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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After reading my first story, my husbandhad
used very obscene words, which were mainly directed at me. He said that now,
everything in that story got mixed up in his head with the canon. Not just the
characters, but events and the ides as well. For him, three-league boots *were*
used to get to King's Cross <BG>.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That was a fifth-year story. Then, I started
writing a sixth-year soap opera that has almost nothing to do with the
canon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apparently, my husband's not the only one who
prefers non-canon stories. That second story got much more attention. I guess
that either people feel the same way as he does, or they just say "Oh, she's not
JKR, and I hate cheap imitations. However, her own story-line is okay by me."
Either that, or people just like soap :).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And Cassie - People are going to get very upset if
you stop writing several months before OoP comes out.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks, yael</FONT></DIV>
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