Penname: Minisinoo [Contact] Real name:
Member Since: 06/11/2006
Membership status: Member
Bio:

Minisinoo has been publishing for over 20 years and backed into fanfic almost by accident, which is what she pursues for fun. She did a little beta reading in X-Files, but began writing for X-Men in the fall of 2000, where she's won 20 awards total (back when X-Fic still had awards). Her interest in Harry Potter is more recent, and her primary characters center on Cedric Diggory and Hermione Granger.

She's probably best known for novel- and novella-length work, but occasionally spits out one-shots. She's done hospice and bereavement counseling, mediation, editing, and now sometimes doubles as a college history professor.


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Stories by Minisinoo
"At the Very Ports They Blow" by Minisinoo Rated: RT - Restricted Themes [Reviews - 3]
Summary: During a vacation in Greece, Cedric contemplates the phrase "And two shall become one flesh."
Categories: The Broomshed > Erotic Couplings
Characters: None
Genres: Erotica
Time Period: None
Warnings: Alternate Universe
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1974 Read Count: 1540
[Report This] Published: 06/15/2007 Updated: 06/15/2007
Summary: Witch Weekly's lead story ten years after the fall of Voldemort.
Categories: Remains of the Day > Eternity
Characters: Cedric Diggory, Harry Potter, Lavender Brown
Genres: General
Time Period: Post-War
Warnings: Alternate Universe
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2748 Read Count: 1176
[Report This] Published: 05/07/2008 Updated: 05/10/2008
"The Blind Leading the Blind" by Minisinoo Rated: RT - Restricted Themes [Reviews - 1]
Summary: The night before the Third Task, Cho makes her contribution to the Diggory Cause
Categories: The Broomshed > Erotic Couplings
Characters: Cho Chang, Cedric Diggory
Genres: Erotica
Time Period: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1839 Read Count: 1755
[Report This] Published: 06/15/2007 Updated: 06/15/2007
A Dance in December by Minisinoo Rated: RT - Restricted Themes [Reviews - 1]
Summary: H/C Fifteen years after the last Triwizard Tournament, which ended so disastrously, another Triwizard Tournament is staged at Hogwarts, complete with Yule ball.  All four former champions are invited, and asked to bring a date.  Harry and Cedric bring each other.  (Semi-AU ... Cedric is alive, but much remains of canon)
Categories: Remains of the Day > Eternity
Characters: Cedric Diggory, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Rose Weasley, Viktor Krum
Genres: Drama, Romance
Time Period: Post-War
Warnings: Alternate Universe, Slash
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 9955 Read Count: 430
[Report This] Published: 12/26/2008 Updated: 12/26/2008
CHRONICLES by Minisinoo Rated: RT - Restricted Themes [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Dumbledore is dead. Voldemort is back. And Cedric has made a critical discovery in Grimmauld Place that could aid in the fight, but it includes some disturbing revelations. Cedric must decide whether to tell Harry something he might not want to know about his godfather -- or keep the truth to himself.

SEQUEL TO NATURE & DESTINY
Categories: The Broomshed > The Changing Room
Characters: Alastor Moody, Cedric Diggory, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Regulus Black, Remus Lupin, Ron Weasley, Sirius Black, Viktor Krum
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Time Period: Voldemort's Second War
Warnings: Alternate Universe, Incest
Series: AORIST SUBJUNCTIVE
Chapters: 19 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 57813 Read Count: 3355
[Report This] Published: 03/01/2008 Updated: 03/02/2008
CRUSH by Minisinoo Rated: FG13 - Family Guidance13 [Reviews - 2]
Summary: Dolores Umbridge wants to wipe out Muggle influences at Hogwarts, Alastor Moody revives the school duelling club, Sirius Black is filing a petition with the Wizengamot to clear his name, Cedric suddenly seems to have trouble keeping his mouth shut, and Harry has a crush on Cho Chang. Or does he?

