Back to Dabbling

I’ve upgraded my WordPress, added in the Zemanta plugin, messed around with Good Reads (Library Thing limits how many books I can add, and I hate limits), and been bullied cajoled into Plurk-ing… (my apologies to Sam for the bad term) okay, Plurk isn’t that bad, but I’m wondering if the widget I installed is making the loading of my blog slow down. It’s either that or the Good Reads widget. That seems to be one of those all popular java-ma-thingies.

The only thing I’m not messing around with is my blog design. I think I’ve found something I really love. I love Shifter (and am still keeping my fingers crossed that they’ll support further WP updates) and I love my designed skin. When I get tired of Snape (Merlin forbid!!) I can create new images to rotate up there.

I’m still writing my Harry Potter fan fiction. I’m delighted with all the feedback on it. I’m dabbling with other HP Snape-centric stories, but whether they ever see the light of day, is debateable. The fact is, I just enjoy the writing, and gods below, I’m even enjoying the re-writing and endless edits. I do think I’ve read just about all the well-written HP fanfics, though.

Yes, I am a fanfic convert. Bite me.

I am still writing original stuff, too. Those stories are few and far between as I still prefer them to be the one sitting writing deal.

My mother came to visit for two weeks. It was a very good visit, but the maddening cold weather we had in May gave way to a heat wave (99 degrees on Sunday) and it just wilted mom. I think next time we’ll bring her back before the hot weather hits or near the beginning of October when it’s warm, but not deadly.