omi_ohmy: (Leaf)
I wrote The Snitch-Maker for this years HD Career Fair. As I said in my A/N I rewrote it about four times, until I settled on Draco's PoV rather than Harry's. After that it all fell into place.

A huge thank you to [livejournal.com profile] birdsofshore for pre-reading, and to [livejournal.com profile] icmezzo for doing a great beta (and helping me untangle the tangled bits of the story).

I was hugely inspired on the Snitch-making front by this bbc interview with / video about a scissor-maker (US-friendly link) - such wonderful craftmanship and gentle intensity about getting his work just right. I watched it umpteen times while writing the story. :)

Title: The Snitch-Maker
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Content Notes: Small disability for Harry (permanently injured knee)
Summary: Draco is content with his Snitches, with the tap tap tap of his hammer, and the tiny gears and sharp scent of metal in his workshop - until one day Harry Potter appears, asking for help to solve a rash of Snitch-tampering in the Quidditch world.
Word Count: ~21.5k
omi_ohmy: (Dandelion head)
What a great year for [livejournal.com profile] hd_smoochfest! I am hideously behind with reading, but everything I've read so far has been wonderful, absolutely wonderful. I now want a Stanley brooch, with willow pattern and booties and harness. Anyway, I plan on loading up my kindle and working through everything I've missed, even if it takes all summer (with comments to follow - sorry if I haven't read/commented on yours yet, dear f-list).

This year I was lucky enough to pre-read/beta/Brit-pick some real stunners: A Perfect Bond by [livejournal.com profile] indyonblue, But, In Dreams by [livejournal.com profile] kedavranox, Kiss the Joy (Until the Sun Rise) by [livejournal.com profile] icmezzo, Black Island by [livejournal.com profile] oakstone730, and Hungry by [livejournal.com profile] birdsofshore. They are all wonderful, ranging from fluff to angst, via soulful poetry (ICM's is destined to become a fandom classic, I think), Eighth-year, tropical islands, a wedding, and some very hot sex, er, I mean a Seer's visions and troubled life.

As for my own fic, I wrote The Comfort of Tea. I just wanted to have fun, and so I did. I wrote bad jokes, and pissing, and tea-drinking. Oodles of fluff, and no smut (sorry!). Thank you to all who left comments - I still working my way through them, as my life is being ridiculously busy and getting in the way, but I will reply to every single one. If you haven't read it yet, do make sure you have a nice cup of tea to hand before you start. :)

The Comfort of Tea )

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