I Think I Must Be Crazy

[teddy_radiator]

It's been over 3 years since I participated in thesshg_giftfest. Before that, I had such a negative experience with HP_Promptfest (thank you, madeleone for clearing that up) I vowed I'd never do another big fest again. Three years since I've written Severus/Hermione as a pairing. I have wondered if I have truly done all I can with these characters. But I signed up. And lo and behold, I was assigned someone with some excellent prompts, and I thought, "The minimum is 1000 words. I can do that in a day. Piece of cake."

I've been at it for roughtly 3 days, give or take. 6400 words have been written. Not all of them bad. stgulik has been extremely encouraging. I think I can do this. I'm on the home stretch; its not going to be another Lay Me Low by any means. It won't win any awards for originality, and those people on LiveJournal who have always called me a hack will not not have a change of heart because of this fic, but I don't hate it. I even hold out hope that the recipient will like it.

I'm really looking forward to the hp_halloween assignments now.

Wanna get a free Audible? C'mere. Let me know and I'll send you a code for a free Audible for either Her Minder, or The Chine. Hell, if you'll promise to give me a short, not too brutal review on Amazon, I'll give you both. Seriously, I have a few freebies to give to friends in exchange for reviews. Let me know if you want one.

Comments

[madeleone]

I hope your experience it good this year. I thought it was promtfest not giftfest though, but I could be wrong. (I think I remembered PMing you to commiserate as I'd had a somewhat similar experience in the promptfest's first year running.)

I'd love an audible of The Chine. I already have both Her Minder and The Chine in e-book and Her Minder on Audible. It might be a little while before I actually get around to reading/listening and doing a review as I have a huge backlog of books on the TBR pile and some travels coming up soon that will keep me busy for awhile.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I think you must be right - I think the gift fest started after that unpleasantness.

I will be happy to send you a code for Chine. Thank you for buying them all - your support means the world to me. I'll PM you soon with the codes.

[madeleone]

Thanks so much, I'll keep an eye out for the codes. I actually also have an original e-book copy of Her Minder from back when you self published in 2011. But I bought the new version last year on amazon. It will be interesting to read the new rewritten version as well as the sequel.