When Draco gets bored in his marriage, he responds to a very interesting Personal Columns ad, where he meets a surprising woman.Category: Completed Short Stories
Although, one would think that the respective spouses might be a little disgruntled to learn that their partner was seeking an affair through the personal ads...
Author's Response: Yes, that does make me think - but it was only based on a song.
When Ginny and Harry get engaged, Draco must finally face his feelings about her... or risk losing her to another wizard.Category: Works in Progress
Oooh I like this already. Great job. Can't wait to see more.
This is gearing up to be most enjoyable. Just wanted you to know I'm still reading and looking forward to next bit. Nice job.
Ginny comes in the night to feel something from Draco, but he's going to end it tonight.Category: Completed Short Stories
Aww. I liked this. Is it a one shot or will we be seeing more of this? I like it. Too much just to have this one chapter. LOL
Author's Response: At the moment, it\'s just a one shot. Hadn\'t really planned on making it anything more. We\'ll see. Thanks for the review.
Draco Malfoy fancies himself a connoisseur of fine wine and fine women, but a string of encounters with Ginny Weasley teaches him that he still has something to learn about both.Category: Long and Completed
Ha ha ha - Nice twist with Ginny being the Sommelier! But all this wine talk is frying my brain! Call me a philistine if you like but I'm a Vodka girl myself! Ha ha ha When are we going to get on to the amusing D/G banter and the inevitable dinner date in which they aregue good naturedly about wine all the way through then shag like porn stars?
By the way, I am really liking Draco's characterisation - you've done a lovely job with his internalisations and the narrative is spot on. Great work.
Author's Response: Vodka certainly has its place. And I also am rather fond of beer. But I don\'t think I could write a whole story centered around either one of them. :) But anyway, I am glad that you are enjoying the story. I tend to feel insecure about characterizations, so it is nice to know that you think Draco\'s is working. Thanks for reading and for the review.
Red was the colour of many things. One-shotCategory: Completed Short Stories
Wow. Evocatively written. Lovely imagery and so brutally heartbreaking. Great work. I hate sad endings though :-(
Draco's loafing gets him demoted into Ginny's department, whereupon he takes it upon himself to revive her flagging romantic life. As one might expect, his efforts produce the most unexpected results.Category: Works in Progress
Eee hee! This is shaping up to be a rather amusing read from one of my favourite authors. *Adds story to favourites and checks e-mails for update* Promising and funny start with some very nice phraseology and characterisation - particularly of man-whore!Draco and workaholic!Ginny. Looking forward to seeing more.
Draco has managed to raise two sons (with a wee bit of help from his lovely wife, Ginny) without scarring them (too much) for life. But now he has a pair of teenage daughters...Category: Works in Progress
Hee hee hee love the family dynamic in chapter one. Brilliant. I also notice the careful ambiguity as to the ownership of the baby that Gareth passes to Ginny. On the face of it it could be his, or it could be Liam's. Sneakily done...
I want more damnit. lol
Author's Response: Or it could belong to anyone of the uncles... *grins ebilly*
2nd Place at Pud's D/G Fic Contest! Five years ago, Draco Malfoy was offered sanctuary by his mother’s cousins in India. Now, with the death of his father, the Malfoys need an heir, and Narcissa sets out to find her son a wife through the aid of the far-seeing, fortune-telling Morcant sisters, who decide upon none other than Ginny Weasley. Seeing this offer as a means of escaping the horrible war that has descended upon England, Ginny accepts their proposition, and finds herself in a foreign land engaged to a Draco Malfoy who seems to be a strange mix of the old and the new.Category: Long and Completed
Wow. Beautifully and evocatively written. Nice work.
Nothing happens in a vacuum.Category: Works in Progress
Hmmm. Promising. Nice start, although I dislike the sexy dancing seduction in fics (personal quirk, nothing against the story). I like where you went with this at the end, with the predatory, dominant Ginny - I don't see enough of that. I liked your smouldering Draco too... Mmmmmmm.... Definitely one to keep an eye on...
Ginny accepts a bet to kiss Draco at midnight, but she never anticipated what happens after.Category: Completed Short Stories
Beautifully written. Utterly improbable of course but thats why we like fluff right? lol. I was half-expecting the hint of some sort-of-but-not-quite relationship because of the unlikely easiness of their interactions, so was left a little bereft, but I LOVED Draco's 'snark' and Ginny's characterisation - spot on with how I imagine her to be. Your writing style is polished and immensely readable. Nice job.
