10 [Report This]Date: March 08, 2007 05:37 pm Title: Truth
Wow, I just laughed so much at Kenny. First at Jim's reaction to him smashing his car, and then when he yelled "Jet Skis!" before collapsing. Perfection!
Author's Response: Heh. Yeah. That part was fun to write. That was actually the first part I thought of when I decided to write a Post-Cocktails story. I was like, "Kenny must scream 'JET SKIS' and then pass out." Thanks for reading!
Date: March 08, 2007 05:17 pm Title: Mosquitoes
I am enjoying this story quite a bit. And I am in no way tired of Post Cocktail stories. Especially since you are able to make this one interesting and compelling.
Author's Response: Oh good! I'm not tired of the Post-Cocktails fic either. But then again, I never tired of Post-Casino Night stuff, so I have a very high tolerance for episode-related fic :) I'm glad that you're enjoying it!
Date: March 08, 2007 02:51 pm Title: Collision
Roy needs a good swift kick in the groin. Perhaps a few kidney shots as well. This story is so freaking fantastic. Thanks so much for writing! I can't wait to read more.
Author's Response: Agreed. Or in this case, maybe he just needs to fall on his hand again. Thanks for your kind comments! I'm glad you like it!
Date: March 08, 2007 02:19 pm Title: Collision
I think you are doing a great job with this story. You tweaked a lot of the elements of season 3 into a very realistic confrontation, and a big ol' mess, which is where this whole plotline has been heading for a while. I can't wait to read more!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm glad that it seems realistic to you :)
Author's Response: OMG! I got a ribbon! I just gasped out loud and my friends thought something was wrong. hee!
Date: March 08, 2007 02:16 pm Title: Collision
OMG!! MORE MORE MORE!!!
Author's Response: OKAY! Heh. Thank you :)
10 [Report This]Date: March 08, 2007 01:50 pm Title: Collision
je l'aime! more more more please.
Author's Response: Merci! D'accord!
Date: March 08, 2007 01:49 pm Title: Collision
oh my god, i hate you for ending it just as i was totally getting into it! but no, i don't really hate you. just update quick!
Author's Response:
Ha! I'm glad that you don't really hate me :)
I'm receptioning (that's a word, right?...) tonight so I can get some typing done then.
10 [Report This]Date: March 08, 2007 01:48 pm Title: Collision
Oh God, this is almost as bad as the show (I mean that in a good way) I'm just dying for Jim and Pam to connect. Great story telling, really dramatic.
Author's Response: Thank you! Jim and Pam will connect in chapter 4, I promise :)
Date: March 08, 2007 01:38 pm Title: Collision
I think you broke my brain.
This is, like, everything I've ever wanted to read in a season 3 fanfiction, but written carefully and deftly and without sinking to cliche or losing touch with the characters. Including Karen and Roy, which is so rare and so awesome!
To conclude: Please post the next chapter while I build this shrine to you in the backyard.
PS: The cliffhanger is killing me!
Author's Response:
Oh my god. I'm laughing so hard right now. THANK YOU!
I am beyond happy to hear you say that I'm staying true to the characters, because this is, like, hugely dramatic for me. I never write drama like this. I mean, physical fighting? Yeah, never written that before. So naturally I was really worried that there was too much action and dialogue and not enough, you know, deep authorish stuff... Wow, I sound like a complete tool, but you know what I mean, right?
And I'd like to request that the shrine include both candles and incense, because sometimes shrines just include one or the other and I think that's just so wrong.
Date: March 08, 2007 12:50 pm Title: Collision
I love the twist in this - that the kiss Jim confessed about and the kiss Pam did are two completely different things. Brings a whole new meaning to miscommunication - and these two have been experts in that all season. Great job!
Author's Response: Thanks so much! You are so right about Jim and Pam. They are the champions of miscommunication. Hey! Maybe Michael could try to mediate their conflict! Oh my god... I so want to write that fic now. Michael with his win/win/win theory...
Date: March 08, 2007 12:31 pm Title: Collision
Uh...wow. I think I was holding my breath through that whole chapter. This is really good. Intense.
More, please!
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad that the suspense was still there for you. In the next chapter, it's going to wind down a bit.
Date: March 08, 2007 12:17 pm Title: Collision
Also, I'm already halfway done with my first draft of the next chapter :)
Well, hurry up then! I'm dying to see this play out!
Author's Response: Ha! Okay! I'll try!
Date: March 08, 2007 11:27 am Title: Collision
so good! sorry I can't leave more, I have to go to work!
Author's Response: Don't worry about it! I want you to get paid! Heh. Thanks for reviewing :)
Date: March 08, 2007 11:16 am Title: Collision
I re-read the whole story (all chapters) and read this twice. I am so enjoying this story.
I loved this whole thing (it made me giggle like Kevin):
“Cool,” Jim says, mock-casually. His eyes light up like a great idea just occurred to him. “Hey, maybe you could break your other hand doing it and look even smarter.”
