two things

[phineasjones]

-the audition: went fine, i guess. i sang fairly well, missed one entrance because i spaced out. which is just annoying and stupid and i don't want to think about it. and my sight reading was nigh perfect. the conductor was as neutral and his expression as impassive as is possible. so, no clues from him. i should hear early next week (this was the first night of auditions). however, the choir member who organized the auditions was not so subtly listening outside the doors and she gave me a little wink-wink-nudge-nudge as i left, saying i'm sure i'll be seeing you in august. which promises nothing but bodes well.

-the story: jjtaylor's remus(/sirius) that i beta'ed. home is a feeling. the first time i read this, i wasn't able to breathe. because it's good and sad and true. but also because i couldn't get it out of my head that this was the same world as all souls' day. there were certain references to the cottage, to the time between GoF and OotP... and there was a general tone... and there was remus, the same remus. yeah, so i felt a little insane mentioning that to jj but i did anyway and she told me, yes, it is the same world. that she was unconsciously referencing my story when she wrote. that when she imagined the cottage, it was the same as the one in all souls' day. the fact that i felt that in the story before she said anything... well, i think it's pretty amazing. she also said she hoped i didn't mind. no. i don't mind. i was never going to write a sequel to my story. but now jjtaylor basically has. and it's perfect.

Comments

[jjtaylor.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear the audition went fine. I'll keep hoping you get good news.

Thanks for reccing the story. I've been talking about it like it's a novel or something that I've spent a year on, but, really, it's hardly been more than a month. Maybe it's just because it's Remus/Sirius - I was so invested, I just wanted to do it right.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

it's not only s/r, it's pivotal moment of s/r. and it's the kind of moment that... continues or fills in canon. you know? it's bigger than the number of its words or the days it took you to write it.