[HPFGU-OTChatter] Can anyone reccomend?

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

Rachel:
> Hi! This is my first time posting on this list but i was hoping some
> of you could help me in reccomending some really good quality fan-
> fiction.
>
> I've read Cassandra Claire's Draco Veritas stories and loved them,
> that's the sort of quality writing im hoping to find again. In the run
> up to HBP I'm going out of my mind and need my Potter fix but with the
> sheer vastness of fanfiction nowadays i simply can't face plowing my
> way through so many when there are so few that are well written.

Well, if you're already reading Cassie, you're only a hop, skip, and a 
jump away from reading Lori's Paradigm of Uncertainty (they share are 
Yahoogroup).  Both authors started writing about the same time (often 
referred to as the Golden Age of Harry Potter Fanfiction) and have two 
books completed and a third in progress.  Lori's writing is of similar 
quality to Cassie's (although I think both authors have improved 
tremendously since their first few chapters), although her story is 
much more unambiguously H/Hr.  I think Lori has actually edged Cassie 
out as my favorite author at this point, if only because her plotting 
is stronger and more coherent.  As I'm sure you've noticed, things in 
the DT often get quite convoluted and hard to follow.

You may want to also check out Cassie's shorter works -- especially the 
humorous ones, like A Lot To Be Upset About.  It's priceless. ^_^

Those are the two main authors that I follow -- I really can't stand 
reading even mediocre writing, even if the plot is good, so that really 
restricts what I like.  For instance, I must've tried reading Barb's 
Psychic Serpent and Arya's Acceptance of Fate a million times, with no 
luck yet.  However, if you can get by the (IMHO) sub-par stuff in the 
beginning, I've heard that they get better with time.

Two authors that I've recently taken up with are CK Talons, who has 
finished The Human Condition and is shortly starting a new fic 
tentatively entitled The Mimicry Talisman, and Jane99 on Portkey.com, 
who has a WIP called Harry Potter and the Eye of the Storm, which is a 
gem.  Again, it's on Portkey, so it will most likely end up strongly in 
favor of H/Hr, although romance hasn't really figured into the plot 
thus far.

Hope that helps!
Laura