Reviewer: BluvsJ (Anonymous) · Date: January 13, 2010 12:27 AM · On: Coping
OMG.... why does it always have to be all or nothing for them??? why can't they leave and still stay in touch like normal people ??? I think I answered my own question..... their not normal.... lol....
Reviewer: dphysh (Signed) · Date: January 06, 2010 09:40 PM · On: Coping
RAZOR BLADE EEEEEEEK!!!! That was a bolt from the blue but you set it up perfectly! Hopefully though you will also perfect DO SOMETHING!! Yes that is me yellin clear from Australia! Damn this is too good not to read . . . but . . . RAZOR BLADE!!???? sniff sniff, drags feet to go read more but ready to hide eyes if it gets worse!! :(
Author's Response: *smiles shyly* Yeah...sorry to throw that in there with no warning!
Awww, sorry about that. Don't worry, this one isn't graphic. *thinks: should I write a more graphic story? *rubs hands together* *
It doesn't ever get as graphic as Why Not With Me, and even that's not very graphic...not really, anyway.
Reviewer: Meggi (Anonymous) · Date: January 06, 2010 04:24 AM · On: Coping
Why are both so stubborn and fight their feelings for each other where they should nevertheless be together.
Someone should strike both heads against each other, to knock sense into them.
*sigh* I so love this song by Blue October!
Author's Response: *grins* Well, in Chapter 5 they don't actually hit them on the head, but some sense is knocked into them, fortunately. I think each of them feels like they shouldn't be feeling as bad as they do; like the "it's only time" theory was supposed to make them not miserable somehow.
I'm thrilled that you like the song. I do to, and it seemed so right for the chapter. This story has been amazingly song-driven. :) Thanks for your thoughts!
Reviewer: edom (Signed) · Date: January 05, 2010 10:57 PM · On: Coping
The lump in my throat just grew. I really wish one of them would get the fuck over themselves and call. They are bot misserable and desperately trying to deny it.
See, I knew that Brian would start hurting himself, that damn glass cut in the first chapter was too much of a temptation for him.
Get them talking. please, this is killing me.
Oh, just to let you know. I sent off the next chapter of 'Moon and Master' to my beta last night :)
Author's Response: *smiles excitedly thinking about Moon and Master!*
I just posted chapter 4, and don't worry the one after that is called "Interventions," so there will be some improvement. And the pace of the story soon changes (which I don't know if I handle well, but I guess we'll see).
Thanks so much again for your thoughts! Sorry for the torture!
Reviewer: HalfTime1030 (Signed) · Date: January 05, 2010 09:04 PM · On: Coping
I think the pacing of this story is working quite well, actually. A series of vignettes looking into how they handle the different stages of their lives apart (and hopefully together!) - like the difference between a video and a scrapbook. They both can tell the same story, just in a different way. :)
And I don't know if I've commented on this before, but I love how you begin each section with song lyrics. It really helps to set the mood for the chapter, for me anyway. :)
Author's Response: Thanks so much! This story has me so doubtful because it's so different from Why Not With Me. It's so much more single-issue focused and with the short chapters and then the time skipping... It's all very weird new territory for me. I'm glad you like it. Great analogy to a scrapbook! It does slow down very soon and rest assured they do end up together.
I'm so happy that you mentioned the lyrics. I feel like my stories (or chapters) are all getting increasingly lyrics-driven, or lyrics-focused, this story more than any. I am delighted that the lyrics are working for you. I have a playlist on my iPod of all the songs for this fic and when I reread before posting I listen to it to "reset" my mood to the story.
Thanks so much as always for your lovely comments!
Reviewer: linda (Anonymous) · Date: January 05, 2010 07:13 PM · On: Coping
i love stories that take a while to germinate.
Author's Response: I'm glad to hear that, because posting short chapters and a different style of story is making me nervous / doubtful of the whole story. So I'm very happy to hear that!! Thanks so much for reading and for the encouragement. :)
Reviewer: bksbracelet (Signed) · Date: January 05, 2010 06:31 PM · On: Coping
Oh dear time is starting to take its toll, Justin is using Brian's pain mangement strategy of fucking nameless tricks just so he can feel. Brian oh dear cutting himself to feel another sort of pain. :)Chris
Author's Response: Hi!
Yep... as time goes by and things haven't changed, I think it really hits them both more and more, that if they want things to be different they will have to do or say so at some point. .
So glad you're enjoying the story!
Reviewer: sjmpets3 (Signed) · Date: January 05, 2010 12:10 PM · On: Coping
he's taken to cutting to dull the pain. justin's taken to screwing just to relive his happiness. this is going to get sad.
Author's Response: Don't worry; I try not to wallow in it too much (unlike some other story I write, where I wallow around forever! ;) ).
Thanks for your thoughts!! :)
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