sylvelle
Saturday 26th October 2013 23:29 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
How very lovely. I loved the story. The changing POV was a little disconcerting but once I got used to it was very effective. Where to I go to read about the courtship, wedding and why they were abroad for a year?
Thanks
Tricia |
| Sunday 27th October 2013 09:14 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
I'm amazed you could follow any of it at all if you hadn't read The New Zealand Chronicles. You can find it here http://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/4154/ (warning - I wrote it before Deathly Hallows, so there are many canon inconsistencies.)
Thanks for reading! |
bluetooth
Friday 13th May 2011 01:37 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| This is such a lovely piece. It made me laugh and put tears in my eyes at the same time. I'd forgotten how much I enjoy your stories. Well done. |
Laney199
Thursday 3rd June 2010 15:06 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
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| Friday 4th June 2010 12:11 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Thanks for reading! |
MollysSister
Monday 14th December 2009 08:46 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Its like home improvement porn! Ha! Way to go |
| Monday 14th December 2009 10:48 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| LOL - there are whole channels on cable devoted to home improvement porn, so I'm in good company. Thanks for reading! *smiles at Ron icon* |
GinevraMollyWeasley
Wednesday 21st January 2009 15:58 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| O.K., that's kinda weird... |
snowbear96
Saturday 20th December 2008 23:33 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Utterly fantastic. I've just spent the last day or so reading your New Zealand chronicles but forgot to review before wandering over here. I love everything. |
| Sunday 4th January 2009 15:55 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked NZC - I spent six months writing it and then of course DH came along and made it AU. I still like my version where Hedwig and Fred and others are alive. Sorry it took me so long to respond. We moved and my email address changed, so I didn't know I had reviews. Thanks for reading! |
kash2210
Saturday 4th October 2008 18:33 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Ignore that last comment about FR... as I've realised when you actually wrote this, which was BEFORE DH came out so...obviously you didn't know at the time what hapened!!! Sorry! |
kash2210
Saturday 4th October 2008 18:28 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
What a wonderful story, I loved the way you told it from so many people's point of view, an unusual but nice twist.
I'm not going to say anything about you putting Fr...never mind others will already have mentioned it! But it doesn't detract from a truely well written story! |
| Sunday 4th January 2009 15:54 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked the story. Sorry it took me so long to respond. We moved and my email address changed. Thanks for reading! |
harry_loves_ginny
Monday 12th May 2008 19:25 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
I like ur story. It's cool.
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| Tuesday 20th May 2008 08:46 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for reading! |
Hollu
Tuesday 29th April 2008 09:31 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
What an amazing story!!! I love it. ^_^. I especially love the silent communication with everyone about the baby and Ron not having a clue, lol.
~Holly |
| Tuesday 29th April 2008 13:04 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad it's still enjoyable after DH made it AU. Good old Ron eventually clued in. Thanks for reading! |
gymnastgal19
Friday 25th April 2008 15:55 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
aww ww!!! that was really cute! Im glad that harry and ginny get an awesome house and that arry finally gets a family!
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| Monday 28th April 2008 06:54 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| They both deserve their happy ending. *nods* |
Amamama
Tuesday 15th January 2008 13:55 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Hm - why didn't I notice that this was up? Half a year ago, almost. Or is it my Alzheimer light that's talking - I surely don't remember reading it. *scratches head* It's lovely. Absolutely lovely. All the little details - like the newel posts. And I adore RtB - teaming up with Hermione! Yay! You know, I would Love to have that house. You are the best, Mary. *hugs*
And why didn't the whole review show up the first time? Hm. |
| Tuesday 15th January 2008 14:03 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I never "advertised" this story - and it was in the middle of the summer when it came out, so that's why you probably missed it. Anyway - it's so nice that you read it now! It will whet your appetite for Ron the Builder. Thanks for reading! *hugs* |
Amamama
Tuesday 15th January 2008 13:52 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Hm - why didn't |
gymnastgal19
Tuesday 18th December 2007 18:31 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
hehe this story made more sense now that i red the story before it :p
good job!
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gymnastgal19
Wednesday 5th December 2007 07:01 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
heheh that is so cute I knew that ginny would be pregnant as soon as you mentioned Charlies son
Good Job! This was an awesome story!
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| Wednesday 5th December 2007 13:01 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for reading! |
txreina
Saturday 24th November 2007 21:54 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Cute story. |
eekii
Saturday 25th August 2007 09:24 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
I just finished a re-reading of this. I hope you will do a few more chapters. It is really that good. It's be fun to see more of the house so to speak.
Thanksss.
Ed. |
| Saturday 25th August 2007 11:27 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you still like it on second reading! At the end of NZ Chronicles the outside of the house is described, and there's a bit more in Potter's Pride which follows this story. I'd like to live in that house! |
eekii
Tuesday 21st August 2007 17:05 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
yeah! A great follow on to NZ. Will there be any more? Please
Thanksss
Ed. |
| Friday 24th August 2007 10:30 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| This is a "middle story." If you look on my author page you'll see That Which is Constant comes first - then The New Zealand Chronicles - then Harry and Ginny Come Home - then Potter's Pride - then The Quick Quotes Quill - Then Sera's Story. So there's lots of reading for you! |
GryffindorDragon
Tuesday 31st July 2007 13:09 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Lovely and Delightful.
