SilvarMegami

When I first posted the fic I did not realize that people would have such a problem with numbers... I also did not think about things like Dr. I wanted to get it out and I was not sure if I was going to even send it to my beta as it is a mature fic.... After I sent it to my beta and realized that he would take awhile I decided that I would go over the fic the best I could and then post it and when he was done I would repost it after going over it again. I have beta'd it my self several times and each time I have gone over it I have improved it some each time. I do do the all caps words mostly because I hat bolding, my other reason is because I've had problems with some ficsite editors (FFN) stripping out things that I want in my fics...... They have stripped out bold and italics and my part separators and I HATE that so I got in the habit of capping instead of bolding. My beta was changing it I don't know if he still is since I told him that I've had trouble with FFN stripping out the bold and stuff. I was just telling people to be patient and that my beta was working on it but I will not change it till my beta is done.

Well sorry for not being perfect. I do the best I can and work at improving and understand that I have a problems with capping the first or first and second letter of a word by accident. I am working on that and don't do it nearly as much as I used to it is one of the reasons I write. Actually I used to by accident randomly cap within a word as well. All I was saying was that I'm not perfect and I make mistakes I am working on fixing them with the help of my very busy beta who is really the only one I would trust to beta. I will not ask a random person to beta. Especially since I have heard Horror stories about betas who usurp the work of the person by changing and expanding the story and trying to take control of it. I have over the last few years worked very hard at getting better at writing. There was a time when I would write a story and even I could not understand what I was trying to convey. I have gotten better. I'm sorry if you think that my saying that I'm working on it is me saying that I'm not doing anything. But for me it takes time and practice. Next fic will be better, but this one once it is beta'd and then gone over again by me will be finished. It is the best of my current ability and I think it is the best I have done yet. yYou can got to FFN under my same name and see one of my older stories. Even if I never finished it cause I lost my out line.

Fucking hell I had this whole reply typed out and the stupid mouse hit one of my bookmarks bar options instead of the spell check. I do go over my work and take out glaring mistakes I assure you. I go over it several times before posting. however as I am human and my beta is human we miss things. He went over my first chapter then I reread it and I still found mistakes, his response to me was he is only human. My response to you is I am only human. I have to write the way I feel. AND if I emphasize with caps instead of bold it's cause that is how I FEEL. Also think of it this way to bold I either have to use my mouse OR I have to ctrl+b type Ctrl+b to cap I press shift you say it's easier to type out thirteen I say it;s easier to type 13 you say its easier to Ctrl+b type Ctrl+b I say its easier to CAP. And I will say to you what I always longed to say to my boss "you want a fucking machine to write or work for you GOOD LUCK FINDING ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I also challenge you to find one that is creative and thinks for itself and has good and interesting ideas. All I care about in a fic is that it is interesting had good ideas has decent spelling and does not miss too many words and has grammar that isn't too fucked up. I do my best most of what I do is Damn good considering the BAD that is out there nitpicking my personal preferences or my ingrained habits isn't going to change them I'M working on the habits leave the preferences alone. I will say to you that if there was not so much bad I would work to a higher standard but I also have not had grammar classes in over... well almost 30 years I do what I can. I will tell my Beta that if he really thinks my caps should be bold then he can change them, and if I use short hand he can change it and if I use numbers instead of letters he can change it but I will not change it myself cause then I won't GET ANYTHING DONE. I am more interested in getting my ideas out and legible then I am worrying about other people's nitpicking. If it is readable with out truly glaring mistakes I will post it. As to those mistakes in my responses if I don't know I'm making them how can I fix them? I do it to the best of my ability and that is ALL I CAN DO!!! o-------> Stupid thing can't understand that I wanted SEPARATE posts? o-------> BAFan An interesting story, but I agree with Rogue, above, that it and you would benefit from having a beta. Several of the suggested changes at Hogwarts made a lot of sense, such as having reserve players for Quidditch as well as more than one teacher per subject. And, of course, getting rid of Binns! <-------> I said before that My beta is working hard to catch up however he only has weekends as he works 10-14 hours a day. And on weekends he has lots of stuff to do. My other betas either never get to it, or say “It’s good” and leave it at that, or they read it and don’t give me any thing (even the fact that they read it)

ok replies for Vernon's Big Mistake o-------> Rainbow12004 i like it so far. I can't wait to see what happen next. <------> Thank you I hope you enjoyed the rest of the story. o-------> yil was a interesting story that I don't think I have read like it before. The sex scenes are pretty good as you said it was your first time. I look forward to where you see this story going. Yil <-------> Thank you I hope you enjoyed the rest of the ride as much as or more than the begining. o-------> kit It is an interesting story. Sometimes a little strange with how things are playing out, but the plot has definitely captured my attention. I'm curious to see how it all pans out; who aligns themselves with who, and what certain groups goals are, how characters develop, etc. lemon scenes are pretty good, even if it is your first time writing them...they may need a bit more detail to give the reader a better perception, but overall you get the point. not a huge fan in the group orgies, but thats an insignificant fact. I do enjoy the quick updates! I was also satisfied with the punishments handed out to the Dursley's. <-------> Thanks I hope you liked the rest of the story and I hope you look for more of my stuff in the future. o-------> Emily Formatting is huge distraction. New font difficult to read for sight-impaired people and for people reading on small-format equipment. I got a headache immediately. Will not be reading any more of this story. Have you ever noticed that such a font is usually reserved for such items as have small amounts of text, like invitations, etc? There is a reason for that. Keep experimenting if you must, but this particular change was a dud. <-------> Actually I think the problem was that the font was so small but I have changed it so you should be happy o-------> Mashkai Lovely story! I like it thus far and am looking forward to more. Thanks for sharing! <-------> Thanks you for the compliment I hope you like the rest as well. o-------> Rebecca Louise Crowther Please only post with the normal font because I can barely read it and I'm sure that I'm not the only one. Other than that great story loving it keep up the good work. <-------> That is the font that I write in it is the font I prefer to read in I can only do so much but I have changed it since you and another brought it to my attention. o-------> Calixandria_420 I really love the story. It has several new concepts and they're cool. <-------> Some of those concepts are things that I have been looking for in a fic for a LONG time but have never found….Oh well thank you though. ^ . ^ o-------> RogueMudblood Please obtain a beta. They will help you with issues in your writing, such as capitalizing "screaming" when it is in the middle of a sentence, using the numeral "13" instead of "thirteen" in prose, abbreviating "doctor" as "Dr" within prose, not using the direct address comma, not using a period at the end of a sentence, and other technical concerns. I'm not saying you don't have an interesting idea. I am suggesting that you would benefit from a little guidance in developing your technique. Happy writing. <-------> I have a beta he has very little time and as I originally said in the first chapter you can go over a fic many times and still have problems I do my best My beta does his best. But even between the two of us we still have mistakes missed. As for Numbers i and abbreviations Numbers are easier to write as13 the thirteen. And the ‘Dr’ is mostly because I spent 5 years using it while taking messages at my old job. o-------> Anon was a great story but seems like you lost it at the end <-------> Yeah I wasn't happy with the end either. That is one thing I have trouble with ENDINGS of a story…. they get rushed……... So I'm redoing it.

So yeah this is where I will reply to questions and Reviews so if you have any feel free to ask. About the chapter expansion, the story is complete however I want to expand the ending because I felt it was too rushed.