Quote:M Fnord wrote:You have no idea.
* Doug has a habit of picking up strays.
Quote:M Fnord wrote:Well, if you were protecting the only clue to the nature of a seismic shift in the destiny of Wizarding Britain from a two-bit government functionary who's more interested in her own personal power than anything else, wouldn't you be?
* Damn, Department of Mysteries is hardcore, yo.
Quote:M Fnord wrote:And not in my original plans, either... it just happened in the writing, most fortuitously as well because my plans for the DA kind of disposed of the need for her and I had no idea up until that moment what to do with her.
* Edgecombe's out? That's a spanner in the canon I don't think I've seen before...
Quote:M Fnord wrote:That's turning out to be a common comment, even from prereaders. Again, it originated kind of as an accident, but I'm really liking what it lets me do.
* I don't think I've mentioned this before, but I really like the
"Letters from Draco" wrapper as a concept. Draco's POV as an antagonist
adds some depth to a story that might otherwise be 100% shenanigans.
Quote:M Fnord wrote:You see the counter for chapter 5 going up, don't you?
A+ would read again looking forward to reading the next chapter before GRRM finishes ASOIAF.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.