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Hello! I'd love to podfic your fic "how to lose a wizard in in 10 days" and just wanted to check that would be okay with you? I noticed you have a blanket permission statement but wished to ask the question either way ☺️❤️

Hi!

Yes! As long as no profit is being made and the podfic isn’t monetized in any way, I’d love that! Please send me a link when it’s live so I can listen and share. ☺️

#askgraceful #podfic #how to lose a wizard in 10 days

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HP rants continue:

Severus Snape didn’t love Lily Potter.

At the foundation of love is respect. Snape had none for Lily’s decision to marry James or have Harry. He only cared about saving her life, not about the lives of her family. Do you think she would have thanked him if he’d succeeded?

And then he spent six years verbally abusing the child she died trying to protect.

This is not love. It’s obsession and it shouldn’t be lauded.

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“I just...I need you to understand," muttered Draco hesitantly, pulling in a deep breath. And then he began. "I'm never going to be a man who tells you how lucky I am to have you, even though I know I am. I'm never going to be a man who tells you that you're beautiful everyday, even though you are. And I'm never going to be a man who tells you I love you everyday, even though I do. And I really do, Granger."

"I know you do," she said. "I know.”

Isolation by Bex Chan

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Hi, I was just wondering if you had a policy about hand binding your fics for personal use or gifts for friends? <3

Hello! My work is available for bookbinding for personal use or gifts for friends! As long as no money is changing hands for anything other than the actual cost of materials or shipping, I allow it. I am currently updating my full policy for bookbinding and it will soon be included in the pinned post at the top of my profile if you have any further questions or want to know about my other specific bookbinding policies. Thanks for asking!

#asks #bookbinding #policy #fanfic

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Remus: The best revenge, really, is being nice! Sirius: [in the distance] Or murder.

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Recently, whenever something goes missing in our house my son has been saying, "Maybe the British stole it."

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And I can scarce believe what I'm believing in

Could this be how every day begins?

—Hozier, First Light

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Sirius: Damn, Moony, are you secretly cool? Remus: Well, poker is just math, so I guess it depends on if you consider the mathematician, Carl Friedrich Gauss, cool. Sirius: I do not.

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Draco and Hermione channeling Jim and Pam

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Now complete!

How to Lose a Wizard in 10 Days

Hermione will do anything to prove to her boss at Witch Weekly that she's ready to take on more serious topics, including dating a man just to drive him away for the sake of her next column, How to Lose a Wizard in 10 Days. But pushing Draco Malfoy away proves to be a challenging task, perhaps because he's got ten days to make her fall in love with him.

A Dramione RomCom inspired by How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27056623/chapters/66058729

#dramione #how to lose a wizard in 10 days #dramione fanfiction #dhr #dramione fanfic #draco x hermione

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One of the best tips for writing descriptions of pain is actually a snippet I remember from a story where a character is given a host of colored pencils and asked to draw an egg.

The character says that there’s no white pencil.  But you don’t need a white pencil to draw a white egg.  We already know the egg is white.  What we need to draw is the luminance of the yellow lamp and the reflection of the blue cloth and the shadows and the shading.

We know a broken bone hurts.  We know a knife wound hurts.  We know grief hurts.  Show us what else it does.

You don’t need to describe the character in pain.  You need to describe how the pain affects the character - how they’re unable to move, how they’re sweating, how they’re cold, how their muscles ache and their fingers tremble and their eyes prickle.

Draw around the egg.  Write around the pain.  And we will all be able to see the finished product.

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good traits gone bad

perfectionism - never being satisfied

honesty - coming off as rude and insensitive

devotion - can turn into obsession

generosity - being taken advantage of

loyalty - can make them blind for character faults in others

being dependable - always depending on them

ambitiousness - coming off as ruthless

optimism - not being realistic

diligence - not able to bend strict rules

protectiveness - being overprotective

cautiousness - never risking anything

being determined - too focussed on one thing

persuasiveness - coming off as manipulative

tidiness - can become an obsession

being realistic - being seen as pessimistic

assertiveness - coming off as bossy

pride - not accepting help from others

innocence - being seen as naive

selflessness - not thinking about themself enough

being forgiving - not holding others accountable

curiosity - asking too much questions

persistence - being seen as annoying

being charming - can seem manipulative

modesty - not reaching for more

confidence - coming off as arrogant

wit/humor - not taking things serious

patience - being left hanging

strategic - coming off as calculated

being caring - being overbearing

tolerance - being expected to tolerate a lot

eagerness - coming off as impatient

being observant - being seen as nosy

independence - not accepting help

being considerate - forgetting about themself

fearlessness - ignoring real danger

politeness - not telling what they really think

reliability - being taken advantage of

empathy - getting overwhelmed with feeling too much for other people