*coughs*
*looks nervously around*

Okay, so I realize that I haven't posted anything in FOREVER, and I have been a horrible person in making you readers wait for two months for a new chapter of The Ginny Weasley Files, but with my nearly 6,000 word chapter, I think that I have made up a bit for the wait.

I hope that everyone still is looking forward to a new chapter since this will, other than a nice epilogue, is the last chapter of this story. It's hard to believe that its been a year since I began to write this story... it doesn't feel that long, but it really has come along nicely. I'm very proud of this story and I just want to take a second to thank you guys for all supporting The Ginny Weasley Files and making me love that story more and more.

Well, the new chapter is currently with my beta and should be completed within in the next few days.


~wicked

I'm so sorry I haven't posted another chapter anywhere these past couple of weeks! I've been focusing a bit more on school since Spring Break is around the corner therefore meaning that third quarter is pretty much finished, so I'm trying to get all of my grades as I high as I possibly can. Also, my internet has been going out for hours, even days at a time these past weeks, so I really haven't had the opportunity to post anything lately. Again, very sorry! But here it is for you! Better late than never, eh?

A/N: As always thank you to my wonderful beta, LunaMoon. Thank you to everyone for their patience -- I appreciate it. Chapter 16 is still being written -- I'd say it's about 1/3 of the way complete. Hopefuly, it'll be up in the next two weeks or so. After that, well, I think there's only an epilogue. Enjoy and leave a comment if you can!

Chapter 14 is ready to be read :o)

Chapter 13 is now posted on WT and is awaiting approval on SIYE!

Chapter 14 has been sent in to my beta and I expect it to be out by next week! Enjoy!

First off, before I start my little entry here, I'd like to say Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

Now, down to business! As I said in my mini-entry yesterday, chapter 13 is complete and has been sent to my beta. I've talked to her and she has said that she will get to reading chapter 13 tonight which means that it will most likely be sent to me later tonight or sometime tomorrow. I have a four day weekend this week (*gloats*), so I will definitely have one day where I can spare a few hours to edit and write up a chapter.

Also, I've managed to finish up chapter 14 as well! I'm very proud that I actually have two chapters ready, so I will set a date for when I post chapter 14. It should be posted about a week (or less depending on my reviewers) after I post chapter 13. I'm very excited for everyone to read these next two chapters. They should be interesting!

Just as another note, I'd like to tell everyone that they can expect The Ginny Weasley Files to officially end by April or, at most, May. I always planned on having less than 20 chapters seeing as I never thought this story could make it that long, and I am keeping to that. I wish this story could go on forever, but it has to end someday. I would rather end it in its glory than have it overstay its welcome. I expect there to be about three or four more chapters. The last chapter is still being debated on... I'm not sure how to end this story and I know that the final chapter will take me a month or two to complete.

Well, that's really all for today! Once I get chapter 13 in, I'll edit, send it back to my beta for a quick look over, and then it'll be posted! Thanks again to everyone for being so patient!

~wicked

Chapter 13 has been sent to my beta :o)

Told you I'd get it up. Here you go:

May 3 – still in my dorm
About thirteen seconds later

 

Diary,

 

Oh my god. I have just sunk as low as I possibly could.

 

I just wrote a letter for love advice… FOR MY MUM. If you don’t understand the gravity of the situation, then I really need to explain something to you. Okay, well, Mum and I have always had a rather… interesting relationship. Obviously, before I was born, Mum was plagued with plenty of young boys running around the Burrow. She told me, many times, that before I was born, she wished like mad that she would finally one day have a girl to pass down the things her mother passed down to her.

 

The things her mother passed down to her:

• How to use cooking spells
• How to cook the Muggle way
• How to use cleaning spells
• A book called ‘How to Please Your Husband in a Variety of Ways’ (she has told me numerous times that this gift was not going to be given until I was going to get married… though, I’m not sure why I would want it because it dates back to 1887)
• How to knit/knitting spells
• Ways to be an ‘assertive woman’
• Bargaining hunting tips!
• Other motherly tips I can’t remember…

 

Well, when Mum found out she was going to have a girl, she was simply ecstatic! She told me how she’d imagined us shopping together and cooking and giggling all the time. Once I was born, Mum couldn’t wait for me to begin to walk and talk. She dressed me up in girlish outfits which, must to her dismay, were quickly thrown off because of my hatred for frills and the fact that I went through a stage that made me want to assert myself and be naked all the time. She would take me on her little shopping trips and she’d always sit me in the kitchen with her as she cooked or knitted or did anything else like that. I think it was then that Mum noticed that I really wasn’t interested in that. Every time I’d sit it in the kitchen with her, as much as I loved her company, I would always want to go outside and play with my brothers in the mud.

