Penname: kells8995 Real name: Kelly
Member Since: December 20, 2006

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The Things You Do Not Know by Little Comment Rated: T [Reviews - 19] 13
Summary: "There are still things about me you don't know." An uncharacteristically fluffy - but I hope still meaningful - one-shot.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Drabble, Fluff, Inner Monologue, Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3485 Read Count: 3895 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: September 17, 2008 Updated: September 17, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: September 17, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: There are things about me you don't know.

This was beautiful, Little Comment.  It was like two little love letters to one another.  Just perfect.  **sigh**


Author's Response: Well gosh, Kells, thank you so much! I never thought of these as love letters, but you\'re absolutely right. :)

Write to Me by Sweetpea Rated: T [Reviews - 90] 47
Summary: Past Featured Story

Jim Halpert is a high school English teacher starting a new life at a new school in a new town.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Other, Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Humor, Poetry, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 12002 Read Count: 23483 ePub Downloads: 12
[Report This] Published: September 21, 2008 Updated: October 27, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: October 11, 2008 Title: Chapter 3: The Nature of Fun

This is just....wow.  I can't imagine how you do this - where it comes from.  Amazing.

I love how we're getting to see this friendship develop, and getting Jim's story.  In bits and pieces through the eyes of the people that know them now, and little bits from themselves.  I love that there is so much we don't know, too.

I love that PAM scares JIM in this world.  I love that she is the one pushing him and pulling him back into the world again, so to speak. 

I don't think I can do enough justice in a review, for crying out loud.  I've already read this a few times and each time I pick up on something else - some little nuance that someone says, or something in the footnotes (which. I. Love.)

I just love this.  Every word.  



Author's Response:

Whew!  Thank you so, so much for this, kells!   No beta today and this was a big chapter, so I just went with it.  Then I couldn't get the darn thing to post right and it's still not formatted the way I wanted it to be, but at least it's readable.

Anyway, enough whining.  I love thinking of them in this world and I'm so pleased you like the little bit of role reversal with Pam and Jim.  That's something Lovefool and I talked about right in the beginning.  I love thinking of Pam here - she's a free spirit, a little revolutionary in rural Vermont! 

This format was tough to do, no lie.  But I thought it was such a good way to reveal this world, so I'm glad you liked that, too.  I'm so ready to go back to plain ole narrative after this.  The footnotes are way too much fun - I swear, it's like I can turn into a different person or something once I get below that line. 

Thank you for such thoughtful feedback.  I really appreciate it!  :-*

Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: October 19, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Shipping Out

Once again, I'm nearly at a loss as to what to write for a review.  This was beautiful.  His talking about how he grieved was just heartbreaking, but hopeful. 

I have read, to my embarrassment, the chapter with her sitting on his lap with her filthy mouth and them talking about the dog more times than I can count.  "I let my dog judge me". I love it.  

I can't even consider this 'fanfiction', Sweetpea.  That doesn't do this justice.  Not that fanfiction isn't writing in it's own right, but this is so much more.  This is art.  It's beautiful and perfect and amazing.  Thank you for this story.



Author's Response:

Oh, kells!  You make my heart soar with the eagle's nest!  What an incredible review.

This was a tough chapter and I had a mini meltdown over IM with Lovefool.  [Note:  I did not go out on a ledge of any kind!]  I was freaking out over how much this chapter had to do.  It had to show Jim coming out of grieving - but not too fast and not too easily or I betray everything I did in the first chapters.  It had to show a bit of Jim and Pam's new relationship - but not too much to turn it into a sappy or typical fanfic moment, either.  (I kept telling Lovefool: THERE WILL BE NO VIOLINS!)  Those things had to be done while transitioning from second to first person.  I love the term "unreliable narrator" and to me it just fit Jim in this story so perfectly.  I read a bit in the forward of the book Soul Mountain about the use of the second person after I wrote the first three chapters that just knocked me out.  In that story, the "you" is a fractured part of the authorial self that the protagonist creates because he is on an intensely lonely journey and needed company.  Man, I loved that, and realized that that also fit this story.  I saw the "you" as the reader, also, so we get to see that Jim is writing to help him through his grief and basically talking to the reader. Whew!  Anyway, it was a challenge and it was fun!