Anyone deserves a second chance. ~ Written for the D/G fic exchange 2006.Category: Long and Completed
Wow. This was a brilliantly executed fic. Their characterisations are excellent as is their initial interactions and Ginny's 'inner pov'. The smut was awesome! I don't think I've ever read anything like it. The detail and 'rightness' of it are breathtaking. Absolutely wonderful work.
12 years after the war, Draco returns to England for his daughter's sake. Written for Black Alnair on the 2006 dgficexchange.Category: Completed Short Stories
I love fluff!!! *melts into a puddle of goo* Nice premise. Not over the top on the sappiness and nice draco characterisation. Good work.
Draco’s wanted Ginny for a long time. A stolen kiss tips him over the edge into making Ginny an offer, an offer she really should have refused.Category: Completed Short Stories
I hate it when you write like this. It's so achingly beautiful and evocative. Brilliantly written. Although the end implies potential continuation...?
That was a lovely little smutty nugget and your characterisations were lovely. I really liked Ginny's hard-arse attitude up to the last and I liked Malfoy's impatience and I-want-so-I'll-have attitude; great job.
She woke, and she doesn't remember.Category: Works in Progress
I don't suppose you are familiar with the 'work' of a person named 'Vexy' who posts on quizilla are you?
Perhaps you just chose an unfortunate name to rename ginny...
But I'd like to mention that she plagarised HUGE portions of my fanfic 'exquisite irony' and renamed 'her' main character gwynne or gwenn or something. Said plagarised fic also started in eerily the same way with torture and memory loss etc etc so I hope you'll understand me not lavishing praise and enthusiasm since said plagarism broke my heart and this reminds me of it far too much for comfort...
Otherwise, the premise is good and the pain and torture aspects will be interesting to explore later on. I also liked dracos response ''Father has got to be bloody kidding...'' I like that line. perhaps it is merely the unfortunate choice ginnys pseudonym that has unfairly biased me against this story...
But we'll see. I know I shall shall be watching the plot progression with interest...
Lex
Author's Response: I'm very sorry if my fic seems in any way similar to the person who plagarized your work. I got the idea for the fic after watching a CSI: New York in which one of the detectives "wakes up" (so to speak) with fragmented memories and bruises. That became the spring board for this idea. Also, the name "Gwynne" was originally going to be "Gwen" but then I found out that the former means "fair" and the latter means "intelligent". For my purposes I chose the first spelling. "Gwynne" is short for Guinevere, a name I always thought Ginny could be named after. Thus I incorperated it into this fic. You will notice that Ginny's alleged name "Gwynne Wallace" also has the same innitials as her original "Ginny Weasley". I tend to come around with ideas in strange ways, but never through others' works.
Again, I'm terribly sorry that your work was dishonored in such a way. I promise that this fic is coming from imagination and ideas from no one but myself. I do hope you can enjoy the rest of the story despite these complications.
~Foreveress~
Thank you for your response. I hope you don't think I was implying that I thought your story was plagaristic, because believe me, your words are WAY more coherent than Vexy (I suggest if you have a moment and wish to be both horrified and amused, you check out the links on my livejournal posts), it was just that I read the name Gwynne my heart stopped!
It is interesting to see how other authors delve into the meanings of words to come up with names for their characters, I myself have a bit of a fetish for latin when naming my characters! lol
I am given to understand that Ginevra is in fact a modern progression of Guinevere. However might I venture a minor piece of concrit: Ginny may have lost her memories, however she's likely to be curious enough to want to discover more about her 'family', her past and her situation generally, and I wonder if it was perhaps prudent of Lucius to give her something as potentially 'concrete' as a surname from which to work. Because even though she is NOT a 'Wallace', she THINKS she is is therefore likely to want to trace other members of the 'Wallace' family. So unless Lucius was particularly clever and pre-investigated the name Wallace to ensure she met nothing but dead ends, perhaps it may have been wiser for Lucius to have simply provided her with a first name by which to identify herself.
Other than that, the premise is good and I hope Draco's characterisation builds more upon the 'Father has got to be bloody kidding' line because I like that line and it implies a sceptical and somewhat critical Draco and I'd like to see that counterpoint to Ginny's confusion and disorientation...
I like petulant!Draco, he's funny and so in character.
I'm sorry but the name 'Gwynne' still irks me. Sorry but it does. I can't help that. :-7
But in counterpoint to that I really do like Draco's developing characterisation its very.... 'right' and I'm intreagued by the 'circumstances' Lucius mentioned...