 

When I started my first year of Hogwarts and the whole diary debacle occurred, I really grew closer to Mum. I think it was because she was always the one who comforted me when I was sick or sad or had a ‘boo-boo’. I stuck close to her that entire summer despite the fact I was pining over Harry most of the time. But then I started a new year. That one passed quickly and I realized that I didn’t need Mum and I realized that I didn’t want to be her. I wasn’t interested in the same things as she was – the whole wife/mother thing. I just… I just couldn’t bring myself to be like that.

 

So of course, I distanced myself. We’d fight about silly things and serious things – from why my shoes didn’t match my outfit to why I wouldn’t talk to her about my life. Ever since then, I had really steered clear of telling Mum about my love life… or much else really. I only brought it up when Ron told her about the guys I was seeing and had no choice. You see, the most surprising thing about the letter that I wrote to Mum was that I actually told her EVERYTHING (well, almost). And I actually asked her for her advice.

 

That, in all my sixteen years, has never happened.

Hello again, readers! Just wanted to apologize for my lack of updates on the journal as of late. Life, as I always say, has been pretty hectic, so my writing time has sadly been kind of limited. One of my SIYE readers/reviewers actually reminded me that I hadn't upadted in a long while on here, so you can thank  xhpluva4evax for this update. Also, before I forget, a very happy New Year to everyone! I hope this year is another great one.

And back to business:

• THE GINNY WEASLEY FILES: I believe I last updated sometime at the beginning of December, so it has been a pretty long time since I last posted. First of all, I'm sorry for that. Really, I had school at that time and then finals which was my top priority. Lately, however, I've really been wrapped up with friends and going out since it is my Winter Break. I think, once I do get back to school, my writing will become a bit more consistent seeing as I don't do much during the week, so yeah. Chapter 12 is about 1/3 to 1/4 of the way being done. It's really not that long and the chapter is kind of getting off to a rocky start what with the climax of my story being over and done with. I'm in a bit of a rough spot trying to figure out what I should do with Ginny and how she should go about this whole 'Harry-loves-me' situation. Hopefully, it'll work itself out.
  
  
• THE MINDLESS RAMBLINGS: I've FINALLY gotten this one almost finished. The muse hit me the other night around 12, and I just typed up more than half a chapter of ramblings. I'm hoping to post this one up by the end of the month (which I hope will actually happen for once), and I really hope everyone will like it.

Okay, so at the urging of xhpluva4evax, I've decided to post a little snippet of chapter 12 of The Ginny Weasley Files on here. Hopefully, I can figure it out. Anyway, check out the snippet!

This entry is primarily for my HPFF readers and those who read my 'Change' series.

I realize that I haven't updated Change of Life since this summer and I know that many readers have begun to become frustrated with my lack of updates. I just wanted to let all my readers know that I'm very VERY sorry for the wait. I wish I could type out another chapter... I really do, but lately, I just have lost my muse for that story. I can't seem to get a word out that I really like, but by all means, this does not mean that I will be abandoning the story. It is a story I hold close to my heart because that series was the first thing I ever really wrote.

I've been focusing much of my energy on another story -- The Ginny Weasley Files. I've really neglected all of my other stories because the muses have all disappeared on vacation somewhere, but I promise that once the GW Files in finished, I will try my best to type out those last two or three chapters of CoF. I have, therefore, decided to put Change of Life on hiatus for the time being.

This hiatus will give me plenty of time to work out my thoughts and write out the first drafts of the ending of this story. It will also give me time to finish the GW Files as I said before. I want to apologize to all my readers who have been sending me reviews asking for the next chapter but I simply do not have the time to write chapters for three stories, including CoF.

I'm sorry, once again, but I will be giving you updates on the next chapter when I finally get the juices for it running. Thanks to all of you who have been reviewing and I apologize for not answering them -- school is really a bitch.

~wicked

Hi again, readers! I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful and filled with plenty of turkey and mashed potatoes.

Anyway, I thought I'd just let you all know that chapter eleven is now finished and has been sent to my beta. This chapter is VERY long... about 11,000 words. It's definietly the longest thing I've ever written, but there is some movement with the characters and I think some of you will like it (though I hope all of you will like it).