I like how you give everybody's perspective.
'I'm convinced that my grandson is magical in more ways than one.
For instance, when I am with him, he slows down time. An hour will pass by unnoticed as I watch him play' -- Wonderful.
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| Tuesday 31st July 2007 13:45 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it. It was difficult to write - getting the pov shifts to be clear, was the hardest part. But I loved thinking about all the Weasleys. Thanks for reading! |
eddygee
Sunday 22nd July 2007 23:28 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Very,Very well written and a unique concept in the structure. Brilliant. |
| Monday 23rd July 2007 10:41 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| How sweet of you to read this now that it's AU! I enjoyed giving H/G and the Weasleys this happy moment. |
LisaPotter
Sunday 15th July 2007 21:24 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
oh how beautiful!!!
did you know that some freak who ordered the last book for his store actually looked at it and told every one on a website what happens?? i don't beleive it, but my freind has a picture of the book. this stinks. what a crapy person.
anyway, i loved your story and i am going to go see any others you may have. thank you.
Lisa Potter |
| Monday 16th July 2007 04:06 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I don't know why people have to spoil it for others. And their notiriety is short-lived anyway, since the book is coming out soon. LOL - I have *lots* of other stories. Thanks for reading! |
krimzzen
Sunday 15th July 2007 17:48 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Lovely, simply lovely. |
| Sunday 15th July 2007 17:53 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for telling me. |
krimzzen
Sunday 15th July 2007 17:48 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Lovely, simply lovely. |
wishmyhairwasred
Sunday 15th July 2007 11:58 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| oh, my goodness. i loved, loved, LOVED the new Zealand chronicles but this may be even better...cute, semi-fluffy, but still means something. PLEASE tell me this isn\'t the epilogue, because i want to hear more! will there be a follow-up story to new zealand chronicles? |
| Sunday 15th July 2007 12:02 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Yes, there's an epilogue - it's with my beta now. And there is a whole other chaptered story about Ron (that I'm still writing) Hopefully, DH won't mess me up too bad with Ron's story. I'm glad you liked this - I wasn't sure about the PoV shifts, but they were fun to write. |
HGRHfan35
Sunday 15th July 2007 04:42 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Just Lovely written. StMargarets does indeed have her own significant style and one that makes it almost inpossible to stop reading!
I loved the way she let's different characters take their turn in venting their feelings on H&G homecoming so yeah, loved it |
| Sunday 15th July 2007 05:51 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I thought having a lot of characters feeling the same thing would heighten the sense of anticipation. So I'm glad it worked. Thanks for reading and for letting me know. |
jamiebell
Saturday 14th July 2007 22:23 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
That was just a truckload of loveliness! Beautiful story...and a beautiful way of telling it. I liked all of the different POVs. Simply adored this! Thanks so much for sharing!
Always,
Margaret |
| Sunday 15th July 2007 05:50 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked the different points of view. I wasn't sure how that was going to go over. Thanks for reading and for letting me know! |
ginnysohma
Friday 13th July 2007 21:41 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| That was really, really great! |
| Saturday 14th July 2007 05:38 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for letting me know! |
juliet
Friday 13th July 2007 16:01 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| My tears are welling up for the happiness that Harry is feeling at the end of this fic. Thankyou. |
| Friday 13th July 2007 17:44 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Those are the best kind of tears. Thanks for reading and for letting me know. |
HarryandGinny Fan
Friday 13th July 2007 09:12 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| That was so sweet! I love the lion head. And...you really should right more, and turn this into a sequak. It would be amazing!!! Come Home...that could be a title!!! |
| Friday 13th July 2007 17:44 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I do have a 'real' epilogue (this was just for the contest) that I hope to have done next week. Thanks for reading! |
Antosha
Friday 13th July 2007 07:16 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
:-D
So sweet! So lovely! So utterly fluffy!
And so obviously you. I'm glad Sheralyn and Co. showed us the woman behind the curtain... ;-)
This is the perfect coda to Harry and Ginny's long adventure—and to Ron and Hermione's, I suspect. Thanks for giving us this glimpse into so many of the lives that you've explored in these stories! |
| Friday 13th July 2007 17:43 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| LOL - so obviously me. I hope this inspires you to find some fluff for the end of you story. Thanks for reading! |
tante
Thursday 12th July 2007 22:49 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
I'll just fling more rose petals in your path, Dearie.
As lovely a bit of fluff as I ever did see.
Quite up to your usual standard of fluff-excellence.
The change in perspective as the scenes changed and progressed was a darling bit of complexity. I enjoyed the perspective shifts the most.
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| Friday 13th July 2007 17:42 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you didn't mind the PoV shifts - I was a little worried they would be "too weird." Thanks for reading and for letting me know! |
honourary_weasley
Thursday 12th July 2007 22:47 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
A beautiful, funny, heartfelt story, full of real emotion...
