sylvelle
Sunday 27th October 2013 16:26 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
Okay I'm here. Just read chapter 1 and like it already. Just this little bit puts the one-shot in context. I look forward to reading it all.
Thanks
Tricia
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| Monday 28th October 2013 03:52 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| I hope you like the rest! Thanks for reading! |
sylvelle
Sunday 27th October 2013 16:10 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
Okay I'm here. Just read chapter 1 and like it already. Just this little bit puts one-shot in context. I look forwarding to reading it all.
Thanks
Tricia
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eggjock
Friday 14th June 2013 02:55 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| New Zealand is amazing. Finally a fic about our beautiful country. (It's better than Aussie on many counts) |
Narumi
Tuesday 23rd November 2010 09:49 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| I know it's a horrible reason to be excited, but the recent news story with the trapped miners after the explosion in that mine in New Zealand totally made me want to read this again! I love all of your work, but this is definitely one of my favs! |
| Tuesday 23rd November 2010 09:59 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
OMG, I saw that on the news and thought about this story, too. So awful to be trapped like that.
I'm glad you remembered this story - it's been a long time! |
DaniKay
Sunday 22nd March 2009 10:57 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
Woo hoo!! lmao awesome start to a story, getting engaged!
I can hardly wait to read what else you have planned!
DaniKay
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| Sunday 22nd March 2009 11:34 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| It's the next great adventure for H/G - getting married. I wrote this before DH came out so a lot of it is AU, still, I hope you enjoy it. |
gymnastgal19
Saturday 3rd May 2008 10:44 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
i love this story cant wait to read it again
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gymnastgal19
Saturday 8th December 2007 12:59 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
wow!!! that was really interesting! I take it that ginny would finish school in new zealand... i wonder how her parents will react....
cant wait to read the rest!
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txreina
Tuesday 6th November 2007 20:05 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| Beautiful beginning great chapter. |
| Wednesday 7th November 2007 18:21 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it! It was fun to start a story with an engagement. |
dougalpotter
Wednesday 10th October 2007 10:32 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| Great Story - I loved the completely diferent take on Harry and Ginnys life. Keep up the good work...would love to see some more full length fics from you. |
| Wednesday 10th October 2007 16:23 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it! I do think the first year of marriage is an important one, so it was fun to explore it with my two favorite characters. Thanks for reading! |
Mystical Rose
Wednesday 15th August 2007 09:55 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| Brilliant start! I love your writing - you really bring Harry and Ginny and their love for each other alive! I can tell I'm going to love this story! |
| Wednesday 15th August 2007 13:15 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| This is a happy story as you can probably tell. Thanks for reading! |
wokka42
Friday 25th May 2007 01:22 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| I'm now back, and reading all of NZC from scratch after finishing on your LJ - and this is such a wonderful way to start! A lot of fanfics usually climax with Harry proposing to Ginny - it's so startling to see it in the very first chapter! I do like one line in particular here - about how Harry was willing to no longer belong to himself, but become her husband. That was just such a beautiful description of marriage. I also like Ginny's response - her bafflement at Harry not knowing how much she loved him. And of course your perfect Ginnyisms - "I'm saying I'll marry you, but the ring is part of the bargain".... "That was the right decision".... All beautiful touches. Harry proposing to Ginny is obviously one of the most romantic things an H/G writer gets to describe, and you manage this magnificently! |
| Tuesday 29th May 2007 09:12 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
David, I totally missed this review! I don't know why but it didn't come through on my e-mail. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the opening - I purposefully made Ginny very young and eager and idealistic - traits that are tempered in the story but are still there and recognizable by the end.
I think proposals and weddings are the most difficult things in the world to describe because in one sense they are all the same and in another they are unique to those two people. Whew! I won't be signing up for that again! LOL. Not a very fluff writer thing to say, is it? |
bbnaz
Thursday 1st March 2007 08:49 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| Looking forward to this journey. In a way, I am relieved that I don't have to go through the killing of V. Or at least not in this chapter. I am off to read the next chapter. |
| Thursday 1st March 2007 13:27 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| You and me both! That's why I started this fic. after his defeat! Thanks for reading! |
daniel_r_crazy22
Thursday 9th November 2006 16:55 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| That was cool. Hmmm, New Zealand. |
GryffindorDragon
Friday 27th October 2006 15:15 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
Is Harry already an Auror? Book 5 (Chap. 29, 'Career Advice') indicates 'training takes a further three years'. Never mind, you answered it -- 'I can stay in England and finish my Auror training'
Good start. I'll never understand women; Harry makes her dreams come true and what does Ginny , starts crying 'wrenching sobs' .
Nice little bit of tension with 'But now – if she accepted – she would no longer belong just to herself, she would be his wife'.
