Date: February 27, 2007 06:55 pm Title: Chapter 2
Oh my goodness, it's late at night, they're in her apt. alone, being them, chocolate and marshmallows (btw, love when Jim says 'kind of random', hee), wine, sexual tension out the wazoo...and cut! NOOOO!
As always, you are so good at building momentum in your stories. I literally read this on the edge of my seat. You're also so good at expressing their simultaneous misery, happiness to just be in the same freaking room, agony at being in the same room, nervousness, desire, hopefullness, hopelesness...and writing conflicting emotions ain't an easy feat. At all. So, stop with this needing to sleep routine and make chapter 3! (Okay, sleep a little, if you must.)
Author's Response:
The thing about your reviews, Colette, is that they tend to shed more light on what I've written than I'd ever consciously realized. (A comparable example: had two poets visit our university to speak with students who'd written essays on their work. In response to one student's brilliant elucidation of his work, one of the poets drew back, made a sort of Jim face, then exclaimed, "No shit! I never thought of it that way...")
So yeah, that's the way your reviews often make me feel - which is really amazing.
Is it selfish and self-serving of me to give you a gentle nudge about this latest fic to which you've so mysteriously alluded? ...Because I'm dying to read it.
Thanks, as always, for the review - to say nothing of the unfailing support.
Date: February 27, 2007 06:50 pm Title: Chapter 2
Oh, definatly add in the songs. Anything that makes me think of our sexy boy Jim. LOL! Great story, I'm really liking how you're writing it, if you know what I mean.
Author's Response:
Thanks so much for the feedback, bloomsgirl! My hesitation about including the songs was spawned from a few comments (on other boards) indicating that lyrics and/or references to songs are a distraction.
But, in light of your request, I'll definitely include them in the footnotes for the next chapter.
Thanks again for the review - it means a lot, honestly.
Date: February 27, 2007 06:33 pm Title: Chapter 2
I'd love to see the song list! I hope you have the next chapter up and ready soon - I'm chomping at the bit to see what happens next!!
Author's Response:
My dear Moxie, while your reviews are doubly important to me (because I am such a fan of your stuff), I urge you to stop reviewing and post an update to Distance Learning instead. Seriously, that fic has the history, depth, and length to restore order to the universe that G. Daniels has so callously disrupted. Really - when are you posting an update?
Thanks for the review - as a fellow writer, I'm sure you know how important reviews are, and given the rate at which you write and post (which is nothing short of awe-inspiring - such productivity and so consistently good), I can imagine that it's a bit of a sacrifice for you to take the time to review. (I find myself constantly struggling - to read and review, or read and then write my own stuff? It's such a tough call.)
Anyway - thank you so much, for both the review and your awesome work.
Author's Response: ETA: I'll post the song list at the end of the next chapter --
Date: February 27, 2007 06:33 pm Title: Chapter 2
ARGHHHHHHH! Why?! Why do you torture me this way??!! I swear if you don't update this amazing, beautifully written story soon I will gauge my eyes out with a spoon. Seriously. That's a promise. So... are you going to update it soon? Please?
Author's Response:
You are such an awesome reviewer, StarryDreamer, that a request from you would seriously motivate me to completely disregard all "real life" responsibilities just to churn out more fic. :o) (Seriously, your reviews have been a tremendous catalyst in my renewed motivation to write and post - and that is not at all an overstatement.)
In response to your question...yes, I'll update it soon (hopefully by tomorrow night); this has been one of those weird fics that won't leave me alone.
Again - thank you so much for the review (s) - you are amazing!
Date: February 27, 2007 06:20 pm Title: Chapter 2
You... are a hero.
Seriously, I just about died when Pam says, "I didn't tell him it was 'just a kiss,' if that's what you're wondering."
Oh my GOD! This whole scene was so intense. I could absolutely feel the tension and the fear. Amazing, amazing, amazing. Drop whatever you're doing and finish chapter 3!
Author's Response:
Thank you so much - much as I love the new read counter, it's also a little disconcerting to see how many people read and don't review (because of course, I immediately think, Okay, so those people read and didn't review because they thought it sucked...).
Anyway - I'm really glad to hear that the tension translated - that's ultimately what I was going for. Part of what made season 2 so magical, IMO, was the magnitude of the things they left unsaid, and that's what I'd really like to capture here. Because even though so much has changed (she's no longer engaged; he has lain his cards on the table - literally and figuratively), there is just so much that remains to be said -- and that's why writing fanfic is a compulsion for me. :o)
Thanks again for reviewing!
