Lets see, on the Fanfic front The Lie I've Lived is probably at it's halfway point. Turn Me Loose is maybe 1/3 the way through. I don't plan on posting another HP fanfic until one of
these is completed.
That next fic will likely be The Inner Eye of Harry Potter. It's a Harry raised by Sybil Trewlaney story about a young boy who takes his tarot cards, runic dice, crystal balls and numerology
very seriously. Plans are for a year covered per chapter, with each chapter being between 3-5000 words. I will likely have it all done and maybe have a week long event where I post a
chapter each day. There's a scene from chapter 4 on the forum under the thread for chapter 9 of The Lie I've Lived.
After that, I might try a crossover of HP and the new Battlestar Galactica called "The Lord of Kobol" (working title) The basic storyline is somewhat complete for the first 1/2 of the
story.
The other possibility is a long requested H/Hermione story that has a fairly good backstory to it - a parallel to year 5 Alternate Universe where Hermione is sent to Azkaban for the
Kidnapping/Imprisonment and Coercion of Rita Skeeter. The Ministry decides instead of trumping up charges against Harry, they can take one of his closest friends and use her against him to
"keep the boy in line."
There's a one shot about Lord Voldemort that I have half complete and a few other ideas kicking around in the old noggin.
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On the original front - The first draft of Dead Eye is about 1/2 complete. I think we'll have a 1st draft by the end of February. My goal is for publication during the
summer months.
Currently, The View From My Room is submitted to Analog and I should hear from them in 4 weeks. Raw and Real is in Shroud Magazine's Slush Pile since early December and they should give me
some kind of response the first week of February.
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In other news Bungle in the Jungle is being translated into both Russian and Italian.
Thanks to Olga M for the Russian translations found at these two sites.
http://www.hogwartsnet.ru/fanf/ffshowfic.php?l=0&fid=23279
http://snarry.borda.ru/?1-2-0-00000722-000-0-0-1195257414
Thanks to Daniele for the Italian.
http://www.efpfanfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=180589&i=1
That's all for now.~Jim