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Real name: Debbie
Registered: Dec 20, 2006
Membership status: Member
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I am a Navy Mom with another child still in high school. My kids got me started on Harry Potter just about the time the third book came out and since then I have become an Avid Fan. I love fanfiction and have written a few stories and would like to explore creating stories in different ships.
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Buttercup by MemoriesFade    (Reviews - 777)

Trying to escape the pain of her daughter's death, Ginny runs to Pennsylvania to start anew. Almost six years later, a man from her past walks back into her life, reopening old wounds and setting in motion a journey of discovery, sorrow, and joy.

Category: Long and Completed
Rating: Extremely Naughty
Characters: Arthur Weasley, Blaise Zabini (boy), D/G Offspring, Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Lucius Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, Molly Weasley, Narcissa Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Ron Weasley
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Drama, Humor, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 30 | Word count: 158108 | Read count: 119280 | Published: Feb 04, 2009 | Updated: Jan 20, 2011
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Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Apr 16, 2009 Title: Chapter 11: Sugar Cookies

How sweet! I love the 'True Loves Kiss' angle, now if we can just have Draco and Ginny realize it!

Hmmm, maybe Serena will lock them in a room together till they admit how much they love each other!

Author's Response: Haha, well, Serena isn't that forward in her attempts at matchmaking. But she certainly has a few tricks up her sleeve.

Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Apr 21, 2009 Title: Chapter 12: Custard Creams

Delightfully devious! I think there is a strong strain of Slytherin in all of them! LOL Keep up the good work!

Author's Response: They are very devious, aren't they?

Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Apr 23, 2009 Title: Chapter 13: Chocolate Raspberry Cake

Excellent Chapter! The revenge was perfect and to follow that with a romantic ball was genius. I was literally laughing out loud when Narcissa came to visit Ginny while she was daydreaming about Draco... great naughty scene!

Author's Response: It was my favorite scene to write so far.

Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Apr 30, 2009 Title: Chapter 14: Chocolate Eclair

Great Chapter... I love all the inuendo and you leave me wanting more!

Author's Response: Thank you. I was sort of afraid it was overkill. I suppose not. Thanks for reviewing.

Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: May 21, 2009 Title: Chapter 15: Almond Biscuits Dipped in Chocolate

I am so glad they finally go together! And, just so ya know, I thought the smut was well done!

Author's Response: Thank you. I was trying not be too...lewd.

Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: May 26, 2009 Title: Chapter 16: Strawberry and Cream Tarts

Refreshing! I just love Serena asking for a baby brother already! LOL

Author's Response: Hehhe, thank you.

Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Jun 26, 2009 Title: Chapter 18: Chocolate Chip Scones

As usual you did an excellent job!

Author's Response: Thank you =]

Draco's Defection by CCC    (Reviews - 58)

Ginny uses unusual methods to convince Draco to trade sides. (This is alternative Hogwarts era and takes place Draco's last year.)
Category: Completed Short Stories
Rating: Definitely Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley
Compliant with: OotP and below
Era: Hogwarts-era
Genres: Humor
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 2 | Word count: 3536 | Read count: 8255 | Published: Feb 13, 2009 | Updated: Mar 12, 2009
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Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Feb 17, 2009 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Definately different... but cute, I liked it!

The Halfway House by Persephone33, Mynuet    (Reviews - 19)

Transitioning to the Muggle world is hard, but it's a bit easier with some help.
Category: Completed Short Stories
Rating: Not Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Other Characters, Pansy Parkinson
Compliant with: HBP and below
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Angst, Humor, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 1 | Word count: 7670 | Read count: 4624 | Published: Mar 20, 2009 | Updated: Mar 20, 2009
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Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Mar 20, 2009 Title: Chapter 1: The Halfway House

Great Story! I'm already looking forward to seeing what you come up with next!

