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Date: 10/03/2010 7:35:48 PM Title: Chapter 11
I feel a little redundant reviewing after spending most days emailing/preparing emails (oh those Hugh beach pictures) to you. However, it's also blasphemy if I don't review. So I was like WWLD? (What Would Logan Do?) and the most PG thing I could come up with was crack open a beer in preparation to read this. Which I did. And I happened to enjoy both the booze & the chapter. I'm super excited they're leaving. Are they going straight to the mansion? Do I actually want an outright answer to that or to read it instead? Don't mind me.
Favorite here: "You can always count on murderers and motorcyclists to keep a pair of gloves handy" True. Maybe I'll include an insert in the next MANimals issue for ferals who like to dabble in black-ops & bikes.
Author's Response: Do you really think I would answer that? And redundant-smundant; the absence of a Sahara review would be a great loss. I'd go on strike.
[Report This]Date: 10/03/2010 6:50:40 PM Title: Chapter 11
More please!
Author's Response: You bet.
[Report This]Date: 10/03/2010 6:42:22 PM Title: Chapter 10
I love your story, but I vote for an end and new story, simply because it does make me pause when a story has a lot of chapters, and it seems to me to be easier to keep up with the plot it it's a little shorter.
Author's Response: Thank you, and I mostly agree, but more people said "long".
Date: 10/03/2010 9:14:09 AM Title: Chapter 10
Here's the thing about long stories...good ones, like this and the masterworks 'Still-Life' and, of course, 'Scripture', to name only two, are a joy to read once one has the time to do so. Ten chapters, twenty, even thirty, with your byline would be more than fine with me. There are poorly written long stories, but since you are pathologically incapable of poor writing, their existence is of no consequence and should not factor in any way in your decision about how best to continue this story.
In other words, you hook 'em with the first chapter and never let go, so don't worry about how many words it takes to tell the tale. Trust me, your readers don't mind.
This chapter was beautiful in its unflinching ugliness. I'm glad you felt confident enough in yourself and the characters to not hold back for fear of offending anyone. You 'went there' with great success. Bravo.
And now, I join the rest of the ranks in looking forward to Chapter 11...or Chapter 1, or Part II, or whatever you want to call it... --Wendie
Author's Response: I hope you'll forgive me for answering the last comments all together in this one. Normally I feel that not answering a review is the equivalent of looking Karma in the face, smacking you're lips and cracking yo mama jokes, but the laptop I borrow once a week just got here (great friends) and I'm about to start typing up the new chapter. I am equally insanely ecstatic (sometimes 'pleased' and 'grateful' just isen't sufficient) with each of your beautiful reviews. Thank you for taking the time/effort for sharing them with me. It means a lot.
Date: 10/03/2010 8:44:26 AM Title: Chapter 9
My sincere condolences for the loss of your friend. I know just how shocking and surreal it is to get that phone call..."I don't know how to tell you this, but..." followed by knees that cease to function and sounds that are only remotely human...It's been four years and I wish I could tell you that the pain goes away, but it doesn't. You just get better at living with it. OK, so now that I've covered the A/N, I'll go read the chapter...
"And she never, never fell asleep without adding fresh tears to the ones already shed." See? Now that's what I'm talking about...Anybody else would have said, 'She cried every day.' Which is why I wish I had a million real dollars to give you so you could sit and write that amazing prose all day and not need that writing-time-stealing necessary evil known as a job...One more chapter to go...Yeehaw! --Wendie
Date: 10/03/2010 8:16:05 AM Title: Chapter 8
I can't imagine NOT reviewing this story...His attachment is all but complete, whether he knows it -- or likes it-- or not. I wonder if he has even noticed that he's begun using endearments with her, 'honey' and his favorite, 'Darlin'?...Chapter 9, comin' right up... --Wendie
Date: 10/03/2010 7:53:33 AM Title: Chapter 7
Keep your naked Hugh...you earned him for this chapter...in spades.
