Well, here are some replies to your wonderful feedback. I appreciate you all so much, you all really make a girl want to get working on the next update. (which I will be doing tonight, cause the 'little woman" is away. (I'm sad about that part...but happy about being able to spend an obsessive amount of time in front of the computer )
luv ya'll
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Jeanne!first of all, I'd just like to address this following passage.....
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I thought it was about time I stopped being a bad kitten and jumped into this thread to leave you some feedback.
Heck Yes it's about time sweetie! I was beginning to wonder when I'd see your paw print in here
now...there's another thing I'd like to address
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You write so beautifully and emotionally that it truly takes my breath away
well.....yes...this part is true
I can't really argue with that...
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& puts my writing abilities to shame.
Yeah...don't even try to say that....cause it's so not true. I totally bow down to your writing ability
Alright sweetie...I think I've rambled enough. I'm so happy that you like the story
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fun in dysfuntion Hi Teddy!
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First, you should probably know I'm one of the many who have lurked among your threads since A Different Life. My natural state of shyness has kept me quiet for a very long time.
Aww sweetie, I'm so glad you have decided to stop lurking (not that that can't be lots of fun) And you've been following my fics since ADL? Wow, that fic was my first ever...it was kinda my baby, and it's so nice to know that you read it.
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I really enjoy CSiB because of the tone of the story. In the background, I sense a general melancholy that serves to highlight the beauty of the happy moments.
I've tried to keep the tone of this story very low-key and a little bit muted, I haven't written a lot of action because I think that would take away from the sentiment I've tried to capture. Basically what i'm trying to say, is that I wanted everything to flow easily and be very natural.
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Also, I appreciate how you have taken the W/T theme "finding each other" and have creatively constructed your own perspective. As children, they are able to find each in the sunflowers as part of a game that brings them happiness. Later as adults, they find each other again in the sunflowers as lovers,
wow, I'm very impressed that you picked up on that. I've tried to keep the sunflowers as a sort of tangible thing between them that they could share, that would link them and give them something that would represent a time in their lives when things were clear and simple. In a way it's like they are linked to the land. Also, since most of this fic happens outdoors it was also nice to give them a special place.
Teddy, I wish I could have been more competent in getting my thoughts across tonight because, your insight into this story is very thoughtful and you make many good points, but Alas, I am not good at summarizing my own work, so I guess I will stop rambling now. hehe.
Thank you so much for leaving feedback.
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CarleenQuote:
*sigh*
'nuff said.
wow, Is this what I've reduced you to with all my overly described scenes?
Well...Good on me!
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*sigh*
'nuff said.
Well, that describes it pretty much.
Carleen does have a way with words doesn't she?
Thank you for all your wonderful comments sweetie. I thought it was interesting that you would chose the word "primal" to describe the lovemaking between Willow and Tara because that was so what I was going for. They weren't just making love, they were giving something back to the earth...restoring it, so in a way they did tap into something very primal and very basic.
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p.s. thank you for your steady reply to my story *hug*
You don't have to thank me for that sweetie. I really love your story, and I believe that If i'm reading and enjoying something I should leave feedback to the author....cause writing is hard and we need all the support we can get right?
thank you for reading my humble story Insanity. I really appreciate all your wonderfully kind words.
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willohand Well, I think that's the shortest reply you've ever given me. So, I'll have to make up for your slacking with an extra amount of emoticons. so....here ya go
there.....that should do it.
thank you for reading, I'm glad you liked the update sweetie.
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Kajun I
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hope Donny doesn’t do anything stupid, for his sake as well as Tara’s. The callous, neglectful ‘father’ isn’t worth risking the boy’s loss of freedom and farm, not to mention creating a delay in Tara’s plans to be with Willow.
well, congradulations for being the first to mention Donny.
Even though he had very little scene in this update, what he brought out about Tara's father, was actually intended to be a major plot mover in this story. I can asure you though, that any angst will be in keeping with the spirit of this story, which means, that you shouldn't expect anything too dramatic to happen in regards to Donny and his father. I hope that helps a little ( I hope I didn't give too much away)
Thank you for your kind response.
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Cyd Awwww now I'm
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Well, the hypnodisks are calling me
Does that mean that we kittens should be expecting an update to RS in the next few... Hmmmm *looks at watch* minutes? I hope so! I'm primed and ready for the romantic love scene I know you are studiously typing right now, under the hypnotic motions of the hypnodisks.
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JustSkipIt Debra, Thank you. And....
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And finally some talking.
Yep. I wrote the talking just for you sweetie
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The Rose Thank you sweetie
and I wouldn't worry about Willow and Tara separating again...cause I don't think that's going to happen.
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watson! dear, dear watson!
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For me, this describes what this update was about, heck no, the entire Sunflowers story, even as far as encompassing all the fics on this board. It's just magic, a rare and sweet magic between two people we all love.
Wow! that's the nicest compliment I've ever received.
Thank you.
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Mostly, you write very little dialogue, because you don't need to, we know what is happening by the narrative. But the brief talk, Willow asking Tara to come to Sunnydale with her, was effectiveness in what it didn't say.
I'm so bad at writing dialogue it isn't even funny, so pretty much any talk they are going to have is going to have be brief as I don't wan't to ruin the story with badly written chit-chat.
Thank you for your wonderful and thoughtful feedback watson, I do appreciate it so much.
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Sam, Thank you sweetie. And OOOoooo your favorite update?
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Willow~Rosenberg, And you get a prize for being the second person to mention Donny!
I think you are right on the money with your sentiments about Donny and Tara's father not being a good combination.
thank you for the feedback hun.
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cooper Thank you sweetie.
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Artemis Hi Chris! :waving Thank you.
I think your concerns about donny are very valid. And you are very sweet in your concern for him, I've tried to make him a likable character, even though he started out on the fringes of likability, I like to think that he's really grown into a decent person.
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I hope whatever he does isn't the 'something' that was interrupting Willow's white horse scenario
wow, you are way more perceptive than I am, as I didn't even pick up on that possibility. But now that you mention it......
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negraoreo Hi! Welcome! I dont think I've seen you grace the pages of my thread before. Well, now that you're here, have a seat....sorry we are out of snacks though (someone's seriously slacking)
I'm glad you're liking the story, your comments are really too kind. Thank you.
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xoxo
Emms