The Year Without Slytherin by Mynuet    (Reviews - 21)

After it's abolished, Slytherin House finds its true nature, and so does Ginny.
Category: Long and Completed
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Other Characters
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Future AU, Hogwarts-era
Genres: Drama, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 1 | Word count: 7634 | Read count: 5792 | Published: Apr 08, 2009 | Updated: Apr 08, 2009
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Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Apr 09, 2009 Title: Chapter 1: For Katmillia

Great idea and fun to read... guess that's why I always read your stories!

Author's Response: Thank you! I appreciate the vote of confidence.

My Soul Belongs To You by eveil woman    (Reviews - 122)

Married for wealth, Draco regrets his decision to leave behind his love and allow her to marry second best. Now years later, lust and envy fill the air as they fight the passion and want to be together.
Category: Long and Completed
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter
Compliant with: Fully compliant
Era: Hogwarts-era, Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: My Soul
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Chapters: 20 | Word count: 40738 | Read count: 65487 | Published: Jul 29, 2009 | Updated: Oct 14, 2010
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Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Mar 09, 2010 Title: Chapter 12: Bonding While On Holiday

I am loving this story! Congrats on your new little one! Babies are the best blessing this world has to offer!

Draco's Dangerous Dilemma by Anise    (Reviews - 1418)

All Ginny wants is to get the upper hand just once with drool-worthy hunk of man candy and callous playboy Draco Malfoy before he moves on to his next careless conquest. So how did this simple plan lead to time travel, nefarious plots involving the most infamous whorehouse in the wizarding world, and the teenaged Draco’s achingly sweet, chocolate-flavored kisses? Even Draco Malfoy was innocent once, as Ginny learns all too well…

Chapter ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN Quote of the Day:

THE LAST CHAPTER

The minutes ticked by, long enough for Ginny to know that against all reason, all common sense, she still wanted impossible things from him. But she would leave. Even after today, even when her body ached from him and for him, when she could feel that he had begun to shape her to him, she would turn around and leave him. I will, I will, she thought.

“You don’t understand,” said Draco.

“Oh?” Ginny said stiffly. “At least he hadn’t touched her, she thought. She would not be able to find the strength to pull herself away from him, and she knew it.


Category: Long and Completed
Rating: Extremely Naughty
Characters: Blaise Zabini (boy), Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Lucius Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, Narcissa Malfoy, Other Characters
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Action, Angst, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Smut
Warnings: Character Death
Completed: Yes
Series: Ever Since Draco and Ginny: Reflections on Their (Un)Natural History
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Chapters: 118 | Word count: 575068 | Read count: 257142 | Published: Mar 19, 2010 | Updated: Dec 03, 2011
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Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: May 12, 2010 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Ohhhh you are wicked!! Stopping things right there was simply unkind to your poor readers!

I cannot wait to see where you take things from here. Hopefully Draco won't jump to the conclusion that Ginny only "made love" to Harry (shudder) and we will finally get to see him show her just how he really feels!

When is Ginny going to realize that Hermione is shagging Harry's tiny bits?

When she does will she do a happy dance in front of Draco while random bits of clothing fall away? (oops... little plot fantasy just escaped)

I love your crafty Luna, by the way. I'd like to see more of her in the near future!

Now... all I can do is sit back and wait till you post some more... please realize that most of your readers don't have much patience and take pity on them... er... um... me! LOL

Author's Response: More about Hermione and Harry soon.... and more of Luna and Blaise, too. And more D/G! ;)

And They All Lived Happily Ever After by Boogum    (Reviews - 16)

Once upon a time, in a land not entirely far away, there lived a young girl named Ginevra Molly Weasley, whose life story was so boring that the narrator of the redhead's life decided to take matters into her own capable hands and change it.
Category: Long and Completed
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Other Characters
Compliant with: OotP and below
Era: Hogwarts-era
Genres: Humor, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 4 | Word count: 11790 | Read count: 13963 | Published: Feb 15, 2011 | Updated: Feb 28, 2011
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Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Mar 03, 2011 Title: Chapter 1: The Woes of a Narrator

I had so much fun reading this particularly witty story! I love your narrator... she seems like someone I could have a blast hanging out with!

