Socks and I'd be just fine. The 2007 New York Football Giants are a notable exception to this rule. In addition to sports, I love cooking, poker and crab fishing, as long as I'm watching it on TV from the comfort of my La-Z-Boy. So if Bourdain, Iron Chef or Deadliest Catch is on, I'm probably watching it. If it's Saturday, I'm probably watching soccer. And if you're an American sports fan denigrating the Beautiful Game or a non-American sports fan denigrating the way my countrymen play the Beautiful Game (or trying to get us to call it Football), I'm probably ignoring you and enjoying MLS soccer anyway. Where can you find me? Two places: The Reviews Lounge and The Sober Universe. The Reviews Lounge is inhabited by a great bunch of folks who've made it their mission to ensure that good stories are rewarded by reviews. Reviews are wonderful – they are (as the inimitable Cassandra's Cross has said) the only payment a fanfiction author receives. This is a truly noble thing. The Sober Universe started out as a reaction to Jo Rowling's capricious blitherings about what her characters may or may not be up to in the years following Chapter 36 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We got together to moan, whine and complain about these "revelations," and enjoy each other's company. Of late, it's much more of the latter. We tend to be a more ahem seasoned group, but the conversation isn't that much more mature. What have I written? Some decent one-shots, a rather embarrassingly indulgent H/G post-DH (which I leave on my profile as a monument to first-efforts everywhere), and two larger projects: Summer of '96 (H/Tonks) and The Mercury Chronicles (Next-Gen Trio with some ScoRose overtones). Summer of '96 came about from discussion on the RL board. I'm a Harry/Tonks shipper, and I have been since reading OoTP for the first time. Yet, every H/T piece I've read, good and bad, is wildly AU, relying on a character transformation in Harry that Jo would just never write. So I wanted to see if a canonical Harry/Tonks could be written. And apparently it can. This project was wonderfully well received by the H/T community here at ff.net, and I thank them profusely for their support, even if they hated my admittedly rushed ending. The Mercury Chronicles started life as a one-shot: Albus Potter and the Misspent Youth. I created these snarky, spoiled characters that I absolutely fell in love with and couldn't get out of my head. So I didn't try. It's a series of one-shots, and while I try to keep them independent, it's almost always best to have read Misspent Youth first. If you're reading my profile because you're trying to understand something you've missed in these stories: Albus and my OC Angelica are Slytherins, while Rose and Scorpius are Ravenclaws. James, Freddie, Roxanne, Lily and Hugo are all Gryffindors. The Golden Trio Plus Ginny are great parents who are treated as teenagers will, and wealth and fame haven't changed them anywhere near as much as they've changed their children. What great authors are you missing that you should be reading? Let's start with two of my compañeras from The Sober Universe: WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot, in addition to having the best penname in FanFiction, is writing a remarkably ambitious project that's into its second story. Her main character is Daphne Greengrass, and she's turned this Slytherin into a DoM fighter, an original DA member, and a snarky, mouthy, profane good-girl. WTF's keen eye and scarily accurate portrayal of teenaged relationships and dialogue have taken Daphne's sixth and seventh years and shown us the bits that Jo glossed over, giving us a much fuller, richer set of characters than we ever got in canon. First read Daphne Greengrass and the Sixth Year From Hell, and then go on to Daphne Greengrass and the Seventh Year From Hell. She's also written some quite lovely one-shots. My favorite is Luna's Light, a character sketch on everyone's favorite Ravenclaw. Sara Winters does a fair bit of writing outside the hallowed ones and zeros of FF.net, which she's posted links to on her profile. Her major ff.net project, Free Will and Fate, is a take on the classic time-traveling story and the classic Neville as BWL story. Remarkably dense and luxuriously slow moving, she's so thoroughly developed her alternate universe that the reader can easily mistake it for the original. In doing so, she's created a tight mystery, breathtaking suspense and characters who are believable both in their connection to canon and their development through the changes in her alternate timeline. Oh, it's also a believable H/Hr, no mean feat in itself. In addition to Free Will and Fate, Sara's written a couple of tasty outtakes and two one-shots revolving around Severus Snape. More authors to come… For my Mercurial Minions: Other Next-Gen fics you absolutely must subscribe to. There are some wonderful stories out there featuring the children of our favorite canon characters. These are some of the best chapter fics in the genre: Albus Potter and the Year of the Badger by Bartimus Crotchety Lost and it's sequel Lessons Learned by loveadubdub And no "best of" list would be complete without a story by this author. Must Be Genetic by Lady Altair. | |||||||||||
