Okay, so, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them . . . .
OMG this film was sooooooo good that if it hadn't been three o'clock in the morning, I would have gone straight back in and watched it again.
My twisted Slytherin heart was filled with so much pleasure: the magic; the beasts, the clothes, the setting and, of course, Eddie Redmayne who was absolutely bloody perfect as Newt Scamander - although to be fair the whole cast was excellent, and I was excited that one of my favourite female singers, Alison Sudol (A Fine Frenzy) was in the film.
Obviously, I loved the Niffler (as we all did) but my heart has been taken by the Bowtruckle - I want one so badly it hurts!
And how marvellous was the inside of Newt's case? It was just breathtaking in every way, particularly seeing it in IMAX 3D (not usually my sort of thing but definitely recommended in this instance).
I really want to see it again soon - and I can't wait for part 2 and gay Paris - how long have I got to wait? Too long, is the answer. It's like Harry Potter all over again . . . and it feels wonderful.
Anyway, onto the story and this week Draco's come to visit (lucky Hermione!)
I am really pleased with the amount of attention this story is getting, especially the reviews. It's nice to know that people are enjoying it.
Until next week,
Dx
Sunday, 20 November 2016
Saturday, 12 November 2016
Captive - Chapter Six
Evening all,
I'm just nipping on quickly to post the next chapter of Captive as I'm supposed to be in the middle of a sprint for NaNoWriMo and, of course, I'm using this as an excuse to sidetrack myself from writing.
It's actually going much better than usual. At the current time I have written 22,314 words, which is 2,314 than I need to have written by today. Let's hope the productiveness continues until the end of the month (and beyond, of course).
Anyway, on to the story and it's time for some lemons. Lucius has come to 'help' Hermione in the library.
Next Friday Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is finally released and I'm beginning to get really excited about it. Obviously, I'm at a midnight showing. Let's hope it's as good as it looks in the trailer.
Enjoy whatever you read this week, and if you're enjoying the story please consider leaving a review. I would really appreciate it, and it might help draw others into reading it too.
Take care.
Dx
I'm just nipping on quickly to post the next chapter of Captive as I'm supposed to be in the middle of a sprint for NaNoWriMo and, of course, I'm using this as an excuse to sidetrack myself from writing.
It's actually going much better than usual. At the current time I have written 22,314 words, which is 2,314 than I need to have written by today. Let's hope the productiveness continues until the end of the month (and beyond, of course).
Anyway, on to the story and it's time for some lemons. Lucius has come to 'help' Hermione in the library.
Next Friday Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is finally released and I'm beginning to get really excited about it. Obviously, I'm at a midnight showing. Let's hope it's as good as it looks in the trailer.
Enjoy whatever you read this week, and if you're enjoying the story please consider leaving a review. I would really appreciate it, and it might help draw others into reading it too.
Take care.
Dx
Sunday, 6 November 2016
Captive - Chapter Five
Hi everyone,
Time for the next chapter of Captive and Hermione's gone to Malfoy Manor to see if she wants the librarian job Lucius offered her. Will she take it?
Only a short post here this week as I'm in the middle of trying to catch up with my NaNoWriMo word count. Before 9pm it was standing at 0 words in 5 days, now, almost 4 hours later it's at 3,443. That means I only need to write another 4,890 words tonight and I'm back on target (probably not going to happen as it's already almost 1am).
If this NaNoWriMo is anything like the other 8 I've done I'll probably do about 10,000 words by the end of this weekend and then do nothing for the rest of the month. I'll then spend the last weekend of the month working frantically to get the other 40,000 words done before the deadline of 30 November. Will I make it? Who knows. I have most years. I think there's only been 3 years when I didn't make the 50,000 words on time, which isn't bad going.
If nothing else, it gives me a good start to a new story, although whether it will get finished or not is another matter - I'm still working on last year's story which is now over 90,000 words.
If you're doing NaNoWriMo then good luck! If you're not, why not? Challenge yourself. It's fun - honestly it is.
Until next week.
Dx
Time for the next chapter of Captive and Hermione's gone to Malfoy Manor to see if she wants the librarian job Lucius offered her. Will she take it?