Genres: Suspense, coming-of-age, romance
Central Characters: Harry/Cedric, Hermione, Ron, Sirius/Remus, Moody, Umbridge, the Denmates
Categories: The Broomshed > The Changing Room
Characters: Alastor Moody, Cedric Diggory, Cho Chang, Dolores Umbridge, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, OMC, Remus Lupin, Ron Weasley, Sirius Black
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance
Time Period: Voldemort's Second War
Warnings: Alternate Universe
Series: AORIST SUBJUNCTIVE
Chapters: 13 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 69063 Read Count: 2468
[Report This] Published: 03/02/2008 Updated: 03/02/2008
DULCE ET DECORUM EST by Minisinoo Rated: RT - Restricted Themes starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 4]
Summary: Past Featured Story
SUMMARY: In a time of war, how does a crippled man feel when he's the one left behind? There are battles fought with fire and magic, and battles fought in the hearts of men. (AU, parallel canon) SEQUEL TO FINDING HIMSELF

WARNING: This tale contains ADULT situations and imagery. Don't want to get too specific and surprises, but just ... be aware.

GENRES: war story, coming-of-age, action-adventure, romance

On Canon Events: Although both Finding Himself and Dulce et decorum est are 'parallel canon,' meaning they run very close to the original novels in terms of events, the further we get from the point of change, the more alterations one will find between this novel series and JKR's originals.

Title: The title comes from a line by the Latin poet Horace:

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori: mors et fugacem persequitur virum nec parcit inbellis iuventae poplitibus imidove tergo.

On the Frequency of Updates: What I write goes through a fairly rigorous editorial process. I have 3 different people look at each chapter that's posted: a continuity reader, a line editor and a Brit checker. These folks also have lives (g), so sometimes their personal schedules may preclude getting to something quickly. When I was writing Finding Himself it came out at the pace of about 1 chapter per week to week and a half. But there, my line editor and Brit picker were the same person, so there were fewer readers. This time, I'm anticipating chapters every 2-3 weeks. I do write quickly, due to long experience (I've been publishing over 20 years now), but it still takes time.
Categories: The Broomshed > Erotic Couplings
Characters: Albus Dumbledore, Amos Diggory, Angelina Johnson, Arthur Weasley, Bill Weasley, Cedric Diggory, Charlie Weasley, Dolores Umbridge, Fleur Delacour, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Katie Bell, Lee Jordan, Luna Lovegood, Molly Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Nymphadora Tonks, OFC, OMC, Remus Lupin, Ron Weasley
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance
Time Period: Voldemort's Second War
Warnings: Alternate Universe, Character Death, Contains Spoiler for HBP, Contains Spoilers for DH, Strong Sexual Content
Series: None
Chapters: 11 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 99141 Read Count: 4052
[Report This] Published: 05/14/2008 Updated: 07/02/2008
FINDING HIMSELF by Minisinoo Rated: MT - Mature Themes starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 12]
Summary: Past Featured StorySummary: 'The boy who almost died' has to figure out what it means that he didn't. Harry's tulmultous fifth year at Hogwarts is Cedric's seventh and final. Bound together by a shared trauma survived, both boys fall under Ministry suspicion and fire, and both undergo a 'deconstruction' of sorts in the face of that crisis. Who is Cedric Diggory? He must find himself amid rumors of war, the awkwardness of falling in love, and a crippling personal tragedy. (parallel canon)

Genres: Coming-of-age, action-adventure, romance

Characters: Like any novel, this one involves an ensemble cast, but the central protagonist is Cedric, not Harry, which naturally skews the focus so that some characters important to the books are less important here while others barely mentioned become significant secondaries. At least initially, all romances reflect canon. (eventual Cedric/Hermione)

Awards: Gilded Grangers 2007, The Goblets 2007, Quill to Parchment 2007 Judges' Choice: Pairings

Special Notes Relating to the Books & Films: Chapters 1-2 retell the end of Goblet of Fire with the AU shift, but the events as described are from the film, not the book, at least up to the point of divergence (after that, it's all different). Later chapters will be based on book 5. While this is a novel in its own right with an independent story arc, I consider it to 'run alongside' the main book and don't intend to engage in massive repetition of material from Order of the Phoenix. In short, it is assumed that readers have seen Goblet of Fire, and read Order of the Phoenix. Descriptions of Cedric and other characters' appearances reflect the films (where pertinent), but personalities are a blending of film and book. Events in the short story "The Way I See It" are assumed in Cedric's personal history, but don't play a large part in the novel -- Esiban aside.