*smiles tearily*
What more is there to say? Harry finally has a home, and a family, and as Fleur says, now there will be one more Potter in the world.
A perfect ending - it's finally come full circle. |
| Friday 13th July 2007 17:41 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I hope JKR will give us a glimpse of someone having a baby at the end of DH - maybe Fleur? Since the story opened with a baby. Thanks for reading and for letting me know. |
Neli P
Thursday 12th July 2007 21:13 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| This is so sweet Like any other Pottermaniac, I am chewing my nails, waiting for Book 7. Your story -full of joy and hope for the future- is as good as ... a heartwarming Butterbeer to my anxious heart Thanks for such a Great job, Margarets !!!! |
| Friday 13th July 2007 17:40 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm feeling the same way, believe me. I'm glad this story help ease that anxiety and I hope JKR give Harry that happy ending. |
Ainsley
Thursday 12th July 2007 14:00 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Thank you for creating this amazing storyline. I started reading this a few days ago and realized that I had to go back and read The New Zealand Chronicles first and I am so glad that I did. It took me three days or so to read and I simply loved the new characters and storyline that you built for Harry and Ginny. I would love to see more stories come out of this universe. You're so imaginative and eloquent in your writing. |
| Thursday 12th July 2007 18:52 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Oh, I'm glad it didn't get tiring to read after three days! It's so long! There are other stories from this universe - you can check them out on my author's page. I should have the epilogue up next week (just in time before DH) Thanks for reading and for letting me know! (Oh, and Sherry's story, Hearts Afire is just lovely. I think you'd like it) |
Nundu
Thursday 12th July 2007 09:03 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Wonderful, as always.
Mother's do know, don't they? We had not seen my newly married sister for a couple of weeks. Mother was sitting at traffic light and my sister crossed the street. Mother called her that evening and asked her if she was pregnant. She went to the doctor the next day and confirmed it. |
| Thursday 12th July 2007 18:50 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I love that story! I think of Ginny as having a very expressive face, so Molly and Harry would be able to read her. Thanks for reading! |
southatxchris
Wednesday 11th July 2007 13:17 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
The only problem I have with this fic is that it's a one shot. If you could carry this on for, oh say, thirty or forty chapters, that would be fantastic. Great work as always St. Maggie
cheers from Texas
c |
| Thursday 12th July 2007 04:36 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it! And the Weasleys are endlessly fascinating, aren't they? I love to think about what they'll be like in the future. Thanks for reading! |
pyromain
Wednesday 11th July 2007 13:07 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
What a shame thats the third time your story didn't make it to the contest.
I really loved the story though liked the idea of ron being a builder, loved the switching of the characters who told the story. It was just great. Thanks for writing it. |
| Thursday 12th July 2007 04:35 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| LOL - I really should try to get out of my own "universe" and put H/G in a different one. I'm glad you like Ron as a builder. I hope to post that story if DH doesn't mess me up. Thanks for reading! |
Rhetor
Wednesday 11th July 2007 10:52 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
This was delightful, Mary. If it had been entered in the Challenge, IMO, it would certainly deserve to win.
The sequential, rotating, multiple first-person is very hard to pull off, because since your narrative voice is a character voice you have to change that voice every few paragraphs. You did really well at it -- especially Fleur's, Molly's and Arthur's voices came through loud and clear. The only place I noticed any bumps in the voice was Hermione's "Who am I kidding?" That didn't quite sound like her to me.
The best part of your voicing choice is that we really do have the sense of a crowd, a community, a family, all excitedly coming together and thinking about the same thing. It's like we're in a room with all these people and they're all talking at once. Marvelous.
The sense of love and nurture, the sense of belonging, is palpable. We can feel how much these people all care for each other. And I can't think of a better place (other than alone in the bedroom ) for Ginny to tell Harry about her preganancy -- in the middle of a gathering of the most fecund family in Wizarding Britain. What a pleasure. |
| Thursday 12th July 2007 04:34 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
I had a heck of time getting on this site yesterday, so my response to your kind review is late.
I think comparing fics. is apples and oranges - like I said, it's a different animal that tells four stories at once and one that just tries to evoke a feeling with very little story. As long as I achieved what I set out to do, then I'm satisfied. And the fecund (love that word) Weasleys just make me happy, so it was fun to include all of them. |
Astrid
Wednesday 11th July 2007 01:42 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I love it! I really like the way you change POV, but it's still obvious who's talking. |
| Thursday 12th July 2007 04:29 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you didn't mind the changing PoV. I wasn't sure how that was going to go over. Thanks for reading! |
Astrid
Wednesday 11th July 2007 01:40 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I love it! I really like the way you change POV, but it's still obvious who's talking. |
Astrid
Wednesday 11th July 2007 01:36 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I love it! I really like the way you change POV, but it's still obvious who's talking. |
myketje
Tuesday 10th July 2007 00:34 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Soo beautiful!