10 [Report This]Date: February 26, 2007 07:26 pm Title: Chapter 1
Pam's moment of truth turns Jim into a liar. I love this. You're always so amazing.
this was what it meant to really love someone: to force yourself to be happy even as you watched someone else step into your dreams.
Ugh. These two just make me crazy, but I love them.
Date: February 25, 2007 06:22 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh please oh please update this soon! Something tells me Jim won't stand for her not answering the phone and may show up on her doorstep?? eeek! Maybe?? LOVE IT!
8 [Report This]Date: February 24, 2007 06:24 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow. So many things I loved about this. Especially that it was Kelly that called him and Jim's lie to Karen. Felt so real.
8 [Report This]Date: February 24, 2007 03:42 pm Title: Chapter 1
So many great lines in this chapter - my favorites being "And even though it was a bitter, galling consolation, she had rather quickly come to the understanding that this was what it meant to really love someone: to force yourself to be happy even as you watched someone else step into your dreams" and
"So over - utterly and completely finished, obliterated. Ugly and just blown to bits, all in front of their co-workers and friends."
Date: February 24, 2007 01:05 pm Title: Chapter 1
Hooray for the ending I wanted! Love Pam coming clean and taking responsibility for her half of the mess those two (four?) crazy kids are in. And knowing how much she'd hurt Jim. ...when all she really wanted to do was just fade into him. For all the complicated feelings, that really is all she (and HE, damn it) wants. Can't wait to see what comes next - somehow, I'm less worried about where you'll go with it then our friend, G. Daniels! (Oh, and Kelly's phone call was vintage Kelly!)
Date: February 24, 2007 05:51 am Title: Chapter 1
great story!!! i think it really should be obvious that none of us here own them... cause, i have a feeling none of third season would have happened. they just need to get happy!
Date: February 24, 2007 05:50 am Title: Chapter 1
AH-MAZING! I can't wait to read the rest of it. Please hurry and post :) The end of this chapter was beautiful with Pam's interior angst. As you know I'm such an angst whore. Can't wait to read more (oh and loved that you had KELLY call Jim!)
9 [Report This]Date: February 23, 2007 11:12 pm Title: Chapter 1
Your note about reviews being as good as seeing the cold open made me laugh, because, yeah, they kind of are. It's a little disturbing how happy they make you!
Onto the story: My favourite part was definitely Kelly's phone call and how she got totally distracted by Britney. I was dying. And Elsewhere! I skipped to it in my iTunes while I was reading. And I love this line: Ugly and just blown to bits, all in front of their co-workers and friends. Ouch. So painful! Looking forward to the rest!
Date: February 23, 2007 08:57 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow. This is really lovely. I love the detail of the bath, the water and her hair, and the bathrobe, as well as her realizations about Jim and her actual mistake. Also, I'm wondering who was on the phone. Hmm... I'll stay tuned.
10 [Report This]Date: February 23, 2007 08:56 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oohhh, sooo good! I can't wait for more!
Date: February 23, 2007 08:45 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh, rock ON. Kelly would totally be the one to call Jim, wouldn't she? I'm really excited to see where you take this!
Date: February 23, 2007 08:34 pm Title: Chapter 1
I'll ignore the rules of commetns and post that I agreed with moofoot - great job capturing Kelly. The bath scene had enough details to really shed light on Pam's mood. Same with the small details during the basketball game.
Date: February 23, 2007 08:12 pm Title: Chapter 1
I meant DistantDarkPlaces.
OK, rereading this - I really like what you've done with Pam's POV. Everyone's thinking it but no one's written it [other than on TWoP, but that's not counted] until now. Roy had her fooled for a little while, and that would hurt her, definitely.
Date: February 23, 2007 08:10 pm Title: Chapter 1
You'll say three - no more, and we'll get five or six. Not that we'd complain, that is. Of course not.
The phone call with Kelly was pretty much one of the most entertaining things I've read, ever - I loved Dwight glancing down from the roof as if he could hear her, and - OK, the thought of Jim holding the basketball in his hands and making a Jim!face with his shirt untucked is - sort of nice. =P
Other than that, and a compliment towards your excellent music taste [I'm beginning to think that comes as part of being an Office fan, actually, because I don't know any fans who have lousy taste], I've really got nothing.
Whatever you end up doing, a kiss would be nice, at the end, because as much as I loved Dark Distant Places...darn.
Update quick!