Turning the Corner
Grace has Victory26 Reviews | 7.58/10 (26 Ratings, 0 Likes, 5 Favorites )
Michael Corner rides an emotional roller-coaster in the fortnight leading up to the Yule Ball where, to his own very great surprise, he is smitten by a beautiful redhead.
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Grace has Victory
Member Since 2006 | 10 Stories | Favorited by 23 | 3 Reviews Written | 356 Review Responses
My family became hooked on Harry Potter in 2001, when my son was going through a stage of reluctance to read fiction. Now it is a family hobby. I am a psychology teacher from Birmingham, England. My husband, who is Australian, is a computer programmer and network engineer. We have three teenaged children and two cats. We are all Evangelical Christians.
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Hi. May I borrow some of your plot ideas? I want to have a blind Hogwarts student either accept or reject Blaze's proposal, with Michael's help and humiliate Blaze. You wrote a wonder story, I'd just like tot hrow a disabled character into Hogwarts era. Btw, of course you'd have full credit, but if you had enough time, would you like to work on this with me? I've never written for this site before. I've also come across jerks likethis in real life, saying one thing, doing another. Anyway if you respind, I'd love to jump onto this broom see where it takes us. ;)
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Dear Chocolab,I'm thunderstruck! Do you want to write a fanfic of a fanfic?Yes, of course you can do that. If I can steal JKR's ideas then it's okay for you to steal mine. And I don't care what you write about Blaise Zabini. Nothing you did could make him any worse than he is in my story. Interestingly enough, I wrote this story back in 2003, before the publication of HBP, when nobody knew what the canon Blaise Zabini would be like. I was staggered in 2005 when I found that canon Blaise was exactly like the one in my fanfic! Although I've made some revisions to the original version of my story, I've never, as a matter of principle, changed a single word or gesture by Blaise because I'm so proud of having written him correctly the first time.But if you want to add some canon touches, so much the better!GhV
thank you for the list of questions at the beginning! they were a laugh, mostly because I have asked several of them myself.
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
These questions really were a mystery back in 2003, when I wrote this story. I am so flattered that anyone is still reading it. Welcome to ancient history! GHV
I really enjoyed this. I loved the story about the stones, and the Silencing Varnish, and how you told Michael's story from a realistic perspective, and Ginny being a dear, and the whole WORLD NOT REVOLVING AROUND HARRY thing was nice too. ;)
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
I am so flattered that anyone is still reading this story, which I wrote nearly seven years ago! I have to tell you that my son thought of the Silencing Varnish. I wanted to present Ginny as desirable, even though Michael is clearly suffering from an over-the-top infatuation.Thank you so much for writing in, GhV
This is an amazing tale and a very interesting point of view. I am looking forward to the next chapter and hope some of the girls - or all of them - are going to kick Zabinis butt ;-)
Thanks for sharing!
Fran
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Well, I can promise you that SOMEONE will be very unhappy with the outcome of the bet, but I'm not saying who! Thanks for reviewing, GhV
He's such a boy. :) So oblivious. :D
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
And so convinced he's a White Knight!
Aw. Poor girls.
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
It'll be worse before it's better. GhV
Poor Michael*laugh*
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
And it will only become worse...
Well, at least Terry will have a fun ball. ;)
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Terry's fun will be well documented at the right time. GhV
I wonder if that's all Padma is upset about. Poor Michael. He's so oblivious.
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Padma will clear up the mysteries pretty soon. But Michael might not like it when she does. Thanks for reviewing, GhV
Ooh, more intrigue!
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
And more to follow later!
He's just assuming she'll go to the ball with him, isn't he? And she's mad that he hasn't asked. :)
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
How perceptive of you! Are you a woman??
Response from Raira (Reviewer)
Guilty. :)
*grin*Now of course, I want to know what's up with those stones.
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
You'll have to wait until chapter 19.*Grins back evilly.*GhV
Have to admit I was kinda leery about starting this story,.. but it was quite prettily written. :D A droll tale.
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Thank you!
ah! so this is when ginny weasley finally appears! :D was this chapter hard to write? You must have lucid dreams.
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
No, it wasn't hard to write. I always planned for Ginny to appear just like this at this point in the story. Everything was leading up to this moment. I'm glad she appeared lucidly for you.
creative and sincere :P nice insightful wisdom too
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Oh, dear, I hope this doesn't meant that somebody did this to you ...
morag and michael?
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
You never know, do you?But Morag is not to be trusted. She's always soft and nice to the person immediately in front of her and she's a sympathetic listener. However, it doesn't follow that she'll go out of her way to help in any other respect.You can read more about Morag's conflict-avoidant family in my long series, Moons of Deceit.
Very enjoyable. I think you're doing a wonderful job with Michael's voice.
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Thank you. And now the romance will be hotting up, at least in Michael's fevered imagination. GhV
Aw. I'm glad Luna had a partner. I like Luna.
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
She's amazing, isn't she? And certainly a dance partner unlike any other.
Well, that's an interesting plot twist. :D
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Twisting scheduled to continue...
Ooh, does Michael ask Morag, I wonder?
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
You'll see... Let's just say that Morag won't attend the ball unaccompanied. GhV
I wonder what's going to happen next.
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Next chapter now published!
Reading this is so like reading JK's style - I don't mean to offend you, but it was...
like being at Hogwarts and listening to him talk. Wonderfuly done.
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Dear Beaweasley,Thanks for taking the trouble to review. I am so flattered that you think I write like JKR! There will be plenty more of Michael talking, since he is (in an innocent way) quite egocentric.Regards, GhV
I like reading stories that explore relationships we don't normally see. In fact, I think doing so gives the author a little more leeway in developing the characters.
This is an excellent start! (Now I need to go discharge some of my duties. *lol*)
Response from Grace has Victory (Author of Turning the Corner)
Thanks, NSS - it's very flattering that you find time to review amid all your site duties.The Michael/Padma ship is all mine - you certainly won't be seeing much of that in any other fics. One of the challenges I set myself for this story was to give one appearance to each of the 40 students in Harry's year. Some of these appearances are very walk-on, but I've tried to give a little development to each character. See if you can spot them.Thanks for all your input, GhV