I really like it!
thxs
Kiss Kiss
mee |
| Tuesday 10th July 2007 05:27 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Thanks for letting me know! |
peas and carrots
Monday 9th July 2007 21:28 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I've been terrible at actually writing reviews, but before DH comes out, I wanted to say that I really loved your New Zealand Chronicles and all the stories in the NZC chronicles. I'm really looking forward to the epilogue, even though it means it's over, but I know it will make me happy and be wonderful, very similar to what I imagine I'll be like after reading the end of the HP series. |
| Tuesday 10th July 2007 05:26 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Hey, you! I haven't seen you around much at all. I'm glad you liked the story. And I have hopes for a happy epilogue for DH as well. I can't believe the series is almost over for all of us. *gulp* |
sands
Monday 9th July 2007 21:27 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I loved it. It's so beautiful. |
| Tuesday 10th July 2007 05:24 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Thanks for letting me know. |
ves.heill
Monday 9th July 2007 20:37 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
This is... that was... I just...
Oh!
Loved it.
Every word, every section, every voice. Beautiful. Fun. Fluffy. Filled with anticipation with a glorious payout at the end. Had your fic been up in the challenge I would have gleefully clicked on it for vote. I was so sad to see the NZC come to an end, this was a bit like coming home for us readers, as well as for Harry and Ginny. |
| Tuesday 10th July 2007 05:24 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
I'm glad the anticipation shone through. That's why I took the risk of confusing everyone with those multiple view points. Thanks for reading!
I'm working on the epilogue for NZC right now. (This was just for the contest) Thanks for reading! |
brad
Monday 9th July 2007 19:29 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
This was great. Being a Hermione fan the first scene was the best, for me; even if you're not writing H/Hr - how much would it take to convert you? :-) - I loved the deep Trio-strength friendship you highlighted with just those few sentences of Hermione's thoughts. "No one else but Harry would understand ..." ... even if R/Hr is a 'good team' it was good to have a reminder of the slot Harry occupies in the Trio.
It's always a unique/quaint flavour of 'magical mechanics' that you establish in your stories. While I didn't much like Ginny's magical ambulance in NZ - I thought you tied it, its engineering with charms and the like, too tightly to its muggle counterpart - I really enjoyed the smaller-scale bits of everyday magical life that you incorporated here. Biting tongs being the 'natural enemies' of meat mallets. :-) The lion-head newel post. A really excellent extrapolation of JKR's world of talking mirrors and other everyday objects that have a unique magical ability which tickles the fancy of this particular muggle.
Great little story, thanks! |
| Tuesday 10th July 2007 05:19 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| You'll see more of Hermione in the real epilogue to this story (I just wrote this for the contest) and hopefully you'll like her there, too. I do love her friendship with Harry. And I do love JKR's magical world - my favorite chapter in CoS is when Harry visits the Burrow for the first time. He should have a house just as magical. Thanks for readnig! |
batbogeyhexer
Monday 9th July 2007 19:15 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I wish Deathly Hallows could end like this... This is beautiful! I can't stop grinning and crying (happy tears). I loved how we 'heard' from the whole family. And the twins disppearing the chickens was hilarious. Loved it. |
| Tuesday 10th July 2007 05:13 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I wish DH could end like this, too. I'm a sucker for OBHWF. Thanks for reading! |
lilyp
Monday 9th July 2007 19:08 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| How sweet! Perfect. But of course it is completely obvious who wrote it. Thank you, St. Margarets for another wonderful fic. |
| Tuesday 10th July 2007 05:13 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I guess I'm like Hagrid and can't really hide behind anything like PoV switches. LOL. Thanks for reading. |
mary-v
Monday 9th July 2007 19:06 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| *SQUEE!* So so so so wonderful! I have a huge smile splitting my cheeks! Wonderful!! *flail* |
Acciowand
Monday 9th July 2007 18:01 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| What a lovely story! I had tears in my eyes reading it. I only hope JKR gives them this kind of wonderful ending too! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 18:23 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I do, too. Maybe I wrote it so happy for that reason. I think we'll all be crying at the end of DH - because it's over and because Harry will get his happy ending. Thanks for reading! |
Musings
Monday 9th July 2007 17:11 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Just fantastic -- well, well done! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 18:21 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it and thanks for letting me know! |
Aberforth's Avatar
Monday 9th July 2007 17:07 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
I loved your use of alternating points of view in this. Especially wonderful to me was Arthur's few paragraphs. i can attest as a recent first-time grandfather that there's nothing the little one does that isn't a delight. i can completely understand happily letting him do things that would have earned my daughters a scolding.
