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I'm a mother of two who spends more time writing stories than doing housework.
I can be found on AO3 and FFN with the pen name BrilliantLady. ...more

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Hello, I've read your series "perfectly normal" three times. I was wondering if you have a estimated date for the release of the newest book? I really enjoy your portrayal of harry dealing with childhood abuse/neglect. I think your version of him is quite realistic as i've often been annoyed at JK Rowling for her portrayal of abuse. I love how you incorporate wizarding culture/religion in the series.

BrilliantLady Thanks! Still working on it, but it's getting closer all the time. I have only 1-2 chapters left to write, but I do have a lot of editing to do. I hes…moreThanks! Still working on it, but it's getting closer all the time. I have only 1-2 chapters left to write, but I do have a lot of editing to do. I hesitate to give a firm release date as I've made guesses in the past as so far they've all been wrong. Possibly December or January, but no promises.(less)

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Hi! I absolutely love the Perfectly Normal series, and I wanted to reach out and ask if you have any updates on your progress for the next installment? It's one of my go-to series to reread, and I'm just dying to know what happens next. Obviously, there's no rush. I'll wait for the rest of my life for the next installment; this series is so good. Regardless, I hope you're doing well! Keep up the great work!

BrilliantLady Hi mate, I've gotten absorbed writing fics for the "Scum Villain Self-Saving System" fandom lately. Which is bad news for Harry Potter fans, but also …moreHi mate, I've gotten absorbed writing fics for the "Scum Villain Self-Saving System" fandom lately. Which is bad news for Harry Potter fans, but also in a way *good* news because it has made me a *much* more active writer than I have been for the past few years, and I've been writing practically every day for the past two months! (If you like that other fandom I have two new fics almost done.)

I have been working at writing in smaller units of time with regular breaks instead of my previously preferred long writing binges to spare my poor permanently injured tendons, and using MS Word's dictation feature when my muse won't let me rest but my arm cries for mercy. It's let me get a lot more writing done, but I am paying the price with low grade pain most days (only a 1 or 2 out of 10 though, so I'm satisfied it's worth it on the whole - I missed my writing hobby a lot).

I keep procrastinating finishing up my long Dramione fic (the fic I injured myself binge-writing) which I have love/hate feelings for now. :P It's next on my to-do list after my two Scum Villain fics are done, as I want to get it FINISHED and out there to share with the world, and out of my mind. (I love so much of what I put into it, I think it's a great fic with new ideas and twists people won't have seen before, I just have struggled with the final couple of chapters, and my resentment of disabling myself writing it.)

I have only made very small progress this year on the next Perfectly Normal fic, adding a few bits and pieces to my bloated planning document. The good news is while it's on hiatus it's not abandoned, and I do still plan to return to it one day. At the moment there's still only a couple of drafted scenes complete to eventually stitch into a coherent narrative, not enough to publish.

Apologies for the late reply - this message got buried in my oft-neglected inbox.(less)

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AO3 Down!

While AO3 is tragically down, I'm going to upload some of my fics as online accessible Ellipsus docs for people to read and optionally comment on.
If you'd like a particular fic of mine to go up, leave a comment here. :)

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BrilliantLady wrote a new blog post AO3 Down! While AO3 is tragically down, I'm going to upload some of my fics as online accessible Ellipsus docs for people to read and optionally comment on. If y Read more of this blog post »
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BrilliantLady BrilliantLady made a comment on Rise and Shine, Draco - new Dramione fic " Ch12 up! "
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BrilliantLady BrilliantLady made a comment on New SVSSS Fics & Dramione update " Dramione update! I'm very excited that work on my Dramione WIP has been going so well! 🤩I'm now up to writing the (hopefully) FINAL chapter of my epic ...more "
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BrilliantLady BrilliantLady answered AVA GRACE's question: Hello there how are you doing? I hope your books are available on Amazon No, I only write fanfics. You can download them all for free via AO3.
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“People very often say to me, 'How did you do it, how did you raise a baby and write a book?' And the answer is - I didn't do housework for four years. I am not Superwoman. And um, living in squalor, that was the answer.”
― J.K. Rowling

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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
― Desmond Tutu (Foreword)

tags: bullying, dissent, moral-courage, protest

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“If you are speaking of music...it is of all subjects my delight. There are few people in England I suppose, who have more true enjoyment of music than myself, or a better natural taste. If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient. And so would Anne, if her health would have allowed her to apply. I am confident that she would have performed delightfully. - Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice”
― Jane Austen

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