I really hope you enjoy the epilogue, aaaand, that's what I'll be working on this weekend!  Thank you so much for such wonderful comments.  :-* 

The Miseducation of Michael Scott by Little Comment, HalloweenJack138 Rated: T [Reviews - 8] 10
Summary: Michael wants to learn what it truly means to be Afican-American. Meanwhile, Dwight hires Pam to illustrate his comic. Absolutely cringeworthy hijinx ensue.
Categories: Other, Present
Characters: Andy, Angela, Darryl, Dwight, Holly, Jim, Jim/Pam, Karen, Kevin, Michael, Oscar, Pam, Phyllis, Stanley
Genres: Humor, Oneshot, Parody, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5936 Read Count: 1533 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: September 23, 2008 Updated: September 23, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed
Date: September 24, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: And they say that his brain shrank three sizes that day.

This was awesome.  Perfect characterization and a good laugh, too! 

Author's Response: LC: Thanks, kells! We\'re pleased as punch you dug it! :)

PH by beruco Rated: MA [Reviews - 33] 24
Summary: A fluffy drabble and its smutty counterparts. Spoilers for "Weight Loss."
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Drabble, Fluff, Inner Monologue, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 2223 Read Count: 10674 ePub Downloads: 4
[Report This] Published: September 26, 2008 Updated: September 29, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: September 26, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Texting and Driving

I'll forgive you for the less than MA rating, but you need to make it up to me somehow, lol.  And honestly, I was gaping.  First, I was gaping because, YAY - new fic from beruco.  And then yes I gaped at the rating.  But it's all good, because this still totally rocks.  Just what I needed post-proposal!  Nice to have you back :)

feels like home to me by oobadnama Rated: K+ [Reviews - 10] 8
Summary: A "missing" scene to follow the scene that kicked all of our asses. (Jim did warn us.) Obvious spoilers for the best season premiere ever in "Weight Loss"
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Drabble, Fluff, Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 430 Read Count: 3713 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: September 26, 2008 Updated: September 26, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: September 26, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: i never thought i'd love anyone so much

Perfect.  Of course I love the proposal scene, and I wouldn't change it, but the next best thing would have been to see him put it on her finger.  Gah.  Thank you :)

the best is yet to be by xoxoxo Rated: T [Reviews - 74] 36
Summary: S5 fic. Up to and including Company Picnic.  My interpretation of thoughts and events following what we see on our TVs.  Oh and it's fluffy - as if that comes as a surprise.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Romance, Steamy, Weekend, Wet Pam/Jim, Workdays
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Challenges: Pam's Pregnancy
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 11140 Read Count: 44867 ePub Downloads: 4
[Report This] Published: September 30, 2008 Updated: May 18, 2009
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: September 30, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long

Oh I like you, xoxoxo.  This was just perfect.  I love that he asked her dad - such a Jim thing to do, and I love that they drive back together and spend the night at his place.  This felt so real and so...them.  Perfect.  

Author's Response: When I watched the episode all I could think of was that there's no way he'd leave her there afterwards.   I started with Pam waiting in the car and the rest was history.  And Jim TOTALLY would ask her dad first -even if it was in the car on the way to the rest stop.  So very glad you liked it. :)

Exit 17 by callisto Rated: M [Reviews - 35] 26
Summary: "The rest stop where that soda exploded on me."
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Humor
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3310 Read Count: 8254 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: September 30, 2008 Updated: October 06, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: September 30, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: road trip

I'd like to help Jim get cleaned up.  Woops.  I am saying a lot of things...

Callisto this is perfect, and now THIS will forever be the "soda explosion at Exit 17" story.  

And...more?  Soon?  Please?  Thanks :)



Author's Response: Oh kells, wouldn\'t we all like to help Jim get cleaned up. Uh...yeah, moving on... thanks!! Glad you liked it. I wanted to do this the moment I saw him make the reference in the IM. Next chapter in the works...stupid school getting in the way of my fanfic life...

Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: October 07, 2008 Title: Chapter 2: rain delay

I've been having a crappy week so far...but this helps ;)  I love this:

I have never, not in my entire life, felt as happy, as full, as I did then. All the best moments of my life have been with her, and now she’ll be with me for all of the ones to come.

Oh Jim - such the hopeless romantic.  I love the way you write him, and of course you have their snappy banter down perfectly.  Another win, callisto!  Well done.