Usually it's your dialogues that sparkle. Here it's the internal monologues that are brightly polished. Hermione's quiet pride, Ginny's nascent joy, Penelope's contentment -- all take substance and form here. Well done, and thank you! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 18:21 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
I like Arthur as a character a lot and I had fun thinking of him babysitting Phillipe. Grandparents get to have an all together different experience than they did as parents. I know I'll love it, too even though I've got a good twenty years or so to go. (I've been in training my whole life - LOL)
All that inner dialogue was a risk - but I thought I'd give it a whirl for the contest. It's fun to experiment. Thanks for reading and your thoughtful review! |
kensai
Monday 9th July 2007 16:59 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| As usual, the writing is warm and real. Even if it did not mention the year in New Zealend I would say who is the writer. There is home cozy flaver to her work, and like home it leaves me smiling and happy. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 17:02 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Well, I tried to cover my tracks by not mentioning New Zealand or Search and Rescue, but it obviously didn't work. I'm glad you liked it. Thanks! |
BABIGIRL0324
Monday 9th July 2007 16:55 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I really enjoyed it... well done |
| Monday 9th July 2007 17:00 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Thanks for letting me know. |
Lily Flower
Monday 9th July 2007 16:55 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Oh I love it! The long awaited sequel! Yay for you! LOL I love your writing, your stories and just the humor and the thought and of course the dialouge. In this story, you put so much time, getting into each character, and I love that. You did it very brilliantly. Keep up the good work! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 17:00 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| That was the hardest part - trying to get each character right. This isn't the epilogue, though. I'm working on that right now - I just did this for the contest. Thanks for reading! |
Jacynthe
Monday 9th July 2007 15:40 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| A lovely story, and good fun guessing who the various speakers are. for what it's worth, though, I found Harry's last monologue superfluous and anticlimactic. It would have been better to let everyone have just one and end with Ginny -- perhaps slightly extended as they share a look and she realizes that he knows. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 16:58 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Well, I couldn't resist the big Hollywood ending. The baby announcement was really more anticipation for everyone, not just Harry, to end the story. Thanks for reading! |
CrumpleHornedKiwi
Monday 9th July 2007 15:15 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Oh Mary - you sap! and I mean that in the nicest fluffiest way possible.
I have this big grin right now - what an awesome way for Ginny to tell Harry. And once again all the little magical details about the house are perfect.
Well done you |
| Monday 9th July 2007 16:55 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| LOL - you're now discovering my sappiness? I had fun with the house. Thanks, sweetie! |
topbabe
Monday 9th July 2007 14:48 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
aww wow is there going to be a follow- on *hopes desperately* i love your stories
Luuv
Hols |
| Monday 9th July 2007 15:16 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I owe everyone an epilogue. I'm writing it right now. So yes, you'll know more soon. Thanks for reading! |
DeborahSu
Monday 9th July 2007 12:50 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Wow!!! I love the way you wove this story of so many voices, each of them easily recognizeable!!! Characterization is definitely your forte! And what a lovely homecoming. We'll see more of our favorite family as their story continues to unfold, I hope!
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| Monday 9th July 2007 13:26 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I was worried about so many points of view, but it seemed to be the best way to build on the anticipation. I do love to write the Weasleys. Thanks for reading! |
EJH0904
Monday 9th July 2007 12:22 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Oh my God, I loved this! Thank you so much for adding a sequel! My favourite part was when Harry could tell that Ginny was pregnant just by paying attention to her and then . . . that look! YAY! Sweet, well thought out, and brilliant done as always! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 13:25 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I have an actual epilogue I'm writing now and hope to have finished this week. This was just for the contest. I'm glad you liked it. Thanks |
potterfan
Monday 9th July 2007 11:21 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
I love this one - Hopefully you keep going with this story!!!
You were ther first author I read when I found the fanfiction world and I love seeing any new postings!!
Thanks,
Beth |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:44 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I have an epilogue I'm writing right now that will hopefully give everyone a satisfying look into H/G's life. Thanks for reading and for letting me know! |
Patches
Monday 9th July 2007 11:00 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
This is sucha great story. I have enjoyed every chapter. It is so nice to see Harry and Ginny happy together and now they are expecting a baby. As Harry says, "I can hardly wait."
I really like the happy ever after stories. I also enjoy the "after several years later" stories that round out the "happy endings." I would love to see a detailed epilog to this story. A few details like "where Harry and Ginny found their dining room table and chairs. How they argued over the living room couch. What pictures they finally chose for the baby's room and how they decorated it. What they named their children and how many they had! That would be fun.
Please don't think I am disappointed in your endind, I am just a greedy reader and would love to see even more of your work. I will be going to your story list to read more of your stories. Thanks for writing. p |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:42 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you like several years later stories, because I'm writing one right now for NZ Chronicles. I hope to have it posted later on in the week. This was just for fun for the contest, since I thought a homecoming was a fitting topic for the theme of anticipation. Thanks for reading! |
rdprice29
Monday 9th July 2007 10:58 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
*sniffle*
*wipes away tears*
This was such a wonderful epilogue for TNZC, I loved it to pieces! The first person pov was perfect and didn't annoy me the way it normally does when I read it in fanfiction, which means you must have gotten it perfectly perfect!
This was so, so wonderful, and it's no wonder the mods were able to pin it as yours right away. But it couldn't be any more perfect that it is right now, you did a wonderful job!
Congratulations on completing TNZC well be DH comes out. It's a comfort to know I have this wonderful series to come back to should our hopes and dreams be dashed in Book 7.
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| Monday 9th July 2007 11:40 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
Don't worry - it's not really the epilogue - I just wrote it for the contest, since I thought a homecoming was a great topic for the theme of anticipation. I'm working on the epilogue right now and I hope to have it done and posted late in the week.
