Silly Little Girl
Bambu17 Reviews | 7.35/10 (17 Ratings, 0 Likes, 32 Favorites )
Drabble series written for the 'compulsion' prompt at GrangerSnape100, Hermione, Harry and Ron have been on the Horcrux hunt for seven months when a letter from Snape lands in her lap ... literally.
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Bambu
Member Since 2005 | 27 Stories | Favorited by 542 | 117 Reviews Written | 1,029 Review Responses
I have loved the written word since watching my mother’s fingers trace the lines of a book, luxuriating in riveting tales and well-turned phrases. Many a night I read until dawn, a plastic flashlight hidden under the covers to light the pages as I raced the rising sun to finish my latest must-read.
Since joining the HP fandom, I've been privileged to receive more than 50 awards, including Best Author (Quill to Parchment Awards) and Best Classic Author (Most Potente Passions). Among others, my stories have won awards for Best Hurt/Comfort (Spoils of War, Morning Has Broken), Best Novel Length (Calling Card, Guard…Check…Mate), Best One Shot (A Beach in Ireland), Best WIP (Saving a Death Eater, The Summoning), Favorite Overall Story (Complexities), and Readers’ Choice (A Quest of Paladins).
Aside from a judicious polish for formatting and egregious typos, I don't plan on revising my early work. Those stories are the stepping stones of my writing journey. Please note some stories contain adult content. None is more graphic than equivalent scenes in the television shows True Blood or Game of Thrones, and age appropriate warnings are posted.
I no longer write fanfiction prolifically. Like many fanfic authors, my focus has shifted to original work. A member of the Romance Writers of America and the Southern California Writers Association, I write under my name: Lin Thornhill.
My original story Verisimilitude published in Thoroughly Modern Monsters (Story Spring Publishing, 2013) reached the top 100 fantasy anthologies and broke into the top 10 in the UK the first month of release. Ben and Christine’s story will continue in 2016.
Fixation, my latest short story, slated for publication in J. Aldis’ anthology Immanence, with a winter 2015-2016 release, is particularly exciting as it anchors the Messengers of Inari novel series I’ve been developing for the past year.
9/2015
Reviews for Silly Little Girl
Loved it! I adore this choppy style wherein a tale can be spun without cumbersome transitions. I am also impressed that the story feels so complete despite the big holes in the timeline. You've transcribed the essentials and avoided the bogged-down-with-minutia feeling that I sometimes find. Especially I enjoyed the "Engaging...trite, but amusing. " section. Although I felt a little lost with the Remus part at first and I still can't figure what look Snape and Constantino shared like Hermione has seen Ron and Harry share.
“Does Potter know you’re such a bitch?”
“It’s the influence of present company. Perhaps you should leave.”
Ha!! I like your version of the final battle, with Draco and others openly declaring their allegiance in the middle of everything, and the vivid depiction of the emotions that pull Hermione this way and that. And an HEA on top of everything :)
Wow. What a powerful story. Brava! I wish I could tell you how much this punched me in the gut over and over. Wow. Brava!!!!
I'm in awe. I feel like I should be composing a love letter to you but keeping it to 100 words.
I really enjoyed this. You provided just enough information to follow along, but left enough out to let the reader fill in the details. Nicely done!
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
Thank you very much. It was a real challenge to drabbelize a story of this size, but I thoroughly enjoyed distilling each plot point.
I thought this story was amazing, although it left me despising (whilst still understanding the need for) Dumbledore's manipulations and machinations. I completely empathised with Hermione, Ron and Harry's reactions, especially those of Hermione. All those years of coming home from school and talking about the magical world, her parents pretending ignorance...when in fact they knew much, much more about it than she did. Yes, the trio were children and I can understand why it was all kept from them, but at the end of the day they were still expected to behave like adults and in Harry's case, to kill.Perhaps it's a reaction which reflects my age (19) but I cannot imagine Hermione ever building a particularly trusting or close relationship with her parents after this. Sorry for the rather long out-pouring, but this story really struck a chord with me! A fantastic concept brilliantly executed.