Author's Response: Glad I could help, kells :) I do love writing Jim, although I\'m always a little afraid I\'m making him a bit too romantic...so thank you! Glad you liked it, and thanks for reviewing! :)

Feeling Green Like Teenage Lovers by flonkerton Rated: MA [Reviews - 8] 8
Summary: He doesn't quite know why he's showed up at her door, in the jeans he's worn all day and a hoodie he hasn't washed in weeks. Another time Jim couldn't wait. Post The Job.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Oneshot, Romance, Steamy
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1814 Read Count: 6179 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: October 03, 2008 Updated: October 03, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: October 04, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: i take a breath, pull it in until there's nothing left

I love this, Flonkerton.  I love that Pam, essentially, initiates it, too.  I love how he just can't seem to stay away from her, now that he's 'back', so to speak.  I love this:

 How easy it became to find himself, cheeks tinted with a light five o'clock shadow but eyes bright, back at her door.

I do truly think that once they had that date, Jim would have realized the weight off his shoulders, and almost instantly would have started to become more like his old self.

Oh, and of course - this was pretty hot, too ;)   And like others have mentioned - I could never get tired of post The Job stories.  They make me happy! Great job.



Author's Response: Thanks so much, I\'m happy you liked it!

I could marry a girl like that by nqllisi Rated: K [Reviews - 25] 15
Summary: "I first had the thought sort of ridiculously early- I could marry a girl like that". Spoilers through "Weight Loss".
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim
Genres: Inner Monologue
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1046 Read Count: 3515 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: October 06, 2008 Updated: October 06, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: October 06, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This was perfect.  Wow.  It made me smile like a lunatic.  I love it.  Every word.  Although I think this might be my favorite:

 He asked me just the right question. In ten years? I want to be where she is. Wherever she is. I need to be wherever she is, whatever she needs. I need to marry her.



Author's Response: Oh, thank you. I'm happy to inspire lunacy. I like those lines, too- so we need to thank belsum, my friend and trusty beta, who told me how to fix them and make them good!

You were born to play that part by bashert Rated: T [Reviews - 13] 11
Summary: Karen is many things, but apparently, the girl of Jim's dreams is not one of them.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam, Karen
Genres: Oneshot
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1325 Read Count: 3620 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: October 12, 2008 Updated: October 12, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed
Date: October 12, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: You come for me, you come and try to take me home

Aw I like this - and even though I didn't like Karen as the third part of a triangle, I'd like her to have a happy ending - because she just had crappy luck, basically.  

Great story. :)

Practice by unfold Rated: K+ [Reviews - 13] 8
Summary: All you know is that she is yours now, forever, finally, and you aren’t kissing her at all like you practiced. Set in the possibly near future for Jim and Pam. General S5 spoilers.

Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Oneshot
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 666 Read Count: 3367 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: October 13, 2008 Updated: October 13, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: October 13, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This was beautiful, as always.  Just what I needed :) 

I'll Follow the Sun by aloneinthetown Rated: MA [Reviews - 15] 10
Summary: Past Featured Story"I know that everyone needs to be alone in a foreign place, at least for a little bit. That’s how you explore yourself." Pam goes to Tokyo.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Travel
Warnings: Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7797 Read Count: 4043 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: October 15, 2008 Updated: October 15, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: October 16, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

I'm so glad you posted this here - I read this on LJ yesterday but didn't comment because I don't have an account. 

This is beautiful. So descriptive - I can close my eyes and imagine it exactly.  I love how  you describe Pam - alone but it's thrilling at the same time, but yet she is still homesick a bit.  Love this!



Author's Response: Thank you muchly! :) And that\'s how I\'ve always imagined traveling by myself: being terrified and exhilarated at once.

I Miss Her by malaz85 Rated: K [Reviews - 5] 3
Summary: What Jim does after he leaves Pam the voicemail, in 55 words.

Spoilers for Baby Shower
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Oneshot, Romance, Travel, Workdays
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Challenges: 55
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 55 Read Count: 2817 ePub Downloads: 0

[Report This] Published: October 16, 2008 Updated: October 17, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed
Date: October 17, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Oh, this was sweet.  I can imagine this exact scenario happening.  Lovely.

Author's Response:

Every Step You Take, I Wish It Brought You Home by Binxbaby Rated: MA [Reviews - 31] 23
Summary: Jim tries to deal with Pam being away in New York. Snippets of scenes and discussions from Season 5! Spoilers for anyone who hasn't watched Weight Loss a million times, Business Ethics, Baby Shower, Crime Aid, Employee Transfer, or Customer Survey.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Past, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Romance, Weekend, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 12525 Read Count: 27222 ePub Downloads: 6
[Report This] Published: October 17, 2008 Updated: December 13, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed
Date: October 17, 2008 Title: Chapter 2: All the Pretty Girls Go to the City

I love this.  It's sweet and sexy and very realistic, especially given what we know of their relationship so far this season.  Can't wait for more :)

Machine Wash Warm, Tumble Dry Low by xoxoxo Rated: T [Reviews - 17] 15
Summary: Jim and Pam, a crazy guy and the Laundromat.  The dryer's not the only thing that can fluff here.  Spoilers for Baby Shower.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Romance, Steamy, Weekend
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1870 Read Count: 4458 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: October 17, 2008 Updated: October 17, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: October 17, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Fluff and Fold (redux)

Nice job, my friend.  Oh, and not to pat myself on the back or anything, but I was timbuck2 on TWoP and if you read your author notes for Fluff and Fold - well, there's a little shout out to me.  So, apparently, I have a thing for the laundry genre as well :) 

Well done - you do Jim and Pam banter very, very well.  That's one thing I've always loved and appreciated about your writing.  Very firm grasp on their characters.

Love it, as usual!   (oh and of course, I love sexy, protective Jim.  He's hot!)



Author's Response:

Oh you're silly.   I know who you are!!  :)

Writing Jim and Pam going back and forth like that is my absolute favorite thing about writing fanfic.  The fact that you think I succeed at writing it makes me so very happy.

Thanks so much for starting it all. ;)

And umm...yeah he's hot. :)

What Not To Wear by Dundie All-Star Rated: T [Reviews - 62] 32
Summary: Scranton, Pennsylvania, home to 28-year old receptionist, Pam Beesly. Pam’s array of plain, button-down shirts, drab skirts, and clunky boots make her bright and artistic personality fade into the background. Her coworkers have called in stylists Clinton Kelly and Stacy London to inject some life into her dreary duds, but will Pam be able to deal with the price of fashion? It will be style rejuvenation as Pam learns What Not To Wear.

Set in between seasons 3 and 4, so general spoilers for season 4 apply.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Crossover
Characters: Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Humor
Warnings: Adult language, Other Adult Theme
Series: None
Chapters: 8 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 14486 Read Count: 42593 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: October 27, 2008 Updated: December 13, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed
Date: October 27, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: PROLOGUE: The Set-Up

Ha!  I love it.  I'm smiling like an idiot over here, and I can't wait for more :)  

Author's Response: Thank you so much! Glad I made you smile. :)

The Sanitarium by Stablergirl Rated: MA [Reviews - 47] 31
Summary: Michael forces the group to go ghost hunting, and some people find more than they bargained for.  Response to the Haunted House challenge.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past, Alternate Universe
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Holiday, Humor, Romance, Suspense, Weekend
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Challenges: Haunted House
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 10379 Read Count: 14562 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: October 30, 2008 Updated: November 03, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: November 01, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: October 26, Dunder Mifflin Parking Lot, 8:14 PM

I'm loving this story - I love S2 stories, and also this is just plain fun.  Cannot wait for more :)

Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: November 03, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: October 26, Dunder Mifflin Parking Lot, 8:14 PM

Oh this is good.  So, so good.  Cannot wait for more. 

Barn Dance by Talkative, Annabel Winslow Rated: M [Reviews - 19] 11
Summary: An engagement party at Schrute Farms. Set early in season five. Annabel and Talkative will be alternating chapters to tell this story.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Other, Present
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: None
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 2698 Read Count: 4630 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: November 03, 2008 Updated: November 11, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: November 03, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Right and Left Through

Shut up.  Are you guys trying to kill me?  Make it so that I can't work, clean my house, or finish my laundry?  Oy.

Seriously - I can't wait for more.  Also, I too love the detail about Jim playing with Pam's ring - after years of marriage my husband still does that with my ring, and I love it.  

SO looking forward to more of this fic!  YAY! 



Author's Response: ::grins:: I\'m not trying to kill you; I\'m still trying to hide all of the bodies left over from Inside Jokes. Annabel, on the other hand, has been on fic maternity leave for a few months now. She might have a taste for blood. Watch out. I\'m also looking forward to the next installment. *cough* Annabel *cough*. Thanks, kells.

