Harry Potter Recs? Anyone?

[dwgm]

Niece gingersnapps is a Harry Potter fan and recently read and adored minisinoo's wonderful Cedric/Hermione fic, Finding Himself. Now she is wondering if there is other great HP fic out there. Can any of you point the way to some of the best HP stories?

On a different note, erinya wanted to make some icons from the pics in my previous post, so I zipped up the original batch, which includes some that are almost 4,000 pixels wide, and sent it via www.yousendit.com. I get a hundred downloads off the link, so if anyone else wants them, be my guest!

Comments

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the recs, and for giving my niece so much enjoyment with your wonderful Finding Himself -- it was truly her crack for a while, and at a time when she really needed some. I keep telling her to email you to tell you how much she enjoyed it, but she wants to say something "really intelligent" about it, and hasn't been able to formulate this paean, to date. I tell her that authors enjoy simple reviews, too, like "YOU ROCK!", or whatever, but so far I haven't convinced her. Anyway, many hugs from both of us for your brilliance and hard work!

[hazelhawthorne.livejournal.com]

You can find Sam's "Stealing Harry" stories at his story lj sam_storyteller. All of his stuff is incredible. Pass the link on to Ginger by all means, but do yourself a favor and read some of his stuff for yourself too. He is one of the best fanfic writers there is.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks -- we'll check it out!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

It took me a while to catch on to the art of feedback, and even now I don't always have time to give the detailed comments some stories deserve. But as an author myself, it's even good just to know people are reading -- and yes, how they connect with the story. I find negative feedback really useful, I have to say. I've only gotten a few reviews that were critical of some element of a story, but I think I was able to make improvements to my characterizations because of them.