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Feb 19, 2012 05:06PM
I really wonder how Julian is...to be able to deal with D he got to be something extraordinary. But then again...so are all your chars.
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Aiko wrote: "I really wonder how Julian is...to be able to deal with D he got to be something extraordinary. But then again...so are all your chars."i'm guessing the only safe bet on that one, if history's any indicator -- he's multifaceted.
Love the Cai spoiler!! I can see this book is going to be full of quotable lines as well.:D
Aiko wrote: "I really wonder how Julian is...to be able to deal with D he got to be something extraordinary. But then again...so are all your chars."If you ask Darryl, Julian is: annoying. Only he says it with his brows like this >>>8(
Tim wrote: "Aiko wrote: "I really wonder how Julian is...to be able to deal with D he got to be something extraordinary. But then again...so are all your chars."
i'm guessing the only safe bet on that one, if..."
He's layered and full of one too many surprises. Some revealed during NSI and some others during SP. =D
Moekins13 wrote: "I love Cai :)."
MandyM wrote: "Love the Cai spoiler!! I can see this book is going to be full of quotable lines as well.:D"
Yeah, me too. I wish he'd cooperate and be less emotional right now, though. =/
Dani wrote: "Oh, Kate, not the pink chaps. Why kate? Why?"
Don't worry, they'll be fine with a little saddle soap and some effort on Darryl's part. It will give him something to do besides threatening to go home and find out what's happening with Julian. Apparently you left him in a rather difficult situation? He won't tell me exactly. Just rolls his eyes and tells me to back off, but I can tell he's intensely curious about what's going on while he isn't there.
Don't worry, they'll be fine with a little saddle soap and some effort on Darryl's part. It will give him something to do besides threatening to go home and find out what's happening with Julian. Apparently you left him in a rather difficult situation? He won't tell me exactly. Just rolls his eyes and tells me to back off, but I can tell he's intensely curious about what's going on while he isn't there.
I love ya'll, seriously, you made my day :). Although people are wondering why I'm laughing and babbling about pink chaps...good thing they already think I'm strange :).
Good morning Moe. I think I'm going off to bed now. I'm smiling imagining a room full of baffled people wondering why you want pink chaps. :D
Kate wrote: "Good morning Moe. I think I'm going off to bed now. I'm smiling imagining a room full of baffled people wondering why you want pink chaps. :D"LOL Me too. But I'm also smiling imagining Darryl and the word "effort" when it comes to cleaning.
Morning Kate! If it helps the image I work at a high school for mechanics so three of my colleagues are kind of dirty minded manly men types. Quite fun to mess with and they have no idea what to do with me sometimes :). And who says I don't already have pink chaps ;).
Yes Dani, effort bad, very very bad.
It'll get to the point where they stop noticing if you say something weird, take it from me. My sister gave up on me when I started talking whale-language after seeing "finding Nemo". Now I can say anything and she just goes "ok, that's cool, so how are you besides wanting someone called Aleks to write a story called Dark Puppy?"And oh Kate, you're gonna have some interesting months ahead of you if Darryl is already bitching about Julian.
Yeah, they pretty much have me figured out, but the pink chaps threw them for a bit of a loop. Have to keep them on thier toes!
Moekins13 wrote: "Morning Kate! If it helps the image I work at a high school for mechanics so three of my colleagues are kind of dirty minded manly men types. Quite fun to mess with and they have no idea what to do..."Everyone with some sense of adventure should own something outrageous and pink.
I love Finding Nemo! *hugs soul mate Aiko* :).
Moekins13 wrote: "I love Finding Nemo! *hugs soul mate Aiko* :)."Hugs! *beams and hugs back* and yeah, I love my kid-movies :D specially the Pixar ones. There's some scenes that have me in such fits of laughter that I just about pee myself ;p
Me too! I just started collecting all the classics. Last weekend I had a Toy Story marathon :).
Let me tip tap silently here to say I loved the snippet of dialogue :) and damn I really love Cai.
mmmm -- leather, saddle soap, darryl, julian, effort -- i see a scene taking shape. if only we could find an author worthy of ... ummm ... fleshing it out.
I know one I know one!!!!
Moekins13 wrote: "I know one I know one!!!!"ahhh ... let the nagging commence!
Yippee nagging! I am world champion nagger :)
Tim wrote: "i see a scene taking shape. if only we could find an author worthy of ... ummm ... fleshing it out.
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Oh no, you did not just say that. Puns? This early in the morning. Hurts my under caffeinated brain.
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Oh no, you did not just say that. Puns? This early in the morning. Hurts my under caffeinated brain.
Don't run away Dani! We are normal, we swears! Right guys? :)
We swears it! Moe..how do normal people act?
Going into hiding? I thought that was what you were doing in Northern Sweden in the first place. Cut the phone and the internet and who is going to find you up there?
Aiko wrote: "We swears it! Moe..how do normal people act? "*whispers back* No idea, but I think we are doing ok so far. We got her to talk to us *insane giggles*
Aiko wrote: "We swears it! Moe..how do normal people act? "Moekins13 wrote: "Don't run away Dani! We are normal, we swears! Right guys? :)"
I'm skeptical. Tim has an uncanny nag-ability. I don't want that to spread like a bad case of crotch lice. No one wins with crotch lice people. No one!
