Spelling and punctuation: I'm doing my best to follow British English norms in these stories. Personal preferences aside, the Harry Potter series was written in British English, by a Brit who insisted all the actors in the film adaptations be British or Irish. Therefore, the characters themselves, no matter how much I might stretch the boundaries of believability where they are concerned, will always abide by BE standards.

To all those who pointed out the quotation marks/ speech marks issue: first of all, thank you for taking the time to mention it. However, in light of some research I've been doing recently (i.e. reading what a couple of websites have to say on the matter), I've decided to revert to my original '...' style, as it appears to be favoured in British publications. Any further input on this would be greatly appreciated. Also, anything regarding any kind of grammar issue at all. Grammar Nazis, unleash your powers of destruction, I'm eager to learn.

Stories: I'm not giving up on my Learning Darkness thing. I absolutely hate the title, incidentally, I'll try to change it as soon as I can come up with something less horrifyingly cheesy. I may die of old age before I finish it, but I'll come back as a ghost and haunt some poor sod into typing the rest for me.

I'm a slow updater, yes. I've come to terms with that. One of those annoying bastards who lets readers wonder for months why Harry suddenly has a third arm, or what Ron might be doing with that enchanted biscuit he's been trying to hide since chapter two. But I'm not giving up.

There's going to be some rewriting of the published material - seeing how it was initially meant to be a very serious, kind of angsty sort of fic, which has since tragically gone so off track.