>"I'm writing another story in the series in the very near future..."
I am looking forward to it. I'm already dropping by from time to time to ensure I don't miss it (as if it could be written that fast already ~g~). Good luck with and congratulations on the amazing fundraising effort!
>"It makes me very happy to know that the stories work for you, although sorry of course that you lost your mother at a young age."
Thank you. I don't bring it up in casual conversation, but it's so integral to my reactions to these stories. I couldn't explain how powerful your work is without it.
As you know, twenty and thirty years down the road, your Kayla will still be someone who grew up without her mother. It will be ordinary to her, most days, but it will always be peculiar and awkward to most other people. I was thinking about how, as she doesn't have siblings, there is no one who precisely understands (her fathers have their own profound bereavements, but they both had mothers at her age, and of course they're not girls). It has effects, small and large, subtle and obvious -- as when you have her throw up on the side of the road and demand Rodney not die on her, too. I really like that scene.
On Friday, I had dinner with some SGA-fan friends, and I recommended your "On Life and Living" to them. They had already read it, long since, and enjoyed it (I hope they sent feedback your way at the time). One said it hadn't occurred to her to recommend it to me because it is SGA and slash, but on reflection, of course it is my kind of story. (In my primary fandoms of Forever Knight and Highlander, bereavement/life-goes-on plots are such ubiquitous canon, never mind fanfiction, that it's easy not to notice I have any special fondness for them. ~g~)
Again, thank you for sharing! I look forward to the new story.
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Date: 2007-09-02 04:45 pm (UTC)I am looking forward to it. I'm already dropping by from time to time to ensure I don't miss it (as if it could be written that fast already ~g~). Good luck with and congratulations on the amazing fundraising effort!
>"It makes me very happy to know that the stories work for you, although sorry of course that you lost your mother at a young age."
Thank you. I don't bring it up in casual conversation, but it's so integral to my reactions to these stories. I couldn't explain how powerful your work is without it.
As you know, twenty and thirty years down the road, your Kayla will still be someone who grew up without her mother. It will be ordinary to her, most days, but it will always be peculiar and awkward to most other people. I was thinking about how, as she doesn't have siblings, there is no one who precisely understands (her fathers have their own profound bereavements, but they both had mothers at her age, and of course they're not girls). It has effects, small and large, subtle and obvious -- as when you have her throw up on the side of the road and demand Rodney not die on her, too. I really like that scene.
On Friday, I had dinner with some SGA-fan friends, and I recommended your "On Life and Living" to them. They had already read it, long since, and enjoyed it (I hope they sent feedback your way at the time). One said it hadn't occurred to her to recommend it to me because it is SGA and slash, but on reflection, of course it is my kind of story. (In my primary fandoms of Forever Knight and Highlander, bereavement/life-goes-on plots are such ubiquitous canon, never mind fanfiction, that it's easy not to notice I have any special fondness for them. ~g~)
Again, thank you for sharing! I look forward to the new story.