Marleen wrote: "Going into hiding? I thought that was what you were doing in Northern Sweden in the first place. Cut the phone and the internet and who is going to find you up there?"
I don't know that moving here was so much going into hiding as it was being hidden from the world by my damn viking husband.
Btw, why haven't you all entered my giveaway? Was it the books I chose? The slippers? The address requirement? Tell me *chinhands* what scared you off?
Ummm, I never enter giveaways and contests. Don't ask why, but I purely hate them. So don't take it personally.
The bunny slippers are cute! :D
The bunny slippers are cute! :D
Kate wrote: "Ummm, I never enter giveaways and contests. Don't ask why, but I purely hate them. So don't take it personally. The bunny slippers are cute! :D"
Ah no, not personal at all. It was just my first one, so I wanted to see if it was the wrong choice to give away the slippers/books.
(I don't enter giveaways either. I don't even buy lottery tickets lol So I get it =D)
Oh, is it up? Last time I checked it was still 'coming soon'.
I entered! Those bunny slippers are mine mwahahaha!
Moekins13 wrote: "I entered! Those bunny slippers are mine mwahahaha!"\o/!
I have a thing for slippers :). I have dragons, tigers and one I can't remember the English word for....
Ehm...I entered but I only typed in my email in that form thing, and not in the comment. Did I nub out? *cough*
I thought you all might be interested in some of the original artwork for shattered glass and not so innocent.I linked to it on my status but the link didn't work doh. or it didn't turn into a link
It's fascinating to see how you come up with the covers. I'm glad you didn't call it Just Kiss Me! That's way too sweet and innocent for Austin and Peter!;) Although I must admit that kiss picture between Cai and Riley is HOT and really makes me want to read how it came about...BTW have you been approached by any of the popular mm romance blogs to review your book?
I actually really love the title of SG. And this quote: I broke. It wasn't a visible fracture. I didn't sob or explode into anguish. I didn't give in to my vomitus urge that came from the burst of self-loathing. But I shattered nonetheless. just about ripped my little black heart out there....Is it too soon to reread?
Aiko wrote: "I actually really love the title of SG. And this quote: I broke. It wasn't a visible fracture. I didn't sob or explode into anguish. I didn't give in to my vomitus urge that came from the burst of ..."Never too soon! I am on my third go :)
LOL I've already read it twice. It was great the second time around too.:)
MandyM wrote: "It's fascinating to see how you come up with the covers. I'm glad you didn't call it Just Kiss Me! That's way too sweet and innocent for Austin and Peter!;) Although I must admit that kiss picture ..."Actually, thinking that I was going to sell all of ten copies and most of those to my mom and her friends (who have yet to buy the book lol *facepalm*), I sent off my story to a couple of review sites. I'm LITERALLY nauseous while I wait for their reviews. LITERALLY. And I wish I hadn't quit smoking. Man, what a time to do that, right?
And that kiss is a very interesting moment in their relationship. I'm tempted to write it as a short story before NSI is released. either that or work it in as flashback, because the emotions and the tension and the guilt are all delicious. Cai is, after all, only 16 when that kiss happens. And Riley is 26. Very icky moment for Riley and one which he wants to wash clean, but one that he can't forget either.
Oh the angst. THE ANGST.
Aiko wrote: "I actually really love the title of SG. And this quote: I broke. It wasn't a visible fracture. I didn't sob or explode into anguish. I didn't give in to my vomitus urge that came from the burst of ..."
That was such a difficult moment to write, Aiko. Austin was so stoic on the outside, but inside he became a different person at that moment. A better person. Not that he'd show it. But yeah, the shift that happened in his thinking was palpable for me. Because he's so flippant though, it may not have shown up in his version of the story. =D
Moekins13 wrote: "Never too soon! I am on my third go :)"
Wow three times? That is an incredible compliment, Moe. Wow.
I really really really like it :). And I always find new stuff when I read again, like a treasure hunt! But only the really good ones can be read lots of times ;)
Moekins13 wrote: "I really really really like it :). And I always find new stuff when I read again, like a treasure hunt! But only the really good ones can be read lots of times ;)"I'm probably in the minority that likes to reread even bad books (books I hated, not necessarily bad) I have this notion that even the worst of books have something redeeming.
MandyM wrote: "LOL I've already read it twice. It was great the second time around too.:)"
I think I started noticing real problems when I was on my 27th read. But, is it wrong to like your own book? Because I did find that after putting it down for a few weeks (while it was being beta'd) when I re-read, I enjoyed it again.
Oh pretty please share the kiss with us one way or the other? I'll even offer cherries on top of that pleading.
I throw in my dragon slippers as bribe! They is purple!
LOL oh the kiss will be shared, I just haven't decided how. I like people to be in the moment, not hear about it second hand, but I also hate the idea of a prologue.It might be cool to do it as a short story, but I hate writers that try to hook people that way, so I'm stumped. I need to work it out somehow =D.
We like being hooked, we swears! Too late anyway :). Already hooked :).
I kind of like the idea of doing it as a promotional release ahead of the book. Create a little bit of a buzz, get people talking, but keep it separate from NSI where it doesn't really sound like it fits anyway?
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