I think I'm going to be posting up all the chapters of 'The Ginny Weasley Files' up on livejournal, so when I have time for that, you'll find the chapters up here. Well, I hope to have chapter eleven up by wednesday, but I really want it to be perfect and at this moment, I'm still figuring out whether or not I truly like it. So thanks for all those who reviewed and look out for chapter eleven!

yours truly,
   wicked

I'm actually just kind of bored and decided to put up a post. It's about 10:30 in the mornin' out here in the midwest which means none of my friends have rolled their lazy asses out of bed yet... none of my girl friends get out of bed on weekends until usually about this time or 11 and none of my guy friends wake up until 12 or 1, which means that I have a little while until I do ANYTHING. Silly friends...

Anyway, life's been pretty good lately. School, as usual, is extremely hard but that's expected with the classes I'd chosen for this year and all that. Honors English is a pain though -- we do these stupid AP class close reads because our teacher thinks we need to prepare for our Final, but really, they suck. I don't really care about the final even though I know I should... it's actually very close. About a month away really. EWWW. During finals, I really have no life because I am definietly not one of those people who are like 'oh, well, I just won't study this subject'. I spend freakin' hours making note cards and stuff to memorize all the vocab and stuff. Oh well -- once finals are done, it'll be winter break which'll be awesome.

OH! My friend, Patty (not her real name by the way), just got asked out by this boy that she's liked and I'm SO HAPPY FOR HER!!! *squee* It's so exciting... like I was freaking out for her when she was telling me what happened online and she probably thought 'what's wrong with this kid?' but it was just so exciting! I definitely feel dorky because I was super excited for that...

I still kinda feel like that right now cuz I'm sitting here in these old pjs with little dancing monkeys on them, my lopsided glasses, and socks with the little toes. Gosh, I'm cool.

Mmm... maybe I should do some homework. I do have a lot... American Studies, I have to do this project where I write a biography on someone. I chose William Randolph Hearst -- I used to think he was a very interesting man, but I kind of got turned off by him because he was pro-Nazi. Interesting fact about him though; Orson Wells movie Citizen Kane is supposedly based off of Hearst's life and that movie is often referred to the greatest movie of all time. Wowza.

OKAY. GONE TO DO HOMEWORK!



P.S. GW Files -- currently working on chapter 11.

Usually, I make updates about the progress I am making with all of my stories, but I decided since I'm currently focusing most of my writing efforts of 'The Ginny Weasley Files' that I'd just give all of you who read this a bit of an update on how chapter ten is going.

Okay, I know that I haven't updated in forever and I know that I've been saying that the chapter will be up by the end of the week for about a month now (sorry!), but I promise you that it will be up, at the latest, by Wednesday. I had a huge problem writing chapter ten... it was probably the lethal combination of school, homework, and writers block, but I managed to finish the chapter a couple of days ago. I sent it to my beta who sent it back to me. I edited it and am now awaiting her final edits on it.

I've already started a bit on chapter eleven -- I have 1,000+ words written as of today, so hopefully I'll get it up before the end of November. I also do have a four-day weekend this week, so I know that one of those days, I'll have some time to do some writing.

I'm really sorry for keeping all you readers waiting! I had hoped to get this chapter out at least a week ago, but it just wasn't going that way. I'll get it out as soon as possible and will be working hard on chapter eleven these next two weeks. Also, as a bit of a warning, there will be some angst in the coming chapters. The humor will still be there, but for a bit, you readers get a look at angsty Gin-Gin.

Anyway, here's the update for you guys. Hope to see some reviewers!!!!

Hello all! Just wanted to try this new theme thingy... I hope it works. If not, then I'm just gonna delete this entry and see if I can fix this thingy. Thannkss.

 

WRITTEN ONE MINUTES LATER: YAY!!! It works...and I love the new layout. Thanks to paintedlayouts -- amazing stuff.

And we're back again. Haven't written in a while... August was a pretty crazy month and I hardly wrote anything for my stories, I think... woops. My fault! But school's started (I think I'm in my third week) and I have a three-day weekend coming up which means I prolly won't be online much. I'm taking full advantage of my days off, so that means I'm getting out of my house and going to Six Flags! YAY! I love Six Flags... roller coasters kick major ass. Well, anyway, I've received a couple of nominations for a DSTA on SIYE which is very exciting. I think it's really great when people recognize my story... makes me a bit full of myself but oh well *is joking* Also, thanks for that TC recommendation, Luna! I got a couple of new reviewers which is always great.

