*Hestia would like her beloved sister to know that she loves her very much and would like to be her friend always, if only to say nice things to her when she is feeling down

*Hestia would also like it made known that if she can get over her son's death, her beloved sister can get over her trials too

*Hestia knows that her beloved sister is going through rough times, and would like her to know that they are only dark if that is all that is focused on---but the light is still in the corner of the eye

*Hestia hugs her beloved sister and runs away, wondering when she'll see this

Myyyy naaame is LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, Awfully banany, Ain't got me no nanny!

Myyyy name is LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, My hair is just like granny's, Ain't that so uncanny!

Myyyy name is LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, In every nook and cranny, I can't find me any---

LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE's anywhere!

* Lyonesse gets off of her stage amid a smattering of applause and tomato-throwers, and proceeds to run very, very fast before this orphan Anne in particular can catch her

I feel justified in putting this little tidbit here.

She needed no mirror to tell her what the brush of magic against her cheek meant. Her scar had healed over, leaving her face once more unmarked. In her heart, in her soul, she had accepted that Draco Black, her carefree twin, was truly gone, and she would never see him again.

Hermione Granger-Lupin parted the rose-stems gently to read the quotation carved into the stone beneath.

"Blessed are they that mourn; they shall be comforted."

I'm gonna find out. I have the most marvelous line for way, way down the road in FD, and I need a place to put it, so here it is...

"Should I ask then for your benediction? Or perhaps for your forgiveness? Bless me, Father, for I have sinned..."

Well, it's that time of year again, or will be shortly. NaNoWriMo is almost upon us. Two NaNoing Pack-girls in one apartment... gonna be fun. Especially since both of us have jobs that require we get up reeeeeeally early. But hey, it means we get home early too.

And of course NOW I'm motivated for the Dangerverse and updating like crazy, which means I'll be writing Joyful Wings for NaNo while Dangerous Truths is still in pieces all over the hard drive... yeah, I was just a little optimistic back in July...

Sigh. Ah well. Back to Chapter 25, where Harry is busily suckering Voldemort and Umbridge at the same time...

As many of you know, I've taken a week off chatting. I'm going to try to use that week to write as much as possible. So let me know what you'd like to see updated, and I'll do my best to get to it!

Work isn't as bad as I thought it was, and I wrote a tiny little Caparo story, or pre-Caparo rather. Enjoy.

I'd come on chat, but I have to make dinner, then head for the bus station... ;-)

I updated FD. I know you're all happy. I wish I were happy too, and really I am. I'm just tired, and sore from working all day, and wish I had more time to write, and that I could get at the money I keep earning...

I'm sorry for the recent hiatus in updates. Life has been... how shall I say... unusual. But I think I might be getting back on track soon. On the other hand, I expect to be away for the first week of May, so maybe not.

More about this later, on group and/or chat. Cheers, all, and I hope I can make you all happy very soon!

* Bastet creeps along the ground, all her senses alert

Bastet: Here story. Heeeere story. Come to Bastet, now... ah-HA!

* Bastet pounces

Story: Eeeeeeeeeee!

* Bastet prances away with story dangling from her mouth

If this ever gets Googled, I'm dead... but when there's nothing else to do and the plot bunnies are climbing the inside of your skull, why not write? Someday, Theito willing, writing will be my work, but until then, I remain a master of the swift minimize and the innocuous file name.

Have you ever had one of those days when you suddenly had lots of time and no motivation to do anything with it? Yeah... that's fun.

Even with PaNoWriMo (that's Pack Novel Writing Month for those who didn't know) right around the corner, I can't seem to muster the energy to write anything today. Maybe I'll just save it up for tomorrow... yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

Blah.

Hi, guys! Welcome to my new site! Hope you like it here--I sure do! All hail Josh the Tech Maven for getting this thing up and running, and get in touch with me if you want to get on here!

Anne