Acknowledgements: Special thanks go to Bren Kuebler, for keeping my British (and grammar) on track, and Jocelyn, for HP detail checks and plotting assistance. As always, novelists owe a lot of other people for their support, assistance and enthusiasm.
Categories: The Broomshed > Erotic Couplings
Characters: Cedric Diggory, Cho Chang, Dolores Umbridge, Draco Malfoy, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, OMC, Professor Sinistra, Remus Lupin, Ron Weasley, Sirius Black
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance
Time Period: None
Warnings: Alternate Universe, Strong Sexual Content
Series: None
Chapters: 39 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 351396 Read Count: 13688
[Report This] Published: 07/21/2006 Updated: 02/01/2007
Holding Up by Minisinoo Rated: GP - General Public starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 3]
Summary: Cedric teaches. Luna learns. Luna teaches. Cedric learns. Cedric|Luna friendship
Categories: Hallowed Halls > From Diagon Alley to Hogwarts
Characters: Cedric Diggory, Luna Lovegood
Genres: Angst, Drama
Time Period: Voldemort Vanishes
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2362 Read Count: 277
[Report This] Published: 09/20/2007 Updated: 09/22/2007
I Hope You Dance by Minisinoo Rated: GP - General Public starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 1]
Summary: Gwynn Diggory gives his parents a special Valentine's present in the year of their 50th Wedding anniversary.
Categories: Remains of the Day > Eternity
Characters: Cedric Diggory, Hermione Granger, OMC
Genres: Fluff, Romance
Time Period: None
Warnings: Alternate Universe
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2957 Read Count: 300
[Report This] Published: 05/18/2007 Updated: 05/22/2007
Little Things by Minisinoo Rated: FG - Family Guidance starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 4]
Summary: Ron isn't at all sure Hermione would understand what he notices and why.
Categories: Hallowed Halls > Vacant Rooms
Characters: Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley
Genres: Fluff, Romance
Time Period: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1613 Read Count: 525
[Report This] Published: 05/18/2007 Updated: 05/22/2007
Lopsided Tie by Minisinoo Rated: GP - General Public starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 3]
Summary: Thrown together in a moment of downtime at the Yule Ball, Hermione shares a brief conversation with Cedric Diggory, and Cedric offers a bit of advice about Ron.
Categories: Hallowed Halls > From Diagon Alley to Hogwarts
Characters: Cedric Diggory, Hermione Granger
Genres: Comedy, Ficlet, Fluff
Time Period: None
Warnings: Character Death
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1144 Read Count: 315
[Report This] Published: 09/05/2006 Updated: 09/06/2006
NATURE & DESTINY by Minisinoo Rated: RT - Restricted Themes starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 2]
Summary: When presented with an unexpected opportunity, a depressed and beseiged fifth-year Harry wonders what might happen if he could change the past ... But changing the past can be dangerous. Whose to say things will turn out any better. (Harry/Cedric)
Categories: The Broomshed > The Changing Room
Characters: None
Genres: Action/Adventure, Mystery, Romance
Time Period: None
Warnings: Alternate Universe, Slash, Strong Sexual Content
Series: AORIST SUBJUNCTIVE
Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 28363 Read Count: 3155
[Report This] Published: 09/29/2006 Updated: 09/30/2006
PAST PRESENT by Minisinoo Rated: RT - Restricted Themes starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 8]
Summary: Over Christmas holidays, Harry and Cedric begin the complicated process of navigating their new relationship even as Sirius -- his name now cleared -- plans a blow-out party.  But  nothing ever goes smoothly in Harry's world.  After disaster strikes, Harry, Sirius and Remus look at the Pensieve memories that Dumbledore left, which concern Tom Riddle's past.
Categories: The Broomshed > The Changing Room
Characters: Viktor Krum
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance
Time Period: Voldemort's Second War
Warnings: Alternate Universe, Minor Character Death, Slash, Strong Sexual Content
Series: AORIST SUBJUNCTIVE
Chapters: 11 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 87705 Read Count: 1333
[Report This] Published: 10/13/2008 Updated: 10/25/2008
The Badger Raccoon by Minisinoo Rated: GP - General Public [Reviews - 0]
Summary: How Cedric Diggory acquired his very non-regulation pet (and got to keep it).
Categories: Hallowed Halls > From Diagon Alley to Hogwarts
Characters: Cedric Diggory
Genres: Ficlet, General
Time Period: None
Warnings: Character Death
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1280 Read Count: 244
[Report This] Published: 05/18/2007 Updated: 05/22/2007