After all these years I have finally focused long and hard enough on each sentence in this story to finally completely fully understand it.
It was a subtle delight to properly read it, as complicated as the task was.
I was going to feign indignation at a backhanded compliment, but I reread the story and yeah-- it's a bit of knot, isn't it? Take comfort in the fact that all that palace intrigue is literally just chaff I stuck in to give the ladies something to talk about.
Even beyond that, there's a lot that I just sort of assume that you know about the Mystic Wilds and the way that it works which is not at all obvious to anyone outside my own skull. It's a problem that's cropped up several times... something for me to work on in the future.
Thanks for coming back to this story! I don't know if I'd call it one of my favorites, but I'm definitely prouder of it than average.
Mistake not my difficult time at reading your story as a negative critique in any way on how it's written. It's VERY well written. I'm just not used to reading this level of literature in English most of the time.
I can also empathize a lot with that aspect of lore building, wherein a newcomer may not know all about one's built up lore. It is much the same for me and my creations, although I am horribly guilty of not having put out enough content out there after thinking up ideas.
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Posted by sansuki 16 years ago Report
Ennui in a Vorish World: A two-character play in one act. I like it.
Posted by oldman40k2003 16 years ago Report
Worth reading for the author's comments alone. :D
Posted by Bitter 16 years ago Report
Jane MOTHERFUCKIN' Austen!
Posted by French_snack 14 years ago Report
I can but echo what the others have said. A most interesting and successful experiment.
Posted by TootCore 3 years ago Report
After all these years I have finally focused long and hard enough on each sentence in this story to finally completely fully understand it.
It was a subtle delight to properly read it, as complicated as the task was.
Posted by Bitter 3 years ago Report
I was going to feign indignation at a backhanded compliment, but I reread the story and yeah-- it's a bit of knot, isn't it? Take comfort in the fact that all that palace intrigue is literally just chaff I stuck in to give the ladies something to talk about.
Even beyond that, there's a lot that I just sort of assume that you know about the Mystic Wilds and the way that it works which is not at all obvious to anyone outside my own skull. It's a problem that's cropped up several times... something for me to work on in the future.
Thanks for coming back to this story! I don't know if I'd call it one of my favorites, but I'm definitely prouder of it than average.
Posted by TootCore 3 years ago Report
Mistake not my difficult time at reading your story as a negative critique in any way on how it's written. It's VERY well written. I'm just not used to reading this level of literature in English most of the time.
I can also empathize a lot with that aspect of lore building, wherein a newcomer may not know all about one's built up lore. It is much the same for me and my creations, although I am horribly guilty of not having put out enough content out there after thinking up ideas.