She makes me wonder if she has a little tot of whisky or brandy in her tea... and just what her cough drops are made of... LOL

Author's Response: We'll never know, but I expect those cough drops are not entirely 'child safe' . . .

In any case, I'm glad you enjoyed this story, and thank you for reviewing!

A Second Beginning by Sannikex    (Reviews - 123)

For Ginny Weasley, being thirty-two years old and divorced while struggling to raise a teenage son on her own, romance just isn't on the map. But when help comes from the most unexpected source she has to re-examine her priorities. Draco Malfoy has it all, the house, the job and the perfect son, but when he meets Ginny Weasley again he realizes all of what he never had.
Category: Long and Completed
Rating: Definitely Naughty
Characters: Blaise Zabini (boy), Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Other Characters
Compliant with: HBP and below
Era: Future AU
Genres: Drama, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 18 | Word count: 95749 | Read count: 32911 | Published: Oct 04, 2014 | Updated: Sep 04, 2016
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Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: May 06, 2016 Title: Chapter 13: Chapter 13

I love this story! You keep writing and I'll keep reading!!!

Author's Response: Deal! Thank you for taking the time to leave a review :)

Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: May 23, 2016 Title: Chapter 14: Chapter 14

I am loving this story!!!

Author's Response: Thank you!!

Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Jul 20, 2016 Title: Chapter 16: Chapter 16

Fantastic chapter and worth the wait! But hearing that there is only one more chapter makes me sad! But then, I can always hope for a sequel!!

Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Jun 13, 2016 Title: Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Fantastic chapter!!! Except for the part where you said it's almost finished!! You can't be done yet!!!

Author's Response: I'm so glad you liked it!! Haha, I'm not quite done! And as I've been saying, though this story is winding up I'm still thirteen years and counting in this fandom, I'm not about to just give up! More to come. :D

The Dating Charade by idreamofdraco    (Reviews - 217)

When a case of workplace sexual harassment leaves Ginny in a truly desperate state, the natural thing to do is to convince Draco Malfoy to pretend to be her boyfriend. Naturally.

Written for SunnyStorms in The DG Forum's 2015 Winter Fic Exchange.

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Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Extremely Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Other Characters
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Humor, Romance, Smut
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 20 | Word count: 115229 | Read count: 29378 | Published: May 13, 2015 | Updated: Oct 15, 2021
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Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: May 23, 2016 Title: Chapter 12: Twelve: A Pool Party (Part Three)

Wow... Just... Wow... This is one of the best fanfiction chapters I have ever read... And I have read A LOT!

Author's Response: I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! Thank you for reading! n_n

Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Jun 15, 2016 Title: Chapter 13: Thirteen: A Shocking Discovery

You are a dreadful tease!!! But... I keep coming back for more!

Author's Response: I'm sorry!! But I'm glad. :D Thank you so much for reading!

Somewhere I Belong by Tiny Q    (Reviews - 97)

It’s been just over ten years since the Battle of Hogwarts. Society has moved on but not in the utopic way everyone assumed it would. For Ginny Weasley, however, everything is going great until a season-ending fall derails her Quidditch career and forces her to reevaluate her life. It also forces her to realize that there’s more to Draco Malfoy than she ever thought—something Luna has been telling her for the past six years… This is what happens when Slytherins find themselves filling the roles of Gryffindors, Ravenclaws rule the art world, and Weasleys are unable to use magic—or at least, one Weasley can’t.
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Definitely Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Drama, Humor, Romance, Smut
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 11 | Word count: 97003 | Read count: 13376 | Published: Jul 21, 2016 | Updated: Aug 06, 2017
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Reviewer: ElspethBates Signed
Date: Oct 18, 2016 Title: Chapter 6: Chapter 6 - Rainbow

At last!!!! And you're evil... I'm saying that in the most admirable way possible!