Author's Notes
Might I have your attention for a moment? I had something important (well, important in my perspective, at least) to tell you.
People, I am revising this story as I write the next chapter (Chapter 13). You can see the new first chapter now, and I apologise that the transition to the next ones are a bit rough. (I would greatly appreciate comments on my effort; which parts I lack and which are, perhaps, improved – and so on… If you would?) I am slowly working on up to the current point, but it is rather hard. You can expect a – hopefully – better story after I am done with everything, though. The revised chapters are not given titles, and I will probably put two or more chapters into one for many reasons. (I already did it with my first revised chapter.) I might give them titles, but that is for another time, and you could suggest fitting ones to me, since I in fact had a rather hard time with this sore point as I was planning for the revision. NaNoWriMo 2009 is going to inhibit my progress both in the revision and updating, since I am working on Brother Mine for the fifty-thousand-word project this year (an existing Silmarillion fiction of mine), yet I hope that I will still be able to at least update things. After all, it is only about three chapters from the end… which will lead to another story, yes, but that is not the point.
The reason I decided to revise sooner (than to wait until the end before doing so)? Well, I could not stand the current story in its pathetic – to me – state, so I got on to work immediately. As for why I am doing the revision itself, it is because I felt trapped within my own workframe, realising that I almost had no space to build the characters and scenes. I think you are acquainted with my complaints of lack of space within the story by now? :sheepish: Well, now you can expect extended scenes on many people and events, including what happened in Gringotts during the will reading attended by Harry. (I did that awfully badly – And none complained? Well, now I tell you: Flame if you wish, although I would prefer cleaner way, and get on with the criticisms.)
The voting is still up – about Harry's future House in Hogwarts. I might be putting up a poll, but I cannot promise yet. I could not access my account for a long time (hence the unreplied reviews and this late notification), and I still have many other things to do in my limited time online – like read-reviewing stories I owe some people… The reviews (or at least some of them) will be replied soon, though – Don't worry! :sheepish: Thank you very much for those who have reviewed! I have read your reviews and taken them to mind, but I could not reply yet.
Umh. Before I went too far and too long and bored you to sleep… See you in the next revision/chapter, then.
Regards,
Rey