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Who am I? Can anyone really answer that question? I don't know who I am. I'm undefined.
My Interests? Are many and varied, and my posts reflect my diversity.
Will our interests correspond? Only you can answer that question. Or will you, like myself, remain undefined?
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Top Ten Animated Shorts
Anyone who has spent any time at all on my blog or social media accounts will know by now that I enjoy reading short stories. What you may not know is that I also enjoy watching short films. Short films,… Read More ›
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Easy Tasty Side Salad
This is a super easy, economical salad that is quick to put together and will be popular with the whole family. My sister showed it to me when I stayed with her for a couple of weeks. I loved it… Read More ›
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Echoes
Peering over the rusty gate, she noticed patches of moss growing on a broken stone path. Dandelions and toadstools littered the overgrown grass hiding the dens of field mice. An old tyre rested between the roots of an ancient oak… Read More ›
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Top Ten Holocaust Movies
A person would have to have been living under a rock to be unaware of the terrible tragedy known as the Holocaust. Despite the efforts of ‘deniers’ and the fact that genocide has occurred far too frequently both before and… Read More ›
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Top Ten Revenge Songs
As long as there have been humans, there has been revenge; the act of punishing another for a real or perceived slight. Humans are not the only animals known to exact vengeance, but we have certainly honed it to an… Read More ›
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Atheist or Not?
Let me just begin this post by apologising in advance. I’m just going to be posting my thoughts rather than attempting to put together a structured post. That may cause my musings to be a little disjointed or difficult to… Read More ›
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Blogging Resumes Soon
My normal blogging schedule resumes Monday. For the newbies, the schedule consists of: Miscellaneous Monday: Anything that takes my fancy from quotes, to jokes, to opinions — anything goes. Top Ten Tuesday: Top Tens listed from 10 to 1. Fiction… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 30
A WIP that you constantly check for updates Normally when I catch up with a work-in-progress (WIP), I just wait to read the updates until I feel like reading the story again, or until the story is complete. However, there… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 29
An unusual pairing or trope you didn’t think would work but turned out well I am a big fan of unusual pairings in Harry Potter fan-fiction, but even I can admit that some pairings seem strange at first. However, I… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 28
Favourite quote from a fan-fiction “There’s [sic] isn’t really any such thing as heroes and villains, Sirius. Good and evil don’t exist. Very few people get into this stuff because they’re legitimately evil. People have goals and motives and when someone… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 27
Story you wish someone would write Some stories that I really want to read are: A Harry/Flitwick story with a cheerful Harry falling in love with, and wooing, Filius Flitwick A Harry/Griphook story with a sarcastic Harry being subtly wooed by… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 26
Story that made you laugh out loud There are quite a few stories I would love to include in answer to this question — Make a Wish by Rorschach’s Blot and A Black Comedy by nonjon are two that come… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 25
Head-canon you’ve accepted that, while not necessarily supported by canon, isn’t contradicted by canon either My answer to this question can be summed up in one word — Wolfstar. For those who don’t know, Wolfstar refers to a romantic relationship… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 24
Head-canon you’ve accepted that is not supported by, or directly contradicts, canon I believe the best answer here would be the names of Hermione’s parents, Harry’s grandparents and Gringotts’ director. The reason I’m choosing this over any other head-canon I’ve… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 23
Best story you read for the first time in the last twelve months There are three stories that have really stood out to me in the past twelve months. It is interesting that only one of them is written in… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 22
Least favourite plot device used in too many stories you otherwise enjoyed Independent Harry stories are amongst my favourite Harry Potter fan-fiction tropes. Unfortunately, despite my enjoyment of this type of story, there is one plot device that is often… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 21
Fandom you haven’t read but might one day Firstly, just to clarify, the word ‘fandom’ in this case refers to fan-fiction, not the source material. I had a lot of difficulty with this question because if I have read/viewed/played the… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 20
Favourite long story (5,001 words or more) Once again, I find myself completely unable to choose just one story in answer to this question. Hell, I can’t even choose just one fandom. Considering I have hundreds of favourites saved on… Read More ›
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Been Sick
I’ve been quite unwell the past week. I’ve barely been able to muster the energy to read fan-fiction let alone compose blog posts. Even my fiction writing has suffered and, as anyone who knows me would tell you, that’s really… Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 19
Favourite medium length story (1,501 – 5,000 words) Sometimes a short short story (< 1,500 words) just isn’t enough, but there isn’t time to read a long chapter story. That’s where short stories (1,500 – 5,000 words) come in handy…. Read More ›
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30 Day Fanfic Challenge – Day 18
Over-used trope that you love to read anyway Many tropes become so popular that they are overused to the point of becoming cliché. When that happens a lot of fans stop reading those stories, thinking ‘if you’ve read one, you’ve… Read More ›
