Date: December 01, 2010 05:11 am Title: Chapter 1 Penny Arcade
Ooooooooooh loving it already. Poor Jim, being outdone by the Croc Hunter of Scranton. I loved how you mentioned Cece wasn't embarrassed by him. At six, our dad is (usually ;)) ALWAYS awesome, no matter what they do :)
Author's Response: Thank you, Hannah_Halpert. I agree, 6 yr olds always think their dad is the business, but hopefully Jim will figure that part out. Appreciate the read and review!
8 [Report This]Date: November 30, 2010 08:19 pm Title: Chapter 1 Penny Arcade
Evil, leaving it there!! Liking this so far, jazz. I've liked all your last Jim-pov stories, you've got him down pretty good. This is an interesting take on what might kick-start him into really wanting to look in another direction for his career-- curious to see where you're going here.
You really want them to have a son named Daniel, don't you? :) I like that name too.
Author's Response: Sorry about the stopping point - it was the only logical one. Really. I'm tickled you like my Jim POV stories. He's the character I think I understand best on TO so I tend to write from his POV a lot. And yes, I was mortified by the name CeCe (My Jim and Pam wouldn't have named a kid CeCe in a zillion years), so dammit, they need a boy named Daniel. LOL Thanks so much for your kind comments.
Date: November 30, 2010 08:16 pm Title: Chapter 1 Penny Arcade
I love just so many things that this chooses to be, Jazzfan. First off, this is named for one of my absolute favorite songs - and so clever, you! Paper Moon...ha! Also, my dear your turn of phrase is incredible in this piece: alphabetic misfortune...really? That's awesome. One of those turns of phrase you wish you would have wrote yourself. Speaking of phrasing, your Jim voice is perfect here. I can absolutely hear him thinking these things...and I'm sorry but were you a fly on the wall during my student teaching assignment last year??? I kid you not there was a fireman, a zoologist, AND a guy who worked for Marvel Comics at this 1st grade career day.
This is the fic I've read in quite some time...I'm so glad I did. Looking forward to the next installment.
Author's Response: Oh wow, thanks so much, LoveFool. Marvel Comics? Awesome! What poor schmuck had to follow that dad? LOL Paper Moon is a great song - I still prefer the Nat King Cole version (except of course, for my son's version) and what other kind of moon could a paper salesman live under, after all? Also, I have become a victim of alphabetic misfortune since I married someone whose name starts with a "W" and I can tell you it is very, very real. And I appreciate all your comments muchly.