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
Your reactions -- regardless of your age -- are all that I'd hoped for when I allowed this rabid little plot bunny to run away with me.I wasn't wanting you to despise Dumbledore, per se, but certainly dislike his 'need to know' attitude, and I do think (hope) Dumbledore had more irons in the fire than just Harry to defeat Voldemort. In this case, I also liked the concept of there being whole families who don't really know what each other is doing ... Hermione and her parents, and Percy and his. I quite agree that it will take years, if ever, for Hermione and her parents to rebuild that trust -- it can come, but they all have to work for it.Thank you again for your thoughtful and thought-provoking comment.
This was amazing - I really loved the idea of Severus following Hermione, at first her shadow but then her comforting supportor, almost. It's made me hope for the possibilities of a longer story involving this plot!
I loved this, the simplicity in which you explained a very intense plot. Wunderbare!
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
Thank you very much. It's been suggested that I flesh out this series -- as if it was a storyboard -- and I'll certainly think about it. I'd really like to write that scene in the Burrow where Minerva and Remus explain to the rest of the Order about the Muggle-born Network. Or that first meeting between Percy and his family; or even expand on the scene between Ron and Bill. So it might happen.I'm just pleased you enjoyed it.
I enjoyed this - though I confess I'm not sure I know what was going on....! I'll have to read it again. And you know I will, Bambu, you know I will.
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
Eeep! Sorry. I sort of wrote this like a storyboard, where I pared all the significant scenes into one-hundred-word bites. If you read it again, maybe that will help.Thanks for always being kind enough to read my stories.
Lovely read! Nice too see the Trio in a mature frame of mind. Its refreshing to see them accepting the inevitable without winging or being total sour pusses. Great work...
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
::blushes:: What a nice thing to say. I really wanted to show them having changed as a result of all their experiences ... while still being friends. Thank you.
How absolutely, wonderfully satisfying: lovelt nuggets of scenes that combine the rich detail, great action, and incredibly real characters you always deliver. I haven't read much FF recently but saw this - saw you as the writer - and indulged. Thank you so much for this, especially as we face the both anticipated and dreaded end of the canon story. What a thrilling spin on what could be (if only JKR saw the brilliance of this pair)!
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
I didn't know you read here at TPP! How marvelous to see you. Thanks for indulging with my little bits and bobbles.I wrote the original drabble and then caved to the pressure requests to expand the story -- then it ran away with my imagination; so I did it like a storyboard (distilling each plot point -- with an expanded bit for the intimacy -- into one-hundred-word bites.) It was a bit of a challenge, but really fun as well.
ExcellentAll I can say is remarkable. I really enjoyed the simplicity of the style, even though it was a rather complex tale. Well done.
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
Thank you. Because I was constrained to one-hundred word drabbles, the style had to be pared down, but I really tried to make them impactful; and you've let me think I managed it. Thanks, again.
That was amazing. Each part was straightforward, but overall it was complex and rich with emotion. Great composition!You obviously put a lot of effort into this one (and consequently have made me feel that I am really lazy for not finishing the stories I have hanging around on my laptop).I also liked the ending: unapologetically romantic! Thanks.
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
Thank you very much. I'm utterly delighted you read it and found something to like in it. It was really challenging to write -- paring scenes down to a hundred words, but still impacting.I'm not always a romantic, but sometimes.
Bambu you are amazing! I loved it.The happy ending was a very nice touch. His ragged, “Please, Miss Granger,” haunted her sleep.The sentence above is part of my favorite drabble.The emotion you portrayed in just 100 words. Bravo.Take CareCarolyn
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
Thank you, thank you, Carolyn. I'm really pleased you enjoyed these drabbles.
Wow! great interplay between the two - and what an incredible premise. Going off to find more of your work!
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
It was a really interesting challenge to write this story. I had no plans to develop it into a series, but I was eagerly prompted by the members of LJ's GrangerSnape100, and I pushed it beyond my original concept. I'm so pleased you thought it worked. Thanks.
That was reaally interesting!
Response from Bambu (Author of Silly Little Girl)
That is so nice of you to say. It's a piece that totally got away from me. I wrote it originally as a single drabble, but people kept asking me to add to it, and I did. But I didn't really know where to take it, and since I was keeping it in 100-word bits, it was really challenging.Thank you so much for reading it and taking the time to review.