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PS. Dug up your other epic story and totally devoured it. Anybody else play "An End, Once and For All" from Mass Effect 3 during the final chapter of 'Deep Down Inside?'
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Yes, if we see this sort of thing start to happen again, we'll be sure to put a stop to it.circes_cup wrote: Either way, in the future, if I ever give you guys the impression that my next story is going to be yet another 30-chapter marathon, please stop me. I need to learn to write shorter stuff!
I hadn't considered that; I'll keep it in mind going forward. I might want to come back and revisit this idea once the story is finished.Yes, this is what I was going for, so I’m glad it came through. In fact, you framed it up a bit better. He’s grateful to Julia not only for how she protected him from the cold, but also how she represents protection from other women as well.
And, as you may have guessed, I believe that the line between feeling protected (or grateful) and feeling attracted is a blurry one. We certainly blur that line all the time in our own culture: why else would the hero always get the girl?
What an interesting way to put it.spacemonkey wrote: I really can't help bu feel sorry for Howard; the poor guy just can't catch a break! It's like he's the world's chew-toy.
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spacemonkey wrote: Circes...loved the new chapters! I'm really looking forward to see how Howard and Julia grow as characters. I'm hoping they both learn a lot from the experience. I really can't help bu feel sorry for Howard; the poor guy just can't catch a break! It's like he's the world's chew-toy. I'd also like to say take your time with the rest of the story. As far as I'm concerned better to wait for a quality story than tripe...also, I think your pacing in the other chapters is spot-on.
PS. Dug up your other epic story and totally devoured it. Anybody else play "An End, Once and For All" from Mass Effect 3 during the final chapter of 'Deep Down Inside?'
Really glad you liked the new chapters! Over the last few weeks, I've been mostly focused on how to clean-up/improve/fix stuff, so it's great to hear from someone who's just enjoying it. I agree that it's been a rough ride for Howard, but you can tell by the end of 24 that the story is beginning to venture into new territory.
Also glad to hear you like DDI. As my first story, it was pretty experimental and therefore controversial -- it has some huge fans, but many others that didn't get into it. But it was a huge amount of effort so I'm always glad to hear when somebody liked it!
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circes_cup wrote: For those of you that haven't been over to my DA page in a while, Lowerbase has done some really nice art on LPC that is worth checking out. Among the pieces is a series of panels showing part of Julia's transformation, and a motion of clip of Julia walking. Fantastic stuff!
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The Ruth clip is spectacular and, I have to give Lowerbase credit, the Julia transformation sequence is creepy as hell. Between the crapton of empty Nourishment jugs and her expression she really looks like someone who is heavily addicted and is about to overdose it.
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No matter what I do, I can't seem to steer clear of reality. In Deep Down Inside, I wrote a battle scene in Crimea because I thought it was the last place in the world we'd see a conflict. The Russians invaded two weeks later.
Thanks for sharing. It looks like a simple supermarket product, but really it's a global conspiracy to upend gender relationsh. Mango-flavored canned milk, anyone?
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circes_cup wrote: That is too funny.
No matter what I do, I can't seem to steer clear of reality. In Deep Down Inside, I wrote a battle scene in Crimea because I thought it was the last place in the world we'd see a conflict. The Russians invaded two weeks later.
Thanks for sharing. It looks like a simple supermarket product, but really it's a global conspiracy to upend gender relationsh. Mango-flavored canned milk, anyone?
Either that or you're a bad luck charm
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circes_cup wrote: Mango-flavored canned milk, anyone?
Tried it at lunchtime, and threw it all up on the pavement outside the shop. There was a commotion behind me as two rather buff-looking girls walked towards the door with a couple of cans each. The shopkeeper shouted "HEY! Aren't you paying for them?"
Both girls turned and blew their sweet, Nourished breath towards the shopkeeper. I heard a SLAM into the far wall.
"Could you believe that guy behind the counter?" said one of the girls.
"I know, after all, this is OUR stuff"
It's the 'Serve Chilled' at the bottom of the can that has me worried...
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She arrived yesterday, and she brought a box of it... it tastes terrible. Made me sick.
I went to kitchen just now and found six cans of it completely empty.... should I be worried?
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lowerbase wrote: Hey, my sister found this product in a trip to UK
She arrived yesterday, and she brought a box of it... it tastes terrible. Made me sick.
I went to kitchen just now and found six cans of it completely empty.... should I be worried?
LOL So how did you treat her growing up? Nicely or did you pick on her????? If the former, you may be OK, if the latter....................hiding may not be enough!!!
By the way, loved your renders on circes DA page. I had not looked through them all, you are very good. You can really capture more than just their physical beauty, the settings and expressions tell so much.
I agree with Woodclaw that the transformation pics are creepy, very well done.
And Ruth walking, wow!! If she walked into my life looking like that, with those moves..........words could not describe the feeling, not sure my heart could take it!
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lowerbase wrote: Hey, my sister found this product in a trip to UK
She arrived yesterday, and she brought a box of it... it tastes terrible. Made me sick.
