To: (undisclosed recipients)
From: serpentsrule (at) hogwarts (dot) edu
Subject: Tonight's update
Hi, everyone.
Yeah, so Anne IMed me this evening and told me she was going to dinner at her boss's house, and then after that going to play Frisbee with her co-workers, so she wouldn't have time to write another chapter of this story tonight. And she stuck me with telling you.
Never make friends with an author. They give you all the hardest jobs.
Anyway, while I've got your attention, I'd just like to apologize for that little boo-boo last chapter. That was my fault – I'm beta-reading for Anne while SarahtheBardess' computer is in the shop, and I totally missed the part where she didn't put in the explanation about Sirius firecalling Peter when he and James saw the thing in the paper. (Well, I suppose it's Anne's fault really, but don't tell her I told you that. She's, shall we say, a little touchy about making mistakes.)
Anyway, she's got some great plans for the rest of this story. Seventh year will have one or two interesting incidents, and the big conclusion of the first plot – and then a whole new plot for post-Hogwarts! So this won't be quite as short as she thought it would be – probably be about the same length as Maybe – but it will still be over fairly quickly. So we'll be back on the LwoD track soon.
And no, she hasn't abandoned Roman a Clef. She's just horribly lazy about typing it up. (Don't tell her I told you that either.)
So anyway. That's about all from this end of existence. And this had better not count as an author's note, because it's not – I'm not the author around here, am I? But it might be fun if I were... hmm, anyone got suggestions for a pen name?
Cheers,
Alex
Illegitimi non carborundum