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| Sunday 29th October 2006 07:36 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| Yes, Harry doesn't understand why Ginny is crying either! LOL. Thanks for reading! |
Kelleypen
Friday 29th September 2006 07:24 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| St. Mag, I love this. I've resisted reading fan fic lately. I didn't want to be pulled in, but I couldn't resist yours forever, so today I relented. I'm glad I did. It was just what I needed. |
| Friday 29th September 2006 10:40 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| Oh, Kelley! I've missed your reviews! I'm glad you're taking a little time for yourself and doing some reading. This is the first time I've written H/G in almost two years (and I did it to cheer myself up) so I'm thrilled to have you read. |
Sionwitch
Monday 18th September 2006 11:37 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| Great first chapter both PoV, Im looking forward to read the rest |
| Monday 18th September 2006 15:16 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| I have eight chapters written, so updates should come quickly. Thanks for reading! |
Ardie Bea
Monday 18th September 2006 04:56 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
Woooohee! New Zealand! Take me there!
Oh. Yes. Typically great writing St. Mags. A nicely moving completely non-mawkish proposal scene. Loved the "I'm not going alone," and "Don't you take my ring back," !!!
Two comfortably stubborn people who have no trouble being real with each other about the stuff that matters.
And I really am excited about the NZ connection! Yahoo! |
| Monday 18th September 2006 08:29 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you're looking forward to NZ - the problem is that it took me seven chapters to get them out of England! No worries, though. I have lots of fun adventures planned for Part II. Thanks for reading! I'm not going to post this at SQ, so I'm glad you're reading here. |
shannon
Sunday 17th September 2006 10:38 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| I just love this story! Can I sheepishly admit that I've already read it on your livejournal? I haven't been able to figure out how to register with them without starting my own journal. Admittedly, I haven't tried that hard. LOL! Just how many places am I going to have to register to read/review your stories?! |
| Sunday 17th September 2006 11:02 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
Hi Shannon! You don't have to have a LJ account to comment on my journal. I allow anonymous comments. I think you have to have a journal of your own to register - but you don't have to write anything in it. What's good about your own journal is that you will get replies to your comments by e-mail and you don't have to hunt around for the journals you're watching - they just appear on your friends page.
Anyway, I'm glad you like this story. Sherry finally convinced me to put it here. I didn't think there would be that many people interested in an H/G go off to NZ story. LOL. And I still can't believe it.
Don't worry, I'm only at SQ, PS, and SIYE and Live Journal. LOL. I'm everywhere aren't I?
So nice to see you again and stop by my journal anytime!
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honourary_weasley
Saturday 16th September 2006 03:33 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
Oh wow. That was awesome. It's made me feel all warm and bubbly inside. I want someone like Harry to ask me to marry him now!!
That was really, really well written. Thanks so much, i loved it. |
| Saturday 16th September 2006 06:27 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it. If you want to love Harry more, you should read Sherylyn's story which covers this same scene from Harry's POV. Thanks for reading! |
Felix Felicis
Friday 15th September 2006 20:50 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
Ahh! What a great story! And now you're going to make me wait for the rest, I suppose. Oh well, so be it.
I love the description you used at the beginning, it was so... so accurate. I can really imagine and feel what Ginny was feeling. Being forced to wait in line and then walk (or run, as the case may be) to the gates.
Your dialogue is very good. This may be hard to match in your upcoming chapters because you've set the standard so high! I loved how they seemed to not even have to talk that much. Just being in each other's presence said more than mere words could say. The emotion of both Harry and Ginny is so well portrayed that I couldn't help but smile. I mean the smile of one who truly knows that Harry and Ginny are meant to be together and finally WILL be!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful tale with us! I can't wait for the rest! |
| Saturday 16th September 2006 06:26 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| I do enjoy good dialogue, so thanks for pointing that out. I'm pretty confident about H/G - but I'm working hard on getting my friends down under to sound right. This first part is set in England, so you're going to get a lot of Weasley love - then we're off on an adventure. Updates should come fairly quickly. Thanks for reading! |
Uzamaki-girl
Friday 15th September 2006 14:51 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| This was awesome!!!^^ |
| Friday 15th September 2006 15:24 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| I'm glad you liked it. Thanks! |
pakismith
Friday 15th September 2006 13:09 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
Let's go to New Zealand!!!
Also I read St.Margaret's and I think is a brilliant idea to write Harry's and Ginny's POV in different fics.
Thanks.
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| Friday 15th September 2006 15:23 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| It was Sherry's idea to take on Harry's PoV! Bless her. We'll see if she follows me all the way to NZ. Thanks for reading. It's good to see you again! |
Melindaleo
Friday 15th September 2006 05:33 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| Ahh, and now that I'm done writing, I finally get the chance to read this one. My heart lurched for poor Harry when he thought Ginny was crying because she didn't want to marry him. Those Dursleys did a number. |
| Friday 15th September 2006 06:59 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| Are you done with your entire story? Wow. You must be exhausted. Every week without fail you have a new chapter out. I'm so impressed. I'm glad you liked this. Yes, our Harry's been through a lot. More Dursley stuff will come up for him later on the story, since he no longer has that pesky Voldy guy to worry about. |
kcheled
Friday 15th September 2006 04:02 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| lol so, okay, i found sherylyn's part of this story first, and the whole time i was wondering, what the heck is with that pamphlet??? i didn't know it was a mirrored version of your story until i saw it in her comments. well i am glad i found both of your stories! I can't wait to read more!! |
| Friday 15th September 2006 06:57 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| LOL. I can see how that was confusing. Updates should come quickly. Thanks for reading! |
amamama
Friday 15th September 2006 03:58 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
Woohoooo! Wonderful, wonderful - what a treat! This also reminds me that you have another story I need to read... What can I say, you have such a wonderful way with words, I know this story is going to be a thrill to read. All the little details - spending too much time getting ready, Filch's torturing of the students (what a pain in the neck that guy is), skipping down to the gates, running through the muddy puddles - and there HE is. And plans with special places very often don't work out as planned. I know, but it is still wonderful and special and something to remember for life. Very, very sweet, but really - I can't expect anything less forom the Queen of Fluff, can I? Thank you, Mary. I loved it! Now I'm off to check Sherylyn's companion piece.