So now we get to the point of this entry:

• THE GINNY WEASLEY FILES: Ahh, my favorite story. I think I've had the most fun on this story just because it's kind of crazy and just plain fun. There really isn't much angst or anything (which I usually like to write) but I've found that humor is more my forte. I'm actually kind of writing some outtakes and future moments for this story, but chapter nine has just been sent back to my beta which means it'll be up within the next couple of days. Also, I've been contemplating writing a sequel to 'The GW Files', but I'm going to see if I can get a first chapter drafted up and some ideas down.
• Status as of September 10 -- chapter nine w/ beta
  

• OF LOVE AND WAR: *sigh* I used to be soooo good at writing this story, and then, one sad day many months ago, my muse was gone and is yet to return. I just can't get one word down for this story on paper. I will tell you this, I am trying my best. I just can't get the chapter I want to work. SORRY!
• Status as of September 10 -- same
  

• MINDLESS RAMBLINGS: I WROTE SOMETHING! Dear God, I was happy. I wrote about half of a chapter which was totally amazing. I want to get this part of the series out so then it'll be done with... I need to complete this series! RAWR! Though I love it, I would like to finally complete something.
  
• Status as of September 10 -- movin' along

I'm really not going to get into my HPFF stories... I haven't written the next chapter for a Change of Life yet, but I have written a bit for Learning to Fly so maybe that'll come out soon. You never know, yeah?

First off, happy August to all! I am not a particular fan of August seeing as it's always the month that I return to school *gasps* I know... and when school starts, the writing gets the boot and has to ride in the back seat of my nonexistent car. I'm desperately trying to to finish two of my stories before the end of this month, but I am highly doubting that I can do it now that I've gotten a severe case of writers block with most of my multi-chaptered stories. My poor beta, Luna aka Sarah, has to put up with the junky chapters I send her, but I suppose junk is better then nothing.

Right?

Well, whatever. Some good news: I was nominated for a Silver Trinket award on SIYE for best comedy!! AHH! It's very exciting because none of my stories have really been recognized in such a way (other than Hero). I highly doubt I'm going to win, but still, just being nominated was such an honor and just extremely cool. EVERYONE VOTE FOR THE GINNY WEASLEY FILES ON SIYE!!! And to the reason I write in this journal:

• THE GINNY WEASLEY FILES: I think is probably my favorite story... that I've ever written anyway. I've been doing quite well with keeping up with updates, but I have hit a bit of a dry spell on chapter seven. I have only about a page and a half written of it and I was hoping to make this chapter quite long because I just have so much I want Ginny to talk about. Hopefully the next chapter will come out next week on Tuesday. Sorry to anyone who was looking for an update this week; I usually don't miss my Tuesday/Wednesday update day.
  
• Status as of August 3: chapter seven in progress.
  

• OF LOVE AND WAR: Finally, after nearly two months of no updates, I have written a chapter! It has already been sent into my beta and sent back to me. All that's left is to drag my lazy butt to Microsoft Word and edit it. Actually, after that, I'll be sending it back to Luna, but still. I suspect it should be out by the weekend or I might wait to see if I want to add anything in which case, I'll post chapter eight Tuesday or Wednesday.
• Status as of August 3: chapter eight complete and in between edits
  

• THE MINDLESS RAMBLINGS: Still not feelin' it people. I can't find a time when I am feeling supremely funny. I need to have my Marauders muse, Johnny Bananas as I like to call him (and yes, the name is from Real World), to return from his vacation in Belize. I hope he'll be returning soon because I can't even write a single word for the third installement.
• Status as of August 3: if you must know, it's the SAME

Again, for the HPFF readers:

• A CHANGE OF LIFE: ERG. This story is so evil and just... BLAH. I've been writing this series for a year and have managed to pop out two complete parts of this three part saga. The third part... eh, I can't say as much. I'm trying, honest I am, to update this story, but I'm stuck again. I plan on ending it soon though. I can't see it going anywhere else and I'm stopping while I'm ahead. Look for a new chapter in the next few weeks.
• Status as of August 3: chapter tweleve (?) posted; no chapter in progress

• LEARNING TO FLY: Basically, I have not written anything for this story in quite sometime. I have a chapter in progress and it might stay that way for a while: in progress. This is the result of my romance muse, Fabio, losing his girlfriend. Hopefully he'll be fine soon because I really want to write this story, I just can't seem to actually do it. Look for a new chapter to be out within the next couple of months. Sorry.
• Status as of August 3: still the same

And Luna, don't worry, I'll be posting Learning to Fly once all my other stories are complete. I don't want to get to ahead of myself! Anyway, that's all for today. Good night and good luck all!

