![]() Author has written 33 stories for Harry Potter, How to Train Your Dragon, Firefly, and Matilda. Update, January 1, 2025: I have no objections to people reusing my ideas or making derivative works of my stories PROVIDED: 1. You do not steal my stories outright. 2. No money changes hands. (While people may debate the legality of it, it definitely attracts the wrong kind of attention.) I have no objections to people writing translations of my stories, but please be mindful that other people may have already put translations out there. If you post a translation, please provide a link back to the original version. If you want to produce an audiobook version of my stories, please PM me. I do not authorize new audiobook versions of the Arithmancer series because a human-read audio version of it already exists on YouTube, which should be supported. I do not commission or pay for fanart. If you want to create fanart of my stories on your own initiative, go for it. For any other questions, PM me. The White Squirrel Discord server is run by glisteningsunlight and can be found here: discord (dot) gg (slash) vbUtGGc44C My writing priorities have shifted a lot since I got started. I still enjoy writing fanfiction, but I don’t have as much time to write as I did when I was a student. Plus I’ve also been trying to put more effort into original content. This process is still ongoing, and sadly, even stories that I had been pretty well committed to finishing needed to be set aside. I am committed to finishing Animagus at War and the Dramatic Reading series. My other stories that are unfinished, along with everything in Scribble Pad, are officially up for adoption. I would also be willing to consider co-writing if someone wants to try their hand at it. And I am certainly available for beta reading. More details and outlines for many of these stories and a super-cut of unpublished ideas are available in the Discord server. I've been on the Harry Potter bandwagon since about when Goblet of Fire came out, but I wasn't inspired to take up fanfiction until I read Less Wrong's Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality and started exploring from there. (Okay, I did a little Star Trek years and years ago, but it was so bad that I don't even want to think about it.) I've been seriously working on original writing for many years, but I like the ready-made framework and low pressure of fanfiction as a way to write faster and improve my craft without having to worry about getting everything exactly right. I find it fascinating how new ideas are developed and propagated through the community, from fleshing out background characters (e.g. a lot of the Slytherins) to inventing whole new branches of magic (e.g. warding). This can cut both ways, as with the overused Evil!Dumbledore, Evil!Weasleys plots, but for the most part, it's amazing how it enriches the shared world of Potter fanon. On the other hand, many of the common tropes of fanfiction are overused and poorly thought out--things like wizard's oaths, marriage laws, character bashing, and worst of all, super!Harry, so I tend to draw on these only for parody. I try not to contradict the facts as stated in the books unless I'm specifically going AU. However, I'll use elements from the movies and from fanon liberally if they don't contradict the books, especially if they make more sense than JK Rowling's original--using Arithmancy for spellcrafting, for example. I also try not to go out of character, and I certainly try not to include anything story-breaking. On pairings, I'm pretty flexible. I care a lot more that a couple is well-written (and halfway plausible: I'm looking at you, Hermione/Snape) than about who is in it (although slash isn't my cup of tea). I will say I have a soft spot for Harry/Luna, though, and I highly recommend Arpad Hrunta's stories if you are interested in that. I'm not British, but I write my stories with my computer set to British English. I know it's a little inconsistent, so I apologize for any linguistic mistakes. Completed series: The Arithmancer-Verse: Hermione is a mathematical genius and becomes a brilliant spellcrafter. Explores Hermione's struggles with the stress of growing up and frequent brushes with death as she develops into a powerful witch. Features in-depth exploration of magic and a strong bond between Hermione and her parents. The Arithmancer covers Years 1-4, and was a nominee for the 2016 Fanatic Fanfics Multi-Fandom Awards. Lady Archimedes covers Years 5-7. Annals of Arithmancy is a much shorter and more episodic post-war sequel. Also, the "Salem" and "Welcome to Avalon" shorts in Scribble Pad are AU sequels. An authorized, human-read audiobook version of this series exists on YouTube, read by John Gilmore. Ongoing series: The Dramatic Reading Series: a read-the-books fic for people who think read-the-books fics are unreadable. They notably feature minimal quotations and an actual plot. Covers public readings of the first 3 books plus an accelerated schedule for the Order to read the rest. Book 2, A Sensational Story is exclusively on AO3 due to co-author complications. All other installments are on both AO3 and FFN, including A Daily Dossier and A Terrific Tale. Completion expected in 2025. The Animagus-Verse: Harry is a cat animagus who is raised by the Grangers as Hermione's brother. Features Harry with a strong support structure, Wizengamot politics, global wizarding politics, and characters acting rationally. The Accidental Animagus is complete, covering Years 1-4, and was featured on the Potter Fic Weekly podcast, in which I also gave an author interview. The World of The Accidental Animagus is an interlude showing snapshots of the larger magical world. Animagus at War is currently in 6th year with the Ministry in exile in France. Completion hopefully in 2025 or 2026. All of my other stories are stand-alones. Thanks for reading. |