So, her mutation rears its ugly head...this should add a few new wrinkles. And you've shown something of a sadistic streak -- a thousand paper cuts on his testicles? If you have any male readers, you just set them writhing in their chairs. Good golly, Miss Molly, OUCH!...Only three more chapters and I'll be all caught up... --Wendie
Date: 10/03/2010 7:33:27 AM Title: Chapter 6
...hold the door open for his payment of innocence.
Another breathtaking description. And what's truly remarkable is that I don't begrudge him one second of his payment, because, despite what he believes about himself, his intentions are almost ridiculously honorable.
And then what a difference a day makes...Now, I'm REALLY looking forward to that Apocalyptic comeuppance that somebody so richly deserves...Six down, four to go... --Wendie
Author's Response: Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!
Date: 10/03/2010 7:16:52 AM Title: Chapter 5
Can a person be angry and heart-broken at the same time, or does one trump the other? And God help her father if the reason she's tired all the time is what I so hope it isn't...Speaking of the Daddymonster, I can hardly wait for Logan to meet that waste of skin...and hope sincerely that 'Biblical' doesn't even begin to describe the method of his punishment...Chapter 6 it is... --Wendie
Author's Response: Is that rhetorical? Because I think the two go hand-in-hand. "Like peas and carrots," as the mighty philosopher Gump would say. >attempting to hug and bounce simultaneously< Muchas Gracias!
Date: 10/03/2010 6:55:45 AM Title: Chapter 4
"...more than an open bottle of Nair.
I actually had to stop reading at that point and wait until I stopped laughing so hard that I couldn't see for the tears in my eyes...With the possible exception of nail polish remover, is there a more chemically noxious smelling substance than Nair...to say nothing of the Samson-like fear Logan must have of losing ANY of the hair on his body to such a product, perhaps at the hands of some scorned Delilah...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
As for the rest of the chapter, once again, as with 'Heal Over', you have expertly crafted Logan's reluctance in responding to 'the girl' and his gradual caving in (what was that about the last pebble before the avalanche?) as well as his rationalization of the whole process.
Oh, and by the way, I started kicking myself for not reading this sooner somewhere around Chapter 2...The only way I can forgive myself is to plow on...Chapter 5, here I come... --Wendie
Author's Response: Even nail polish remover is more subdued than that horrific product. I'm resonably sure it's inventor was a terrorist. Trying to summon Armageddon one sniff at a time. Thank you so much!
Date: 10/03/2010 6:33:24 AM Title: Chapter 3
"Here," he grumbled. A turkey sandwich in the staircase.
That morning, Logan had drowned a man in a drainage ditch.
Two lines. Twenty words (I counted) that brilliantly summarize everything about Logan's character in this story -- soft-hearted and lethal -- a stark, combination, shocking in their proximity, one line snuggled up against the other. Very few writers can pull this off to any degree and yet you make it seem so effortless. I'm so jealous it ain't even funny...Chapter 4 awaits... --Wendie
Author's Response: "Until I'm good/strong enough." was supposed to be end of the last sentence in my previous reply. But again: text limit. Wendie, you are >insert all the good adjectives, and throw in a hug<. I've happy-danced enough to permamently scar anyone watching. Have you ever tried to type while fist pumping the air? Thank you.
Date: 10/03/2010 6:12:43 AM Title: Chapter 2
"Skeletal drug addicts who looked at Logan once then hurriedly at their feet, an acknowledgment of the Alpha that they didn't even understand."
Who thinks like that? Well, you, obviously. But I mean, holy hell, you can do THAT and you work in a nursing home? I'm sure it's very rewarding and that you are well and truly loved by those you care for, but please, please, please tell me that somewhere there is an original manuscript being lovingly slaved over and that it will one day be sent far and wide to publishers who will arm wrestle each other if they have to for the right to say they were the genius who discovered your talent and gifted it to the world.
