Heh, don't take this the wrong way, but I'm glad that you cried.  (See, now that just sounded wrong), but I like knowing I have the ability to write something so emotionally in depth that I can draw emotion from the reader.  That is first and foremost always my goal in writing a story.  If I can't feel any emotion writing it, then I feel it's not worth reading.

I don't have anything published at this point, but would one day like to become a published author.  My problem is that I cannot seem to come up with decent characters or a good universe of my own.  I have thought about writing something to publish many times, but know that I would like to publish a Christian themed novel first, and am not sure how exactly to do that.  Most of my time is spent reading HP fan-fic rather than Christian novels, and they are definitely different.  It's also definitely different to sit down and write something in a universe that is already well established, that people already know what's going on, than trying to write something new where everything has to be explained the first time.

I'm so very glad that you liked it (even if you do hate me for Harry's death).  This was my first series in the Harry/ Snape as father universe, and I'm glad it came out like it did.

Maybe someday I will be able to come up with a really good idea for a novel.  I have a few, and yet have never developed them fully enough to write a novel, although that is my goal.  That would actually work out great for me since I'd like to considder being a stay at home mom/wife and writing would work great for that.

Feel free to contact me via e-mail if you want to talk further, or IM if you have yahoo IM I can give you my chat name if you e-mail.

Thanks again for the honest and in-depth review. (So interesting to hear from a writing major).