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Post by raquelaroden on Aug 13, 2010 22:29:44 GMT -5
lol LunarFox. Maybe an update will help? Chapter 2. Say It Out LoudI've been working so hard at modding my game and getting stuff that is shiny and pretty that I have fallen wayyy behind on my reading. I will have to fix that this week!
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Post by dbloveshermac on Aug 14, 2010 0:18:24 GMT -5
Hey Lunar, may I talk now? ;-)
Go, Ed, go! Nice mix of topics and leading along of story. I love what Ed thinks to herself!
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Post by raquelaroden on Aug 14, 2010 6:56:27 GMT -5
DB: I'm just so glad her thought processes seem realistic! I think this story will be quite a bit different from the others...
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Post by mountainshade1 on Aug 14, 2010 8:45:08 GMT -5
So good to see this chapter Rachel. It really does seem like Ed's session with Dr Garrison did her a world of good. I'll certainly give kudos to Ed's mum for telling her to stop being so focused on Scott's disappearance and start to enjoy life but mostly I'll give kudos to Ed herself for telling Dr Garrison the truth and letting him help her. And for being brave and telling Sean the truth. Go Ed! Sean and Nick are as lovely as ever, I would love to come across employers like that. Hmm, second thoughts; perhaps it wouldn't be good if I came across employers like that, I'm a married woman you know. Nice to see that Iris seem to be happy and safe. Though it is sad that we might never see her again. She was a nice spunky character. I couldn't remember at all that Nick and Sean were cousins, I'm sure you must have mentioned it before but it had completely slipped my mind. Lovely chapter.
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Post by raquelaroden on Aug 14, 2010 11:12:41 GMT -5
Shadey: I'm so glad you liked it, and I'm really glad to be updating again. I think I'll be able to get back on my previous schedule of updating both my WYD and the series about once a week... I think her session did help a lot. It is difficult to admit you have a problem, I think, but when several people start pointing it out, it becomes more difficult to laugh away. She's hearing it from three different sources now, and she is trying to break out of her previous habits. I think Sean and Nick look especially lovely now, because of their new skins! But we'll see how photogenic they are soon enough. And I know just what you mean--employers that look like that are dangerous to us married ladies. Not to mention it would be rather difficult to get much work done for all the staring and stammering. It is rather sad to see Iris go, but I'm glad I brought her back one last time.... Yep, yep, Nick and Sean are cousins--it was something that concerned Ed in the first story after she found out that Nick was Hector Dorantes's stepson, but it turned out that Sean is the nephew of Nick's mother (and thus not related by blood to Dorantes in the least--though he is Hector's nephew by marriage, then).
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Post by raquelaroden on Aug 20, 2010 22:06:25 GMT -5
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Post by raquelaroden on Aug 27, 2010 8:53:27 GMT -5
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Post by Stacy on Aug 27, 2010 9:11:52 GMT -5
Commented on the blog yay!
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Post by thelunarfox on Aug 27, 2010 9:30:16 GMT -5
I would love it if you had more chapters this long. And not just because I'm still reeling from the high of this one.
