The Time of Destiny
By Abraxan
hi, reading you authors note, I have to disagree with your brit-picker, I live in britain, and its ROmania, infact i have never seen it written as rumania, and also to take a strop is to take a tantrum, and a stroppy girl is like a spoiled bitch really... im not sure what area your brit-picker comes from, but it seems to have a different dialect to both surrey and scotland, i mean no offence, its just a little strange... i realise its a bit late to sneak in with a review, but i have only just found your site, and have only just about a half hour ago finished refiner's (excellent by the way) so sorry.
Glad you enjoyed the story - and it's WAY too late to worry about whether my Brit-picker was right or not (she's from West Yorkshire, BTW) - these stories were published quite a long time ago now - I've had time to write two original novels and a bunch of ficlets that fit into Destiny's epilogue since finishing the two novels.
Abraxan
That was fantastic! Sooooo cool! Romania is spelled that way in Britain? Really? Huh...I wonder why it isn't in my books? (I own two copies of each, British and American (as well as the first in French), simply b/c I find it interesting...and because the British used to be released before the American and I couldn't wait...) Your story is simply great and I think your interpretation of Petunia is very believable. I always wished we'd learn a little more about the Dursleys...
A nice explanation of thr treatment Harry received at the hands of the Dursleys, and one I'd not heard before. Maybe Molly's actions will due some good, but I;m not holding out any hope for it,
I wonder that your Brit-picker is teasing you! People who speak British English spell it Romania as well, Rumania is a very dated form.
Nope, she was quite serious about it, even insistent. She's a grown, mature woman, not a kid goofing around, so she had some reason for telling me to write it that way.
Abraxan