So you really only started writing HP after DH? No wonder I hadn't stumbled across your fics before! Okay, that makes sense now.
Ditto on the dreaded Epilogue, except in the sense of rolling up one's sleeves and accepting the challenge. There's a modicum of satisfaction to be gained from triumphing over the damned thing on its own terms. Or so I suppose, as my post-DH fic hasn't been written yet. *much throat-clearing*
Hah! I love the story about you and your partner taking the Worst Weekend Ever and exorcizing it by turning it into a fic! Make your characters suffer for your sins, that's my motto. Or for the world's sins. *ponders* Well, okay, that's not really my motto. But I did once base a character on my sister because I needed that particular blend of petite, mouthy, self-centered, cuttingly sarcastic, control-freak motherhood. Writers are merciless that way, aren't we. Or maybe it's just me?
And how cool is it that you collaborate on fanfic with your partner? I'm officially envious. Have I said that before? ;)
blitheringly terrified and astoundingly excited
*raises wing* You seem to have struck a nerve here.