I went to kitchen just now and found six cans of it completely empty.... should I be worried?
Even stranger was HOW the cans had been crushed. A crushed can should be a jaggedy, loose wad of metal the size of my fist. But these cans -- they had been neatly compacted to the size of golf balls. They were blobs of solid metal, almost spherical, apart from the parralllel indentations of my sister's fingers. I tried to deform the spheres into oval, or even to smooth out the ridges between the indentations. But I managed only to make my thumb ache. How did she do this to the cans?
And why? Everybody has seen kids who can't resist tearing open the sugar packets at a restaurant, who fiddle with a burning candle until it is a horrid pile of wax spatter on the table. My sister was never one of those kids. She had always seemed at peace with herself, happy -- until yesterday. Now, I sensed a nervousness, an energy that was bottled up and even now seeping around the edges of the stopper.
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circes_cup wrote:
lowerbase wrote: Hey, my sister found this product in a trip to UK
She arrived yesterday, and she brought a box of it... it tastes terrible. Made me sick.
I went to kitchen just now and found six cans of it completely empty.... should I be worried?
Even stranger was HOW the cans had been crushed. A crushed can should be a jaggedy, loose wad of metal the size of my fist. But these cans -- they had been neatly compacted to the size of golf balls. They were blobs of solid metal, almost spherical, apart from the parralllel indentations of my sister's fingers. I tried to deform the spheres into oval, or even to smooth out the ridges between the indentations. But I managed only to make my thumb ache. How did she do this to the cans?
And why? Everybody has seen kids who can't resist tearing open the sugar packets at a restaurant, who fiddle with a burning candle until it is a horrid pile of wax spatter on the table. My sister was never one of those kids. She had always seemed at peace with herself, happy -- until yesterday. Now, I sensed a nervousness, an energy that was bottled up and even now seeping around the edges of the stopper.
Maybe this is exactly how it started in the Weald.
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Monty wrote: The girls have started producing Nourishment in their favourite flavours now! Circes, what have you done?
I think they're getting ready for Circes's birthday, which should be just around the corner .
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But hey, the Brits are strange people. They drink their beer warm, too.
For those of you wonder what's going on with me, the answer is "a lot". I'm working away at writing new chapters, revising old ones, and retroactively adding a few scenes to the old chapters as well. It's taking lots of time.
The story that Ive published so far is longer than I had ever wanted it to be. The early chapters were slapped together pretty quickly and don't have the stuctural stength to support all the later material that has been piled on top. The whole thing is begginning to teeter. Some of you have been saying for a while, "hey, your building is teetering.". Others of you have been saying "don't sweat it, the view is good anyway." But if I continue adding more stories without fixing what's underneath, the whole thing is going to wind up on its side. And by the way, I'm not trained to be doing any of this, so it involves lots of tinkering.
So, with that as an update, I'm going to pop another can of milk with artificial raspberry flavoring and get back to it! Thanks guys.
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circes_cup wrote: For those of you wonder what's going on with me, the answer is "a lot". I'm working away at writing new chapters, revising old ones, and retroactively adding a few scenes to the old chapters as well. It's taking lots of time.
The story that Ive published so far is longer than I had ever wanted it to be. The early chapters were slapped together pretty quickly and don't have the stuctural stength to support all the later material that has been piled on top. The whole thing is begginning to teeter. Some of you have been saying for a while, "hey, your building is teetering.". Others of you have been saying "don't sweat it, the view is good anyway." But if I continue adding more stories without fixing what's underneath, the whole thing is going to wind up on its side. And by the way, I'm not trained to be doing any of this, so it involves lots of tinkering.
So, with that as an update, I'm going to pop another can of milk with artificial raspberry flavoring and get back to it! Thanks guys.
I don't think there has ever been a writer (well, maybe one) that was ever satisfied with his own old work, so take your time .
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Thanks for the update.circes_cup wrote: For those of you wonder what's going on with me, the answer is "a lot". I'm working away at writing new chapters, revising old ones, and retroactively adding a few scenes to the old chapters as well. It's taking lots of time.
The story that Ive published so far is longer than I had ever wanted it to be. The early chapters were slapped together pretty quickly and don't have the stuctural stength to support all the later material that has been piled on top. The whole thing is begginning to teeter. Some of you have been saying for a while, "hey, your building is teetering.". Others of you have been saying "don't sweat it, the view is good anyway." But if I continue adding more stories without fixing what's underneath, the whole thing is going to wind up on its side. And by the way, I'm not trained to be doing any of this, so it involves lots of tinkering.
So, with that as an update, I'm going to pop another can of milk with artificial raspberry flavoring and get back to it! Thanks guys.
I'm quite curious about what's working, what you think needs a bit of tinkering, and how the story has grown since you started, but for now I'll just let you get on with it. Looking forward to whatever's next.
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"Wow! Geez" Wendy said through clenched teeth "never thought I'd grow like this and have all the power and strength!!"
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jnw550 wrote: Haven’t heard anything in a few months. Hope all is well.
Same here.
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