1. Unconventional reviewsStars the "Scorpius Malfoy Learns Quidditch" trio. Post-Hogwarts. Rosie needs to decide whether she wants to be happy or cool. Scorpius and Al help her make her decision. For the Reviews Lounge's Birthday Ficathon of Spring '09.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,332 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 11-12-09 - Scorpius M. & Rose W.2. among velleities and carefully caught regrets reviewsA moment or two in the library with the Burrow kids, and one unfortunate bystander. Drabble originally written for LJ's "Next Generation Drabbles" June contest.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 701 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9-8-09 - Scorpius M. & Rose W. - Complete3. The Mercury Chronicles: Angelica » reviewsAlbus gets a girlfriend. James gets his, too. Hugo runs for cover. The 'Puffs keep order. Rose and Scorpius stay snarky and fabulous. Ginny's not pleased. And everyone's in everyone else's business. More Mercurial Madness!Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 7 - Words: 15,138 - Reviews: 98 - Updated: 8-20-09 - Published: 7-27-08 - Albus S. P. - Complete4. The Mercury Chronicles: A Little Death reviewsWatch as our Mercurial Trio come to terms with a death in the family in their own, unique way. Scheming Slytherins! Plotting Malfoys! And just what did Ginny walk in on?Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,697 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 8-17-09 - Albus S. P. - Complete5. Harry Potter and the Shameless Author SelfInsert » reviewsCrack!fic, and mediocre at that. Between 5th and 6th year as with all cliche fics , Our Hero strikes out at recruiting Slughorn. So Dumbledore apparates him to Southern California, where he meets the Mysterious New DADA Professor. Hijinks ensue.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Parody/General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,019 - Reviews: 19 - Updated: 8-3-09 - Published: 5-11-09 - OC & N. Tonks6. Distractions reviewsJames is trying to study for NEWTs. Sirius has other plans for him. James/Sirius slash, with a wee bit of James/Lily. It earns its rating.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,421 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 7-10-09 - James P. & Sirius B. - Complete7. Hermione Granger and the Marriage Contract reviewsHermione receives a mysterious owl from the Ministry, which holds a rather nasty charm. How can she escape? For the Sober Universe "Fandom Cliché Challenge," sporking Marriage Contracts, the Walking Dead, and one other.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,352 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 1-25-09 - Hermione G. & Sirius B. - Complete8. Ten Years reviewsYou had James switch secret-keepers so you could keep a date. You goaded Peter into betrayal. You tossed away your family. You thought your own Moony was the spy." Sirius gets ten dementors for the tenth anniversary of James and Lily's death. Wolfstar.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,847 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 10-31-08 - Sirius B. & Peter P. - Complete9. Scorpius Malfoy Learns Quidditch reviewsNot a Mercury Chronicles story. Fifth-year Scorpius doesn't know how to answer when his dorm mates ask him what hoops he's scored through with Rose. So they give him a little Quidditch lesson. Inspired by conversations in the Sober Universe forum.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,462 - Reviews: 34 - Published: 10-4-08 - Scorpius M. & Rose W. - Complete10. The Vertical Stripes reviewsWaif magazine has called Spring 1999 "The Year Of The Vertical Stripe". Sandi comes up with an ingenious, if unconventional way to ensure her Fashion Club is as prepared for this as possible. Originally posted in the Musical Ability Iron Chef at PPMB .Daria - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 826 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-30-08 - Sandi G. & Quinn M. - Complete11. Write Me In! reviewsDaria finds that doing a bit of writing can take the edge off of those stressful college days. Melody/DariaDaria - Rated: M - English - Humor/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,309 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 9-28-08 - Daria M. & Jane L. - Complete12. From the Diary of a HalfBlood Prince reviewsSeverus finally has the opportunity to confess his love to Lily. Fifth year, before the "Mudblood" incident. He relays the meeting in an entry in his diary. Written for Sara Winters.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,198 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 8-10-08 - Severus S. & Lily Evans P. - Complete13. The Mercury Chronicles: Quidditch, Again reviewsA Sixth-year Mercury fic. It's Albus versus the Quaffle once again. He made it through in First Year, but now the stakes have changed. How will our hero react? What will he do? Can he snark his way out of this one?Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 809 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 8-9-08 - Albus S. P. & Neville L. - Complete14. Summer of '96 » reviewsThe summer after the Department of Mysteries battle, Dumbledore leaves Harry at the Burrow. He finds a confidante, a mentor, and perhaps a bit more sitting at the kitchen table. Canon-compliant H/T.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 11 - Words: 32,460 - Reviews: 287 - Updated: 7-2-08 - Published: 1-16-08 - Harry P. & N. Tonks - Complete15. The Mercury Chronicles: Rules Of Engagement reviewsDeceit! Romance! Hufflepuffs running for the hills! Watch Albus, Rose and Scorpius as they come up with the rules that will govern their lives together through their Hogwarts years, and watch what nearly tears them apart.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,421 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 6-22-08 - Albus S. P. & Rose W. - Complete16. The Mercury Chronicles: A Hogsmeade Debut reviewsViolence in the classrooms! Espionage! Furtive games of footsie! Skiving off classes! This doesn't sound like our Mercurial Trio. Have the pressures of the first Hogsmeade trip finally gotten to Albus, Rose and Scorpius? An eventful start to Third YearHarry Potter - Rated: M - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,981 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 5-25-08 - Albus S. P. - Complete17. The Mercury Chronicles: Quidditch reviewsWatch as The Mercurial Trio finds a way to improve upon Quidditch Saturday at Hogwarts. Albus, Rose and Scorpius face down brooms, bludgers and runaway prefects.Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 616 - Reviews: 23 - Published: 5-12-08 - Albus S. P. - Complete18. The Mercury Chronicles: Beginnings reviewsFollow the Mercurial Trio, Albus, Rose and Scorpius, at the very beginning of their friendship. How do they meet? Where do they get sorted? What do they wear? From the "Misspent Youth" universe.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,538 - Reviews: 30 - Published: 5-11-08 - Albus S. P. & Rose W. - Complete19. Just For Today reviewsHow does one begin a life with someone when the world is falling apart all around? Our favorite mood-hair-sporting Auror figures that out for herself. Written for the "Going Away" challenge on the Sober Universe forum. R/T.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,604 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 4-25-08 - N. Tonks - Complete20. Albus Potter and the Misspent Youth reviewsFor the Reviews Lounge "Birthdays" challenge. What does one do when Dad's birthday is just another reason to dodge Paparazzi on the way into a Ministry ball? Get your cousin and best mate to orchestrate an absolutely fabulous entrance, apparently.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,128 - Reviews: 46 - Published: 4-6-08 - Albus S. P. - Complete21. A Valentines Pas de Deux reviewsDots on maps and cryptic messages over the wireless will have to do this Valentines Day. Also submitted for the Review Lounge's Valentines Day Project: "Love and a Box of Chocolates" Edited 3/28/08 to get some section breaks back in there.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,615 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 1-26-08 - Harry P. & Ginny W. - Complete22. There will be time » reviewsThe two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom: Arthur Schopenhauer. Harry has had plenty of pain. What happens as he strives to stave off boredom? Can he properly grieve the last four years while simultaneously constantly doing something?Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 7 - Words: 24,932 - Reviews: 41 - Updated: 1-10-08 - Published: 10-16-07 - Harry P. & Ginny W.23. On the importance of Quidditch reviewsRon and Hermione squabble over fashion choices before attending a Quidditch match. Written for Pinky Acid Mannequin's Colours Challenge. Mine is OrangeShirt.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,222 - Reviews: 37 - Published: 12-30-07 - Ron W. & Hermione G. - Complete24. Xenophilius Lovegood's Christmas Wish reviewsAlso submitted for the Review Lounge's All I Want For Christmas project. Xeno's thoughts on Christmas, 1997. If you haven't read DH, this might not make sense. Of course, if you haven't read DH, log off of your computer and go do so. Now.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 965 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 12-10-07 - Xenophilius L. & Luna L. - Complete25. Scene at St Mungo's reviewsHarry's tried to hurt himself, and finds himself on the fourth floor of St. Mungo's. Ginny comes by to visit.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,107 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 11-2-07 - Harry P. & Ginny W. - Complete26. Lily's Choice reviewsAn alternative epilogue. Also submitted for SU's Rewrite the Epilogue challengeHarry Potter - Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,100 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 10-8-07 - Minerva M. & Lily Evans P. - Complete
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