Only a short post here this week as I'm in the middle of trying to catch up with my NaNoWriMo word count. Before 9pm it was standing at 0 words in 5 days, now, almost 4 hours later it's at 3,443. That means I only need to write another 4,890 words tonight and I'm back on target (probably not going to happen as it's already almost 1am).
If this NaNoWriMo is anything like the other 8 I've done I'll probably do about 10,000 words by the end of this weekend and then do nothing for the rest of the month. I'll then spend the last weekend of the month working frantically to get the other 40,000 words done before the deadline of 30 November. Will I make it? Who knows. I have most years. I think there's only been 3 years when I didn't make the 50,000 words on time, which isn't bad going.
If nothing else, it gives me a good start to a new story, although whether it will get finished or not is another matter - I'm still working on last year's story which is now over 90,000 words.
If you're doing NaNoWriMo then good luck! If you're not, why not? Challenge yourself. It's fun - honestly it is.
Until next week.
Dx
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Captive - Chapter Four
Happy Halloween!
(well, almost)
I've spent the whole evening watching horror films which has made a nice change, and now it's time to post the next chapter of Captive.
The war is finally over and it's time for Lucius' trial for his crimes as a Death Eater before and during the war. Will he end up in Azkaban or will Hermione help him escape that fate? Only time will tell . . . .
I hope you're enjoying the story so far. If so, a review or message would be great, thanks.
So, we're now less than three weeks away from the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them which is quite exciting. I was lucky enough to get a copy of the limited edition version of Empire Magazine that includes technology to make the cover move (just like the Daily Prophet or New York Ghost) this article from Pottermore tells you more about it.
I hope you have good week.
Dx
Sunday, 23 October 2016
Captive - Chapter Three
Hi everyone,
Here we are again for another exciting Saturday night, and already we're almost at the end of October.
I'm not feeling quite so loquacious this week so I'll move straight on to the story.
Chapter three, and Hermione has been picked, by dastardly Rodolphus Lestrange, to be part of the next bait group to be sent out to trap the Order of the Phoenix. Meanwhile, Lucius is busy serving the Dark Lord. Will he be able to save Hermione in time?
I was excited to receive a review during the week and would be grateful for more.
Until next week, have fun reading.
Dx
Here we are again for another exciting Saturday night, and already we're almost at the end of October.
I'm not feeling quite so loquacious this week so I'll move straight on to the story.
Chapter three, and Hermione has been picked, by dastardly Rodolphus Lestrange, to be part of the next bait group to be sent out to trap the Order of the Phoenix. Meanwhile, Lucius is busy serving the Dark Lord. Will he be able to save Hermione in time?
I was excited to receive a review during the week and would be grateful for more.
Until next week, have fun reading.
Dx
Saturday, 15 October 2016
Captive - Chapter Two
Happy weekend everybody!
I've had a really horrid week so I'm glad that it's finally the weekend at last and I can relax with a glass of wine.
As I'm sure you're aware a short featurette has just been released about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, along with the news that there are going to be FIVE . . . yes, that's right . . . five films in the series.
Now, I'll be honest, I'm not entirely sure what I think about this news. Part of me is, obviously, extremely excited about a whole new and previously unknown part of the wizarding world opening up which will give me so much information that I can ruin everyone else I know's lives with for the next decade or so, and the news that the final battle between young Albus Dumbledore and his paramour, Gellert Grindelwald are going to feature eventually is of particular interest - although some of their early relationship has already been covered in the rather excellent fan-made video The Greater Good.
My hope is that there will be enough of this new material to sustain the series because I would really hate them to end up being like so many of the film series these days - where they are stretched over several films when one would easily have done (although, fortunately, the Deathly Hallows didn't suffer from this).
Having said that, I trust Jo, and I'm sure she has a whole wealth of material just waiting to be revealed - knowing her she probably had all this already written while she was releasing Harry Potter.
So what do you think about this news? Does it fill you with delight, with dread, or are you unmoved either way?
I know some people are taking great umbrage that Jo keeps on releasing information (especially when it doesn't tally with their fanon ideas) and they feel she should now leave well alone, but I disagree. At the end of the day she is the author of the stories, and in the same way that we fan-fiction writers can't leave them alone, neither can she - and each new piece of information is always interesting, even if breaks your heart (even I thought Wolfstar could be canon).