Crossroads by callisto Rated: T [Reviews - 23] 12
Summary: For every choice we make, there's a road we'll never take.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Humor, Inner Monologue, Oneshot
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1373 Read Count: 4491 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: November 09, 2008 Updated: November 09, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: November 09, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: the choices we make

Just what I needed.  Very realistic, too.  I think that Jim is probably concerned now that he's holding her back, but Pam doesn't see it that way at all.  

Still, the wait to find out is tough, and this made my heart a little lighter.  Perfect, as usual!  Thank you :)



Author's Response: Glad you liked it kells. This is my hope that the angst they left us with is just a prelude to Pam coming home. Thanks for the review!! :)

Freckle (in five parts) by Colette Rated: M [Reviews - 121] 71
Summary: Past Featured StoryOne part for each season. Pam's p.o.v. Nothing could be more innocent than a freckle, right?
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Past
Characters: Angela, Karen, Kelly, Mark, Meredith
Genres: Angst, Humor, Inner Monologue, Romance, Steamy, Weekend, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5981 Read Count: 27536 ePub Downloads: 7
[Report This] Published: November 30, 2008 Updated: December 09, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: December 03, 2008 Title: Chapter 3: mistaken identity

Oh Colette.  I needed this.

First, I have to apologize - I've been remiss in reviewing this lovely story...truth be told I've been sneaking small reads at work, and I don't login to the fanfic board at work so I can't review.  

This is....perfect?  Just what I needed?  I've been sort of meh about Office fic lately, but this is just what the doctor ordered.

I mean, you've managed to capture each phase, so to speak, of Jim/Pam angst and bittersweetness just perfectly.  The way Pam dismisses her feelings about him, the way she avoids thinking about him in THAT way...classic S2 and you capture it well.  Makes me want to bust out my DVD's.  

And of course, S3.  My poor heart took a beating that season, but it's nice to remember where we came from, and appreciate where we are now.  I love that you expanded on Women's Appreciation and just filled in a perfect gap, and my gosh that would totally be Karen's reaction.  To her credit, she did love Jim, but she loved a Jim that wasn't really the guy he once had been, and she wouldn't appreciate the things about him that are the essence of who he truly is.  Way to hit that nail on the head.  And of course poor Pam, you made me feel for her all over again.

So well done, once again.  You truly are an awesome writer, and I can't tell you how incredibly happy I was to see new fic from you.  Looking forward to more :)  



Author's Response: Hey, kells! First, you absolutely do not need to apologize! Really pleased that this captures the seasons/characters for you, especially that it filled that tiny - but I think critical - gap. And I know what you mean about feeling meh about fic these days (hence my multi-month break from writing any.) But, thank you so much - feedback like this makes it feel really good be back ;-)

Give Me a Sign by callisto Rated: T [Reviews - 65] 47
Summary: Past Featured StoryAn AU look at what might have happened, had Pam really thought about Jim's decision to go to Australia.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past, Episode Related, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim, Mark, Pam, Roy
Genres: Angst, Drunk Pam/Jim, Inner Monologue, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4957 Read Count: 19021 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: December 12, 2008 Updated: December 16, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: December 13, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: impending doom

I just love the idea of this.  And this is pretty original, it's not often we see Pam confronting Jim about this trip.  I can't wait for more.  

Author's Response: Thanks kells! I agree, this is something I always wanted to see happen. Glad you like it. :)

By Night by Talkative Rated: T [Reviews - 29] 25
Summary: Past Featured StoryA response to Grape Soda's mistletoe challenge. Set during S2.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Drunk Pam/Jim, Holiday, Romance
Warnings: Adult language
Challenges: Mistletoe
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3120 Read Count: 6897 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: December 15, 2008 Updated: December 15, 2008
Reviewer: kells8995 Signed 10
Date: December 16, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Oh Talkative.  It's so nice to see something from you - it's been a stellar few weeks here with new fic from my favorite authors, and of course you are no exception.

This hurt, but in a good way.  Although I love love love Jim and Pam right now it's always nice to look back on the angst and this totally fit the bill.  I love how they held hands in the cab ride, and the back and forth between them through the whole thing.  So good! 

And frosting?  How did you know I love frosting? Looking forward to it, my friend.  Frosting, by the way, makes a lovely holiday present - just saying ;)



Author's Response: Hey, kells. Thanks so much for your kind feedback - I\'m glad you enjoyed it. And, yes, I\'ve gathered that many of the fine people here at MTT are frosting fans. :) I\'ll see what I can do.