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Post by lhasa on Aug 27, 2010 9:48:31 GMT -5
I agree--more long chapters, please. : )
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Post by mountainshade1 on Aug 27, 2010 11:38:00 GMT -5
Haha, I was just about comment on chapter 3 when I saw that chapter 4 was up. This story just keeps going from strength to strength. I enjoy reading it so much and I have to agree 100% with thelunarfox that you can safely make all your chapters as long as this (chapter 4) - and longer! I really liked the scene with Ed and Kendra in the library in chapter 3, it's starting to show that Ed has almost had some kind of awakening after her meeting with Dr Garrison. She is starting to get more of a feeling of how she appears to others, and how it differs from how she'd like to be. Kendra is a great friend, it's like she instinctively knows to give Ed time and not to judge her if she sometimes might seem like an inattentive friend. Friends who understand you that well are very valuable indeed. Yay for Ed being brave and buying a little house. Her dear departed grandmother will surely approve too. But the self-defense training scene Rachel! Wooh that was something else. Loooove the new hairier skin and both Nick and Sean have bigger pecs now too, haven't they? *swoon* lol at poor Ed worrying that Nick might think she has a big bum, silly Ed, I bet Nick did indeed have a good look at Ed's bum but I am certain that the thoughts he might have made about it were all in a positive direction. The tattoo - what can I say? I almost got a shock when I saw it. Who knew that Nick had a Bad Boy past? Assuming that is what it stems from. But made in anger? Much to ponder and guess. *rubs hands in delight* I have to say, I was quite worried about what the "knife in the back" would be all about, so it was a relief to find that, firstly that there wasn't talk of an actual knife, and secondly that there wasn't talk of Ed getting betrayed by someone close to her. >phew< Haha, you really had me going there for a few moments, good work. It's wonderful how Ed is starting to say the things she thinks, lol, as long as she can stop herself from becoming too impulsive. Mind you, I don't think Sean would mind at all if Ed started to be more impulsive. I am sure he was very surprised at Ed's outright flirting with him at the end of the chapter. Oh and - I WANNA SEE SEAN SHIRTLESS TOO!! (mind you, seeing Nick shirtless will certainly keep me going for a while)
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Post by raquelaroden on Aug 27, 2010 12:49:55 GMT -5
Stacy: Thank you for that--you are too sweet, and I know you are so busy. LunarFox and Lhasa: lol! We'll see....I don't always have so much to say. You should have seen how many pictures I took for this chapter--and no, most were NOT for the real-estate scene. I'm really, really trying to step up my pose game now that LunarFox has pointed me to the invisible furniture, etc.. I've been having a ton of fun and taking some rather shocking pictures. Shadey: That's exactly the feeling I wanted to convey with Chapter 3--that Ed is starting to wake up and see that her life isn't the way she wants it to be, and she wants to change that. I want Kendra to be a great friend to Ed, so I'm glad she comes across that way--she cares about her and wants what is best for her, and she knows that she's dealing with a lot. She'll be there, waiting, whenever Ed needs her. I think Ed is ready for the commitment of a house--not necessarily the whole dealing with all the issues that crop up with one, but for what it means--that she's staying in Sunset Valley, and that she's putting down roots. She's trying to be an adult now....mostly. Aren't the skins awesome?! I love the name of them, too: I Need A Hero: Non-Default Hairy Skins . Their pecs might be bigger...I've been playing around with some extra sliders, too....I need to put that up on my Mods & CC section, actually! I know I would certainly be worried about how my butt looked in front of those guys.... I think the story behind Nick's tattoo is very interesting, indeed. We probably won't hear it in this story, but it's something to ponder for a while. Sean was positively shocked that Ed was flirting with him--especially since she was practically salivating over his cousin. His cousin! We will very likely see Sean shirtless in this story, though, so there's that much at least.
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Post by raquelaroden on Aug 27, 2010 18:19:33 GMT -5
Illandrya: I think that's one of the hardest things to learn when writing a series--when to sit on something for a while and when to go ahead and put it somewhere. I've been taught more about patience while writing these things than I ever learned before....because I'll see a scene in my head and I'll want to put it out there right away! But I've come to realize that some things are better when they are left to develop, when you take your time...it's so hard though, and I'm never sure I'm doing it right.
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Post by raquelaroden on Sept 2, 2010 9:39:35 GMT -5
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Post by Stacy on Sept 2, 2010 9:46:36 GMT -5
OMFG.
That was...omfg.
*crowns Rachel queen of writing*
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Post by raquelaroden on Sept 2, 2010 10:27:07 GMT -5
Stacy: LOL! I am definitely not fit for that crown....maybe for the fake one that's made of paper (like a Burger King crown)....but I thank you for the compliment all the same. *blush*
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Post by raquelaroden on Sept 2, 2010 16:09:59 GMT -5
Aww, you people.... *blush* You are all too sweet.
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Post by raquelaroden on Sept 12, 2010 11:50:24 GMT -5
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Post by raquelaroden on Sept 18, 2010 17:18:44 GMT -5
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Post by celebkiriedhel on Sept 19, 2010 0:50:47 GMT -5
Yay for chapter 7!
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