So onto my story, and in this second chapter we find that Lucius hasn't exactly fulfilled his bargain with Hermione - the utter cad.
I hope you are enjoying the story and would appreciate a few kind words, either as a review or as a comment on here.
While I remember, there's another video you should check out if you haven't already, called Severus Snape and the Marauders which is made by the same people who made The Greater Good. I was one of the people who backed it on Kickstarter and I think it's a fantastic film - and Mick Ignis as Severus Snape is absolutely spot on.
Have a good week (I hope mine's better than the last one) and I'll see you next weekend for the next chapter.
Stay safe, keep the faith!
Dx
I've had a really horrid week so I'm glad that it's finally the weekend at last and I can relax with a glass of wine.
As I'm sure you're aware a short featurette has just been released about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, along with the news that there are going to be FIVE . . . yes, that's right . . . five films in the series.
Now, I'll be honest, I'm not entirely sure what I think about this news. Part of me is, obviously, extremely excited about a whole new and previously unknown part of the wizarding world opening up which will give me so much information that I can ruin everyone else I know's lives with for the next decade or so, and the news that the final battle between young Albus Dumbledore and his paramour, Gellert Grindelwald are going to feature eventually is of particular interest - although some of their early relationship has already been covered in the rather excellent fan-made video The Greater Good.
My hope is that there will be enough of this new material to sustain the series because I would really hate them to end up being like so many of the film series these days - where they are stretched over several films when one would easily have done (although, fortunately, the Deathly Hallows didn't suffer from this).
Having said that, I trust Jo, and I'm sure she has a whole wealth of material just waiting to be revealed - knowing her she probably had all this already written while she was releasing Harry Potter.
So what do you think about this news? Does it fill you with delight, with dread, or are you unmoved either way?
I know some people are taking great umbrage that Jo keeps on releasing information (especially when it doesn't tally with their fanon ideas) and they feel she should now leave well alone, but I disagree. At the end of the day she is the author of the stories, and in the same way that we fan-fiction writers can't leave them alone, neither can she - and each new piece of information is always interesting, even if breaks your heart (even I thought Wolfstar could be canon).
So onto my story, and in this second chapter we find that Lucius hasn't exactly fulfilled his bargain with Hermione - the utter cad.
I hope you are enjoying the story and would appreciate a few kind words, either as a review or as a comment on here.
While I remember, there's another video you should check out if you haven't already, called Severus Snape and the Marauders which is made by the same people who made The Greater Good. I was one of the people who backed it on Kickstarter and I think it's a fantastic film - and Mick Ignis as Severus Snape is absolutely spot on.
Have a good week (I hope mine's better than the last one) and I'll see you next weekend for the next chapter.
Stay safe, keep the faith!
Dx
Saturday, 8 October 2016
New Story - Captive - Chapter One
Hi everyone,
Today I've started posting a new story called Captive.
It's a Lucius/Hermione story and begins during the summer holiday just after the end of the sixth book.
When Hermione is captured by Death Eaters, Lucius Malfoy agrees to help her escape — but at a price. Can she trust him to do as he says or will his true nature betray her?
The story is posted on AFF.Org as it includes frequent graphically lemony content which I don't think would pass the FanFiction.Net filters, so over eighteens only, I'm afraid.
As always I would be interested to know what you think of the story, so reviews and comments are appreciated.
I hope you enjoy!
Until next week, have fun :)
Dx
Today I've started posting a new story called Captive.
It's a Lucius/Hermione story and begins during the summer holiday just after the end of the sixth book.
When Hermione is captured by Death Eaters, Lucius Malfoy agrees to help her escape — but at a price. Can she trust him to do as he says or will his true nature betray her?
The story is posted on AFF.Org as it includes frequent graphically lemony content which I don't think would pass the FanFiction.Net filters, so over eighteens only, I'm afraid.
As always I would be interested to know what you think of the story, so reviews and comments are appreciated.
I hope you enjoy!
Until next week, have fun :)
Dx
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