Author's Response: Thanks for your earlier suggestions on Draco. I\'ve been trying to recapture the \"cannon\" Draco (the whiny brat that\'s spoiled by his parents) while also transitioning him into the Draco we all love.\r\n\r\nAnd about the name \"Gwynne\"...do take condolence in the fact that \"Gwynne\" is only the name Lucius gave her. Doesn\'t mean it is permanantly her name ; )\r\n\r\nThanks for all the reviews, and I hope you enjoy the coming chapters!
Harry's back! Much angst and woe at Hogwarts school. However will Ginny cope?Category: Completed Short Stories
Ha ha that's quality. Nicely done. I love over-dramatic!Harry-humor-fics. They cheer me up.
Author's Response: I\'m very happy if I\'ve cheered you up! Ego Harry/ Dramatic Harry is one of my favourite people to write...
D/G cliche love.Category: Essays
LOL God the Cliches are ENDLESS - I myself am guilty of perpetrating several...
Although, further to your comment about Draco being Ginny's first, I refer you to a number of fics in which Harry was Ginny's first, or various other chars (with Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom and Colin Creevey being particularly popular).
I did try to avoid many cliches with 'The Vault Incident', I sort of 'bypassed' the common ones by not mentioning certain facts.
Also from my own list of works, Pandora's Paradox has a decidedly UNVIRGINAL Ginny becoming tangled with a cliche-ridden reformed Draco. lol
As a further addition to said Cliche list, can I add one regarding Pregnancy - I am terribly guilty for this, but you'll find that many many many authors use a pregnancy as a predominant point in their stories and indeed perpetuate this cliche in its many forms:
- Ginny tells Draco she's pregnant and he switches sides.
- Her announcement prompts the ILY.
- Tension within the story is revealed as a hidden pregnancy.
- Ginny hides her pregnancy from everyone then she and Draco get to together at the end...
The list is ENDLESS. Although for sheer fluffiness, next to nothing beats a baby! lol XD
As for the rest of them, I'm cliche QUEEN! LOL. It's hard NOT to spot a cliche in Exquisite Irony! LOL
When Ginny is compelled to do her duty for the Order she gets much more than she ever bargained for.Category: Works in Progress
Ooooo Love the premise so far... But you already know that ;-p Looking forward to seeing the dynamic develop!
Author's Response: I know you do. I promise I won\'t drag it on too long either!
A companion ficlet to Twelve Days To Christmas. Draco and Ginny were the two Seekers shortlisted to represent England in the World Cup. Will they survive training together in Paris?Category: Completed Short Stories
Aww thats quality. Nice work and a nice companion to a fluffy fic I love. Any chance of an epilogue?
He was strong, but he was stronger when she was with him.Category: Completed Short Stories
I might have something to say about this story if I'd been able to red it without having to scroll across the endless line of ~~~~~~~'s. Could you please cut about 30 off the end of both of your breaks so it fits on the one page please. I hate having to scroll laterally.
Author's Response: Sorry about that. I didn\'t know it was like that, but I fixed it.
Lucius lived in terror that one day Narcissa would come to her senses, would stop coming to visit him and instead move on with her life, leaving him with nothing.Category: Completed Short Stories
Interesting....
I liked Ginny's characterisation very much... Not so sure about the abrupt about-turn into congenial familiarity at the end, but a nicely written interview.
Draco and Ginny go out on a date post-Hogwarts. Ginny is disappointed with Draco's lack of originality. Can he make it up to her?Category: Works in Progress
You know what, I really LIKE your use of profanity and colloquialisms and crude references - much more realistic. I quite like your characterisations too. Interesting start.
*DH Spoilers* For Severus Snape, who should have had a chance with the girl he loved.Category: Completed Short Stories
And for Draco and Ginny, who deserved a much better ending.
Nice turnaround. Believable too. Lovely work, and I like the characterisations.
One minor point of concrit though - your 'summary' is incredibly telling - one could lalmost say it's spoilerific in that it pretty much tells anyone who sees it that Snape was in love with Lily, then dies, and that the blandness of the epilogue does no justice to poor Draco. I just felt it might be too easy to be spoiled by it.
Other than that, this was a lovely piece. Short and bitter-sweet. Great stuff.
Lex.
Author's Response: Oh, thank you. I appreciate it.\r\n\r\nMy summary is a little telling, but to change it now would be rather pointless considering how many have already seen it. I have the spoilers warning up at the front, so hopefully people will no to keep their eyes shut. I like it the way it is, as this is in memory of those who (I feel) were shunted. Thanks for bringing it to my attention though!\r\n\r\nLunaeyes