I'm glad the first person didn't interfere too much in the story - it's not my favorite to read either, but I was trying to hide my style. Doh! Didn't work. |
peachpicker2001
Monday 9th July 2007 10:45 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| This is a marvelously heartwarming story and a fitting epilog to The New Zealand Chronicles. Now I have to read your Ron The Builder stories! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:38 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I just wrote this for the contest - the real epilogue is coming later this week (I hope) I haven't posted Ron's story yet - I wanted to finish it before DH came out, but real life intervened. Thanks for reading! |
madaboutharry
Monday 9th July 2007 10:35 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I just love your stories! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:33 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Aw, thanks. *blush* |
hahaheeheehaha
Monday 9th July 2007 10:08 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| wow great story i loved it but i could tell it was by st. margarets just because of the people like kathleen who i recognised. thanks for writing! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:32 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| It's nice to know my characters were remembered. Thanks for reading! |
lantis222
Monday 9th July 2007 09:45 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I'm seriously crying with tears of happiness. What a perfect ending to such a wonderful story. I'm sorry it wasn't able to make it into the competition, but that's probably a good thing. You would have won hands down. Oh that was wonderful, I'm still bawling so I'd better stop this until I can see properly. Well done. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:29 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it. It doesn't matter about the contest, since my favorite part is trying to use lines and write to a specific theme. Thanks for reading! |
linnabean
Monday 9th July 2007 09:42 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| this was such a beautiful, heartwarming story. i absolutely loved it! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:27 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Aw, thanks for letting me know. |
runnerman87
Monday 9th July 2007 09:33 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I thoroughly enjoyed the "New Zealand Chronicles" storyline, and this is a touching end to a fun and moving story. Thanks for sharing this idea with us, and I hope to read more from you before too long. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:26 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you enjoyed NZ Chronicles. I hope to have the last bit of it done sometime this week - it will take place about five years after this story. Thanks for reading! |
Chatmandu
Monday 9th July 2007 09:25 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Hmm… is this the real epilogue to the New Zealand Chronicles?
Alright, let me see here. We have multiple POVs, often without a direct reference to whose voice it is. Gosh that is really asking for trouble. But I am embarrassed to say you just made a grown man go squee!
So many different people, yet their individual characters are immediately recognizable. Well except for Penelope, I am sure it is just me but I was almost through her whole paragraph before I smiled and thought ah ha!
“‘We're a good team, Hermione,’ Ron says from his perch on the ladder.” Those canon characters will have private insecurities until the day they die (hopefully a century, or so, after the events of DH). What a marvellous way for Ron to reassure Hermione, and himself, and tell her he loves her; in a mere five words no less.
Harry noticing the trued lines of the fireplace brickwork... I had nothing to do with the construction of my house, but I am proud of the fact that every window, small or quite large, is perfectly plumb. In a dizzying world it is comforting.
Fleur’s paragraph . She and Molly have one very important thing in common. They are the Mistresses of their Households; and Ginny is very much her mother’s daughter. Mistress of a Weasley Household, I’m sure the job of Headmaster of Hogwarts pales in comparison.
OBTW, this merely whets my appetite for your Ron the Builder stories.
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| Monday 9th July 2007 11:24 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
Nope, it's not the real epilogue. I just wrote this for the challenge since I thought a homecoming was a great topic for the theme of anticipation. I'm writing the epilogue now - but it's really more of a stand alone story. Hopefully, it will be just as satisfying. I'm glad you enjoyed the touches with Ron and Hermione. I've been thinking and writing about them quite a bit. Fleur is tremendous fun to write. I never realized . . .
Thanks for reading and I hope to make you squee again. |
Hoss
Monday 9th July 2007 09:18 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I read this with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face, then went and look at some of the headline's in the new's, and read some of what people do to each other. Big time frown,!! came back to this story and read it again, and now I have a BIG smile and a tear. Thank so much for such wonderful story. |
Hoss
Monday 9th July 2007 09:18 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I read this with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face, then went and look at some of the headline's in the new's, and read some of what people do to each other. Big time frown,!! came back to this story and read it again, and now I have a BIG smile and a tear. Thank so much for such wonderful story. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:21 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Somedays I wonder why I read the news - it's so depressing and there's nothing I can do about it except to write things that remind me that human nature isn't all bad. Thank goodness for JKR and others who don't let us forget. Thanks for reading. |
Narumi
Monday 9th July 2007 08:57 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Oh, gosh, wow, I'm going to cry. That was so great!!! But I totally agree, it's completely obvious this was written by you, there's no way it could have gone into the contest. You have such a unique style, I always spot your pieces anyway, though. What a great finale to such a wonderful story. And it does work well as a stand-alone piece, but it's so much more appreciated with the NZ background. Thank you for another great read! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:19 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I working on the real epilogue now. This was just a fun piece for the challenge. LOL - I need a new universe, so I can enter these contests, don't I? Thanks for reading! |
Grandma Kate
Monday 9th July 2007 08:55 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
OH, St Margarets! It's perfect. And, of course. it undeniably yours so can't be in the contest. If it were, it would win hands down.
I loved the POV changes. Each of the adult Weasleys gets to star, if only for a short time. I guess Philippe must still think in French. I wonder what he thought about Arthur letting him pull all the tissues out? That was a favorite of my now fifty year old baby girl.