And at the end, Roy said JUST the thing to get Jim and Pam together. Ha ha ha ha. (I am so laughing at Roy right now!)
Thanks for all this.
Author's Response: Thanks! I love writing dialogue between Jim and Roy, because it's so easy for Jim to make Roy look like an idiot. Roy was just super fun in this chapter :)
Date: March 08, 2007 10:32 am Title: Collision
Haha you're such an evil hobbitt, shan, it's hilarious! Love where you chose to end off!
I am waiting at the edge of my seat and biting my nails for your next e-mail.... just so you know ;) haha, no pressure of course!
Author's Response: Heh! You already know at least the next page of it, so there's that at least :) Don't let your sister read it! I fully support your evilness.
Author's Response: Oh, and ps--check your email!
Date: March 06, 2007 10:48 am Title: Truth
This is awesome. You've got Jim's hurt and anger, Karen's relentless confusion, Pam's essential Pam-ness (being concerned and mad in practically the same breath? Spot-on)...all of them feel so real. I can't imagine we'll have everything so dramatic and instantaneous, but I LOVE this.
Author's Response: Thanks! I worry about writing a story with this much drama and action because it's so different from what usually happens on the show. I worry about keeping everything realistic and in character. So I'm glad to hear that it's ringing true for you :)
10 [Report This]Date: March 05, 2007 03:51 pm Title: Truth
ah! write more quickly...i was on the edge of my seat the entire time...which means you are a wonderful writer!
Author's Response: Awwww! Thank you amelie! I'm going to continue writing riiiiiiight... now!
Date: March 05, 2007 12:40 pm Title: Truth
Oh this is getting so good. I love how we have the rehashing of both kisses. Dundies and Casino Night.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review! Just wait until you see the fallout...
Date: March 05, 2007 12:04 pm Title: Truth
OH WOW! I never thought of Jim telling Karen about the drunken kiss at the Dundies but not Casino Night. I repeat...wow. I could see it playing out just that way in canon, too.
And man, you know JUST when to end a chapter. I'm on pins and needles here! Great job. Seriously.
Author's Response: Heh. Glad you write the kiss confusion thing. I read the idea on Office Tally and used it in one of my other fics. Since then I've decided that it's my own special fic canon :) Glad you like the cliffhanger too!
Date: March 05, 2007 11:53 am Title: Truth
Everything about this is just... GREAT. I can't even put into words how much I'm enjoying this, so I'll have to leave it at the fact that I am beyond excited for more!
Author's Response: Thanks DinkinFlicka! I'm really excited too! I'm still figuring out what will happen next, and I can't wait to see what you think!
Date: March 05, 2007 07:07 am Title: Truth
You just love to torture us, don't you? Your cliffhangers kill me shan. Please update soon! :) amazing job
Author's Response:
I do love to torture. It's a hobby of mine.
Thanks WBJ! I'll send you out some of my rough stuff today if you'd like. I'd love to see what you think :)
Date: March 05, 2007 12:41 am Title: Truth
It's getting good! Update soon!
Author's Response: Thanks! Hopefully the next chapter will be even... gooder.
Date: March 05, 2007 12:17 am Title: Truth
Oh my gosh! What a cliffhanger?!? My jaw is on the floor! Please write fast!
Author's Response: No worries. I'm working on it! Thanks for the review!!
Date: March 04, 2007 10:59 pm Title: Mosquitoes
Hi Shan! Thanks for letting me know it'll be a few days...but I can still hope. Man, WHAT is going to happen. Worse before it gets better huh? I can totally see that. With Pam showing up I imagine things are going to get eve more tumultuous (sp?)
Author's Response: Tumultuous, definitely. I have three pages of dialogue written, so it's going well. I'm hoping to have less dialogue and more inner monologue in this one. I'm also thinking I'll use Pam's POV for most of it.
Date: March 04, 2007 10:22 pm Title: Truth
I really wanted to say how great it was that you made Karen a likeable character in this!
Ha. Sorry, couldn't resist.
I love the whole thing more and more with every read. I'm honestly having a hard time keeping myself from rereading it while I'm trying to do the neverending work piled next to me... I LOVE Pam and Jim's conversation! I love Jim forgetting how angry he is at Pam as soon as she said Roy was scaring her earlier. I love that even though this is a fight scene, to me the strongest blow was ...
" you can get back to your girlfriend.”
Ouch. Still hurts. Wow, Shan, just wow.
Author's Response:
Hahaha! You can try to hide your love for Karen, but I know the truth. You want to BE her. It's so obvious.
So, besides being pretty much the best beta ever, you also leave awesome reviews. I love that you kept score during the Pam/Jim convo. Pam totally won it with that last line though, you're right. I might be sending you some reeeeally rough dialogue tomorrow, just to see if you think I'm taking this in the right direction. 'Cause, you know, I want Jim and Karen to end up together and I figure that you'll support me 100% on that.
KIDDING. Don't send me nasty emails.