Stop that. You're laughing...No, really, I'm serious...A little melodramatic maybe, but serious all the same...Oh, fine, go ahead and laugh...Time for Chapter 3... --Wendie
Author's Response: It is very very difficult to respond to you without sounding full of myself. If I believed everything I read of these reviews, my ego would be large enough to reinflate the Hindenburg. Please excuse this slip of taking your words seriously...the nursing home is just part-time, as I get through school. I don't really care what I do after, as long as it pays the bills and leaves me time to write. And maybe after college there will be a manuscript to slave over, but right now I'm excersising with fanfiction.
Author's Response: It is very very difficult to respond to you without sounding full of myself. If I believed everything I read of these reviews, my ego would be large enough to reinflate the Hindenburg. Please excuse this slip of taking your words seriously...the nursing home is just part-time, as I get through school. I don't really care what I do after, as long as it pays the bills and leaves me time to write. And maybe after college there will be a manuscript to slave over, but right now I'm excersising with fanfiction.
Date: 10/03/2010 5:53:26 AM Title: Chapter 1
"The flesh at the front of the blades did not bunch up, but parted like meat cooked all day."
Your gift for descriptive metaphor always leaves me breathless. And usually has me smacking my forehead and saying, "Damn! I wish I'd written that!"
This is such an interesting beginning...everything is so understated--even Logan's method of torture was relatively subdued--yet, like a seductive whisper, already I can sense the depth of feelings that will eventually be involved. On to Chapter 2... --Wendie
Author's Response: YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! (I'd fill this entire page with those A's, but this PSP has a text limit. Just know Im still screaming.) WELCOME BACK! Thank you for giving me one of the best mornings I've had in awhile. I dont know how you have the energy to be so awesome.
Date: 10/02/2010 4:40:02 PM Title: Chapter 10
Hello, I made an account just to write to you. Ive been following your story since the begining and then read all the others but I never know what to say in reviews. Im writing to you now because I wanted you to know that your story inspired me and Ive made a drawing about it. Id like to send it to you. Maybe you can write to me to this email addy psy_the_brat (at hotmail.com) and Ill reply with the attatched drawing ?
Author's Response: >happy screams< Oh, god. I've always wanted to hear that. It's one of the greatest things in the whole world. >hugs< Thankyouthankyouthankyou! And sure, I'd love to see your picture.
[Report This]Date: 09/24/2010 7:40:20 PM Title: Chapter 1
The Frankenstien Effect by Shadowlady. It has like 78 chapters or so. I happend to really like it. I'm quite partial to super long stories. I think its still listed in the top ten list of longest stories.
Author's Response: Oh. I thought it was some strange phsycology joke that was going over my head. Alrighty, thank you!
Date: 09/22/2010 8:02:51 AM Title: Chapter 1
I have been reading this story on my mobile and I read it in the print preview format so all the chapters are on one page. It works well for long train rides. I say keep going. I don't like multiple storys if it doesn't need it. Keep going until the story is done then if u want to keep going then write a sequal but at least get Marie to the mansion first! Speaking of...is she gonna manifest soon?
Author's Response: It shows her power coming to life in chapter ten, but apparently that wasn't clear to some people. Im sorry. Thank you! Im always happy to hear from you!
Date: 09/21/2010 7:38:40 PM Title: Chapter 10
My goodness, we're only halfway through?!? And I say this not out of astonishment at the length (I adore long stories!), but because I wonder if I can make it through emotionally. Of course, I want to and I will and I'll be SO glad with each update, but it's just hard to imagine, you know? Oh dear, I'm afraid I'm being vague and confusing. As long as you keep writing so I can find out what happens next, I don't care if it's one long story, a good-sized two-parter, written in sonnet form or half a zillion haikus. Just, for the love of Pete, please please keep going!
