new to fanfic

[Eustace_Scrubb]

Caroline
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
>    I am a late starter to HP fanfiction. Can anyone recommend any good 
> sites? I like novel length stories. I am also a Harry/Hermione shipper.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Caroline

Eustace_Scrubb:
As Geoff noted, www.fanfiction.net has loads of HP fan fiction as well
as a huge amount of other varieties of fanfiction.

If you feel like trying something that is Potterverse fanfiction but
not strictly speaking HP fanfiction (that is, Harry and the other HP
characters figure only peripherally--a few are mentioned, none
appear), you could try my own very modest corner of fanfiction.net at 
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/517634/ (or do a pen name search for
Eustace).  There's one finished book, Ethan Lloyd and the Talisman of
Table Mountain, and the first several chapters of a second, Ethan
Lloyd and the Phantom Ship.  These stories take place in North
America, partly inspired by JKR's statement "...if anyone wants to
write about American wizards they are of course free to write their
own book!"--J.K. Rowling, 2004, J. K. Rowling Official Site, FAQ
Section (http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/faq_view.cfm?id=44).

There are no exchange students; no characters named Mary Sue; Ron and
Hermione don't visit on summer holidays.  The story line does take
place in the Potterverse beginning the summer after GOF and looks at
North American developments that coincide with the return of LV to the
UK.  But the setting and some themes are inspired by the works of
various American authors as well as by JKR.

I make no great claims for the work.  Writing and reading the first
book kept me and my then-8-10 year old entertained during the long
period between OoP and HBP.  Some readers have found it appealing. 
Though development has slowed of late, I am still writing Book 2 and
will finish it.

So FWIW, all are welcome to check it out.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb