Thanks for the review. I know that my Vernon is rather 'Alternate Universe' but I really wanted to mirror Severus and Harry's lives.

Considering what most of my reviewers have said, I don't think they would have been all that pleased if I let Petunia off scott-free lol! However, Severus's revenge is just the beginning of the story.

As for Slytherin's book, I have the problem that, if I wrote in actual Anglo-Saxon, I'd have to spend a couple of hours on the translation and then add huge long paragraphs in the End Notes, translating it back into Modern English. And then there is also the fact that Slytherin's phrasology, I feel, adds charm to his writings (which, if I used Old English, would be lost to any reader who couldn't understand Anglo-Saxon.) Therefore, I've compromised by germanic words (and spellings) where I can and throwing in the odd bit of Old Norse or Latin. Sometimes one needs to find a balence between authenticity and practicality.

 P.S. I have a BA in English Literature and I specialised in Old English ;)

No, I don't pre-write: I release each chapter pretty much the moment it's ready. Mind you, I did dream up the plot around a month ago, so the actual writing part doesn't take incredibly long: an just an hour to writing and an hour to do proof-reading/editing. (I'm dyslexic so my spelling's appauling and I do occasionally have a brain-burp and write 'check' instead of 'cheque' or 'piece' instead of 'peace': I know the difference b

Blaise and Draco were talking about Harry but not in the way he imagined; they realised that Harry was suffering and were comparing notes/ trying to work out how to help their best friend.