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Final Note 6 - June 2018:

Although it has already been a long time since I have posted or updated anything, it is time to make it official.

I will no longer be writing fanfiction.

I haven't come to this decision because I have run out of ideas or inspiration for my current works - to the contrary, I have put a lot of thought and planning into each of them. Even now, the moments and scenes I had planned live happily in my head. The issue becomes the fact that I have limited free time, so I must choose how to spend it. This is why there have so often been extremely long breaks between updates. In turn, this becomes unfair to readers, as I know that they often have limited free time as well and it is very easy to forget the plot of a story that wasn't born within your own head (and sometimes even then!).

Now, I know many of you would continue to wait for updates. We lovers of fanfiction are tenacious that way. However, since my free time is limited, I have decided that my focus needs to be on my original works.

In that spirit, though a part of me is saddened, I hereby abandon all my current works-in-progress. I will not be updating them again. However, I also open my stories up for adoption, should anyone be interested in continuing them in my stead. (Though, to be clear, I don't honestly think anyone would, but) I ask only that I be credited and that no large portions of my work, incomplete or no, be copied by another (so please link/direct readers back to my work if you continue it).

I've had such a great time in this fandom. Thanks to all who've helped keep the magic alive!

Warm regards,

Dream Painter

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Wrong Memories by Dream Painter
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Summary: Something happens (couldn't have guessed that, huh?) and Harry temporarily loses his memory. It can be some sort of potions accident or a strange hex/curse, whatever, but it is determined that his memory will return.

When Harry does start to remember things, however, they are not scenes from the life of Harry Potter, but that of somebody else!

Other:

~The life Harry is remembering can be that of anyone in the magical world (Snape or Cedric Diggory, perhaps?) except James Potter

~As Harry has no memory of his own life, he thinks he is (and behaves as) this person

~Whether or not there is an actual "cure" for Harry's condition and whatever side effects is entirely up to you

~Bonus if the story is serious
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Nervous Tic by Dream Painter
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Summary: Harry has a nervous tic and Snape has not failed to notice it. What is it, and what are Snape's thoughts on the matter? Is it merely a mild irritation, or does it evoke more consideration from the man? Why?
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He was about to be kissed... by Dream Painter
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Summary: Write a story which begins with the line, "He was about to be kissed".
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He liked to hear himself speak... by Dream Painter
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Summary: Start a story with the line, "He liked to hear himself speak".

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Technical Glitch by Dream Painter
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Summary: In another of my favorite book series (The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, if anyone is interested), technology and magic simply do not co-exist very well. In fact, magic has a tendency to foul up technologic devices. While I've seen it briefly in a few fics, I would like to read more where this is addressed. The more responses and variations, the better!

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Quarry by Dream Painter
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Summary: Harry is being stalked by a deranged person. Just what does this have to do with a certain Potions Master?
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X-rays by Dream Painter
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Summary: In which a set of old radiographs reveal that which was meant to be kept secret...
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Mr. Prozac called... by Dream Painter
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Summary: Write a story in which one of the main characters says, "Mr. Prozac called. He misses you." Bonus if it's Severus and it's during Potions class.
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Something's Wrong... by Dream Painter
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Summary: Posted for Ebbtide

During the later part of first year, young Harry has had the companionship and protection of a big, black dog (Sirius in his animagus form). During this same stretch of time, Harry has been growing closer to a certain Potions Master, who finally adopts the boy.

He tells Harry, though, that he may keep the dog, but he'll have to be neutered. Unfortunately, Sirius missed this conversation...

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Switched at Birth by Dream Painter
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Summary: (Inspired by the new TV series by the same name)

It's discovered that Harry and another child were accidentally switched at the hospital. Whose "life" did Harry end up with? And how does the other family react to this turn of events?

How Snape fits into all of this is entirely up to you.

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