Thank you for bringing Harry and Ginny home and for giving them a baby we can all look forward to. We will be off to the new movie tomorrow at Midnight, then we get ready for the second wedding in our family this week, and finally spend a night and early morning reading the last book. I told Rory that Eddie would be here to play with if we had a real Portkey. I guess Grumpa will have to do. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:17 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
I'm glad the PoV changes worked - that was the hardest part - trying to make it flow and still keep the voices distinct. When I wrote Arthur's part, I thought of you.
Wow - second wedding in a week and all of this Harry Potter fun. This is a July to remember, isn't it? |
whitestag
Monday 9th July 2007 08:45 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Aw! Fuzzies all around.
Believe it or not, I was actually looking for a St. Margaret's story in the challenge. It's true, this would have been way too obvious, but I would have voted for it anyway. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:15 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it - and the fun of the challenge for me was trying to incorporate the lines and all of that. So I'm happy. Thanks for reading! |
jeanne
Monday 9th July 2007 08:34 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have enjoyed TNZC immensely and will no doubt read them again soon. It was an awesome fic, and as I,ve told you before, I love all of your other works. I printed this off and will read it tonight. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:13 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked NZ Chronicles. When I started it I didn't know how many readers would be interested in an H/G married fic -and one not set in England. So it's good to know it was enjoyable. Thanks for reading! |
Delani
Monday 9th July 2007 08:32 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Oh that is just too wonderfully happy. It's like the feeling you get after eating a big warm meal and sleep in down beds and sit in the grass at sunset--contentment.
Delani
this is my 'vote'! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:11 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Oh, good - I'm glad that happy feeling came through. I hope we get the same feeling from DH. Thanks for reading! |
Xaphania
Monday 9th July 2007 07:43 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I have the hugest grin on my face - absolutely loved this! I liked how you switched PoVs throughout the fic, and I could definitely tell almost immediately who was who. Please say there'll be more fics from this universe! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:10 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Yes, there will be more fics. I just wrote this for the challenge - I'm writing the "real" epilogue right now. I'm glad the multiple points of view worked - that was kind of an experiment. Thanks for reading! |
Kezzabear
Monday 9th July 2007 07:34 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Aw
So sweet...I lurve this universe, please don\'t let it be over...write more, write more!
Very constructive, I know...but what else can I say except "don't be over!" |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:08 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| It's not over! I'm working on the epilogue/last story right now. Thanks for reading! |
Arnel
Monday 9th July 2007 06:58 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| What a lovely story. I felt the anticipation and excitement as everyone explained their feelings regarding the appearance of the wayward pair. I snickered at Fred and George's escape route and its first use, my heart was happy that Penelopy and Percy were included in the unpacking of Harry and Ginny's wedding gifts, a giggle escaped me when I pictured Phillipe emtying the tissue box, and I felt a certain pride as Ron and Hermione finished the last details of the molding and remarked on the reason for straightening out the hearth stones (and Harry's noticing that detail made me smile, too.) I hope to read more of Harry's and Ginny's adventures as they explore and discover their fine old/new house. Well done! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 11:07 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you felt the anticipation, since I wrote it with that theme in mind. I working on the "real" end of the story now and I hope to have it finished by this week. Thanks for reading and for letting me know what worked for you. |
Gabriella Du Sult
Monday 9th July 2007 06:50 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
I love Fleur's little bit in this -- and the fact that she maybe understands Harry better than Bill.
And Arthur and Philippe reminds me of my dad and my kids. You are so generous and insightful to write something like that.
And I know that one of the conversations whirling about that table was about Fred and George's eventful trip to America!
And so many other things -- Hermione is more nervous for Ron than his own narrative seems for himself. And Harry does notice the fireplace first and even though Ginny plans to tell Harry later it all slips out before because he is so observant. I love this -- I always love reading your writing, even though it humbles me. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 06:56 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
I think of you as the Fleur expert, so I'm glad you liked it. I think Fleur has always "gotten" Harry. From GoF on she's seen first hand what he's capable of. Bill is just stuck in 'big brother' mode.
LOL - I can't wait to get to F&G's part in Ron the Builder. Now that you're finally settled, I can start picking your brain again.
Poor Ginny - full to bursting with her secret and not being able to keep it in. Thanks for reading! I know you're busy. |
The Boss
Monday 9th July 2007 06:03 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Blimey what an ending to a wonderful story that you have created! I like the way that you have given each of the 'family' members a perspective on things as it shows what each is thinking. This I think sets you apart from other writers as you truely create a different perspective.
Thanks
The Boss |
| Monday 9th July 2007 06:53 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad the story wasn't too confusing. That was the hardest part about wriitng this. I loved thinking from the PoV of different Weasleys, though - they're all just so interested in each other. Thanks for reading! |
girlyswot
Monday 9th July 2007 05:57 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Oh, oh, oh - this is SO lovely and happy and perfect and sweet. I love Fleur, the true domestic goddess and Fred and George stealing the chickens and clueless!Ron and anxious Hermione and FINALLY Ginny telling Harry what we've all known all the way from New Zealand.