Back again to update a bit for anyone who'd like to know the progress of my stories:

• THE GINNY WEASLEY FILES: Am currently working on chapter six of the GW Files. I suspect it will be done by tomorrow or Friday, but I'm getting quite busy so it could be longer. I also plan on updating this story only on Tuesdays or Wednesdays just so you readers will know exactly when to expect a new chapter.
• Status as of July 5 -- chapter three posted; chapters four & five complete; chapter six in progress

• OF LOVE AND WAR: I really need to update this story. Am currently writing chapter eight, but I've run into some difficulties. I expect this chapter to be done within the next two weeks (hopefully). Then, of course, my beta will have a go at it, so I'm not exactly sure. Keep looking for an update though.
• Status as of July 5 -- chapter eight in progress (1/3 complete)

• MINDLESS SERIES: I haven't written much of its final installement lately, but I do plan on finishing it before September (when school begins). I hope to have it done by the end of this month, but its hard to tell due to the fact that I only write this story in bits and pieces when I'm feeling funny. Keep checking!
• Status as of July 5 -- Part III still in progress

And to the HPFF readers:

• A CHANGE OF LIFE: I finally updated this a couple of days ago which I'm very proud of! I haven't begun chapter thirteen yet, but I will be beginning its draft tomorrow. As I've said in my author notes, I really do plan on ending this story within two or three more chapters. I know, I know. Everyone is screaming 'HOW COULD YOU DO SUCH A THING?!?!', but there really isn't much else I can do in the life of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley. I feel that this story has pretty much finished its job. I think I've been writing this series for about a year and half, and I think now I'm ready to finish it. Look for a new chapter everyone!
• Status as of July 5 -- chapter thirteen in pre-writing stage

• LEARNING TO FLY: AHH! This story... I swear to God that I will update this story. I actually have the next chapter partially written, but I've stuck everyone in a place they just can't get out of. I'm trying, I swear to you! I hope to update by the end of the month, but there's no sure way to say when you'll find the next chapter up.
• Status as of July 5 -- chapter six in progress

As I've said, this LJ is primarily so I can update the readers of my stories on what's going on with my stories and if I'll be writing anything new. So here's an update for ya'll:

• OF LOVE AND WAR: Yes, yes. I will be updating as soon as possible. I'm working a new story that's just been posted on WizardTales (which you all should check out) and I want to get some chapters done in advance for that story. I should update this within the next two weeks seeing as Luna's gonna be bothering me like crazy to update *snickers*
• Status as of June 16 - Chapter Seven posted

• THE GINNY WEASLEY FILES: I really like this story. I've been wanting to write another diary for a long time (ever since I wrote Diary of the Chosen), and I've really wanted to write something from Ginny's perspective. So far, I've only posted chapter one on WizardTales, but I do have three other chapters finished and two of those three have been betaed. The next chapter should be posted up next week... I want to stay a couple of chapters ahead while posting this so then I can update more frequently.
• Status as of June 16 - Chapter One posted

• THE MINDLESS RAMBLINGS SERIES: This is such a random series, but I must say, I love it. I had planned on writing two more for the series, but I think they'll only be one more part. Actually, I know they'll be one more part because I have the third installment half-way written. Oh well. Anyway, I don't know when I'll be finishing part three because I usually write this story randomly and when I'm feeling funny.
• Staus as of June 16 - Part III being written

For any of my HPFF readers, here's an update on the stories I have posted there:

• A CHANGE OF LIFE: So I've finally updated this story. It does seem as if I've abandoned this story, but I've honestly not. I'm trying very hard to update frequently, but I've hit a bit of a dry spot. I had planned for it to be a bit longer - more like 20 chapters - but have decided against that. I don't want to run this story out to the point where everyone is like "JUST END IT ALREADY!" I figure two to three (or four) more chapters which I'll begin writing sometime this weekend.
• Status as of June 16 - Chapter Twelve posted

• LEARNING TO FLY: Wow. I hadn't updated this story since... I believe... January? I had hoped that while I was writing my other stories that I'd be able to fit this one in randomly, but it didn't work out that way. As I've said before, I'll be focusing on this story once I've finished my other stories that I've posted on HPFF. I still plan on doing that, and I actually have chapter six about a third of the way finished. I hope to post around mid-July because I should've finished A Change of Life by then. I swear, I will update. Expect chapter six soon enough.
• Status as of June 16 - Chapter Six being written

Okay, so I finally decided it was time to get a livejournal. Why is the question everyone is probably asking... or not. Anyway, I decided to get a livejournal so I can update you readers (if you happen to be someone who reads my stories on the many sites I post on) on my stories and story progress. I don't feel much like writing at the moment, but I'll be back! MARK MY WORDS!

Happy summer to all