Author's Response: It may be less, depending on the length of the chapters--or more, if they are shorter. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Date: 09/21/2010 4:21:00 PM Title: Chapter 1
In the last chapter (10) you asked the question of whether to make this story a two parter or continue on with one long story.
Personally, I would say continue on. I don't mind long stories if they are good and I do so enjoy all your stories that I have read so far.
That fact that or atory is 1.) long, 20+ chapters, or 2.) broken down into multiple parts does not keep me from reading them. If the story is good, I read on until it is done.
Thank you for your wonderful stories.
Regards,
Terry
Author's Response: I really appreciate your view, and Im just about going out of my mind with pride/joy at a new reviewer. Thank you.
Date: 09/21/2010 2:09:53 PM Title: Chapter 10
Yes, it’s your crazy fan-girl stalker again! I'm considering emigrating, because we're clearly in different time zones and so my alert comes in the middle of the night and I have no time in the morning to absorb myself in this amazing story and then I refuse to read it in work with all the interruptions... anywhoooo...
What an emotional, disturbing and heart-breaking chapter. Quite simply, your writing is wonderful.
“And if in the next, Logan rolled over and spoiled the illusion, it would be okay. That would be okay, it really would…” – an outstanding demonstration of her mind-set in so few words.
When you replayed her horrific experience, I found myself physically cringing away from the laptop, it was so distressing. But once again, this is a credit to your writing.
So I’ll stop gushing now. Oh, and I vote for one long story, but whatever you decide, I’ll follow…
Author's Response: Bet that's a reason for travel the airlines haven't heard before. I have fan girls!!! Yaaaaay!! Im sorry to make you cringe; I didn't mean to go that far. Thanks for this: it made a headache-inducing day much better.
Date: 09/21/2010 11:13:05 AM Title: Chapter 10
Stop making me cry!!!! I'm singlehandedly financing the handkerchief industry already, and it's all because of you. This was breathtaking.
Author's Response: I'm sorry!!!!! >hands soft, iced cookie and hugs<
Date: 09/21/2010 11:00:47 AM Title: Chapter 10
aaah, I don't care which it is, this story is not over and needs to get written NOW!!!! :-)
Author's Response: Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!
[Report This]Date: 09/21/2010 10:04:10 AM Title: Chapter 10
What a chapter! Not for the faint-hearted that's for sure.
Hmmm I like long stories with many chapters, a series can sometimes interrupt the flow of a story.
You could just continue und write 'Part 2' at the beginning of chapter 11, some do that.
No matter what I'll keep reading ;)
Author's Response: Yes, I think that's what I'll do. Thank you!
Date: 09/21/2010 9:55:30 AM Title: Chapter 3
"Just looking at him provided answers to questions before anybody asked them: No, you could not run fast enough; No, you did not have a chance." This must be the most apt and concise characterisation of Wolverine I've ever come across. Good job.
Author's Response: Thank you. I'm so glad you like it. >hugs<
Date: 09/21/2010 9:46:24 AM Title: Chapter 2
And thank YOU for writing! I have no time for a decent review (not even for as careful a read as this story deserves), just wanted to let you know how much i love your style! It takes so much time, and wonderfully little explanation and perfectly suits Logan'S stark lifestyle and how I would imagine him to "tick". Great! :-)
Author's Response: I really, really appreciate this. >hugs< Thanks!
[Report This]Date: 09/21/2010 6:31:04 AM Title: Chapter 10
Wow, that was a seriously intent chapter - and I loved it! Rogue's power is obviously beginning to manifest and I can't wait to find out the ramifications of this.
As for the length of your story - one long story is okay as far as I'm concerned. I think if you spilt it up and put the rest in a sequel the idea as a whole will lose some of its impact. So I'm for keeping it as one. Although whatever you decide to do will be okay with me as long as I get to read the rest of this amazing tale!
Author's Response: I'm so glad!! Supercalifragilisticmambouber-thank you. >bouncing<