13 May, 2003
Hello again! You may be wondering why it's taken so long to update this fanfic. You could say that it's my fault. I stopped writing on Chapter 14. Why? Because I found this really neat book on writing styles. :-)
So now what?
Since a month ago, I started to rewrite the whole story. I took the time to plot out Mariannah's character on 8x5 inch slips of paper. Sorted out a few kinks on Severus' part. Put a little bit more on our Gryffindor Trio. You'll be seeing more of Remus and Sirius in the "present day" chapters.
How far have I gone? Twenty-one (21) chapters and counting.
Why isn't it on fanfiction.net yet? As a matter of fact , it is. The Gryffindor Guardian (revised edition) can be found on fanfiction.net with storyid=1342928. The original TGG will still be here until the revised story reaches the point were I left off in the original. In case you have trouble accessing Fanfiction.net, a mirror of the story can be found on charo.shorturl.com. In both cases, you'll notice that there are only two chapters online so far. Notice as well that the plot from the very beginning has changed.
What else should you expect? Expect giants attacking Hogwarts. Expect Mariannah in her darkest persona. Expect Severus attacking the Guardian. Expect death. Expect tragedy. Expect love.
Expect three sequels as well. Yup! There will be three sequels. The plots for each one have already been laid out. For those SS/HG fans out there, that will be the pairing for the last sequel. That much I can tell you.
Personally, I find this version now much more exciting that before. Well, that's me. I'm biased to my own work after all. big grin! Like I said, I've got 21 chapters written down already. I'm already writing Chapter 22. If you can't wait... if you long to find out what happens... I got news for you! I need some beta-readers for my work. I already got one (my librarian boyfriend) but he's mostly busy. More than just spelling in grammar, I would like to make sure that the story comes out in a British mood. It's rather hard when you take in the fact that the Philippines uses American and not British English. sigh If you'd like to volunteer to become a beta for me, just email me at lager@beer.ph. :-)
You don't want to be a beta-reader? Then you'll have to wait until the end of June or July to see what finally happens after Mariannah brings back Severus from the deatheaters meeting. ;-)
Until then... keep reading and commenting folks! :D