I want to vote for you!! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 06:51 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| A review is all I want - so thanks! LOL - Fleur is a lot of fun to write. I wish I was that supremely self-confident. And F&G still want to make it right for Harry - so it was fun to think about how their tricks would help H/G. |
bbnaz
Monday 9th July 2007 05:48 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
So correct that your writing would have given it away although I still would say it is first place worthy!
Excellent pacing and insertion of different family points of view. I love the thought of Ron as a master builder.
Great way to start the week! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 06:49 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I love Ron as a Master Builder too! I hope DH won't mess up my story about him too much. Thanks for reading! |
Lady Whizbee
Monday 9th July 2007 05:04 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Beautiful, Mary. Just beautiful.
I love the short snippets -- they so perfectly build the anticipation and, even more, they make us feel that kind of frenzied last minute preparation that happens right before any big event. Brilliant. And even more brilliant--the added surprise at the end.
Well done.
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| Monday 9th July 2007 05:34 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| Poor Harry - he lives in the public eye, even though he's so private. He'll just have to get used to it, living within Apparating distance of all the Weasleys. It was fun to think about how everyone was really looking forward to seeing H/G again. Thanks for reading! |
amulder
Monday 9th July 2007 04:54 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Sherylyn is right, of course. This couldn't be anything else but a St.Margarets piece.
(unless you are being truly fred+george'ish and having someone else write in your universe...)
interesting writing style. I was unsure at first, but it flowed quite well. Several times I felt like the individual voices had stopped before I wanted them too, which I think is probably a good thing.
blessings
...art |
| Monday 9th July 2007 05:31 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I wouldn't mind a bit if someone else wanted to write in this universe! I was playing with PoV to see if I could mask myself enough, but that didn't seem to work. LOL. I thought the multiple PoVs would be effective for piling up the anticipation, but I didn't know how easy it would be for a reader to follow. This took a lot longer to write than it should have for that reason. Thanks for reading! |
vivek
Monday 9th July 2007 04:48 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| what an amazing chapter, im glad your continuing with this piece of work, i don't normally enjoy fluffy fics, im more of a person that likes action and explosions, but this truly is one of the best and well written stories out there and i hope you carry on with this series even after the deathley hallows |
| Monday 9th July 2007 05:26 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I will carry on the series - at least the part I'm writing now which is what Ron and Hermione are doing while H/G are in NZ. I really hope DH doesn't mess me up too much. I wish I could have finished it before new canon, but time wasn't on my side. Thanks for reading this little bit o' fluff! |
martita
Monday 9th July 2007 03:49 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| I'm all giddy and squeey and happy. So lovely, so utterly, fabulously lovely. *iz speachless* You're brilliant. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 05:22 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad for the "giddy" I really just wanted to write something that felt like anticipation - even the PoV are a little complicated. Thanks, sweetie. |
Ishi
Monday 9th July 2007 03:25 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Just...wow. I am so so happy that they're having a baby, and I love the feel of this little story. Everyone has their own voice here. And Molly should have practiced Constant Vigilance on the chickens ^^.
You are without a doubt one of my favourite authors. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 05:19 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| LOL - I love the Fred and George and Molly dynamic. I think they'll aways have that teasing fun. Thanks for reading! |
ibelieveintruelove
Monday 9th July 2007 02:32 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| Aww that is soo cute! I love it! lol It was perfect, all the different points of view were so much fun to read from, and Ginny being pregnant was just the best ending to such a cute story! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 05:17 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I thought the nine months of anticipation for a baby was a good way to end a story about anticipation. (And H/G having a baby just makes me happy) Thanks for reading! |
parakletos
Monday 9th July 2007 01:16 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
Its a shame that this doesn't qualify as it would win hands down. There are so many deft touches that make this story a treat to read.
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| Monday 9th July 2007 05:14 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm just as glad not to be competing - I had fun with figuring out how to include lines, etc . . And I'm glad the different PoV weren't too off-putting. Thanks for reading! |
pixie7
Monday 9th July 2007 01:11 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
O, everything is so wonderful and perfect for Harry and Ginny, and their new home. I love the fact that the whole family has gathered and everyone is chatting at once. i cant wait for ron and hermione to get married. Fleur is right with Harry & Ginny's baby there will be one more Potter in the world as it is there are plenty of Weasleys.
I just have to say that you have done annd absolutely amazing job with both the New Zealand Chronicles and this one here. i loved every minute that i spent reading your stories and i reall hope that you write more. |
| Monday 9th July 2007 05:10 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked this - the PoV is a little unusual, but it seemed the best way to show what it meant for H/G to come home. Yes, I'm writing more, never fear! |
angiel72
Monday 9th July 2007 01:02 | Harry and Ginny Come Home |
| After reading the NZ chronicles i HAD to read this. it was beautiful. thank you. i had a lump in my throat by the time i got to the last paragraph! |
| Monday 9th July 2007 05:08 | Harry and Ginny Come Home (Author Response) |
| I really wanted to capture that feeling of anticipation and happiness, so I'm glad it made you feel something, too. Thanks for reading! |
