Just an FYI for all of my readers.

 In addition to chapters 23 and 24 of "The Girl in the Tower 2" which recently went up, I have also added a new chapter (ch 6: Goodbye Cruel World) to "Disturbing the Dust" and have just updated "One Night in Cairo" with 3 new small chapters (ch.s 9, 10 & 11.) ((Cairo was originally to be posted in two parts, but I was able to offer more of the finished story by posting it segment by segment.))

Unfortunately, GiT2 is my main writing priority and the other stories are only updated when I need a break from GiT2. In between, I also write tutorial articles for the Writer's Resource on Spookamania, which take several hours each. This is when I'm not working on my website or building one for a client. Oh, and when I'm not at my full-time job or making dinner for my daughter. And you know what? Sometimes I'm completely slacking off. :0

I do want to say that my smaller stories get almost no reviews. I spend most of my free time writing them. I don;t think a few moments of your time is too much to ask. I just want to know what you thought.

With the addition of Logical Raven's story, all previously archived Harry Potter fan fiction stories have been moved from the html pages into the new area. The old archives are now closed and will be removed.

Dropped from the archive are Everett Scott's "The Slytherin Challenge" and "Sentence of Salazar." The stories were excluded at the author's request as he wrote them many years ago and didn't feel they were indicative of his growing talent. Although they have great titles, I'd have to agree. Check out his novel "Memoirs of Draco Malfoy" as well as his one-shots, one of which recently came in 3rd in the "Best One-shot on Spookamania" poll.

Just wanted to mention that I have finally moved The Girl in the Tower's soundtrack list from the old archive to this one. You can find it by selecting what appears to be chapter 37 of the story.

By adding the soundtrack list, the GiT1 move is complete! You may comment on the selections or make suggestions of your own my reviewing the listing as though it were a real chapter. You may also find the soundtrack thread in the forum under "Tower Stuff, Comments" and respond there as well.

CBBC Newsround has announced that Helen McCrory has been casted to play Draco's Mother Narcissa Malfoy. You might have remembered them casting her as Bellatrix Lestrange. However, due to her pregancy she was unable to play Bellatrix. She got a second chance. Also it was announcec today by CBBC newsround that Lavender Brown has been casted. Jessie Cave. She has only starred in one TV show in the UK titled Summerhill. It will be airing sometime next year.

Jessie is 20 years old. Your first chance to see Jessie on screen though will be in CBBC drama Summerhill going out early next year.

It's not known if Jessie attended the open auditions for Lavender.

They were were held earlier this year. Or she may have auditioned separately for the part. Says CBBC

Source: Mugglenet.com 

As I play with the new skins, please give them all a second look now and again to see if your fav might change. I added a few changes to the Gryffindor skin - and then took them out. It's finished. It's simple and clean and I like it best as is. The Slytherin Skin received green backgrounds on the index text blocks. I really like the effect on this skin only and feel it sets it apart. If you have a different view, please comment. I'm no skin expert. The Beach skin, aimed at writers of original fiction who wouldn;t care for an HP theme, got a little closer to how it used to look. I added the block header graphic back in as many people claim this is their fav. The Edgey skin was meant as a test skin but people like that, too, so I will make a better graphic for it at some point. I never intended to keep that skin, but I think another non-HP skin was needed anyway.

If you have any suggestions or comments on these skins or have ideas for new ones, please comment!! Since the archive is new, we're starting from scratch. We have a few of the basics, but something unique would be nice. I plan to make a skin with clock graphics soon. Idk why, but I love clocks. Go figure, I'm always late lol.