Cheers!
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| Friday 15th September 2006 06:57 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
HI Berte! I was just talking about you yesterday when Bill put the Salmon Fishing in Norway brochure on my computer screen. LOL I'm so glad to hear from you. I hope you had a great summer. I'll send you an e-mail one of these days and tell you about mine. I finished the Artist's Way course and I'm going to start Vein of Gold very soon.
I *would* like you to read The Frog Prince. It's not fluffy, but it's very romantic. And it's short - only four chapters! Thanks so much for reading. and it's so good to hear from you, my dear.
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parakletos
Thursday 14th September 2006 23:58 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| Good to see it posted here and well worth a second (or third!) read. |
| Friday 15th September 2006 06:52 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| LOL. I think you've gone beyond the call of duty. Thanks. I'm so glad Sherry is writing again! |
Musings
Thursday 14th September 2006 23:33 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| This is just terrfic! I think I missed this during my absence from LJ, but I always love reading your work and am looking forward to following this one quite a bit! Thanks for sharing this with us! |
| Friday 15th September 2006 06:51 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| Thanks so much. LJ does take up a lot of time, doesn't it? I have a hard time keeping up. Thanks for reading this and be sure to check out Sherry's version. |
mary-v
Thursday 14th September 2006 23:13 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
AH! YOU'RE BACK!! *Throws a party* Absolutely amazing!!! OMG! I'm practically bouncing off the walls in excitement for this fic!!! GAH! Everythign was just so beautiful and romantic... with a small touch of angst but really everything just lit my ''heart afire''. *sigh* Beautiful.
Squee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maria |
| Friday 15th September 2006 06:50 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| Hi sweetie! It's very good to be back writing H/G - it's been over a year for me. As always, thanks for reading! I hope you will read Sherry's version as well - she does a great job with Harry. |
Sherylyn
Thursday 14th September 2006 21:28 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
To BasketKiwi: here's the link to my story -- thanks for asking!
http://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/4155/ |
BasketKiwi
Thursday 14th September 2006 21:16 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| Wow! I'm so excited! You're starting another story!! (Well, technically, you're not just starting it, but you know what I mean.) I love this so far. As always. And I'd really like to read the one from Harry's view that your beta wrote! Just so you know, unless it's my computer, I don't think your link worked. It says "For Harry’s POV on all this, look here" but there's no link on "here" and I'm not sure of your beta's name so... Yeah. Just wanted to make sure you were aware! Again, it may be my computer. Wouldn't be the first time. I love the ring! It's so perfect for them. And I'm already interested in what New Zealand is going to be like! Can't wait for the next chapter!! |
| Friday 15th September 2006 06:48 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| I hope you saw Sherry's note. I think the link is fixed now. Alas, you won't here about magical NZ until Part One is finished. (It's seven chapters long) You can always check out my live journal if you want a sneek peek. Thanks for reading. Updates should come quickly. |
Grandma Kate
Thursday 14th September 2006 20:59 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
| Wonderful beginning. Harry and Ginny are spot on. |
| Friday 15th September 2006 06:46 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
| You didn't have to read this again! LOL. But I'm glad you read Sherry's. She writes a wonderful Harry, I think. |
thenzguy9
Thursday 14th September 2006 20:47 | The New Zealand Chronicles |
Well, i live in Auckland, so itll be interesting seeing what special details you put into it. Where is the school going to be? Auckland is the biggest city, but a south island one would be a better choice. not as crowded. also, having a sept-june school year in NZ is just weird, so i wouldnt recommend it.
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| Friday 15th September 2006 06:45 | The New Zealand Chronicles (Author Response) |
Oh, all the Kiwis are coming out of the woodwork to comment! Excellent. Yes, I'm setting them up on the South Island. Sort of in middle like where Queenstown is. Right now I'm working out a magical history of NZ - with the giants and then the magical Maoris and then the Europeans coming on the scene. I don't know how much of that will be in the story - but it's nice to know for my own info.
This is just a one year course - so it's not really "school." H/G will be in NZ from Sept. to Sept. It just fit with my timeline best. Be warned that this is magical NZ (based on the real one) so I will be making up names, etc . . But I hope to capture the spirit of your wonderful country. Thanks for reading! |
