Pottermore unveiled its new website today. Even though I will so completely miss Pottermore in its “original and best” form, there are many things that I’m loving so far about Pottermore in its newest iteration. 1. Mobile accessibility (but with less to do on the desktop version) Finally, I can access Pottermore on my smartphone and my tablet. But is…
Pottermore was launched to the public almost four years ago. Somehow, it simultaneously feels longer and shorter than that. I was lucky enough to become a Beta tester on Harry’s birthday, July 31st, 2011, a little over two weeks after the last Harry Potter film was released. A lot happened in that time. I went to…
Two years ago in December, J.K. Rowling announced via her Facebook page that she would be producing a play featuring Harry Potter in the West End (theatre district) of London. Since then, we have a few more details about it, but not much. Firstly, we have the title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I’m also…
On August 25th, Pottermore released this announcement: Duel bravely, brew well and help lead your house to glory in the last House Cup, which will be awarded on September 9. Soon after the final House Cup is awarded, prepare for a new journey to begin. As J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World expands, so too will Pottermore. We’ll…
It’s September 1st, and I don’t know about you, but my social media feeds were pretty well saturated with posts about missing the train to Hogwarts for the Nth year in a row, or some who claimed that they had boarded the Hogwarts Express (“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why…
One shivering second of silence, the shock of the moment suspended: and then the tumult broke around Harry as the screams and the cheers and the roars of the watchers rent the air. The fierce new sun dazzled the windows as they thundered towards him, and the first to reach him were Ron and Hermione,…
Winter is coming (okay, so in Minnesota, we’re actually finally seeing signs of spring, but let’s face it: winter is always coming). Anyway, it’s probably high time we make ourselves cozy by the fire in the Gryffindor common room. Wait a minute. Gryffindor? Isn’t “winter is coming” the house words of the Stark family from Game…
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Voldemort (spoiler alert!) kills Harry Potter. But not really. Voldemort really only killed the part of himself that resided within Harry, and Harry then came back to do away with the rest of him. I guess you really can’t keep that boy wizard down. After Deathly Hallows was published in…
If you follow @fictionrow on Twitter or “Like” /fictionrow on Facebook, you’ll hopefully remember that about a month ago I tweeted and posted that this website needed to remain on hiatus until April. April is here now, and I’m (tentatively) ready to come back! I don’t want to bore you with the details surrounding the…
One month it has been since I last posted anything to this website. Sure, this website has endured much longer hiatuses than this, but I can’t stay away. I miss writing too much. Granted, I did write so often in December that, at times, I felt a tad bit overwhelmed. January certainly wasn’t relaxing, though. The One Act Play that I assisted in…